Instacart Will Pay $46.5M To Resolve San Diego’s UCL Suit For Misclassification

Mealey's (October 12, 2022, 4:02 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — San Diego City Attorney Mara W. Elliott announced that the grocery delivery company that operates Instacart has agreed to pay $46.6 million to settle the city’s claims that it violated California’s unfair competition law (UCL) by misclassifying its workers, which it refers to as “shoppers,” as contractors....