Minimum wage will also be paid for time spent by agents in Arise’s training platform and certification modules, as well as for overtime. As part of the settlement, Arise will pay US$7 million in monetary relief to the Comission. The Commission found that agents using Arise’s platform earned, on average, US$12 per hour. Flashback: Back in 2013, Arise paid US$1.2 million as part of a settlement from a lawsuit which involved 158 allegedly misclassified workers in California. In short: don’t be surprised if more probes and lawsuits are thrown at Arise over the next couple years.