{"id":143112,"date":"2026-02-23T20:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/143112\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T20:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:49:13","slug":"no-play-for-certain-employee-stay-or-pay-provisions-new-york-state-passes-the-trapped-at-work-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/143112\/","title":{"rendered":"No Play for Certain Employee Stay-or-Pay Provisions: New York State Passes the Trapped At Work Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Howard M. Wexler and Kyle D. Winnick<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-neutral-60\" data-cy=\"story-summary\" data-v-84f57142=\"\">New York City has implemented a comprehensive set of laws regulating app-based delivery workers classified as independent contractors, including minimum wage requirements, tipping transparency, trip disclosure, and distance limits. Starting January 2026, platforms must pay workers at least $21.44 per hour (increasing to $22.13 in April 2026), with options for alternative payment methods tied to utilization rates. Workers can set trip and route preferences, and delivery apps must provide detailed trip information, pay at least once per period, and offer insulated bags after six deliveries. The laws also include protections against retaliation and strict enforcement, with penalties for violations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Howard M. Wexler and Kyle D. Winnick New York City has implemented a comprehensive set of laws regulating&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-143112","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-headlines","10":"tag-new-york-news","11":"tag-new-york-state","12":"tag-new-york-state-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}