Gig app agrees to return more than $27K to workers after Denver auditor investigation

A Denver-based gig app has changed its policies and agreed to return tens of thousands of dollars in suspected withheld wages plus interest to workers after a city auditor inquiry The outcome is expected to benefit more than workers employed through GigSmart this year which advertises a variety of part-time and full-time positions through its website and app according to a Denver Auditor s Office news release The office stated GigSmart s executive squad turned over information and records when contacted by regulators Although the businesses that hired workers from GigSmart could have been liable for the underpayments GigSmart took responsibility and ensured the more than owed to workers was remedied the office commented in the release Related Articles Denver says if it can t process construction permits in roughly days the city will refund developers fees Colorado Republicans elect new leader with an eye toward uniting a party upended by infighting Denver s calls aren t being answered fast enough City Council hopes a bump in phone fees will help Denver still isn t tracking expenses related to its homelessness initiative city auditor says Colorado strip clubs persistently steal wages from their workers dancers say We have to pay to work GigSmart also decided in light of the examination that starting in April workers would be classified as employees rather than independent contractors guaranteeing a minimum wage overtime sick leave and other workplace protections We recover millions in stolen wages every year but it is rarer for us to work with a company that voluntarily alters its business model to prevent wage theft and misclassification Denver Auditor Timothy O Brien mentioned in the release We encourage businesses to know Colorado s wage laws and be compliant with them Denver moves to shut down Diamond Cabaret over wage theft charges This file is auto-generated function d l use strict l querySelector d addEventListener undefined typeof URL d wp d wp d wp receiveEmbedMessage d wp receiveEmbedMessage function e var t e material if t t secret t message t value a-zA-Z - test t secret for var s r n a l querySelectorAll 'iframe data-secret ' t secret ' ' o l querySelectorAll 'blockquote data-secret ' t secret ' ' c new RegExp https i i i