//DoorDash and Postmates Pay Out More Than $350,000 to Seattle Gig Workers Due to Hazard Pay Law

DoorDash and Postmates Pay Out More Than $350,000 to Seattle Gig Workers Due to Hazard Pay Law

The enforcement of a new Seattle law designed to offer gig workers hazard pay during the pandemic seems to be paying off. As announced late last week by the Seattle Office of Labor Standards (OLS), delivery companies DoorDash and Postmates have doled out more than $350,000 in restitution to drivers after Seattle’s hazard pay mandate went into effect this summer. DoorDash paid $111,435 to 2,998 workers in Seattle, while Postmates paid $250,515 to 2,975 workers.

In June, Seattle lawmakers passed