Talkdesk Washington Job Postings Class Action Settlement

Current Status

Claims are open. The deadline to submit a Claim Form is October 13, 2026, whether you file online or mail or email a paper form postmarked by that date. The same date is the deadline to opt out or to object. The court has not yet decided whether to approve the settlement: King County Superior Court granted preliminary approval on June 17, 2026, and the final approval hearing is set for November 20, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. before Judge Janet Helson. No payments have been issued and no payment date has been announced — the Notice says checks go out after final approval and after any appeals and other reviews are complete. If you received a notice with a LoginID and PIN, the action to take now is to file before October 13.

What Changed Recently?

The claim window opened this summer. King County Superior Court granted preliminary approval on June 17, 2026, provisionally certified the settlement class, and authorized the settlement administrator, Simpluris, to issue the notice and Claim Form. The same order struck the trial date that had been set for July 27, 2026 and stayed the rest of the case while the settlement is administered.

The underlying case is John Milito v. Talkdesk, Inc., Case No. 25-2-21719-1 SEA, filed in King County Superior Court in Washington on July 25, 2025. The complaint alleges that Talkdesk violated RCW 49.58.110, the job-posting provision of Washington's Equal Pay and Opportunities Act, by running postings for open Washington positions that did not disclose the wage scale or salary range being offered. That statute requires employers with 15 or more employees to include pay and benefit information in job advertisements.

Talkdesk denies the allegations and denies that it is or can be held liable for the claims in the lawsuit. It also denies that the claims would have been appropriate for class certification absent a settlement. The Notice states the court has made no determination on the merits, and the preliminary approval order states that the settlement is not to be read as an admission of liability or wrongdoing. The parties agreed to settle to avoid the uncertainty, risk, and expense of continued litigation.

Who Qualifies?

The settlement class covers everyone who, from January 1, 2023 through July 26, 2025, applied for a job opening with Talkdesk through a posting on Talkdesk's website or its authorized third-party recruiting channels, where the posting did not disclose a wage scale or salary range for the hired applicant, and who meets either of two location tests.

The first test covers anyone who applied from any location for a position that required the successful candidate to work in person in Washington State. The second covers Washington-based applicants who applied for a job opening where Washington was identified as one of the locations the successful candidate could work from. The second branch matters for remote roles: a Washington resident who applied to a remote-friendly Talkdesk posting that listed Washington among its work locations is inside the class even though the job was never tied to a Washington office.

You did not need to be hired, interviewed, or contacted. The claim is about the posting, not the outcome of the application. Talkdesk identified roughly 1,114 Class Members from its own records, so the practical test is whether a notice was sent to you. If you are unsure, the settlement website's contact page is the route to ask the administrator.

How Much Can You Get?

Talkdesk agreed to pay a Minimum Settlement Fund of $1,828,288 and a Maximum Settlement Fund of $2,785,000, with the amount actually owed set by how many Class Members file valid claims. Everyone who files a timely, valid claim receives an equal share of the Net Settlement Fund — what is left after the court-approved deductions described below. There are no tiers and no documented-loss category; every valid claim is worth the same as every other one.