Care.com Will Pay $8.5 Million to Settle FTC Deception Suit (1)

Care.com has agreed to pay the Federal Trade Commission $8.5 million to refund customers harmed by alleged deceptive practices about wages for child and older adult caregivers, according to a press release.

The FTC alleged that Care, which has a “gig platform,” systematically deceived caregivers who were looking for jobs while failing to give families seeking care a simple way to cancel paid memberships, the FTC said Monday.

• The FTC’s complaint in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas said Care’s marketing messages about the number of jobs available and the amount that workers could expect ...