Did you receive a notice from Iowa Board of Regents? Did you receive a mail about a class action settlement concerning Iowa Board of Regents late wages? This review will help you partake in the class action settlement after confirming the authenticity of the mail.
What Is Iowa Board of Regents late wages Class Action Settlement?
The Iowa Board of Regents has agreed to a settlement to resolve claims it did not properly pay the wages of its employees who provided healthcare at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC).
The case is Melinda Myers, et al. v. Iowa Board of Regents, Case No. 3:19-cv-00081-SMR-SBJ, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.
What Is This Class Action All About?
The settlement also benefits a Wages Class made up of those who have worked for UIHC since Aug. 19, 2017, as members of the SEIU bargaining unit (health care professional bargaining\ unit) or Oct. 7, 2017, as a merit, merit-exempt or non-exempt P&S employee, “respectively, who have not received their earned wages until more than 12 days, excluding Sundays and legal holidays, after the end of the period in which the wages were earned.”
The Iowa Board of Regents lawsuit alleged UIHC has a policy and practice of neglecting to pay its health care provider employees’ overtime wages within 12 days of the pay period in which they are earned, and of failing to pay employees all of their earned wages in a timely manner after they were terminated, in violation of the Iowa Wage Payment and Collection Law and Fair Labor Standards Act.
The Iowa Board of Regents is a government agency which operates a hospital and clinics at the University of Iowa.
The settlement website did not state how much compensation each employee or former employee might be eligible for. However, those who believe they may be eligible for compensation must submit a claim or W-9 form using their ID number. The settlement website is UIHCSettlement.com.
Who Is Eligible?
This settlement benefits an Overtime Class made up of all individuals who worked for the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics from Jan. 8, 2017, to present, and who were classified as merit, merit-exempt or non-exempt P&S for purposes of overtime pay.
How To Be Part of This Settlement
To partake in this settlement, class member must submit a valid and timely claim on the settlement website by Aug. 28, 2023.
Class members who wish to exclude themselves from or object to the Iowa Board of Regents class action settlement must do so no later than Aug. 28, 2023.
What Is The Pay For This Settlement?
The pay for this settlement varies and the proof of purchase is the SIMID/Unique ID.
The court has scheduled a final approval hearing for Aug. 28, 2023.
Conclusion
As you submit your claim to the settlement website, just like Daikin recall class action settlement we have reviewed, you’re doing so under penalty of perjury. You are also harming other eligible Class Members by submitting a fraudulent claim.
