A gig-based staffing company will be required to pay thousands of dollars in restitution to its workers after failing to classify them as employees, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu announced. 

GigSmart is a Delaware-based company with offices in San Francisco that connects employers with workers to fill temporary shifts such as event staffing and general laborers. Workers are hired and paid directly through GigSmart. 

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.