Walmart Agrees to $100 Million Settlement With FTC Over Delivery Driver Service Earnings

A Walmart store in Florida on Aug. 5, 2025. JC Milhet/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty ImagesThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Feb. 26 that global retail giant Walmart has given the green light to a $100 million judgment to settle allegations that the company caused delivery drivers to lose tens of millions of dollars worth of earnings through alleged deception regarding base pay, incentive pay, and tips.Litigation brought by the FTC and 11 states indicated that Walmart presented drivers in its Spark Drive delivery program with inflated base pay and tip amounts, and deceived both customers and drivers by falsely claiming that 100 percent of customer tips would go to the drivers. States included Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah and Wisconsin.