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Instacart settles over alleged labor violations for nearly $750K

— EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3:01 A.M. ET ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2022. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS — FILE — An Instacart shopper at a grocery store in Manhattan, April 30, 2020. The company slashed its valuation to $24 billion in March 2022 from $40 billion last year. (Brittainy Newman/The New York Times)

A second company that relies on gig workers has settled with the Seattle Office of Labor Standards over allegations it violated a pandemic-era Seattle ordinance.

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