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Providence Health Washington Wage & Hour Settlement

Settlement Amount
$17,000,000 b
Claim Deadline
December 14, 2026
Total Fund
$17,000,000

December 14, 2026 is not a claim deadline - there is no claim to file, and letting that date pass costs you nothing. The Providence Health & Services - Washington wage settlement is a $17,000,000 automatic-payment settlement of Mizell v. Providence Health & Services - Washington, No. 25-2-16280-0 SEA (King County Superior Court, Washington). The court-approved Notice puts it plainly: if you want to participate, you do not need to do anything. It is a closed, records-based class of about 30,629 people that you cannot sign up for - Providence's own time and payroll records decide who is in it, and a mailed Notice is the practical sign that you are. Three limits rule out most people who will read about this case. The work had to be at Providence's Washington State locations, so work at Providence locations in the system's other states is outside this class; you had to be hourly-paid and non-exempt, so salaried exempt employees are not covered; and Swedish caregivers are carved out to the extent they are already covered by the Callister, Clark or Wallace cases, as are caregivers covered by the Prince-Cooke settlement and the second meal period and time rounding claims in Bennett. Swedish is a large Providence-affiliated system in the Seattle area, so that carve-out excludes a sizeable group who think of themselves as Providence employees. The class period runs April 23, 2022 through August 13, 2026. This is not the Providence 401(k) case - the separate $42.7 million Providence Health 401(k) forfeiture settlement is an ERISA matter about retirement plan accounts, with its own class and payment process. Payment here is a single pro rata share of the net fund based on your W-2 wages, with a $25 minimum - and that $25 is a floor, not a cap. The $17 million is a gross figure: attorneys' fees of up to 34% (about $5.78 million), litigation costs up to $60,000, two service awards of up to $30,000 each, administration costs up to $100,000 and the employer's payroll taxes come out first, leaving a net the Notice estimates at well over $10 million. Those $60,000, $100,000 and $30,000 figures cap single line items, not the settlement. What December 14, 2026 actually is: the deadline to opt out and to object, and the dispute deadline listed on the official settlement website. The one thing worth doing is making sure CPT Group has your current mailing address, because the payment arrives as a mailed check. Nothing is paid in 2026: final approval is not until January 22, 2027, and the Notice puts checks at roughly 75 days after that if no appeal is filed. Providence denies the allegations and the Court has not decided whether it violated the law.

Do I Qualify?

You may be eligible if:

There is no claim form, no receipt and nothing to document. Payment is automatic for every class member who does not exclude themselves. Providence's own time and payroll records establish class membership and calculate the payment, so there is nothing for you to establish about your hours, your breaks or your wages - and no self-service route in for someone who was never sent a Notice. There is no notice ID to enter anywhere. Because there is no claim to submit, the Notice does not gate your payment behind a credential; it is an information document that also states your own estimated payment. The one thing worth doing is confirming your address. The payment arrives as a mailed check, and an undeliverable check is the most common way an automatic payment goes unpaid. Class members who have moved since working at Providence should make sure the administrator, CPT Group, has their current mailing address, through the official settlement website at cptgroupcaseinfo.com/ProvidenceHealthSettlement. If you believe Providence's records are wrong about you, the settlement website lists December 14, 2026 as its dispute deadline, and CPT Group is the contact for any question about whether the records place you in the class. If you never cash the check, checks not cashed within 120 days are turned over to Washington's unclaimed property program in your own name, so the money is not forfeited to Providence - but recovering it from the state becomes your problem.

What Happened?

Amber Mizell and Courtney Sams sued Providence Health & Services - Washington in King County Superior Court on May 30, 2025. They allege Providence failed to provide legally compliant rest and meal breaks, failed to pay for breaks that were missed, cut short or interrupted, failed to pay regular and overtime wages for all time worked, and wrongfully withheld wages, in violation of Washington wage laws and the Seattle Municipal Code.

Providence denies the allegations and denies any wrongdoing, and says it settled as a business decision to avoid the cost and risk of continued litigation. The Court has not decided who was right and has made no determination on the merits. The settlement is not an admission of liability.

The parties reached terms at an all-day mediation on May 28, 2026 and signed the settlement agreement in July 2026. Under it, Providence pays a Gross Settlement Amount of $17,000,000. The Court granted preliminary approval on August 13, 2026 by corrected order, and the preliminary approval order estimates the class at approximately 30,629 people. CPT Group, Inc. was appointed Settlement Administrator and is mailing the court-approved Notice to class members.

