DoorDash to pay $131M for underpaying delivery workers

DoorDash, the app-based food delivery platform, will pay $131.5 million to resolve claims the company underpaid or waited too long to pay its New York City workers.

"Simply put, we screwed up," the San Francisco based company released in a Sept. 22 statement on its website after announcing it reached a settlement with the city's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.

"Our mistakes meant some Dashers were underpaid or paid late. While these mistakes weren’t intentional, that doesn’t make them okay. We pride ourselves on operational excellence at DoorDash − and this was not excellent, nor was it acceptable. Dashers should be paid in full, on time, every time. We are sorry to the Dashers we let down."

The move helps address the city's longstanding accusations DoorDash and competitor Uber Eats, another online food delivery service, shortchanged workers more than $550 million in tips.

Uber could not immediately be reached by USA TODAY.

DoorDash said it will provide millions of dollars in relief to about 264,000 employees.

The amount includes more than $83 million to resolve a dispute with the city over how to calculate pay for time workers spend online between deliveries but not actually making deliveries. It also…

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