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'We screwed up': Doordash admits underpaying New York workers

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Velasquez, F. (2026, September 22). 'We screwed up': Doordash admits underpaying New York workers. BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjr4v72y6p4eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

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BBC News · collected 2026-09-22 · by Francisco Velasquez

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DoorDash has agreed to pay a $131.5 million settlement to New York City regulators after admitting to underpaying thousands of delivery drivers correctly or on time. The company blamed the issue on complex changes in New York's minimum wage laws, technical glitches, and multi-stop routes. DoorDash admitted that systemic errors led to approximately $6.6 million in wages never reaching workers and another $5.7 million arriving late.
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DoorDash agreed to a $131 million settlement with New York City in March after being accused of underpaying delivery workers. The settlement includes $83 million to resolve disputes over pay calculations for waiting times and another $25 million for past underpayments or delays. DoorDash admitted its mistakes were not intentional but still apologized, saying "we screwed up." About 264,000 workers, known as Dashers, will receive payouts with a median amount of around $48. The city's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection initiated the investigation, alleging DoorDash and Uber Eats deprived workers of more than $550 million in tips through "design tricks." Mayor Zohran Mamdani called this settlement the largest labor enforcement action in NYC history.

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Topics

Dashers DoorDash New York City Uber Eats the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection

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DoorDash ORG · 6× Dashers ORG · 1× Grubhub ORG · 1× New York GPE · 1× New York City GPE · 1× San Francisco ORG · 1× Uber Eats ORG · 1× the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection ORG · 1×

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The agreement with the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection follows a city investigation into wage violations, with a significant share of the payout addressing how DoorDash calculates compensation for the time delivery drivers spend waiting for orders.
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'We screwed up': Doordash admits underpaying New York workers · assertive framing

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- Published DoorDash has agreed to pay a $131.5m (£99m) settlement to New York City regulators after the food delivery giant admitted failing to compensate thousands of workers correctly or on time. asserted
giant → publish → time
"Simply put, we screwed up," DoorDash said. asserted
DoorDash → put → ?
"Our mistakes meant some Dashers were underpaid or paid late." asserted
Dashers → mean → ?
The agreement with the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection follows a city investigation into wage violations, with a significant share of the payout addressing how DoorDash calculates compensation for the time delivery drivers spend waiting for orders. asserted
drivers → follow → orders
The settlement marks another chapter in an ongoing battle between so-called gig economy platforms and municipal leaders. asserted
settlement → mark → platforms
The likes of Uber Eats and Grubhub have repeatedly clashed with city officials over tipping laws, minimum wages and data-sharing requirements. asserted
likes → clash → laws
San Francisco-based DoorDash blamed "complex" changes to the minimum wage in New York state introduced in 2023. asserted
DoorDash → base → 2023
Under the landmark minimum pay standard for app-based delivery workers, wages differ depending on the county, tipping and how many people work for the employer. asserted
people → base → employer
DoorDash also cited technical glitches and multi-stop delivery routes for causing the firm to underpay workers or delay wages. asserted
firm → cite → wages
The company said: "While these mistakes weren't intentional, that doesn't make them okay." asserted
them → say → ?
DoorDash said local workers earn roughly $30 per active hour on average. asserted
workers → say → hour
It said it has now patched the software bugs responsible for the mistakes. asserted
it → say → mistakes
The business said the errors hit roughly 264,000 workers, though it insisted the issues affected under 1% of overall local transactions. asserted
issues → say → transactions
Systemic errors caused around $6.6m wages to never reach workers at all, and another $5.7m arrived days or weeks late. asserted
m → cause → workers
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