Labor/Employment,
Bankruptcy
Jun. 2, 2025
Payouts in jeopardy as staffing platform Qwick enters bankruptcy
The City of San Francisco is scrambling to secure court-ordered payments to 6,000 former Qwick Inc. workers after the hospitality staffing platform entered bankruptcy and its attorneys withdrew from the case, citing lack of contact and unpaid legal bills. The company was found to have misclassified employees in a major labor dispute.
A San Francisco city attorney warned that a court-ordered payout to 6,000 former workers at freelance platform Qwick Inc. is in "serious jeopardy" after the company began bankruptcy proceedings.
Qwick was ordered to pay $1.5 million, plus $250,000 in penalties, in a final judgment and injunction that changed the employment classification of its workers in a dispute with City of San Francisco, but that payment is now in danger after its attorneys reported the company'...
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