SEATTLE — Amazon will pay out more than $3 million to 10,000 gig workers over alleged violations of the City of Seattle's gig worker and app-based worker protection laws.

Seattle's Office of Labor Standards (OLS) alleged that the company's Amazon Flex business, which allows employees to contract with the company to deliver packages, groceries and food in their own vehicles, only provided premium pay and paid sick and safe time to some workers but not others.

Amazon Flex denied the allegations but nonetheless agreed to resolve the alleged violations by paying out $3.7 million to 10,968 affected workers, in addition to a $20,000 fine to Seattle. Affected workers can expect settlement payments to begin in the new year.

Seattle's app-based worker protections require all companies contract

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