# DoorDash pays $131.5 million for wage violations in NYC

> New York City enforcement action forces DoorDash to compensate over 260,000 delivery workers for late, missing and miscalculated wages.
- Title: DoorDash pays $131.5 million for wage violations in NYC
- Summary: New York City enforcement action forces DoorDash to compensate over 260,000 delivery workers for late, missing and miscalculated wages. DoorDash will pay one…
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- Source: Engadget — https://engadget.com/2265996/doordash-will-pay-131-5-million-for-missing-and-miscalculated-nyc-delivery-worker-wages
- Author: Ian Carlos Campbell
- Published: 2026-09-22T21:53:08+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: doordash, new york city, delivery workers, wage violations, minimum wage, settlement, gig economy, technology
## DoorDash ordered to pay $131.5 million
New York City announced DoorDash will pay one hundred thirty-one point five million dollars for violating the city's minimum wage and delivery work protection laws.
## Over $83 million for pay calculation dispute
More than eighty-three million dollars resolves a disagreement over how to calculate pay for time Dashers spend online between deliveries, DoorDash said.
## Investigation found late and missing payments
New York's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection investigated reports from workers of late or missing payments for completed deliveries.
## Over 260,000 workers to receive compensation
More than two hundred sixty thousand affected workers will receive compensation calculated at approximately two hundred percent of the amount they were underpaid.

> calculated at approximately 200 percent of the amount they were underpaid
## DoorDash blames technical errors and disputes
DoorDash attributes missing payments to technical issues and complications like deliveries crossing city boundaries or having multiple locations, plus disputes over on-call time pay.
## Three-year monitoring program begins
DoorDash must share monthly data with the DCWP for three years and update its app to prevent workers being offered deliveries unless compensated for on-call or trip time.
## Key takeaway

DoorDash will pay one hundred thirty-one point five million dollars to New York City and delivery workers for wage violations including unpaid on-call time between deliveries.