CHG Medical Workers Reach $3.7 Million Deal in Overtime Lawsuit

March 20, 2023, 4:46 PM UTC

A health-care staffing firm agreed to pay $3.7 million to resolve allegations that it improperly excluded certain payments when calculating overtime rates for traveling nurses and technicians.

The deal provides “approximately 96% of the maximum projected recovery for unpaid overtime, interest, and liquidated damages” for more than 500 CHG Medical Staffing Inc. workers in the Fair Labor Standards Act collective and state-law class, according to documents filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of California as part of a preliminary settlement approval bid.

The class, which Judge Dale A. Drozd certified in 2019, will receive 92% of ...

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