Handy Technologies Inc. should immediately be forced to treat its workers as employees, San Francisco and Los Angeles district attorneys said Monday, announcing plans to file a motion to attempt to halt the gig company’s business practices.
The prosecutors said they’ll file a motion for preliminary injunction in an ongoing lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court alleging Handy is violating California law by classifying its workforce of handymen and cleaners as independent contractors rather than employees. The lawsuit was filed in March.
“We are seeking an immediate end to Handy’s illegal behavior of failing to provide its workers with basic ...
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