Sizzling Platter Washington Job Postings Settlement

Read this before you get excited about the $5,000. The Sizzling Platter Washington Job Postings Settlement is a closed, records-based settlement covering only about 987 people — individuals Sizzling Platter's own records show applied for a Crew Member or Lead opening in Washington between January 1, 2023 and July 26, 2025 where the posting left out the wage scale or salary range, or a general description of benefits and other compensation. The online claim form opens only with the Login ID and PIN printed on the personalized notice Simpluris mailed to those people, so if you were never sent a notice you almost certainly cannot file — contact Simpluris on (877) 723-7127 rather than assuming you qualify. Applications for any other position, or outside Washington, are not covered. The realistic payment is about $613.71, not $5,000: every claimant gets an equal share of the net fund, and the $5,000 is a per-person ceiling that only matters if very few people file — anything above it goes to the Legal Foundation of Washington, not to other claimants. Unusually, the fund grows with turnout: Sizzling Platter pays a floor of $634,472.50, and each claimant past 493 adds $613.71 to the fund up to a $937,650 maximum, so a heavy response holds shares near $613.71 rather than diluting them. File by November 17, 2026 — the same date as the opt-out and objection deadlines — at sizzlingplattersettlement.com. This is not an automatic-payment settlement: class members who do not file receive nothing. Sizzling Platter denies violating any law and the court has not decided who is right.

Do I Qualify?

You may be eligible if:

• Sizzling Platter's records show you applied for a Crew Member or Lead job opening in the State of Washington between January 1, 2023 and July 26, 2025
• AND the job posting did not disclose the wage scale or salary range for the position, or a general description of the benefits and other compensation to be offered to the hired applicant
• You were sent a personalized notice carrying a Login ID and PIN — this is the requirement most people reading about this settlement will fail, because the class is a closed list of roughly 987 people built from the company's own records, and the online claim form will not open without those credentials
• You did not have to be hired, and the notice confirms that filing will not affect any application for employment with the company
• Not covered: applications for any position other than Crew Member or Lead; openings outside Washington; applications outside the January 1, 2023 to July 26, 2025 class period; and anyone who validly asks to be excluded from the settlement
• Left off the class list? Paragraph 15 of the Settlement Agreement allowed 60 days from the sending of the Notice to dispute it, and unless your challenge rests on documentary evidence, Sizzling Platter's records control — the Settlement Administrator is the final arbiter
• You submit a valid Claim Form online, by mail or by email by November 17, 2026

You need the Login ID and PIN from your notice, and that is the real barrier here. No receipts, pay stubs, screenshots or copies of the job posting are required, and the Claim Form itself asks only for your contact details and a signature under penalty of perjury. But the online claim form will not open without the Login ID and PIN printed on the personalized notice Simpluris mailed you, which means the credentials function as the eligibility check. Because the class is a closed list of roughly 987 people drawn from Sizzling Platter's own records, there is no self-service route in for someone who was never sent a notice. If you lost your notice, ask Simpluris to resend your credentials on (877) 723-7127 or at info@SizzlingPlatterSettlement.com — you will need to give your full name and mailing address, and you should do it well before November 17, 2026. If you believe you belong in the class but were never on the list, say so to the administrator: Paragraph 15 of the Settlement Agreement set a window of 60 days from the sending of the Notice to dispute the class list, and provides that unless the challenge is based on documentary evidence, Defendant's records will control, with the Settlement Administrator as final arbiter. Submitting a Claim Form is also not the end of it — claims are subject to a verification process and the administrator may request additional information before paying one.

What Happened?

James Russell Norman and Cherie Burke sued Sizzling Platter, LLC in King County Superior Court in Washington, alleging that the company's Washington job postings did not disclose the wage scale or salary range, and/or did not provide a general description of the benefits or other compensation being offered, in violation of the job posting and pay transparency requirements of the Washington Equal Pay and Opportunities Act, RCW 49.58.110. Sizzling Platter disputes the claims, contends it has not violated any law and that the claims are without merit, and does not admit wrongdoing by settling. The court has made no determination on the merits and has not decided whether the company violated the law.

The case is James Russell Norman & Cherie Burke v. Sizzling Platter, LLC, Case No. 25-2-10677-2 SEA, before Judge Taki Flevaris in King County Superior Court, Washington. Ackermann & Tilajef, P.C. of Tacoma was appointed Class Counsel; Sizzling Platter is represented by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and Seyfarth Shaw LLP, both of Seattle. Simpluris, Inc. is the Settlement Administrator.

The parties reached a proposed class action settlement under which Sizzling Platter pays a Minimum Settlement Fund of $634,472.50 and no more than a Maximum Settlement Fund of $937,650, with the figure in between driven by how many people actually file. On August 5, 2026 the court issued an order preliminarily approving the settlement and authorizing Simpluris to issue the Notice and Claim Form. Notices went out carrying a claim deadline of November 17, 2026.

This is one of a long run of Washington pay transparency cases brought under RCW 49.58.110 against employers whose job postings omitted pay ranges. It is a separate matter from the other Washington job posting settlements tracked on this site, which involve different companies, different class periods and different funds.

