DoorDash pays $131.5m settlement to New York City workers

Summarised from 6 outlets · Updated 23 Sept, 06:56 · Archive

DoorDash agreed to pay $131.5m to settle a New York City investigation into underpaying delivery workers.

The food delivery company will award backpay to around 260,000 workers in what New York City's mayor called the city's largest labour enforcement action. The settlement follows a probe into wage violations and allows for closer monitoring of DoorDash's payment methods.

How it is being reported

• NYC Mayor Mamdani reaches record DoorDash settlement for underpaid workersSettlement is largest of its kind in any US city and is set to affect 260,000 delivery drivers.Al Jazeera · 22 Sept, 21:03
• DoorDash to pay $131.5m after underpaying New York workersCompany to award backpay to 264,000 workers as mayor Zohran Mamdani condemns use of ‘greedy algorithms’ DoorDash said it would pay $131.5m to settle a New York City government investigation that found the food delivery company underpaid or waited too long to pay workers. Mayor Zohran Mamdani called the settlement the city’s largest labor enforcement action. It advances the city’s longstanding effort to hold food delivery companies to a 2023 law intended to improve pay for delivery workers. Continue reading...Guardian Business · 22 Sept, 20:18
• Mamdani blasts DoorDash CEO's 'greedy algorithm,' NY slaps company with $131 million fineZohran Mamdani announced a historic $131.5 million DoorDash settlement over alleged systematic underpayment of food delivery workers in New York City.Fox News · 22 Sept, 18:58
• DoorDash settles with New York City for $131.5 million in workers' suitDoorDash has settled for $131.5 million with New York City allowing closer monitoring of payment methods after it underpaid delivery workers.UPI · 22 Sept, 17:58
• 'We screwed up': Doordash admits underpaying New York workersThe food delivery giant will pay a $131.5m settlement following a city probe into wage violations.BBC Business · 22 Sept, 17:28
• DoorDash reaches $131M deal with NYC for underpaying tips to delivery workers: ‘We screwed up’DoorDash ended a legal battle with New York City by agreeing to a settlement that will pay food delivery drivers in the Big Apple millions in backpay.New York Post · 22 Sept, 12:00

In this story: DoorDash · New York City · Zohran Mamdani

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