Amazon is paying a more than $3.7 million settlement after the Seattle Office of Labor Standards investigated allegations that the company’s Flex business violated the city’s protection law for gig and app-based workers.

The settlement is the second-largest in the office’s history, director Steven Marchese said.

Amazon Flex contracts with thousands of workers in Seattle who deliver packages using their own vehicles, the city office said.

Nearly 11,000 affected workers will see their settlement payments starting around Jan. 1.

The Office of Labor Standards alleged that Amazon violated three temporary city ordinances by only giving workers paid sick and safe time and premium pay if they delivered for the company’s food and grocery lines, and not if they made package deliveries for Amazon

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