Swire Coca-Cola Washington noncompete settlement

Who may be eligible

Swire Pacific Holdings, which runs Swire Coca-Cola, has agreed to a $2,003,000 settlement of a claim that it put noncompetition covenants on Washington employees who earned too little for state law to allow them — below $28.98 an hour in 2022, $31.48 in 2023, $32.56 in 2024, $33.32 in 2025 and $34.26 in 2026. If you worked for the company in Washington and earned under twice the state minimum wage at any time between September 9, 2022 and March 10, 2026, you may be eligible for an equal share of what is left of the fund. No claim form is needed and payment is automatic, but the deadline to opt out, object or switch to a digital payment is November 2, 2026. The court considers final approval on November 13, 2026, and nothing on the official site costs anything.

The eligibility period on the official materials is September 9, 2022 – March 10, 2026. It is limited to Washington. Covered: Swire Coca-Cola Washington employment.

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

Equal share of a $2M 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.

There is nothing to file: Swire's own payroll records identify the class and every member who does not opt out is sent a cheque automatically. The $2,003,000 fund first pays class counsel's requested fees of $600,900 plus up to $10,000 in costs and a $20,000 service award to each of the two class representatives, and what is left is split in equal pro rata shares. The settlement site publishes no per-person figure. The one thing worth doing by November 2, 2026 is checking the address on file, or choosing a digital payment, through the portal; cheques expire after 180 days.

When it closed

The opt-out deadline was November 2, 2026, so the window on this record has closed. Deadlines are sometimes extended; check the official page before spending time on it, and where the notice disagrees with this page, the notice is right.

The court's fairness hearing is set for November 13, 2026; payments do not go out until the settlement is finally approved and any appeals are resolved.

The notice says cheques are mailed to the address on file after the court approves the settlement at the November 13, 2026 hearing, and that they expire 180 days after they are issued.

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.

Where to check now

Claims are closed, so there is nothing to file. The official program page is still the place to check payment news and where a claim stands; this site holds no claim records and cannot look one up.

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