DoorDash announces service fee increases in Seattle, citing costly regulations on app-based worker pay and new deactivation review requirements that will take effect in July 2025.

In order to meet the $26.40 an hour minimum wage before tips requirement, DoorDash tacked on a $4.99 fee to all orders, and in August 2024 added an additional $1.99 minimum service fee for orders ...

Instacart, Uber, and DoorDash were embroiled in a battle last year with Seattle lawmakers over a new minimum wage law. The companies added new fees last year after that law was implemented.

Delivery workers in Seattle are required by law to be compensated with nearly $30 per hour before mileage and tips, which is higher than Seattle’s minimum wage of $20.76 per hour.

DoorDash did not say how much it was increasing its fees, and a spokesperson declined to elaborate, though they did say that increases rolled out over the course of July. As an example of how high ...

The company previously raised prices in late July 2024, citing the Seattle City Council's app-based minimum pay ordinance. Passed in 2022, the "PayUp" ordinance set the minimum wage for many app ...

In 2023, Grubhub, along with DoorDash and Uber Eats, filed requests for a temporary restraining order just days before the initial increase of the minimum wage for food delivery workers, to $17.96 ...