The San Francisco city attorney's office has secured a $1 million settlement with the gig firm WorkWhile, which was accused of misclassifying workers as independent contractors without providing benefits. This agreement is part of a broader effort to combat worker misclassification and ensure that employees receive their rightful wages and benefits. City Attorney David Chiu emphasized the importance of this settlement in returning stolen wages to thousands of California workers. In related developments, the U.S. Department of Labor reported recovering over $41 million in back wages for more than 28,000 workers misclassified as independent contractors since January 2021. Additionally, Disney has reached a $233 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit concerning minimum wage violations affecting Disneyland workers, while New York City is set to pay nearly $30 million in a class-action discrimination suit involving the Fire Department.