BREAKING NEWS:
SSEU Local 371 is very pleased to announce that the SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS due in this case are being
processed! Although the City had until May 12, 2025, to make settlement payments, the City has started to issue the payments and Members will begin receiving their settlement payments this week! As a reminder, on February 10, 2025, a Federal Court Judge approved the Settlement in this overtime lawsuit on behalf of 2,248 CPS, CPSS I and CPSS II employed by the Administration for Children’s Services. The case, Benjamin, et al v. City of New York, was filed on June 27, 2023, and sought to recover overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
The Total Settlement amount is $13,739,998 million!
Payment Schedule:
Back Pay Payments:
*For current employees, net (post-taxes) backpay payments will be direct deposited this week
(the week of March 17, 2025).
*For separated employees, net (post-taxes) backpay checks will be mailed by the law firms once separated employees have cashed or deposited their Liquidated Damages checks so the law firms can confirm the correct mailing address for separated employees.
Liquidated Damages:
*Liquidated Damages checks will be mailed in mid-April 2025 and received by Plaintiffs by April
30, 2025.
If you have moved at any time since you first joined the lawsuit, please notify the law firms of your
change of address by filling out the change of address form linked HERE.
Contact Information for the FLSA Overtime Law Firms:
Spivak Lipton LLP: 212.765.2100 ext. 26 or via email at nlandig@spivaklipton.com
McGillivary Steele Elkin: 202.833.8855 or via email at info@mselaborlaw.com