The case is Mizell v. Providence Health & Services - Washington, Case No. 25-2-16280-0 SEA, before Judge Ken Schubert in King County Superior Court, Washington. The official settlement website at cptgroupcaseinfo.com/ProvidenceHealthSettlement carries the Class Notice, the Settlement Agreement, the preliminary approval order and the important dates.

The class definition carves out four groups and sets of claims to the extent other cases already cover them: the second meal period and time rounding claims asserted in Bennett v. Providence Health & Services; Swedish Health Services and Swedish Medical Center caregivers covered by Callister v. Swedish Health Services, et al. and/or Clark v. Swedish Health Services; Swedish Edmonds caregivers covered by Wallace v. Swedish Edmonds; and caregivers covered by the Prince-Cooke v. Providence Health, et al. settlement. Those carve-outs are the reason a Providence-system worker can read this and still be outside the class.

A separate and unrelated Providence matter - the $42.7 million Providence Health 401(k) forfeiture settlement - involves forfeited retirement plan contributions paid into plan accounts. It shares the company name and nothing else: different statute, different class, different fund, different payment mechanism and different deadlines.

The Final Approval Hearing is set for January 22, 2027 at 11:00 a.m. before Judge Schubert at King County Superior Court in Seattle, Washington, with a remote option provided by the preliminary approval order, and the Court can move it without further notice. A scheduled hearing is not an approval: as of October 2, 2026 no final approval order had been entered, no payments had been issued and no payment date had been announced. If more than 10% of the class opts out, Providence may void the settlement.

How to File Your Claim

  1. NO ACTION NEEDED TO BE PAID - there is no claim form, no claim deadline and nothing to submit. The Notice states it plainly: "If you want to participate, you do not need to do anything. You will automatically be a part of the Settlement and will receive a payment." Providence's time and payroll records identify the roughly 30,629 class members, and CPT Group mails a check to everyone who does not exclude themselves, if the Court grants final approval
  2. DECEMBER 14, 2026 IS NOT A CLAIM DEADLINE - it is the deadline to opt out and the deadline to object, and the settlement website also lists it as the dispute deadline. Let it pass and you are still paid. The only people who need to act by that date are those who want to LEAVE the settlement or CHALLENGE it
  3. DO THIS INSTEAD: make sure CPT Group has your current mailing address. The payment arrives as a mailed check, so an out-of-date address is the most common way an automatic payment goes unpaid. This matters most if you have moved since working at Providence. Use the official settlement website or contact CPT Group directly
  4. TO EXCLUDE YOURSELF: send a written Request for Exclusion that reaches the Settlement Administrator by December 14, 2026. The Notice requires it to include your full name and address, a statement that you wish to be excluded - the Notice gives the wording "I request to be excluded from the class action settlement in Mizell v. Providence Health & Services - Washington" - and your signature and the date you signed. Class members who are validly excluded receive no Individual Class Payment, lose any right to object, and are not bound by the release
  5. TO OBJECT: submit a written objection by December 14, 2026. An objector stays in the settlement and is still paid if it is approved. You cannot both object and exclude yourself. A class member who wants to speak at the final approval hearing must say so in a timely written objection
  6. Final approval hearing: January 22, 2027 at 11:00 a.m. before Judge Ken Schubert at King County Superior Court in Seattle, Washington. The preliminary approval order also provides a remote option, and the Court can move the hearing without further notice
  7. Settlement Administrator: CPT Group, Inc. The official website is https://www.cptgroupcaseinfo.com/ProvidenceHealthSettlement/, which carries the Class Notice, the Settlement Agreement, the preliminary approval order and the important dates.
  8. Visit the official claim form: https://www.cptgroupcaseinfo.com/ProvidenceHealthSettlement/

How Much Will I Actually Get?

