Wage & Hour Class Actions in 2026

Open Wage & Hour Settlements You Can Claim

Automatic MA Wage & Hour

Springfield Police Student Officer Wage Settlement — $825K

About 147 people who worked as student police officers for the City of Springfield share $825,000 pro rata, calculated from the city's payroll records.

Deadline: No Claim Form (Automatic Payment)

HOT

Automatic NY Wage & Hour

PPL $162M New York CDPAP Caregiver Wage Settlement

New York CDPAP home-care aides · one of the largest caregiver wage funds on record

Deadline: November 10, 2026

Notice / PIN Misclassification

Datadog $4.15M Account Executive Overtime Settlement

Commercial Account Executives employed Dec. 2022 to Dec. 2025 share up to $4.15 million; CO and MA employees are paid automatically, others must file a consent form.

Deadline: November 20, 2026

With Proof IL Child Labor

Hearthside $4.5M Illinois Child-Labor Settlement

Illinois food-plant workers · documentation required

Deadline: November 20, 2026

Settlement Reached

Automatic Wage & Hour

Bank of America $4.28M Unused Vacation Settlement

Automatic payments for former Bank of America workers in California, New York and Illinois whose unused vacation was never paid out.

Deadline: November 23, 2026

With Proof Wage & Hour

WellNow Urgent Care $1.64M Wage Settlement

Hourly patient-care staff in NY, IL & PA · alleged meal-break deductions and time rounding

Deadline: November 25, 2026

Notice / PIN Wage & Hour

Fontaine Modification $1.6M Wage and Overtime Settlement

Hourly Fontaine Modification workers since May 2022 share up to $1.6 million; Virginia workers are paid automatically, workers elsewhere must file a consent form by Nov. 27, 2026.

Deadline: November 27, 2026

Notice / PIN Wage & Hour

Ardent Health $2.9M Kronos Outage Wage Settlement

Non-exempt Ardent Health employees whose pay was disrupted by the 2021–2022 Kronos outage can join a court-approved $2.9 million FLSA settlement.

Deadline: December 18, 2026

HOT

Notice / PIN Worker Antitrust

Beef & Pork Workers $202.7M Wage-Fixing Settlement

Processing-plant workers · alleged wage-fixing conspiracy among major processors · proof of employment required

Deadline: February 4, 2027

Notice / PIN IL Wage & Hour

TBJ Drywall Unpaid Wages Illinois Settlement

Illinois drywall and taping crews · unpaid salary claims

Deadline: January 11, 2028

Settlement Reached

Automatic MO Wage & Hour

Northview Village Nursing Home WARN Act Settlement (Proposed)

A proposed $364,668.75 for about 184 workers allegedly laid off without notice when the St. Louis nursing home closed · awaiting preliminary approval

Settlement Reached

Wage & Hour

FedEx Washington Meal-Break & Second-Job Settlement (Proposed)

Up to nearly $31 million, per Law360, over alleged missed breaks, edited time records and a second-job ban · awaiting preliminary approval · nothing to file yet

Settlement Reached

Automatic CA Misclassification

iVueit Gig Worker Misclassification Settlement

California Vuers paid through PayPal for iVueit property inspection and photo jobs, who allegedly were misclassified as contractors, are set for automatic payments.

Settlement Reached

Automatic CA Wage & Hour

Quest Diagnostics $6M Courier Wage Settlement

California Route Service Representatives who worked Sept. 2011 to March 2026 share $6 million, paid automatically; final approval hearing Jan. 26, 2027.

Settlement Reached

Automatic Wage & Hour

Tandem Diabetes Care $1.5M Wage and Overtime Settlement

Non-exempt California workers are paid automatically; eligible workers elsewhere opt in by cashing their settlement check. Preliminarily approved Aug. 28, 2026.

Settlement Reached

Notice / PIN DC Misclassification

Welch Mechanical $1.7M DC Worker Misclassification Settlement

About 500 DC construction workers the Attorney General alleges were misclassified as contractors share $691,450; notices go out after the order is entered.

Settlement Reached

Automatic OR Wage & Hour

Walgreens $2.5M Oregon Final Paycheck Settlement

Former Walgreens workers whose final paycheck came six or more days late are paid automatically under Oregon’s penalty-wage law; final approval granted Oct. 19, 2026.

Settlement Reached

Automatic CA Wage & Hour

Long Beach City College $18M Adjunct Faculty Settlement

Part-time faculty, 2019–2025 · unpaid work outside class · paid automatically

Settlement Reached

Automatic WA Wage & Hour

Providence $17M Washington Wage Settlement

Hourly Providence workers in Washington are paid automatically by W-2 wages over alleged break, unpaid-time and overtime violations; final approval hearing January 22, 2027.

