DoorDash will pay $131.5 million for missing and miscalculated NYC delivery worker wages
News DoorDash will pay $131.5 million for missing and miscalculated NYC delivery worker wages The company blames technical errors and a difference of opinion on how wages should be calculated for pay irregularities. 22, 2026 5:53 pm EST rblfmr/Shutterstock Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover New York City has announced that DoorDash will pay $131.5 million as part of an enforcement action for violating the city's minimum wage and delivery work protection laws. The settlement covers late or missing payments for delivery workers, civil penalties and specifically "over $83 million to resolve a disagreement over how to calculate pay for time Dashers spend online between deliveries," DoorDash said in a separate announcement on its website.
- ▪News DoorDash will pay $131.5 million for missing and miscalculated NYC delivery worker wages The company blames technical errors and a difference of opinion on how wages should be calculated for pay irregularities.
- ▪22, 2026 5:53 pm EST rblfmr/Shutterstock Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover New York City has announced that DoorDash will pay $131.5 million as part of an enforcement action for violating the city's minimum wage and d
- ▪The settlement covers late or missing payments for delivery workers, civil penalties and specifically "over $83 million to resolve a disagreement over how to calculate pay for time Dashers spend online between deliveries," DoorDash said in
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News DoorDash will pay $131.5 million for missing and miscalculated NYC delivery worker wages The company blames technical errors and a difference of opinion on how wages should be calculated for pay irregularities. By Ian Carlos Campbell Sept. 22, 2026 5:53 pm EST rblfmr/Shutterstock Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover New York City has announced that DoorDash will pay $131.5 million as part of an enforcement action for violating the city's minimum wage and delivery work protection laws. The settlement covers late or missing payments for delivery workers, civil penalties and specifically "over $83 million to resolve a disagreement over how to calculate pay for time Dashers spend online between deliveries," DoorDash said in a separate announcement on its website.
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