ONE PAYMENT, ONE METHOD OF CALCULATION - THERE IS NOTHING TO ELECT. Each participating class member receives a pro rata share of the Net Settlement Amount based on the W-2 wages Providence paid them during the Class Period, with a minimum payment of $25. There are no tiers, no separate category for anyone who can document a loss, and no election to make. Someone who earned more from Providence over the class period receives a larger share; someone who earned very little still receives at least $25. THE $25 IS A FLOOR, NOT A CAP. It is the smallest payment anyone in the class receives, not a limit on what you can be paid. THE $17,000,000 IS GROSS, NOT WHAT REACHES THE CLASS. The Gross Settlement Amount pays, before anything is distributed: attorneys' fees of up to 34% of the gross fund, which is about $5.78 million; actual litigation costs of up to $60,000.00; service awards of up to $30,000.00 for each of the two Class Representatives, Amber Mizell and Courtney Sams; settlement administration costs of up to $100,000.00; and the employer's share of payroll taxes. Every one of those amounts is a request subject to Court approval, and the Court may award less than is asked. The Notice estimates the Net Settlement Amount actually paid to class members at well over $10,000,000.00. THE $60,000, $100,000 AND $30,000 FIGURES ARE CAPS ON SINGLE LINE ITEMS - NOT ON THE SETTLEMENT. The $60,000.00 limit applies only to litigation costs and expenses. The $100,000.00 limit applies only to settlement administration costs. The $30,000.00 limit applies only to each Class Representative's service award. None of them caps what Providence pays or what the class receives. The figure that bounds the settlement is the $17,000,000 Gross Settlement Amount. WHAT A TYPICAL PAYMENT LOOKS LIKE: the settlement does not publish an average. Dividing the Notice's "well over $10,000,000" net estimate across roughly 30,629 class members is arithmetic that lands somewhere above $330 a person - a rough calculation, not a figure from the settlement, and individual payments vary widely with wages earned. The number that actually applies to you is on your own mailed Notice, which states your estimated payment. HOW IT IS TAXED: 50% of each payment is allocated as wages, subject to payroll taxes and withholding and reported on an IRS Form W-2, and 50% as non-wage interest and damages, which are not subject to payroll taxes and withholding but are reported on an IRS Form 1099. Payments do not affect Providence employee benefits or retirement plan credit. WHEN YOU WOULD BE PAID - NOT IN 2026. No final approval order has been entered and no payment date has been set. The final approval hearing is January 22, 2027. If the Court grants final approval and no appeal is filed, Providence funds the settlement within 30 days after it becomes final and the administrator mails checks within 15 days after that, which the Notice summarizes as about 75 days after final approval. That is a sequence, not a promise. Checks not cashed within 120 days are turned over to Washington's unclaimed property program in the class member's own name, so the money is not forfeited to Providence - but recovering it from the state then becomes your problem. THE SETTLEMENT CAN STILL COME APART: if more than 10% of the class opts out, Providence may void it.

