DNC and ActBlue Funnel Millions Through Sketchy Payroll Firm Sued by Workers for Withholding Pay and Punishing Parental Leave

The same Democrat Party that endlessly lectures American businesses about “workers’ rights” is funneling millions of dollars in payroll expenditures through a company accused by former employees of withholding wages and retaliating against workers who took family or medical leave.

Libs of TikTok brought renewed attention to the scandal Thursday, writing:

“The DNC and ActBlue are running all their payments through a sketchy payroll company who were SUED by multiple employees for allegedly withholding pay.”

WATCH:

HOLY CRAP

The DNC and ActBlue are running all their payments through a sketchy payroll company who were SUED by multiple employees for allegedly withholding pay pic.twitter.com/D8qMK8oyN9

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 30, 2026

The payroll vendor is Rippling, a San Francisco-based human-resources and payroll software company operated by People Center, Inc.

According to a Washington Free Beacon investigation citing Federal Election Commission records, the Democratic National Committee and ActBlue processed approximately $23.3 million in payroll expenditures through Rippling during the 2026 election cycle.

The records reportedly show that the DNC and ActBlue began using Rippling during the second quarter of 2025.

But behind the Democrat money machine is a growing stack of disturbing employee allegations.

Former Rippling manager David Behar filed a lawsuit in California in February, alleging that the company terminated him immediately after he exercised his legal right to take leave to bond with his newborn child.

Behar’s 54-page complaint accuses Rippling of interfering with his rights under the California Family Rights Act, retaliating against him for taking leave, wrongfully terminating him, and failing to prevent discrimination and retaliation.

Former engineering manager Fu Zhou made similar allegations in a separate lawsuit filed in March 2025. Zhou alleged that she was fired after taking medical leave for in-vitro fertilization treatments.

According to Zhou’s complaint, the male employee who replaced her was also terminated shortly after indicating that he intended to take family leave.

“Rippling has a pattern of bias against employees exercising their rights to take family or medical leave,” Zhou alleged in the lawsuit. The dispute was later directed to arbitration, where proceedings are not generally public.

Rippling also faces a proposed class-action lawsuit filed by a former employee who alleged that the company maintained a policy of requiring workers to perform uncompensated work “off the clock.”

That complaint further alleges that Rippling failed to pay certain wages and overtime and improperly withheld paid sick leave. That case was also reportedly moved toward arbitration.

Rippling has denied wrongdoing. An attorney representing the company told the Free Beacon that Rippling could not discuss pending litigation but emphasized that the company has never settled a family- or medical-leave violation claim and has never been found liable for such a violation by a court or jury.

The allegations remain unresolved, and no court has yet determined that Rippling is liable for the alleged conduct.

That did not stop Democrat governors from handing the company massive tax incentives.

California Governor Gavin Newsom awarded Rippling approximately $12.7 million in tax credits in 2023 to expand its San Francisco headquarters. New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s administration followed by granting the company another $7 million in incentives to grow its New York City operations, according to the Washington Free Beacon.

These are the same Democrat leaders who publicly present themselves as champions of paid family leave.

“No one should have to choose between a paycheck and caring for their newborn child,” Hochul previously said.

Unless, apparently, the allegations involve a company handling millions of dollars for the DNC and ActBlue.

The revelations come as ActBlue remains buried under congressional scrutiny over its fraud-prevention practices and handling of potentially illegal foreign donations.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil, and House Oversight Chairman James Comer threatened to hold ActBlue in contempt of Congress over allegedly withheld documents.

ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones also invoked the Fifth Amendment 22 times during a House hearing concerning fraudulent donations and the platform’s representations to Congress.

Now Americans are learning that the Democrat fundraising machine and the DNC have routed tens of millions in payroll expenditures through a vendor facing serious allegations from its own former workers.

So much for the party of working people.

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