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Company: Instacart
Current Parent Company: Instacart
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Penalty: $2,540,000
Year: 2022
Date: August 19, 2022
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: wage and hour violation
Secondary Offense: tax violations
Violation Description: Instacart agreed to pay $1.8 million restitution to workers and $739,057 in tax payments in settlement of allegations the company misled customers into thinking service fees were tips sent to workers, and had failed to pay DC sales taxes.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: District of Columbia Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: District of Columbia
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: miscellaneous services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: grocery delivery service
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.