{
  "id": 9183199,
  "title": "264,000 DoorDash drivers are getting money in a massive $131.5 million settlement. Here’s what happened",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/264-000-doordash-drivers-are-getting-money-in-a-massive-131-5-million",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-22T19:07:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fast Company",
    "slug": "fast-company",
    "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91611224/264000-doordash-drivers-are-getting-money-in-a-massive-131-5-million-settlement-heres-what-happened"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a landmark $131.5 million settlement, over 264,000 DoorDash delivery workers in New York City will receive compensation for being underpaid. Mayor Zohran Mamdani hailed the settlement as the largest in the city's history and the largest involving food delivery workers in the U.S. The city's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection launched an investigation into DoorDash's worker treatment years before Mamdani's administration. DoorDash has admitted to making errors in calculating compensable time, which led to workers being underpaid over a four-year period from April 2022 to June 2026. The settlement will distribute payments averaging $442 per worker, though individual checks may vary significantly. Workers who were not paid at all or not paid on time by DoorDash will receive 200% of the amount they were underpaid. Mamdani criticized DoorDash's \"greedy algorithm\" for failing to account for every hour worked. DoorDash spokesperson Samantha Ramirez acknowledged the company's mistakes and expressed regret for underpaying or late payments to some workers. The city's investigation revealed that DoorDash excluded several categories of trip time and on-call time when calculating compensable time, resulting in over 260,000 workers being underpaid. The settlement is a minor portion of DoorDash's annual revenue of over $13.7 billion in 2025, but it marks a significant victory for worker rights in the food delivery industry.",
  "summary": "DoorDash has agreed to pay more than $115 million to more than 260,000 delivery workers in New York City who were underpaid as part of a $131.5 million settlement with the city. The worker settlement is being heralded as an historic win by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his administration, who claim that it’s both the largest settlement in the city’s history and the largest involving food…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}