Instacart must pay DC $2.5M after pocketing workers’ tips

By Cami Mondeaux

Published August 19, 2022 7:13pm ET

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Instacart must pay DC $2.5M after pocketing workers’ tips — Instacart, an online food delivery service, must pay $2.5 million after the company failed to pay required sales taxes and misled consumers in Washington, D.C., by charging service fees that were disguised as tips for workers but were actually pocketed by the app to cover operating costs. The settlement stems from a 2020 lawsuit filed […]

Instacart, an online food delivery service, must pay $2.5 million after the company failed to pay required sales taxes and misled consumers in Washington, D.C., by charging service fees that were disguised as tips for workers but were actually pocketed by the app to cover operating costs.

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