Nebraska Nurses Win Initial Nod for $800,000 Wage Settlement

Nurses who say the hospital chain they worked for underpaid them for on-call work may move forward with an $800,000 settlement resolving their wage-and-hour suit after a federal judge in Nebraska granted initial approval.

The deal resolves the workers’ Fair Labor Standards Act and state wage law allegations against CHI Nebraska, parent CommonSpirit Health, and a subsidiary. The settlement covers an FLSA collective, a class, and two subclasses, the US District Court for the District of Nebraska said.

There are thousands of workers in the class, Judge Brian C. Buescher’s Thursday order said. CHI Nebraska, which does business ...