DoorDash Delivery Workers Claim the Company Continues to Steal Wages Despite Recent Settlement

On April 23, 2025, dozens of DoorDash delivery workers gathered outside the company’s office on Fifth Avenue in New York City to protest its practices of allegedly failing to pay workers their wages or “deactivating” them from the company’s platform before paying them all wages owed. The rally outside DoorDash’s office comes after DoorDash settled a case on February 24, 2025, brought against it by New York’s Attorney General Leticia James, for $16.75 million for misappropriating tips paid by customers to its delivery workers. 

Unfortunately, the demonstrating workers claim DoorDash continues to engage in unlawful pay practices unrelated to the claims settled two months ago. For example, workers taking part in the demonstrations claim they are owed hundreds, and in some cases, thousands of dollars in unpaid wages, some of whom claim they have not been paid for months.

Notably, third-party delivery apps in New York City can calculate delivery workers’ pay in one of two ways; however, these companies, including DoorDash, are not obligated to disclose to workers how their pay is calculated. For this reason, advocates for delivery workers continue to urge the New York City council to pass a bill that would require delivery service companies to show how workers’ pay is calculated and provide workers’ with pay stubs for each pay period worked.

Workers who believe they have been improperly denied minimum and/or overtime wages or have been subjected to other workplace violations, should seek legal counsel to analyze their potential claims.