DoorDash settles New York City pay investigation for $131.5 million: 'We screwed up.'
DoorDash is set to pay New York City millions of dollars and give delivery workers millions more in compensation that they're owed. Bloomberg/Getty Images DoorDash is paying New York City millions of dollars to end an investigation into its pay practices. The company said, "We screwed up." Hundreds of thousands of DoorDash workers will get payments of at least $10. DoorDash is paying millions of dollars to New York City delivery workers — and admitting that it messed up. The delivery company will pay $131.5 million to settle the city's investigation into its pay practices, DoorDash said on Tuesday. New York City's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection had been investigating whether DoorDash complied with a 2023 minimum pay law for delivery workers. "Simply put, we screwed up," DoorDash said in a statement . "Our mistakes meant some Dashers were underpaid or paid late."
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