Care Gig Platform, FTC Reach $8.5M Agreement In Case Over Wages, Cancellations

( September 9, 2024, 8:40 AM EDT) -- AUSTIN, Texas — Care.com, a child and older adult care gig platform, will pay $8.5 million to end claims by the Federal Trade Commission that it has systematically deceived caregivers about wages available for potential jobs and at the same time failed to give families looking for care an easy way to cancel their paid memberships....