Thirteen delivery workers got an early Christmas present – thanks to an ongoing city investigation that found Doordash improperly failed to pay them for multiple days of work.
Doordash cut workers checks ranging from $100 to as much as $8,000 after they were kicked off of the app earlier this year and not paid for their final days of work, according to worker advocacy group, Los Deliveristas Unidos.
The group had filed complaints on behalf of the workers with the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, as The Post reported.
“These 13 workers received the money that they were owed for performing deliveries for DoorDash,” DCWP spokesman Michael Lanza told The Post, adding “This is not a settlement since our broader investigation into DoorDash is ongoing.”
Doordash paid out $22,338 last week when commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga presented the workers with their checks.
Lanza declined to elaborate on the investigation except to confirm that it involves more delivery workers who were not paid by Doordash.
The Silicon Valley-based company, which had vigorously denied the allegations earlier this year, said in a statement to The Post “Doordash takes any issue with Dasher payment extremely seriously, and we will always pay for legitimate work done our platform.”
Many of the workers, said they didn’t know why they had been removed from the platform and were unsuccessful in getting their pay checks for their last days of work.
Los Deliveristas said it had heard from at least 200 workers, including Rosendo Tacam, who had worked for Doordash for 18 months before being dropped.
In August, Doordash said in statement “We strongly reject these false and baseless allegations being peddled. We can confirm that some of these Dashers were deactivated for providing false information and others were unable to confirm their necessary financial details.”
Earlier this month, delivery workers won a major battle against the delivery apps, including UberEats and Grubhub, which had fought in court for nearly two years to overturn legislation establishing a $17.96 minimum wage for the industry.
The law calls for the minimum wage to rise to nearly $20 in April 2025.
Before the new minimum wage, delivery workers were making about $11.12 with tips, and as little as $4.03 an hour without tips, according to a report by the city.