The Final Approval Hearing is scheduled for February 19, 2027 at 9:00 a.m. at King County Superior Court, 401 4th Ave. N, Room 2D, Kent, WA 98032. The official website warns that the date and time can change by court order. A scheduled hearing is not an approval: no final approval order has been entered, no payments have been issued and no payment date has been announced. If the settlement is approved and no appeal is filed, checks are mailed after all appeals and reviews are complete.

How to File Your Claim

1. File online at sizzlingplattersettlement.com using the Login ID and PIN printed on your personalized notice — the online form will not open without them
2. Lost or never received your notice? Contact Simpluris before you do anything else, on (877) 723-7127 or at info@SizzlingPlatterSettlement.com, and ask about your Login ID and PIN or whether you are on the class list at all. Do not leave this to the last week
3. You may instead send a completed Claim Form to the administrator by mail or email: James Russell Norman & Cherie Burke v. Sizzling Platter, LLC, c/o Simpluris, Inc., P.O. Box 26170, Santa Ana, CA 92799, or info@SizzlingPlatterSettlement.com
4. The Claim Form asks for your contact details and a signature under penalty of perjury. No receipts, pay stubs, screenshots or copies of the job posting are required — but claims go through a verification process and the administrator may request additional information
5. ONE DATE FOR EVERYTHING: November 17, 2026 is the deadline to submit a claim, to exclude yourself and to object. Online claims must be submitted and mailed claims postmarked by that date. The notice states no time of day for online filing, so treat the date itself as the cutoff and mail early
6. Keep your address and phone number current with Simpluris — payments are mailed as paper checks, and an undeliverable check is the most common way a valid claim goes unpaid
7. Questions go to Simpluris on (877) 723-7127, or to Class Counsel Ackermann & Tilajef, P.C., 2602 North Proctor Street, Suite 205, Tacoma, WA 98406, (253) 625-7720. The notice asks you not to call the court, the clerk, the judge or the company
8. Visit the official claim form: https://sizzlingplattersettlement.com/

How Much Will I Actually Get?

THE $5,000 IS A PER-PERSON CEILING, NOT AN AMOUNT ANYONE EXPECTS TO RECEIVE. The realistic figure is the one on your Claim Form, and the Notice puts it at "at least $613.71." Every claimant receives an equal share of the Net Settlement Fund — there is one payment and one calculation, with no tiers and nothing to elect. Paragraph 16(b) of the Settlement Agreement allocates that share pro rata up to a maximum of $5,000 per Settlement Claimant, and any amount beyond $5,000 per claimant is paid out to the Legal Foundation of Washington as Residual Funds. So the $5,000 only bites if so few people file that an equal share would exceed it, and money displaced by the cap goes to a charity rather than to other claimants. THREE DIFFERENT CAPS APPLY TO THREE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THIS SETTLEMENT, AND NONE OF THEM CAPS THE WHOLE THING AT $5,000. The $5,000 limits what one claimant can be paid. The $937,650 Maximum Settlement Fund limits what Sizzling Platter can be made to pay in total. The $15,000 limit applies only to the administrator's costs, and it works in claimants' favour: the Settlement Agreement provides that if actual administration costs come in under $15,000, the difference is distributed pro rata to claimants as part of the final disbursement. THE FUND GROWS WITH TURNOUT, WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE OF THE USUAL ARRANGEMENT. In most settlements a fixed pot means each additional claimant shrinks everyone's share. Here Sizzling Platter pays a floor of $634,472.50 (the Minimum Settlement Fund) as long as the number of claimants is at or below approximately 50 percent of the class, which the Settlement Agreement fixes at 493 people. For every claimant beyond that initial 493, the value of the Net Settlement Fund increases by $613.71, until the total reaches the $937,650 Maximum Settlement Fund. The effect is that heavy turnout holds each share near $613.71 instead of diluting it, while light turnout raises each share above $613.71 — subject to the $5,000 ceiling. WHAT COMES OUT BEFORE ANYONE IS PAID: Class Counsel will ask the court to approve attorneys' fees of $281,295 — roughly 30 percent of the Maximum Settlement Fund — plus costs and expenses, and service awards of $10,000 to each of the two Class Representatives, totalling $20,000. The court-authorized Notice and the official FAQ put the costs and expenses request at $10,000, while Paragraph 9 of the Settlement Agreement contemplated $15,000; the court decides the actual figure and may award less than is requested. Payments are characterized as non-wage statutory damages and reported on an IRS Form 1099-MISC, so this is not back pay. Checks are mailed only after final approval and any appeals are complete, and they expire and become void 121 days after the date of issuance. Money left in an uncashed check is sent to the Washington State Unclaimed Property Fund in the claimant's own name, so it is not forfeited to the company — but recovering it from the state is your problem, not the administrator's. These are estimates. No final approval order has been entered and no payment date has been announced.

Last reviewed: September 27, 2026 | Information verified from court records and official settlement documents.

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