The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is suing Walmart and payroll service provider Branch Messenger for alleged illegal payment practices for gig workers. The bureau says Walmart was ...
The lawsuit, filed in a Minnesota federal court, accuses the companies of misleading practices and exploiting drivers in Walmart’s Spark Driver programme. What is Walmart’s Spark Driver programme?
This involves independent contractors who drove for the Walmart Spark platform. The complaint says the accounts were opened without authorization and drivers were allegedly told they could lose ...
who were part of Walmart's Spark Driver gig-work platform, to use Branch Messenger's deposit accounts to collect their compensation — and would be terminated if they did not want to use this ...