Federal Judge Approves $160M Settlement in VA Nurses’ Overtime Class-Action Lawsuit
“A federal judge in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims has granted final approval of a $160 million settlement of overtime claims on behalf of nurse practitioners and physicians’ assistants employed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The lawsuit, which was filed on December 28, 2012, alleged,” reports PR Newswire in their blog.
“That 3,200 class members were induced to work overtime to update patients’ electronic health records and monitor and respond to patient-related notifications in the VA’s Computerized Patient Record System for which they were not paid. The settlement, which is one of the largest ever reached in an overtime case involving federal employees.”