Menasha Packaging California wage settlement

Who may be eligible

Menasha Packaging has agreed to a $1,732,500.00 settlement of California wage claims, including a PAGA component, brought on behalf of its hourly non-exempt workers. Hourly non-exempt people employed by or assigned to Menasha Packaging, Menasha Corporation or Simplified Labor Staffing Solutions in California between January 15, 2017 and September 15, 2024 may be eligible, and no claim form is involved — each share is worked out from the workweeks a person worked, with 80% of the net fund allocated to the rounding period that ran to January 16, 2022 and 20% to the period after it. Fees and costs of up to $837,125.00, $50,000.00 in plaintiff awards, up to $75,000.00 for the state's PAGA share and up to $39,374.41 in administration come out of the gross fund first, so individual amounts are estimates. November 21, 2026 is the deadline to opt out, object or challenge the workweeks the administrator has on file, and the official site charges nothing for any of that.

The eligibility period on the official materials is January 15, 2017 – September 15, 2024. It is limited to California. Covered: Menasha Packaging hourly non-exempt work in California, Simplified Labor Staffing Solutions assignments to Menasha Packaging.

Only the official administrator or agency decides who is paid, and its own page is the authority on who is covered.

How much it may pay

Share of a $1.73M fund. Every figure here is an estimate from public materials, not a guarantee: many settlements pay pro rata or only after a claims review, so final amounts commonly land well below the advertised maximum.

No claim form is involved. The gross fund is $1,732,500.00, from which the FAQ says up to $837,125.00 in fees and costs, $50,000.00 in plaintiff awards, up to $75,000.00 for PAGA and up to $39,374.41 in administration will be requested. What is left is divided by workweeks: 80% to the rounding period that ran to January 16, 2022 and 20% to the period after it, each proportional to the workweeks a person worked, so no per-person figure is published. Payments are allocated 20% to wages on a W-2 and 80% to penalties and interest on a 1099.

What the deadline is

There is no claim deadline because there is nothing to file. The official page says when payments go out and how long a check or digital payment stays valid once sent.

The deadline to opt out or object is November 21, 2026.

The court's fairness hearing is set for February 9, 2027; payments do not go out until the settlement is finally approved and any appeals are resolved.

The FAQ says payments are mailed after the court grants final approval, which it considers on February 9, 2027, and after any appeals. Cheques carry a void date on their face and anything uncashed goes to California's unclaimed property fund.

What proof is needed

No claim to file — payments are sent automatically.

The administrator pays consumers it has already identified, so the useful step is to make sure it can reach you, not to file anything. Anyone offering to file this for you, for a fee, is selling you nothing.

How to file for free

There is no claim form. The official program page, run by Simpluris (Menasha Class Action Settlement), explains who is being paid and how to reach the administrator if a payment is expected and has not arrived.

Never give a Social Security number, bank login or card number to a site that is not the official administrator or agency page.