"[Handy] relied on inflated and false earnings claims to lure workers onto its platform," Samuel Levine, director of the FTC's bureau of consumer protection, said in a statement. "It then deducted inadequately disclosed fines and fees from their wages."
Handy marketed its platform as a way to get paid for jobs immediately. But its ads didn't mention the fact that workers have to pay a fee - and in some cases, complete another job - to unlock the fastest payouts.
According to the complaint, Handy advertised pay for handyman and furniture assembly jobs as high as $45 an hour, even when more than 90% of workers on the platform made less, per the complaint.
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