Gig economy reckoning spreads to popular home services company

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In the latest example of a broader reckoning in the US over the gig economy, several major cities are taking issue with how Handy classifies and treats workers. Founded in 2012, it relies on a workforce of independent contractors in hundreds of US cities.

Demiraiakian, who does furniture assembly and handyman work, says she was once tasked with what was supposed to be a small tree stump removal only to discover it would require much more powerful tools than she'd brought -- information that she says wasn't relayed to her until she arrived at the job.

An industry under scrutinyThe inquiry comes at a time when there's been growing scrutiny by local labor enforcers over how workers are being treated by companies. A report this week from the Economic Policy Institute's Terri Gerstein found a growing number of district attorneys and attorneys general are taking on employers over issues ranging from worker misclassification to wage theft.

 

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