Settlement Reached

Automatic Wage & Hour

FCA Chrysler $3.8M Overtime Settlement

Hourly FCA US employees from 2020 to 2025 are paid automatically by weeks worked; final approval granted August 28, 2026.

Settlement Reached

Automatic Wage & Hour

Alaska Airlines $500K Pilot Military Leave Settlement

About 163 current and former Alaska pilots share $500,000 for vacation that never accrued during military leaves of 31 to 60 consecutive days.

Settlement Reached

WA Wage & Hour

Beehive Espresso Baristas Win $1.85M Washington Wage Theft Judgment

A King County judge found the wage, tip and sick leave violations intentional and willful, and preliminarily awarded 70 baristas more than $1.85 million.

Settlement Reached

Automatic CA Wage & Hour

Menasha Packaging $1.73M California Wage Settlement — Automatic

A pro rata share of $1,732,500, by workweek, for hourly and staffing-agency workers at Menasha’s California facilities from 2017 to 2024.

Settlement Reached

Automatic CA Wage & Hour

Valnet $2M Content Creator Misclassification Settlement — Automatic

California writers, editors and video and audio creators Valnet classified as contractors, 2019 to 2026, paid automatically from a $600 base plus months worked.

Settlement Reached

Automatic CA Wage & Hour

Ebara Technologies $1.2M California Wage Settlement — Automatic

A pro rata share of $1.2 million, by workweek, for hourly Ebara Technologies employees in California from Nov. 2019 to Aug. 2025.

Settlement Reached

Automatic Misclassification

Drata $1.37M SDR Overtime Settlement

Sales Development Representatives allegedly misclassified as overtime-exempt · $1.37M paid automatically, no claim form · out-of-state reps must cash the check

Settlement Reached

Automatic CA Wage & Hour

Trader Joe's $12.47M California Wage & PAGA Settlement

California Crew, Merchants and Mates · allegedly rounded time punches & missed breaks · $12.47M paid automatically, no claim form

Settlement Reached

Automatic CA Wage & Hour

CRST Expedited $14.5M California Truck Driver Settlement

California piece-rate truck drivers · allegedly unpaid non-driving time · $14.5M paid automatically, no claim form

Settlement Reached

Automatic MD Wage & Hour

FedEx Ground Maryland Wage Settlement — $9M

Maryland package handlers · $9M fund paid automatically, no claim form to file

Settlement Reached

CA Wage & Hour

Walmart El Centro $400K Heat Recovery Settlement

Automatic payments for about 1,082 hourly workers at Walmart’s El Centro, California store who worked on days of 80°F or hotter.

Settlement Reached

Automatic Worker Antitrust

$10.8M Jackson Hewitt No-Poach Settlement

Tax-prep staff · alleged no-poach agreements suppressing pay · paid automatically, no claim form

Settlement Reached

Worker Antitrust

Naval Engineers’ $8.175M No-Poach Settlement

Naval architects & marine engineers, 2000–2025 · alleged shipbuilder no-poach deals · preliminarily approved, no claim form yet

Settlement Reached

Automatic Worker Antitrust

SpecialtyCare $725K Training Repayment Settlement

Surgical neurophysiologists · alleged unlawful training repayment agreement · paid automatically plus debt relief, no claim form

Investigations & Filed Lawsuits

No claim form exists in these matters. An investigation means attorneys are reviewing individual claims; a filed complaint is an allegation a court has not ruled on. Nothing here has a fund, a class or a deadline.

Lawsuit

FedEx Driver Overtime Lawsuits (Individual Suits)

Drivers hired through FedEx service providers allege FedEx owes them overtime · 100+ individual suits in ND and OK · not a class action, nothing to claim

NY Lawsuit

Get Set Go Logistics WARN Act & Angler Electric Overtime Lawsuits

About 140 Woodmere and Woodside workers allege layoffs without WARN notice · Angler Electric workers allege unpaid overtime · allegations unproven, nothing to claim

Investigating

Wage & Hour

Unlawful Tip Pooling Investigation

Tipped workers whose employer allegedly pooled or kept tips · no settlement yet, a free case review

Investigating

Wage & Hour

Williams Sonoma Unpaid Wages Investigation

Hourly retail employees alleging unpaid wages · no settlement yet, a free case review

Investigating

CA Wage & Hour

California Workers: Unpaid Wages or Overtime

California intake for unpaid wages, overtime and missed breaks · no settlement yet, a free case review

