DoorDash agrees to $131.5m after payment errors affected 200,000-plus NYC workers

​DoorDash will pay $131.5 million to settle a New York City probe into its pay practices for delivery workers. The company said the agreement will result in payments to more than 260,000 Dashers. The company also acknowledged that between April 2022 and June 2026, some employees were underpaid or paid late.​More than $115 million of the settlement will go directly to workers, while the remainder will cover civil penalties and other costs. The settlement also resolves a dispute over how DoorDash calculated pay for time workers spent logged into the app between deliveries. The company has apologised and said it has fixed the technical issues that led to the payment errors.​DoorDash admits payment mistakes​DoorDash acknowledged the problems in a statement announcing the settlement and said the errors were not intentional but still unacceptable.​In a blog post, the company wrote, "Simply put, we screwed up.