Walmart to Pay $100m over Claims It Misled Drivers over Pay
Walmart will pay $79 million directly to Spark drivers and implement a 10-year earnings verification program to prevent future pay misrepresentations, the FTC said.
- The Federal Trade Commission said Walmart agreed to pay $100 million on February 26, 2026, to settle claims it deceived Spark drivers about pay and tips.
- According to the complaint, Walmart misled drivers and customers by inflating pay and falsely claiming 100% of tips went to drivers in its Spark Driver program since 2021.
- Court documents show Walmart's batching and order-splitting practices frequently split tips without informing drivers, sometimes reduced pay after acceptance, and the settlement includes an $11m driver fund and $79m in payouts.
- As part of the deal, Walmart must create an earnings verification program, pay $10m to the FTC, $11m to the states, and has begun issuing payments to affected drivers.
- FTC leadership notes regulators approached Walmart last year, prompting the company to begin repaying drivers amid broader gig-economy scrutiny and similar platform settlements.
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Walmart to pay millions to delivery drivers in Pa., elsewhere to settle lawsuit
By Megan Guza, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS)Walmart will pay $100 million to delivery drivers across the country — including more than $1.4 million to Pennsylvania drivers — to settle a multistate lawsuit that accused the retailer of ripping off drivers in its Spark Driver Program, officials said Thursday.
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