DoorDash agrees to $131.5 million NYC worker pay settlement

DoorDash will pay $131.5 million to settle a New York City investigation into delivery-worker pay. City officials called it the largest worker settlement in city history. About 260,000 to 264,000 Dashers should receive funds, including 209,000 for missing or late pay. More than $83 million addresses on-call time between deliveries, $12.3 million covers missing or late pay, and $16.7 million goes to DCWP as fines; one tally put $115 million for drivers. DoorDash said under 1% of NYC payments were affected—$6.6 million never arrived and $5.7 million came late. The average missing sum was $7.70; 65% of those hit were underpaid by $1 or less, median payment near $48. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said wages are due "on time and in full." DoorDash said, "Simply put, we screwed up," citing technical bugs and cross-boundary, multi-stop, partial, or cancelled deliveries, and called the errors unintentional. DCWP acted after driver complaints and a review of millions of transactions. Deputy Mayor Julie Su said the case shows "the damage done by wage theft" and that enforcement requires more than repaying the original sum. DoorDash said it will pay what is owed, fix the causes, use the city's method, and face enhanced monitoring. CONTESTED: Officials framed wage theft; DoorDash said most money settles an on-call pay dispute and mistakes were not intentional. Driver-relief figures vary by breakdown.