Investigating HOT

Investigation

Unpaid Wages & Overtime — Hold Your Employer Accountable

No settlement & no claim form — a free case review · unpaid overtime, final paychecks, commissions, misclassification

Investigating

Investigation

ERC Payroll Company & PEO Lawsuit Investigation

Businesses whose PEO or payroll company allegedly withheld Employee Retention Credit refunds

Investigating

Investigation

Unpaid Overtime in the Workplace

How federal overtime rules work, who is exempt, and what off-the-clock time counts

Investigating

Investigation

FLSA Wage & Hour Violations Explained

The federal wage floor, overtime, and the violations that produce most class actions

Investigating

Investigation

Unpaid Commissions & Bonuses

When earned commissions are withheld at termination or recalculated after the fact

Investigating

CA Investigation

California Labor Law: Wages, Overtime & Breaks

Minimum wage, unpaid overtime, meal & rest breaks, misclassification and waiting time penalties

Investigating

Lawsuit

Grand Wailea Spa Workers Misclassification Lawsuit

Maui resort spa workers say a contractor label cost them wages and benefits · allegations unproven, nothing to claim yet

Investigating

Lawsuit

Whirlpool Call Center Off-the-Clock Pay Lawsuit

Complaint claims hourly Whirlpool customer service associates lost 20–25 unpaid minutes a day to logins and shutdowns · allegations unproven, nothing to claim yet

Investigating

Lawsuit

Great Day Improvements Installer Overtime Lawsuit

Complaint alleges installers were denied overtime · allegations unproven, nothing to claim yet

Investigating

Lawsuit

PromptCare Respiratory Therapist On-Call Pay Lawsuit

A proposed $325,000 settlement over unpaid on-call work is not yet approved · nothing to claim yet

Investigating

Lawsuit

Cognizant TriZetto Customer Service Overtime Lawsuit

Complaint alleges hourly reps logged in off the clock before every shift · allegations unproven, nothing to claim yet

Investigating

Lawsuit

ADP Customer Service Representatives Overtime Lawsuit

Complaint alleges ADP reps logged in and out off the clock · allegations unproven, nothing to claim yet

Investigating

NY Lawsuit

NYC Sanitation Officers Overtime Lawsuit

DSNY supervisors allege unpaid overtime · allegations unproven, nothing to claim yet

Investigating

Lawsuit

Obsidian Entertainment Wage & Hour Lawsuit

Game studio staff allege unpaid wages · allegations unproven, nothing to claim yet

Investigating

Lawsuit

Devonshire Care Center Wage & Hour Lawsuit

Care-facility staff allege unpaid wages and missed breaks · allegations unproven

Investigating

Investigation

Travel Nurse Housing Stipend Investigation

LRS and HealthTrust travel nurses · alleged improper housing stipend deductions

PA Lawsuit

Geisinger Timeclock Rounding & Overtime Lawsuit

Hourly Geisinger employees allege 15-minute rounding shorted overtime · FLSA collective and Pennsylvania class · allegations unproven, no settlement

Investigating

Lawsuit

Olive Garden Servers & Bartenders Tip Credit Lawsuit

FLSA collective conditionally certified Oct 16, 2026 over alleged tip-credit notice, uniform-cost and side-work violations · allegations unproven, no settlement

Closed & Expired Wage Settlements

Reference only. The claim deadlines below have passed or payouts have already been distributed, and no new claim can be filed in these matters.

Claims Closed

2 Hours Left Notice / PIN IL Wage & Hour

United Builders & Polo Masonry $555K Illinois AG Overtime Settlement

Workers named in the Illinois Attorney General’s $555,000 overtime settlement with two masonry contractors can still file a late claim; immigration status does not matter.

Deadline: November 3, 2026

Claims Closed

Notice / PIN NY Wage & Hour

Denny’s New York $440K Unpaid Wages Settlement

Unpaid long-workday wages for eligible employees of the Top Line and Reveille Denny’s franchises.

Deadline: October 31, 2026

Claims Closed

With Proof CA Wage & Hour

FN Logistics (Fashion Nova) $5.565M Wage & PAGA Settlement

California warehouse and staffing-agency workers · unpaid overtime, minimum wage, meal and rest break claims

Deadline: October 26, 2026

Claims Closed

Notice / PIN FL Wage & Hour

Pineda Inn Bar & Grill Tip Credit Settlement

$2 per covered hour for former tipped staff at the Florida restaurant who had a tip credit applied, April 2021–August 2023.

