Maza, et al. v. Waterford Operations, LLC, et al.
Case No. 14CV03147
Circuit Court of the State of Oregon
For the County of Jackson
You may have received a notice that the court has preliminarily approved a class action Settlement between Plaintiffs and Defendants. As listed in the General Judgment entered into the court record on May 22, 2023, the classes are defined as:
Meal Period Class: hourly employees who were required to take a full 30 minute meal period, and who on one or more occasions received less than the 30 minutes due to returning to work early.
Point Click Care Class (“PCC”): hourly employees whose work time was recorded in Kronos, Defendants’ electronic time keeping system, and who worked off-the-clock using Point Click Care without compensation.
Class members are limited to only those individuals listed in Attachments A and B to the General Judgment.
The Notice summarizes the Stipulation and Settlement Agreement of Class Action (“Agreement”), which has been filed with the Court.
To receive a monetary award, you do not need to submit or file anything. You must make sure your mailing address is current with the Settlement Administrator and submit any address updates here. Assuming the Court grants final approval and Settlement becomes final, your Net Settlement Award will be paid by check sent to you by regular mail. Alternatively, you can choose to be paid the Net Settlement Award by electronic deposit by signing up through the secure form here.
February 16, 2025: |
Deadline to file and serve any Objection to the Settlement. |
March 21, 2025 9:00 a.m.: |
Final Approval Hearing to hear any objections and approve the settlement, including payment of the Settlement Amounts. |
May 1, 2025: |
Approximate date payment processing will begin if no objections or appeals. |
Waterford & Coos Bay Rehab have agreed to pay a total of $4,000,000.00 for the following, all subject to Court approval:
Settlement Award: each Class Member will receive a pro rata share based on the amount awarded to each person in the Judgment in this case with the total of all Class Member payments totaling $2,283,816.26. Such awards shall be calculated based on the adjudged sum found to be due and owing to Class Members which account for unpaid wages and penalties discounted by 63.35%. Unpaid wages and penalty wages vary for each Class Member based on each Class Member’s duration of employment, time clock punches, and rate of pay during the class period of March 22, 2007 through March 22, 2013.
Service Awards to Class Representatives: the Service Awards to be paid to each Plaintiff who brought this suit are a pro rata share of the service awards entered in this case as part of the Judgments with the pro rata share totaling $54,971.54.
Class Counsel’s Costs: Class Counsel shall be paid a pro rata share of the costs awarded by the Court as entered into in this case as part of the Judgments, with the pro rata share totaling $55,669.63.
Class Counsel’s Attorney Fees: Class Counsel shall be paid a pro rata share of the attorney fees awarded by the Court as entered into this case as part of the Judgments with the pro rata share totaling $1,605,542.57.
These rights and options —and the deadlines to exercise them— are explained in the Notice.