People who applied for a job in Washington State with Saint-Gobain or CertainTeed between January 1, 2023 and July 26, 2025 are in line for an estimated $1,271.91 each, paid automatically, if a King County judge approves a class action settlement at a hearing on January 15, 2027. The deal sets aside $1,628,000.
The case, Kyle Mitchell v. Saint-Gobain Adfors America, Inc., et al., says the companies posted Washington jobs without the wage scale or salary range and a general description of benefits that the state’s pay transparency law requires. The defendants deny any wrongdoing, and the settlement is not an admission of liability.
The question most people have is what they will actually get and when. Nothing is paid until the court gives final approval and any appeals are over, so the money cannot arrive before the January 15 hearing at the earliest. The class is anyone who applied for a Washington opening with the defendants in that window, so an applicant who never heard back is still counted.
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Who is covered, and which companies?
Seven defendants are named: Saint-Gobain Adfors America, Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation, Saint-Gobain Shared Services Corporation, Vetrotech Saint-Gobain North America and CertainTeed Gypsum Manufacturing. A summary of the settlement on OpenClassActions lists all seven.
The official settlement website defines the class as all individuals who applied for a job opening in Washington with the defendants from January 1, 2023 through July 26, 2025, where the posting lacked a wage scale or salary range and a general description of benefits.
Why the $1,271.91 is only an estimate
The figure is an equal share of the fund. The OpenClassActions summary says it will move depending on what the court approves for attorneys’ fees and costs, a service award for the class representative, and how many people opted out.
Class lawyers at Emery Reddy, PC are asking for $542,666.66 in fees, up to $5,000 in costs and a $20,000 service award for the lead plaintiff. Because the shares are equal, a bigger deduction or more opt-outs changes everyone’s number.
Is a claim form needed?
The OpenClassActions summary says there is no claim form and that every class member who does not opt out is eligible for an equal share. The settlement website does not list a claim form either, but it says class members must make sure the administrator, Simpluris, Inc., has a current mailing address and tells them how they want to receive payment.
The same summary points out that the website’s FAQ appears to say people who do nothing get no payment, while the mailed notice says they do. The summary treats the FAQ answer as an error. The administrator can be reached at (833) 200-7779 or [email protected].
The dates that are already behind this settlement
Judge Jessica Manca granted preliminary approval on August 10, 2026. The deadline to opt out, object or update an address was October 8, 2026, and it has passed. Anyone who did nothing stays in the class and gives up the right to sue the defendants over the same postings.
The hearing is set for 10:00 a.m. on January 15, 2027 at the King County Courthouse in Seattle, and the date can change by court order. Payments are reported on a Form 1099 as non-wage damages and interest, and checks expire 180 calendar days after they are issued.
What happens after the judge rules?
If Judge Manca approves the deal, the administrator still has to wait out any appeal before it sends payments. The settlement website says no benefits will be provided unless the court approves the settlement and it becomes final, and no payment date has been announced.
That leaves a stretch of weeks or months in which an automatic check depends on an address filed long ago and a 180-day cashing window. Applicants who have moved since submitting a Saint-Gobain or CertainTeed application will want to call the administrator before January 15 to ask what address it holds.
Waiting on the Saint-Gobain payment and the January 15 ruling?
An automatic settlement payment still depends on a hearing date that can move, an appeal period and a check that expires 180 days after it is issued. Miss the mailing or let the check lapse and the share can be gone without anyone calling.
The Settlement & Refund Recovery System includes the four-date rule for reading a settlement notice and a claim log and payment tracker, so the hearing, the appeal window, the mailing and the cash-by date sit in one place. It also lays out the source vault of 12 official places money sits and how to get an expired or uncashed settlement check reissued.
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This article was produced with AI assistance and edited for accuracy against the sources linked above.