Deadline: October 23, 2026

Claims Closed

Notice / PIN OH Wage & Hour

Ohio Nightclub Dancers $800K Unpaid Wages Settlement

Dancers at six Ohio clubs · allegedly charged rent as space-leasing tenants and paid no wages

Deadline: October 20, 2026

Claims Closed

No Proof Misclassification

Sovos Compliance $1.2M Overtime Settlement

Sovos compliance services employees classified as exempt, April 2022–February 2026, are paid by workweeks if they return the mailed claim form.

Deadline: October 19, 2026

Claims Closed

Automatic PA Wage & Hour

Amazon $3M Pennsylvania Unpaid-Wages Settlement

Pennsylvania warehouse workers · unpaid time spent in mandatory security screening

Deadline: October 15, 2026

Claims Closed

Automatic Misclassification

Scale AI $12.5M Worker Misclassification Settlement

Contributors allegedly misclassified as independent contractors · automatic payment, no claim form

Deadline: September 3, 2026

Claims Closed

Automatic Wage & Hour

Guitar Center $2.4M Wage & Hour Settlement

California employees · unpaid wages, meal & rest period claims

Deadline: September 1, 2026

Claims Closed

No Proof Wage & Hour

Elsie Rooftop Tipped-Worker Wage Settlement — $900K

New York tipped restaurant workers

Deadline: August 10, 2026

Claims Closed

Automatic Wage & Hour

Robertson's Transport $1.4M Wage & Hour Settlement

Drivers · unpaid wages and missed breaks

Deadline: August 10, 2026

Claims Closed

Automatic Wage & Hour

AT&T $1.75M Washington Wage & Hour Settlement

Washington employees · meal and rest break claims

Deadline: August 6, 2026

Claims Closed

Automatic Wage & Hour

Banana Republic & Gap $1.95M Wage Settlement

Retail staff · wage and hour claims

Deadline: July 21, 2026

Claims Closed

Automatic Wage & Hour

Studio One Theaters Tip-Pool Settlement — $280K

Theater staff · unlawful tip pooling claims

Deadline: July 21, 2026

Claims Closed

Automatic Wage & Hour

Nature's Path Foods Meal & Rest Period Settlement

Washington plant workers · missed meal and rest periods

Deadline: July 13, 2026

Claims Closed

Notice / PIN Wage & Hour

Novant Health $750K Timeclock Rounding Settlement

Hospital staff · timeclock rounding claims

Deadline: July 10, 2026

Claims Closed

Wage & Hour

Store Space Self Storage FLSA Overtime Settlement

Site managers · FLSA overtime claims

Deadline: July 6, 2026

Claims Closed

Notice / PIN Wage & Hour

Dynatrace SDR Overtime Settlement

Sales development reps · unpaid overtime

Deadline: June 26, 2026

Claims Closed

Misclassification

Grubhub $24.75M California Driver Settlement

California delivery drivers allegedly misclassified as contractors

Deadline: June 18, 2026

Claims Closed

Wage & Hour

Box Inc. $670K Overtime Settlement

Inside sales staff · unpaid overtime

Deadline: May 11, 2026

Claims Closed

Wage & Hour

Target $4.6M NJ Warehouse Wage Settlement

New Jersey warehouse workers · paid automatically

Deadline: February 13, 2026

Claims Closed

Wage & Hour

Windy City Amusements H-2B Wage Settlement — $1.2M

H-2B visa carnival workers · unpaid wages

Deadline: February 5, 2026

Claims Closed

Wage & Hour

Le Pain Quotidien $2.3M Wage and Hour Settlement

Restaurant staff · wage and hour claims

Deadline: January 19, 2026

Claims Closed

Worker Antitrust

Aerospace Worker Antitrust Settlement

Engineers · alleged no-poach conspiracy suppressing pay

Deadline: May 3, 2025

Claims Closed

Wage & Hour

$11.25M Illinois DoorDash Tip Settlement

Illinois Dashers · alleged misuse of customer tips

Deadline: February 10, 2025

Claims Closed

Misclassification

Hannaford $8.875M Department Manager Overtime Settlement

Salaried department managers said the grocery chain classified them out of the overtime they earned; the court approved the deal on August 27, 2026.

