WellNow Urgent Care Wage and Hour Settlement

The notice says recipients are Class Members because WellNow’s records show they worked as an Hourly Employee. That means a non-exempt hourly employee with direct patient-care duties at a corporate-owned WellNow location, during at least one listed period.

The notice does not provide the calendar date of the Preliminary Approval Date, which is the stated end date for all of these periods.

• New York: June 6, 2017 through the Preliminary Approval Date.
• Illinois IMWL class: June 8, 2023 through the Preliminary Approval Date.
• Illinois IWPCA class for people clocked out for meal breaks and/or subject to time rounding: June 8, 2016 through the Preliminary Approval Date.
• Pennsylvania: June 8, 2023 through the Preliminary Approval Date.

A payment is not a fixed amount. The $1.64 million gross fund is reduced for approved service payments, administration costs, attorneys’ fees and costs, and payroll taxes. The remaining Net Settlement Fund is divided using a point system, so the value of each point—and the actual payment—can be higher or lower than the estimate in a person’s notice.

The notice has separate point rules for different groups. Its treatment of people who may be in more than one group is not fully clear in every situation, so this notice does not provide a complete answer about how all overlapping memberships are combined.

• Opt-in Plaintiffs receive two points for each qualifying pay period from June 6, 2020 through the Preliminary Approval Date.
• The notice assigns one point per qualifying pay period to New York Class members and to certain Illinois and Pennsylvania Class members.
• The administrator divides the Net Settlement Fund by all assigned points to determine the value of one point, then multiplies that value by each person’s points.

Submitting a claim is necessary to receive a payment. The supplied notice text does not state whether the attached Claim Form asks for supporting documents, so that requirement cannot be confirmed from this material.

Payment is only due after final court approval and after any appeal or review rights have ended or been resolved in favor of the settlement.

• Complete and sign the attached Claim Form.
• Send it by mail in the supplied postage-paid envelope, or scan and email it to the Claims Administrator.
• It must be postmarked or otherwise received by November 25, 2026.

The Claims Administrator, Simpluris Inc., handles disagreements about the number of qualifying pay periods credited to a Class Member or Opt-in Plaintiff. The notice specifically requires supporting documentation for this type of dispute.

• Mail a dispute to the Claims Administrator.
• Explain why the credited number is incorrect.
• Include documentation supporting the dispute.
• Make sure it is postmarked by November 25, 2026.

Doing nothing is not the same as leaving the settlement. A person who does nothing remains in the settlement and gives up the state-law claims described in the notice, even though they do not receive a payment.

• If you submit a Claim Form, you stay in the case, may receive a payment, and release the listed federal FLSA claims as well as the covered state-law claims.
• If you do nothing and do not exclude yourself, you receive no payment and release the covered state-law claims, but not the FLSA claims.
• If you exclude yourself, you receive no settlement payment and keep the right to bring or continue your own case about claims covered by this settlement.

Excluding yourself, sometimes called opting out, means leaving this settlement. The notice says an incomplete or unsigned request is invalid.

• Mail a written Request for Exclusion to the Claims Administrator.
• Include the exact requested statement, your name, address, and telephone number.
• Personally sign the request.
• It must be postmarked by November 25, 2026.
• Do not send both a Claim Form and a Request for Exclusion.

The notice says recipients remain responsible for their own taxes and says it is not tax advice.

• Half of an individual payment is treated as back wages and is subject to lawful deductions and W-2 reporting.
• The other half is treated as liquidated damages and interest and is reported as non-wage income on Form 1099.
• The Claims Administrator will issue the forms at the end of the calendar year if the settlement check was cashed.

The court will decide whether to finally approve the settlement at this hearing. A payment is not due unless the settlement receives final approval and any appeal or review process is completed or resolved in favor of the settlement.

• The Final Approval Hearing is set for December 16, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.
• It is scheduled in Courtroom 2125 at the Dirksen United States Courthouse, 219 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois.
• You do not need to attend.
• The hearing may be postponed without further notice.