D.C. sues DoorDash for allegedly pocketing millions in food-delivery workers' tips

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D.C. sues DoorDash for allegedly pocketing millions in food-delivery workers’ tips

By Tim Carman
November 19, 2019 at 3:25 p.m. EST

Following an eight-month investigation by his office, D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine filed a lawsuit Tuesday against DoorDash, accusing America’s largest food-delivery service of pocketing millions of dollars in workers’ tips and using them to cover labor costs.

The attorney general’s office argues that DoorDash’s former pay model — the San Francisco-based company announced in August that it would revamp the model — violated several sections of the Consumer Protection Procedures Act, said Benjamin Wiseman, director of the Office of Consumer Protection in the attorney general’s office. Among other alleged deceptive-trade violations, Wiseman said that DoorDash misrepresented to consumers how the company would use tips.
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Tim Carman is a food reporter at The Washington Post, where he has worked since 2010. Previously, he served for five years as food editor and columnist at Washington City Paper. Follow https://twitter.com/timcarman

[Sherman A1]

1. I hope that everyone gets every dime they are owed

and someone goes to jail.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. Why I always tip in cash, directly to the person I want to tip.

[JudyM]

3. Excellent!