Wage Theft Suit Ends in One of New York's Largest Payouts

Medicaid-funded home health workers reach $162 million wage theft settlement against New York program administrator

Public Partnerships (PPL), the company that operates New York's home care program, has reached an agreement to settle a $162 million class action wage theft lawsuit from over 200,000 downstate home assistants. Eastern District of New York Magistrate Judge Lara K. Eshkenazi gave preliminary approval for the settlement to move forward in a hearing on July 1. If Senior Judge Frederic Block gives final approval, it is set to be one of the largest cl…

Wage Theft Suit Ends in One of New York's Largest Payouts

The company that runs New York’s state-funded home care program has agreed to pay its workers $162 million to settle a wage theft lawsuit filed last year.The deal, which must be approved by a federal judge, is one of the largest alleged wage theft payouts in New York history, according to lawyers Hugh Baran of Katz Banks Kumin LLP  and Michael Diller of the Legal Aid Society, who were part of the legal team that represented the plaintiffs. It co…