TRC Staffing Services Data Breach Settlement

The settlement is limited to people who received TRC Staffing’s breach notice letter. Receiving a notice is the key requirement stated in this notice; the notice also lists several exclusions.

• You must be a U.S. resident who received TRC Staffing’s notice letter saying your Private Information may have been affected.
• TRC Staffing directors, officers, agents, and their subsidiaries or affiliated companies are excluded. Government entities, the assigned judge’s immediate family and court staff, and people who timely opt out are also excluded.

The notice offers two paths. One path allows documented losses and/or lost time. The other is the alternative pro rata payment.

• You can seek up to $5,000 for qualifying documented monetary losses.
• You can also seek up to four hours of lost time at $20 per hour, for a maximum of $80.
• Or, instead of those benefits, you can request an alternative proportional payment of up to $200.
• You may select monetary losses, lost time, or both on one claim form. The $200 option is an alternative, not an additional payment.

The documented-loss option is for actual out-of-pocket costs connected to the data incident. The examples in the notice are not the only possible losses, but the connection to the incident and lack of other reimbursement matter.

• The loss must be an unreimbursed out-of-pocket cost fairly traceable to the incident.
• Examples include costs from identity theft or fraud, false tax returns or other misuse of personal information; certain credit-monitoring or credit-report costs incurred on or after March 25, 2024; and related expenses such as postage, copying, mileage, notary, fax, or long-distance telephone charges.
• You cannot be paid again for a loss already reimbursed from another source, including the identity-protection and credit-monitoring services offered with TRC Staffing’s notification letter.

Documentation rules depend on the payment choice. A claim form is required for every payment option, but only the alternative payment expressly requires no documentation.

• For monetary losses, include reasonable supporting records with the claim form. Third-party records, such as receipts or documents showing the cost, can support a claim.
• A handwritten receipt or other self-prepared document alone is not enough, although it may help explain other records.
• For lost time, describe what you did in response to the incident. The administrator will verify class membership and review whether the time was actually incurred because of the incident.
• The alternative pro rata payment does not require supporting documentation.

A rejected claim for losses or lost time may move to the alternative-payment category if it is not cured.

• If a monetary-loss or lost-time claim is rejected and you do not fix the problem, it will be treated as a claim for the alternative pro rata payment.
• The notice does not say that a rejected claim automatically receives $200. That alternative payment is proportional and may be less than $200.

A valid, timely claim form is the only way to receive a cash payment. Include any supporting material needed for the payment choice you make.

• Submit online by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on December 22, 2026, or mail the claim so it is postmarked by December 22, 2026.
• For a mailed claim, send it to: In re TRC Staffing Services, Inc. Data Breach Litigation, c/o Kroll Settlement Administration LLC, ATTN: Claims, P.O. Box 5324, New York, NY 10150-5324.

The alternative payment can be reduced because it depends on the money remaining in the fund and the number and amount of approved claims.

• The alternative payment is not guaranteed to be $200.
• It is a proportional share of what remains in the settlement fund after settlement administration costs, approved attorneys’ fees and costs, and approved monetary-loss and lost-time claims are paid.
• The proposed settlement fund is $1.7 million.

Payment timing depends on court approval and whether there are appeals. The notice says benefits will be distributed as soon as possible after those steps are complete.

• Payments can be made only after the court gives final approval and any appeals are resolved.
• A hearing is scheduled for January 6, 2027, but that hearing date does not mean payments will be sent that day.
• The notice does not provide a specific payment date.

Opting out means leaving the settlement. It is different from objecting: a person who opts out cannot object to the settlement.

• To opt out, mail a written request for exclusion postmarked by December 7, 2026.
• Include your name, address, telephone number, email address if any, a statement requesting exclusion in this case, and your personal signature.
• If you opt out, you will not receive a settlement payment, but you keep the right to sue TRC Staffing separately about claims resolved by this settlement.

An objection tells the court why you think it should not approve some or all of the settlement. It does not remove you from the settlement.

• If you stay in the settlement, you may object by December 7, 2026. The objection must be filed with or sent to the court, and copies must also go to class counsel, TRC Staffing’s counsel, and the settlement administrator.
• Your objection needs the case information, your contact information, the reasons and any known legal support, information about whether you or your lawyer plan to appear, your signature, and the other information listed in the notice.
• You may still submit a claim if you object.

Doing nothing leaves you in the settlement and binds you to its release of claims, but it does not result in a payment.

• If you do nothing, you will not receive a cash payment.
• You will also give up the right to start, continue, or join another lawsuit against TRC Staffing and the released parties about the legal issues resolved by this settlement.