Class-action settlement · Open
Schenker employment background check settlement
Schenker settled claims that it obtained background checks on job applicants and employees without the disclosure and authorization the Fair Credit Reporting Act requires. The class is everyone on whom Schenker obtained a consumer report for employment purposes between November 20, 2014 and February 28, 2022, and if that describes you, you may be eligible for an equal share of a $1,275,000 gross fund after fees and costs. There is no claim form: payment goes out automatically to anyone who does not opt out by November 20, 2026, so the useful step is confirming your mailing address with the administrator. Nothing on the official site costs anything, and the court decides final approval on December 17, 2026.
There is no claim form for this one. The administrator pays consumers it has already identified, so the useful step is to make sure they can reach you — not to file anything. Anyone offering to file it for you, for a fee, is selling you nothing.
When the money moves
What the official materials say about the payment schedule for this settlement, and what the administrator has published since. Every figure below is linked to the page it was read from.
- Status
- Payments have not started
Expected
The court considers final approval on December 17, 2026, and the administrator pays class members who do not opt out from the company's own records. No payment date is published.
Read off the official notice, in its own words. These dates slip — an appeal can move a distribution by a year or more — so treat it as the administrator's plan rather than a schedule.
Source: the official notice ↗
Facts from the official materials
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Class-action settlement
- Category
- Credit
- Defendant / company
- Schenker, Inc.
- Administrator
- EPOA Settlement Services, Inc. (Simpluris)
- Claim deadline
- See official notice
- Eligibility period
- November 20, 2014 – February 28, 2022
- States
- See official notice (often nationwide)
- Proof
- No claim to file — payments are sent automatically
- Possible amount
- Equal share of a $1.28M fund
- Source confidence
- high
- Last verified
- October 12, 2026
Covered products and services
- Schenker employment background checks
Wickham v. Schenker, Inc. · 5:23-cv-00946-PCP · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
There is no claim form. The $1,275,000 gross fund covers attorneys' fees, a class representative payment and administration costs first, and the net amount is split equally among everyone who does not opt out. The site publishes no per-person figure, so any amount is an estimate. The practical step is making sure the administrator has your current mailing address.
Important dates
- Opt-out deadline
- November 20, 2026
- Fairness hearing
- December 17, 2026
Eligibility questions
These questions help you decide whether to read the official notice. They are not a legal determination.
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