Claims Closed

Wage & Hour

New York $16.75M DoorDash Tip Settlement

New York Dashers, 2017–2019 · checks being mailed · claims closed

Claims Closed

Wage & Hour

Amazon & Bamboo Couriers Wage Settlement

Delivery couriers · unpaid wages · claims closed

Claims Closed

Wage & Hour

P.F. Chang's Server FLSA Settlement

Tipped servers · FLSA tip-credit claims · claims closed

Claims Closed

Wage & Hour

Amazon Washington Meal & Rest Break Settlement

Washington warehouse workers · paid automatically · claims closed

What Counts as a Wage & Hour Violation

Nearly every case on this page grew out of one of a handful of fact patterns. Overtime not paid at the required rate, or not paid at all. Work performed off the clock — donning protective gear, booting a terminal, waiting through a security screening, finishing a task after clocking out. Minimum wage shortfalls, including where tip credits are applied incorrectly. Meal and rest breaks that were missed, shortened or interrupted. Timeclock rounding that consistently lands in the employer's favor. Tip pools that include managers or other workers who are not entitled to share. And classification itself: an employee labelled exempt, or a worker labelled an independent contractor, when the day-to-day duties do not support it.

What Federal Law Lets a Worker Recover

The Fair Labor Standards Act sets the federal floor. A worker who prevails can recover the unpaid wages and, under 29 U.S.C. section 216(b), an equal additional amount as liquidated damages — in practice up to double the back pay — plus attorney's fees and costs. A court can reduce or withhold the liquidated portion where the employer shows it acted in good faith and on reasonable grounds.

State law frequently goes further, and in wage cases that difference is often larger than the federal claim. California, for example, adds meal and rest period premiums and a waiting time penalty of up to thirty days of wages when final pay is late. Washington, New York, Illinois and Massachusetts each carry their own penalty structures. Which state's law applies turns on where the work was performed.

Deadlines: The Clock Runs Per Paycheck

Federal wage claims generally carry a two-year limitations period, extended to three years where the violation was willful. The detail that costs workers money is that the period runs separately against each pay period. Every week that passes does not merely delay a claim — it permanently drops the oldest week off the back end of what can be recovered. State wage statutes are often longer, sometimes three to six years, but the same per-paycheck mechanic usually applies.

Discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims run on a different and much shorter track: generally a charge with the EEOC within 180 days of the incident, extended to 300 days in states with their own fair employment agency.

Class Action, Collective Action, or Neither

Wage cases come in three shapes and the difference decides what a worker has to do. A Rule 23 class action binds everyone in the class definition unless they opt out. An FLSA collective action works the opposite way — nobody is included until they affirmatively opt in, which is why participation rates in FLSA cases are usually low and why a notice that looks like junk mail can be worth reading. Most wage problems, though, are neither: they are individual claims against one employer, resolved through a state labor agency complaint, a federal Wage and Hour Division complaint, or a private suit.

An arbitration agreement signed at hiring can also route a claim out of court entirely. It does not extinguish the claim, but it changes where and how it is heard, and it frequently blocks class treatment.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What counts as a wage and hour violation?

The recurring patterns are unpaid overtime, work performed off the clock before or after a shift, minimum wage shortfalls, missed or interrupted meal and rest breaks, timeclock rounding that consistently favors the employer, unlawful tip pooling, unreimbursed business expenses, and classifying a worker as exempt or as an independent contractor when the actual duties do not support it. Most of the settlements on this page arose from one of those.

Can I join a wage and hour class action?

Only if you fall inside a specific settlement's class definition and its claim window is still open. The classes on this page are tied to a particular employer, state and date range, so most workers with a wage problem will not be covered by any of them. If none applies to you, the claim is an individual one against your own employer rather than a class action you can join.

How long do I have to bring a wage claim?

Federal claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act generally must be brought within two years, extended to three years where the violation was willful, under 29 U.S.C. section 255(a). Many state wage laws allow longer. Because the clock runs separately against each missed paycheck, the oldest weeks fall away while a worker is deciding whether to act.

What is the difference between a settlement and an investigation on this page?

A settlement has been reached and approved or is heading for approval, so there is a fund, a class definition and usually a claim form with a deadline. An investigation means attorneys are reviewing potential claims, and a filed lawsuit means a complaint has been filed but not decided. Neither of the latter two has a claim form, a fund or a deadline, and the allegations in them are unproven.

Related OCA Coverage

• Washington job posting & pay transparency settlements — the pay-range disclosure cases, tracked separately.
• Wage theft, defined and wage and hour class actions explained.
• Independent contractor misclassification and donning and doffing.
• Wrongful termination: what you need to know.

Sources

• Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. sections 201 et seq., including sections 216(b) and 255(a).
• U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division guidance and fact sheets.
• The settlement notices, claim forms and court-approved administrator websites for each settlement listed above.
• The complaints in each filed case listed above; see the individual case pages for per-case citations.
• State labor codes where cited, including California Labor Code sections 203, 226.7 and 512.

Last updated November 4, 2026. This page is informational and is not legal advice. Allegations in investigations and filed lawsuits are unproven, and no company listed in those sections has been found liable.