Providence Health Washington Break and Overtime Settlement

The notice was sent because Providence’s records indicate you may be part of the class. Receiving the notice does not change the stated exclusions.

• You may be included if you were an hourly-paid, non-exempt employee of Providence Health & Services – Washington who worked at one of its Washington locations at some point from April 23, 2022, through August 13, 2026.
• Some workers or claims are excluded when they are already covered by the listed Bennett, Callister, Clark, Wallace, or Prince-Cooke matters. The exclusions are limited as described in the notice.

If the settlement receives final approval, participating class members are to receive a payment automatically.

• No claim form is required to participate.
• The notice does not require documents to support the automatic payment.
• To receive the payment, do nothing unless you choose to exclude yourself from the settlement.

The notice estimates that well over $10 million of the $17 million gross settlement will be available as the net amount for participating class members. That estimate is not a guaranteed amount for any one person.

• Payments will come from the portion of the settlement remaining for class members after the settlement’s other costs and awards.
• Your share is based on the W-2 wages Providence paid you during the class period.
• There is a $25 minimum payment, but no individual amount is promised. The amount also depends on how many class members participate.

• Half of each payment is treated as wages. Payroll taxes and withholding apply to that half, and it will be reported on a W-2.
• The other half is treated as non-wage interest and damages. The notice says it is not subject to payroll taxes and withholding and will be reported on a Form 1099.

The notice does not give a fixed payment date.

• The court must first give final approval.
• The notice says payments will be mailed about 75 days after final approval only if no appeal is filed.

Excluding yourself is also called opting out. It means you keep any rights you may have to pursue your own claims at your own expense.

• To leave the settlement, send a written Request for Exclusion to the administrator. It must be postmarked or received by December 14, 2026.
• The request must include your full name and address, a statement that you want to be excluded, your signature, and the date you signed it.
• If you exclude yourself, you will not receive a settlement payment, cannot object to the settlement, and will not be bound by this settlement’s release.

• You may object and remain in the settlement; you do not need to exclude yourself to object.
• Send a written objection by December 14, 2026 to the administrator, the court clerk, and the lawyers identified in the notice.
• Your objection needs your contact information, your reasons, attorney information if you have an attorney, whether you or your attorney plan to attend the hearing, and a dated signature.
• You cannot both object and exclude yourself.

• If you stay in the settlement and receive a payment, you give up the released wage-and-hour claims against Providence for the stated period.
• The release covers claims that were or could have been alleged based on the facts in this case. It includes the types of pay, timekeeping, rest-break, and meal-break claims listed in the notice.
• The release does not include claims that could not have been asserted from this case’s facts, claims after the class period, or the discrimination, retaliation, wrongful-termination, unemployment-compensation, and workers’ compensation claims identified in the notice.

• The final approval hearing is scheduled for January 22, 2027, at 11:00 a.m. in Courtroom W-813 at King County Superior Court, 516 3rd Ave, Seattle, Washington.
• You do not have to attend the hearing to receive a payment.
• If you want to speak at the hearing, the notice says to notify Class Counsel by December 14, 2026. The hearing date, time, or location may change.