Last reviewed: October 2, 2026 | Information verified from court records and official settlement documents.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do I have to file a claim by December 14, 2026?
No, and this is the single most misread thing about this settlement. There is no claim form and no claim deadline. The court-approved Notice says it directly: "If you want to participate, you do not need to do anything. You will automatically be a part of the Settlement and will receive a payment." Providence's own time and payroll records identify the roughly 30,629 class members, and CPT Group mails a check to everyone who does not exclude themselves, if the Court grants final approval. December 14, 2026 is two other deadlines at once: the deadline to request exclusion and the deadline to object. The settlement website also lists it as the dispute deadline. Let it pass and you are still paid. The one genuinely useful thing to do is confirm that CPT Group has your current mailing address, because the payment arrives as a mailed check.
Is this the same as the Providence 401(k) settlement?
No. These are two unrelated Providence cases that happen to share a company name, and being in one tells you nothing about whether you are in the other. This case is Mizell v. Providence Health & Services - Washington, No. 25-2-16280-0 SEA in King County Superior Court: a $17,000,000 wage and hour settlement over rest and meal breaks, unpaid time and overtime for hourly, non-exempt Providence employees in Washington State, paid as a mailed check. The separate $42.7 million Providence Health 401(k) forfeiture settlement is an ERISA case about forfeited retirement plan contributions, with a different class, a different fund and money that goes into retirement plan accounts rather than out as a check. Different class period, different eligibility, different deadlines. Check which one a notice you received actually refers to before acting on it.
I worked for Providence. Why might I still not qualify?
Three limits do most of the work, and together they rule out a large share of people who will read about this case. First, location: the class covers only employees who worked at Providence Health & Services - Washington's Washington State locations. Providence is a multi-state health system, and work at Providence locations outside Washington is outside this class. Second, pay status: you had to be hourly-paid and non-exempt. Salaried, exempt employees are not in the class however much unpaid time or interrupted break they believe they worked. Third, the carve-outs: the class definition excludes Swedish Health Services and Swedish Medical Center caregivers to the extent they are covered by the Callister or Clark settlements, Swedish Edmonds caregivers to the extent they are covered by Wallace v. Swedish Edmonds, caregivers to the extent they are covered by the Prince-Cooke v. Providence Health settlement, and the second meal period and time rounding claims asserted in Bennett v. Providence Health & Services. You also had to work at some point between April 23, 2022 and August 13, 2026. Beyond that, Providence's records decide membership - there is no self-service route in for someone who was never sent a Notice. Contact CPT Group if you are unsure rather than assuming either way.
I worked at Swedish. Am I covered?
Only to the extent you are not already covered somewhere else, and this is the carve-out most likely to catch a Providence-system worker by surprise. The class definition excludes Swedish Health Services and Swedish Medical Center caregivers to the extent they are covered by the settlements in Callister v. Swedish Health Services, et al. and/or Clark v. Swedish Health Services, and Swedish Edmonds caregivers to the extent they are covered by the claims asserted in Wallace v. Swedish Edmonds. Swedish is a large Providence-affiliated system in the Seattle area, so a sizeable group of people who reasonably think of themselves as Providence employees are carved out of this settlement rather than included in it. The phrase "to the extent" is doing real work: the carve-out is keyed to what those other cases actually cover, not to the Swedish name as such. If you worked at a Swedish facility and are not sure which case covers you, ask CPT Group - and do not assume a Providence notice you did not receive was simply lost in the mail.
How much will I get, and does the $25 limit my payment?
The $25 is a floor, not a cap - it is the minimum payment anyone in the class receives, not a limit on what you can be paid. Each participating class member receives a pro rata share of the Net Settlement Amount based on the W-2 wages Providence paid them during the class period, so higher earners over the period receive more and lower earners receive less, with $25 as the smallest payment. There are no tiers and nothing to elect. The settlement does not publish an average payment. The Notice estimates the net amount paid to class members at well over $10,000,000, and spreading that across roughly 30,629 class members is arithmetic that lands somewhere above $330 a person - that is a rough calculation rather than a settlement figure, and individual payments vary widely. The number that actually applies to you is printed on your own mailed Notice, which states your estimated payment.
Do the $60,000, $100,000 and $30,000 caps limit the whole settlement?
No. Each applies to one line item only, and none of them caps what Providence pays or what the class receives. The $60,000.00 limit applies only to Class Counsel's actual litigation costs and expenses. The $100,000.00 limit applies only to settlement administration costs. The $30,000.00 limit applies only to each of the two Class Representatives' service awards, for Amber Mizell and Courtney Sams. Separately, Class Counsel may request attorneys' fees of up to 34% of the gross fund, about $5.78 million. All of those come out of the $17,000,000 Gross Settlement Amount before anything is distributed, together with the employer's share of payroll taxes, and every one is a request subject to Court approval - the Court may award less than is asked. The figure that bounds the settlement is the $17,000,000 gross fund; the Notice estimates the net amount reaching class members at well over $10,000,000.
When would Providence settlement checks actually be mailed?
Not in 2026, and no payment date has been set. The final approval hearing is scheduled for January 22, 2027 at 11:00 a.m. before Judge Ken Schubert at King County Superior Court in Seattle, with a remote option under the preliminary approval order, and the Court can move the hearing without further notice. A scheduled hearing is not an approval: as of October 2, 2026 no final approval order had been entered. If the Court grants final approval and no appeal is filed, Providence funds the settlement within 30 days after it becomes final and the administrator mails checks within 15 days after that, which the Notice summarizes as roughly 75 days after final approval. That is the agreement's sequence, not a promise, and an appeal would push it out further. Checks not cashed within 120 days are turned over to Washington's unclaimed property program in your own name, so the money is not forfeited to Providence - but getting it back from the state is then your problem.
What proof or notice ID do I need?
None. There is no claim form, so there is nothing to document and no notice ID to enter anywhere. Payments are calculated from Providence's own time and payroll records, which means there is nothing for you to establish about your hours, your breaks or your wages, and no self-service route in for someone who was never sent a Notice. The only practical housekeeping is your address: the payment arrives as a mailed check, so class members who have moved since working at Providence should make sure CPT Group has their current mailing address.
What happens if I opt out, and what if a lot of people do?
Opting out means no payment from this settlement at all. In exchange you keep any right to sue Providence separately over the same claims, and you are not bound by the release. A validly excluded class member also loses any right to object. Objecting is the other path and works differently: an objector stays in the settlement and is still paid if it is approved. You cannot do both. Both steps must reach the administrator by December 14, 2026, and a class member who wants to speak at the final approval hearing has to say so in a timely written objection. One collective consequence is worth knowing: if more than 10% of the class requests exclusion, Providence may void the settlement, in which case nobody is paid under it.

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