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NuWest Travel Nurse Wage Settlement

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
Hamilton et al. v. NuWest Group Holdings, LLC
Case No. 2:22−cv−01117−RSM

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You may be entitled to money for a mid-contract rate reduction in this wage settlement. If you previously joined the action, you are also entitled to money for unpaid overtime under the FLSA.

A class and collective action settlement has been reached in a lawsuit against NuWest Group Holdings, LLC (“NuWest”) resolving claims for unpaid overtime and claims for mid-contract pay rate reductions. On January 6, 2025, the Court granted Preliminary Approval of the Settlement. If you worked as a travel nurse for NuWest after January 1, 2020, the Settlement may affect your rights.

Current Status

The Court has not decided in favor of Plaintiffs or NuWest. Instead, both sides agreed to a settlement. Settlements avoid the costs and uncertainty of a trial and related appeals, while more quickly providing benefits to class members and those who joined the FLSA Collective.

The Settlement has received Preliminary Approval. The Court will hold a Final Approval Hearing on July 11, 2025, consider whether the settlement is fair, reasonable, and adequate and decide whether to approve: the settlement, Class Counsel’s application for attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses, and the service awards to Plaintiffs.

What Are My Options?

Receive Payment for Overtime

For individuals who joined the action to receive unpaid overtime under federal law—i.e., the Fair Labor Standards Act (the “FLSA”), you do not need to do anything to receive your settlement payment for overtime claims. You cannot exclude yourself from this claim.

Claim Payment for Rate Reduction

— Deadline: June 30, 2025

You must submit a Claim Form by mail or online to receive money for a mid-contract rate reduction.

Exclude Yourself from the Rate Reduction Class

— Deadline: June 30, 2025

Get no payment for a rate reduction. Keep your right to sue or continue to sue NuWest for the rate reduction claims. You cannot request to exclude yourself and still object.

Object

— Deadline: June 30, 2025

Only those who do not exclude themselves from the rate reduction claims may object. If you do not exclude yourself from the rate reduction claims, you may tell the Court why you do not like the settlement.

You will still be bound by the settlement if the Court approves it.

You will still receive settlement payments for overtime and, if you submit a valid Claim Form, receive settlement payment for rate reduction.

Do Nothing

You will receive no settlement payment for rate reduction. You will still be bound by the settlement.

If you joined the action to receive unpaid overtime under the FLSA, and you do not submit a valid Claim Form for rate reduction, you will still receive a settlement payment for those FLSA claims.