The gentlemen of the service economy is booming Silicon Valley have received bad news this week, as two sisters have a class action lawsuit against Handy filed, saying that the cleaning service on request violated a number of laws work.
In a lawsuit filed in a California state court, the former employees Vilma and Greta Zenelaj did not provide practical tips or overtime, rest and meal breaks and denied not spend payslips provided by law.
In response to the complaint, which was reported by Valleywag , a spokesman for mobile phone provided the following statement:
"Those who use the convenient booking platform orders independent contractors and not employees of mobile phone. Select the appropriate platform because it offers a lot of flexibility they need, by all posts better book work for them. In addition, on average, earn professionals more than $ 18 per hour for each position in the quiet work platform above the minimum wage. The demands for Vilma and Greta Zenelaj and Lulu Malone, unfounded and we intend to defend vigorously. "
The nature of the action which will represent hundreds of workers Handy, past and present, whether the sisters were separate contracts - the company claims - or employees that could trigger a number of legal obligations work.
The sisters say the mobile workers range from $ 15 to $ 22 per hour, select a number of factors that define them as employees, such as mandatory uniforms, telephone control and wear a helmet greeting companies and so on.
In a broader sense, the case study could be an important future barometer of a number of his other companies in the service industry also try including Task Rabbit, which rely on armies of casual workers, but avoid the obligations of being an employer.
The situation of these workers is attracting the attention of more and more to win, including a descent profile in New York Magazine, who reported that workers cleaning company Homejoy living in homeless shelters, while also the company to pay the the same level as the money from Google Ventures.
In a strange coincidence, the following announcement Handy - to clean with a luxury apartment for $ 29 - appeared in my Facebook feed, shortly after I published this story:
Here is a copy of the complaint is filed by the end of October Valleywag.
Correction: An earlier version of this story said the workers were quoted in the article, the practice of New York; were Homejoy.
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