Hourly employees who worked for FCA US LLC at any U.S. facility between February 10, 2020 and May 12, 2025 will be paid automatically from FCA US’s payroll records under the $3.795 million Featherstone overtime class action settlement; there is no claim form to file. Final approval was granted August 28, 2026, and no payment date had been announced as of October 1, 2026.
Current Status
There is nothing left to file. Class members never had a claim form — payments are calculated from FCA US’s own records — and the June 22, 2026 deadline to opt out or object has passed. U.S. District Judge Linda V. Parker signed the final approval order on August 28, 2026, according to Law360’s report of the ruling. No payment date had been announced on the official settlement website as of October 1, 2026, and the notice says payments go out only after final judgment and once the time for any appeal has run out.Free settlement alerts
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What Changed Recently?
The court held its final approval hearing on August 25, 2026 in Detroit and approved the settlement three days later, finding it fair, reasonable and adequate, according to Law360. Law360 reported attorneys’ fees of roughly $1.26 million — in line with the one-third of the fund that class counsel requested — along with up to $25,000 in litigation expenses, up to $196,000 for settlement administration and $32,500 in service awards for the ten named plaintiffs.The case is Featherstone v. FCA US, LLC, No. 2:23-cv-10362, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. FCA US is the U.S. arm of Stellantis that builds Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram vehicles. Plaintiffs alleged that FCA US left certain pay out of hourly workers’ regular rate when it calculated their overtime; Law360’s coverage describes the omitted pay as shift differentials and non-discretionary bonuses. FCA US denies the allegations, maintains that hourly employees were paid properly for all overtime, and settled without admitting liability.
Who Is Covered?
The class is every current and former hourly employee who worked for FCA US, LLC in the United States at any time between February 10, 2020 and May 12, 2025, unless they sent in a valid request for exclusion by June 22, 2026. The heading of the court-approved notice addresses hourly production employees, while the class definition in the same notice reads more broadly as all hourly employees; FCA US identified about 68,000 people to receive notice.Membership comes from FCA US’s records, which is why there was no claim process. Each class member was mailed a postcard showing the employment information the payment would be based on. The window to dispute that information closed June 10, 2026, and the notice says the administrator’s decision on any dispute was final.
The lawsuit pleaded claims under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and under Illinois and Ohio wage laws, and the release covers those claims and their equivalents. Other overtime and unpaid-wage cases are tracked on the wage and hour class actions page.
How Much Will Class Members Get?
FCA US agreed to pay a $3,795,000 gross settlement amount, plus the employer’s share of payroll taxes on the payments. Court-approved fees, expenses, administration costs and service awards come out first; what remains is the net settlement fund, and all of it is paid out to class members.The split is by workweeks, not by a flat amount. The administrator divides the net fund by the total number of weeks all participating class members worked during the class period, then multiplies that per-week figure by the number of weeks each person worked. Someone employed hourly for all five years receives a much larger share than someone who worked a few months.
OCA’s arithmetic, using the maximum amounts requested: $3,795,000 minus $1,265,000 in fees, $25,000 in expenses, $196,000 in administration and $32,500 in service awards leaves about $2.28 million. Spread across roughly 68,000 class members, that is about $33 per person on average. That figure is an estimate only — the actual amounts are set by the court’s order and each person’s weeks worked, and no average has been published by the administrator. The postcard each class member received carried a personal estimate, which the notice cautions could move up or down after the court ruled.
The agreement allocates each payment half as back wages and half as liquidated damages.
Do Class Members Need to File Anything?
No. There is no claim form, no Class Member ID to enter and no documentation to submit. A class member who did nothing after receiving the postcard notice stays in the settlement and is paid automatically.The one thing a class member controls now is the mailing address. The notice makes keeping the administrator informed of address changes the class member’s responsibility until the payment arrives, and says a missed change can prevent payment. Updates go through the contact page on the official Featherstone FCA Settlement website.
What Were the Deadlines?
• June 10, 2026 — deadline to dispute the employment information on the postcard notice.• June 22, 2026 — deadline to opt out (postmarked) or to mail a written objection.
• August 25, 2026 at 2 p.m. Eastern — final approval hearing.
All three have passed. A class member who did not opt out is bound by the settlement and its release.
Before Cashing the Check
The notice says the back of every settlement check carries a printed endorsement. Signing it does two things: it consents to join the Fair Labor Standards Act part of the case, and it releases FCA US and related parties from federal, state and local wage and hour claims — overtime, minimum wage, and related penalties, interest, liquidated damages and fees — that accrued during employment with FCA between February 10, 2020 and May 12, 2025.Checks must be cashed within 180 calendar days of the date they were mailed. After that, the check is cancelled, the class member is still bound by the release, and the uncashed money goes to the United Way of Michigan as a cy pres recipient.
The notice also states that, consistent with FCA US policy, there will be no retaliation against any class member for participating in the settlement.
What Happens Next?
Under the notice, individual payments are made after final approval, entry of final judgment, and the end of all rights to appeal — or after any appeal is resolved in favor of the settlement. OCA had not located an appeal as of October 1, 2026, and the official website had not posted a distribution date.Class members should watch for mail with “Featherstone v FCA US” and Atticus Administration in the return address. Once checks are mailed, the 180-day clock to cash them starts. This page will be updated when the administrator announces a payment date or confirms that checks have gone out.
Sources and Verification
• Featherstone FCA Settlement — official settlement website (case summary, important dates, FAQs, contact page)• Long-Form Notice of Proposed Class/Collective Action Settlement (PDF) — class definition, payment formula, check endorsement, 180-day cashing rule, deadlines and hearing
• Settlement Documents — court filings posted by the administrator
• GovInfo — Featherstone v. FCA US, LLC, No. 2:23-cv-10362 (E.D. Mich.)
• Law360 — “Fiat Chrysler Workers Win Final OK Of $3.8M OT Deal” (August 31, 2026), the report of the final approval order
This page is informational and is not legal advice.
Questions
Is mail from “Featherstone v FCA US” and Atticus Administration a settlement check?
That return name belongs to the court-appointed settlement administrator, Atticus Administration, which mailed the postcard notices in spring 2026 and is the party responsible for issuing payments after final approval. The envelope alone does not say what is inside, so open it rather than discarding it. If it holds a check, the 180-day cashing window runs from the date the checks were mailed.
What does signing the back of the Featherstone settlement check do?
The notice says every check carries a printed endorsement. Signing it consents to join the Fair Labor Standards Act part of the case and releases FCA US and related parties from federal, state and local wage and hour claims that accrued during employment with FCA between February 10, 2020 and May 12, 2025. Class members who did not opt out are already bound by the settlement’s release whether or not they cash the check.
What happens to a Featherstone check that is never cashed?
Under the notice, a check not cashed within 180 calendar days of mailing is cancelled. The class member is still bound by the release, and the uncashed money goes to the United Way of Michigan rather than back to FCA US or to other class members.
Why might the payment differ from the estimate on the postcard notice?
The postcard estimate assumed every class member would participate and that the court would award the fees and costs as requested. The notice warned that the actual payment could be more or less once the court ruled. Each payment is also allocated half as back wages and half as liquidated damages under the settlement.
What should a former FCA employee who has moved do to get paid?
The notice puts the burden on class members to keep the administrator informed of a new mailing address until their payment arrives, and warns that a missed address change can prevent payment. Send the update through the contact page on the official Featherstone FCA Settlement website.
