Postmates To Pay Seattle Workers Nearly $1M in Sick Leave Settlement On 8/4/21 at 8:09 PM EDT Postmates has agreed to pay its Seattle workers almost $1 million in a settlement over allegations that it violated a city policy surrounding sick leave pay for gig workers. Seattle's Office of Labor Standards (OLS) announced the agreement Wednesday, saying the amount of $927,555.09 will go to 1,646 workers for back wages, interest, liquidated damages and civil penalties. $22,260.40 will be paid in fines to the City of Seattle. "For years, us couriers were missing out on many benefits that we need and that we should have received from the start," said Shawn W. Gray, a Postmates driver, in a City of Seattle press release.