§ 14 — Platform operator’s obligation — earnings slips for platform workers

14.—(1) A platform operator must give to every platform worker, within the prescribed time, an earnings slip for all earnings paid by the platform operator in respect of each task performed by the platform worker in relation to the platform worker’s provision of a platform service for the platform operator.(2) To avoid doubt, subsection (1) continues to apply where the platform worker, at any time after performing the task mentioned in that subsection, ceases to provide the platform service for the platform operator for any reason.

(3) An earnings slip given by a platform operator to a platform worker must be in the form prescribed (if any) and must contain all the information prescribed.

(4) The requirement to give an earnings slip to a platform worker under subsection (1) is satisfied if an electronic record containing the information prescribed for the purposes of subsection (3) is provided in a manner that enables the information contained in the electronic record to be accessible and useable by the platform worker for subsequent reference.

(5) Where an earnings slip is in respect of 2 or more tasks performed by the platform worker in relation to the platform worker’s provision of a platform service for the platform operator, the platform operator —(a)

must provide the earnings slip, within the prescribed time, in respect of the earliest task performed by the platform worker that is included in the document or electronic record; and

(b)

must ensure that the earnings slip contains the information prescribed for the purposes of subsection (3) in respect of each task included in the document or electronic record.

(6) A platform operator is taken to have failed to comply with subsection (1) if the earnings slip given to a platform worker is incomplete or inaccurate, whether or not the platform operator knew that the earnings slip is incomplete or inaccurate.

—(1) A platform operator must give to every platform worker, within the prescribed time, an earnings slip for all earnings paid by the platform operator in respect of each task performed by the platform worker in relation to the platform worker’s provision of a platform service for the platform operator.

(2) To avoid doubt, subsection (1) continues to apply where the platform worker, at any time after performing the task mentioned in that subsection, ceases to provide the platform service for the platform operator for any reason.

(3) An earnings slip given by a platform operator to a platform worker must be in the form prescribed (if any) and must contain all the information prescribed.

(4) The requirement to give an earnings slip to a platform worker under subsection (1) is satisfied if an electronic record containing the information prescribed for the purposes of subsection (3) is provided in a manner that enables the information contained in the electronic record to be accessible and useable by the platform worker for subsequent reference.

(5) Where an earnings slip is in respect of 2 or more tasks performed by the platform worker in relation to the platform worker’s provision of a platform service for the platform operator, the platform operator —(a)

must provide the earnings slip, within the prescribed time, in respect of the earliest task performed by the platform worker that is included in the document or electronic record; and

(b)

must ensure that the earnings slip contains the information prescribed for the purposes of subsection (3) in respect of each task included in the document or electronic record.

(6) A platform operator is taken to have failed to comply with subsection (1) if the earnings slip given to a platform worker is incomplete or inaccurate, whether or not the platform operator knew that the earnings slip is incomplete or inaccurate.