Following a New York City investigation into its pay practices, DoorDash agreed to a $131.5 million settlement benefiting approximately 264,000 delivery workers. City officials found that the company had underpaid workers or failed to pay them on time, making the agreement the largest labor-enforcement action in the city's history, according to Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The case stems from enforcement of New York City's protections for app-based delivery workers, including minimum-pay requirements established in 2023. The settlement highlights the growing role of local labor regulation in setting and enforcing compensation standards for gig workers.
See "DoorDash to pay $131.5m after underpaying New York workers", Staff, The Guardian, September 23, 2026