Handy Must Treat Workers as Employees, San Francisco Tells Judge

Handy Technologies Inc. must immediately begin treating its workers as employees because the app-based handyman platform cannot show it meets the requirements to classify them as independent contractors under California law, the San Francisco District Attorney’s office told a state judge Wednesday.

The city sued Handy in March over its worker classification practices. In May, San Francisco filed for a preliminary injunction, arguing that under Assembly Bill 5, California’s strict worker status law, workers using the Handy platform were employees.

Handy exerts a high level of control over its “pros,” the city alleged in its briefing, including requiring them to ...