Behind every publicity stunt to spray perfume upon the image of Uber Eats is a violation that asks the world’s number one food delivery platform to pay nearly $5 million for fairness. The RSF team has more.
Denials are everywhere, but case in point, Seattle’s OLS, or the Office of Labor Standards, recently announced that Uber must pay $4.4 million, particularly its food delivery division, in the authority’s second-biggest enforcement action in history, for allegedly violating wage laws affecting over 14,000 workers.
“After the settlement, workers continued to contact our office, alleging the company was still violating the ordinance. Upon further investigation, OLS found additional violations,” the OLS director, Steven Marchese, talked to RSF.
Marchese was referring to the previous likewise historic $15 million settlement with Uber Eats, but that time violating the App-Based Worker Minimum Payment Ordinance.
This ordinance ensures that gig workers should receive a standard minimum payment depending on work time and travel distance. For this year, 2026, companies like Uber Eats must pay at least 47 cents for each minute, including 80 cents per mile, or $5.34 per offer, whichever is greater.
Moreover, the alleged violations continue. The authorities accused Uber Eats of failing to consistently provide minimum payments for canceled orders when required, including when these employees reached a pick-up location and reported to the app that an order must be canceled for a reason. For a reason? It’s still Uber Eats’ fault, according to the government agency, Uber Eats sometimes didn’t provide their employees with the required minimum compensations for the time they worked.
Uber Eats – don’t worry – will settle what is due, specifically the more than $4.38 million for backpay, interest, and damages to the 14,421 workers, and nearly $6,000 in fines towards the city of Seattle.
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