DoorDash settles New York City delivery worker pay probe for $131.5 million

DoorDash reached a $131.5 million settlement with New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection over compliance with delivery-worker pay rules.

• The settlement allocates $12.3 million for Dashers who were underpaid or paid late, affecting about 264,000 workers.
• Another $83 million resolves a dispute over how pay was calculated for online time between deliveries under the city’s earning standard.
• The DCWP will receive $16.7 million in fines.
• DoorDash said it will apply the city’s method for online-time pay going forward.