Belcan Engineering $1.65 Million Job Posting Settlement Claims Open

Belcan Engineering Group, LLC and its affiliate Belcan Services Group, LLC have agreed to pay up to $1.65 million to resolve claims that their Washington job postings left out required pay information, and the claims process is now open. Belcan's Washington job postings settlement covers applicants who saw a posting missing a wage scale or salary range. Belcan is an engineering and staffing firm that was sued over how it advertised open positions in Washington state. The case centers on a specific state law requiring employers to list pay ranges, and a judge has already given the deal preliminary approval, so eligible applicants can now submit a claim.

Official resources:

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What the Belcan settlement actually covers
Who is eligible to file a claim
How much a claim is worth and how to file
What happens after the claim deadline
Why Washington has seen more of these claims
Frequently Asked Questions

What the Belcan settlement actually covers

The lawsuit, Milito v. Belcan Engineering Group, LLC, was filed in King County Superior Court in September 2024 by class representative John Milito, according to reporting on the settlement from AllAboutLawyer. It accused Belcan Engineering Group and Belcan Services Group of posting Washington jobs without the wage scale or salary range the law requires.

That requirement comes from Washington's Equal Pay and Opportunities Act, specifically RCW 49.58.110, which obligates employers to disclose pay ranges in job postings, as described in the settlement summary from Open Class Actions. Belcan denies it did anything wrong and maintains it followed the law; the settlement resolves the dispute without any finding of liability, per the AllAboutLawyer writeup. The fund tops out at $1.65 million, with the final payout to class members depending on attorney fees, administrative costs, and a service award for the class representative that get deducted first.

Who is eligible to file a claim

The settlement class includes anyone who applied for a position with Belcan Engineering Group or Belcan Services Group in Washington between January 1, 2023, and August 21, 2026, where the posting did not disclose a wage scale or salary range, according to AllAboutLawyer's coverage of the deal. You do not need to have been hired — applying to a noncompliant posting during that window is what matters. That broad definition of who counts as an "applicant" traces back to a 2024 Washington Supreme Court ruling.

In Branson v. Washington Fine Wine & Spirits, the court held that anyone who applies to a job posting qualifies as an applicant under the pay transparency law, which widened who has standing to sue over missing pay ranges, as noted by the Council on Wage and Compensation. That decision is part of why this kind of posting-disclosure claim has become more common across the state. To check eligibility, an applicant should confirm:.

They applied to a Belcan Engineering Group or Belcan Services Group job in Washington
The application fell between January 1, 2023, and August 21, 2026
The posting they responded to did not list a wage scale or salary range

How much a claim is worth and how to file

Settlement notice reporting puts the class at roughly 919 members, with an estimated payout of about $1,292.77 per claimant after fees, costs, administration expenses, and the service award are subtracted, according to AllAboutLawyer. That figure will shift based on how many people actually file valid claims — fewer claimants generally means a larger per-person share, and more claimants spreads the fund thinner. Judge Haydee Vargas of King County Superior Court granted preliminary approval on August 21, 2026, and the settlement administrator, Simpluris Inc., began mailing notice and claim forms to class members on October 5, 2026, per Open Class Actions.

Anyone who believes they qualify but has not received a notice should watch for mail or email from Simpluris rather than assuming they were left out. The deadline to submit a claim is December 4, 2026, as reported by Open Class Actions. Filing before that date is required to be eligible for payment.

What happens after the claim deadline

Submitting a claim is not the final step. The settlement still needs final court approval at a hearing scheduled for January 7, 2027, before the administrator can distribute any money, according to Open Class Actions.

Final approval is the court's check that the deal is fair to the class before payments go out. Class members do not need to attend that hearing to get paid. If the judge approves the settlement as submitted, payments to everyone who filed a valid, timely claim would follow afterward.

Why Washington has seen more of these claims

Belcan's case is one of a wave of pay-transparency lawsuits in Washington following the Branson ruling, which made clear that any job applicant — not just someone who was hired or interviewed — has the right to sue over a noncompliant posting, per the Council on Wage and Compensation's summary of the litigation trend. That has made it easier for applicants who were never contacted beyond submitting a resume to bring a claim over a missing wage scale alone. For job seekers in Washington, the practical takeaway is that a posting without a listed pay range is itself a potential violation, independent of how the application turned out.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need to have been hired by Belcan to file a claim?

No. Eligibility is based on applying to a Washington posting that lacked a wage scale or salary range between January 1, 2023, and August 21, 2026, not on the hiring outcome.

When will I actually receive payment if I file a claim?

Not before the final approval hearing on January 7, 2027; the settlement administrator distributes payments only after the court grants final approval.

What if I never received a notice from the settlement administrator?

Simpluris Inc. began mailing notices on October 5, 2026; anyone who believes they qualify should watch for that mail or email rather than assuming exclusion.