Walmart agrees to $100M settlement over deceptive pay practices in Spark Driver program

Walmart has agreed to pay $100 million to settle a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over deceptive pay practices within its Spark Driver service, which uses gig workers to deliver online orders from local stores to customers. The retailer was accused of misleading drivers about their potential base pay and tip amounts, and then deceived customers by saying that 100% of tips went to the drivers, when they did not.In its original complaint, the FTC was joined by Arizona, California, Colorado, I ...