$12 billion HR startup Deel is facing calls for a California Secretary of Labor investigation.
Multiple California state senators criticized Deel for misclassifying workers, citing reporting from Insider.
The company is heavily reliant on independent contractors, Insider previously reported.
A California senator is calling for the state's Secretary of Labor to investigate Deel, a buzzy San Francisco-based HR startup valued $12 billion, over "brazen employment misclassification."
17 current or former Deel workers had told Insider in March that they had concerns the company may be misclassifying contract workers' employment status.
Persons:
Deel, Stewart Knox, Stephen Padilla, Andreessen Horowitz, Emerson, Alex Bouaziz, Padilla, Dave Cortese, María Elena Durazo, We've, Thomas Lenz
Organizations:
Labor, Morning, Labor and Workforce Development Agency, Contractors, Senate Labor, Public, Global Employment, University of Southern California Gould School of Law
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California, San Francisco, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Greece, Brazil, Turkey, India, Pakistan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines, Nigeria