The Hire Velocity settlement has no fixed fund to run dry: the recruiting firm agreed to pay every valid claim directly, so a $40 claim pays $40 no matter how many people file. People who received a 2025 breach letter from Hire Velocity can take that flat $40 with no paperwork, or claim up to $2,000 in documented losses, and add two years of three-bureau credit monitoring to either choice. Claims are due November 30, 2026.
Status: Claims open, preliminary approval granted | Claim deadline November 30, 2026 (online by 11:59 p.m. ET, or postmarked) | Opt out or object by November 16, 2026 | $40 flat or up to $2,000 documented, plus 2 years of monitoring
Why the Missing Fund Matters
In a common-fund settlement, attorneys’ fees, administration costs and every claim are paid from one pot, and a flat cash benefit shrinks if too many people file. Here, Hire Velocity pays valid claims itself and separately covers the administrator’s costs, the requested $185,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs, and service awards of up to $4,000 for each of the three class representatives. Because nothing is drawn from a shared pool, the agreement contains no pro rata reduction clause.
That does not mean every claim is paid as submitted. A documented-loss claim can still be cut if a loss lacks records or was already reimbursed by another source. But the amounts themselves are not diluted by the size of the claim pool.
What Happened at Hire Velocity
Hire Velocity, LLC is a talent acquisition and recruitment process outsourcing firm. According to the settlement agreement, it discovered suspicious activity on its network on or about February 17, 2025, which disrupted access to some systems. On or about April 15, 2025, it learned that a third party may have accessed files containing the first and last names and Social Security numbers of certain employees, contractors and clients. Notification letters went out beginning on or about May 16, 2025.
Two proposed class actions were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia within two weeks of those letters and were consolidated. The parties agreed on material settlement terms on December 11, 2025. The plaintiffs then dismissed the federal case and refiled in the State Court of Fulton County, Georgia on January 12, 2026, as Lencola Roberts, et al. v. Hire Velocity, LLC, Case No. 26EV000358, asserting negligence, negligence per se, breach of implied contract, unjust enrichment, breach of confidence and declaratory relief. The settlement agreement was signed February 23, 2026.
Hire Velocity denies all of the claims and says it did nothing wrong. The court has not ruled on the merits. It has granted preliminary approval, and the settlement is still subject to final approval.
Who Can Claim
The class is every living person residing in the United States who was sent a written notice from Hire Velocity saying their private information may have been compromised in the approximately February 2025 incident. It is built from Hire Velocity’s own notification records, so it covers the employees, contractors and clients the company wrote to in 2025 — not the general public.
If you never got a breach letter from Hire Velocity, you are not in the class. Excluded groups include the company’s directors and officers, governmental entities, the assigned judge and that judge’s immediate family and staff, and anyone who opts out.
Pick One Cash Option, Add Monitoring
| Cash Payment A — up to $2,000 | Reimbursement of documented, unreimbursed out-of-pocket losses from the incident: fraud or identity theft losses; attorney, accountant and credit repair fees; credit freeze and unfreeze costs; credit monitoring bought between May 16, 2025 and November 15, 2026; and costs such as notary, fax, postage, copying, mileage and long-distance charges. |
| Cash Payment B — $40 | A flat payment. No documentation required. |
| Credit monitoring — 2 years | Three-bureau monitoring, a single-bureau credit report, dark web monitoring, a Social Security number scan, high-risk transaction alerts, a security freeze and $1 million in identity theft insurance. Can be added to A or B; enrollment codes are emailed after final approval. |
A and B cannot be combined. If your documented costs exceed $40, Option A pays more; otherwise the flat $40 is the simpler route. Anything already covered by another source, including an identity protection product, cannot be claimed again. Hire Velocity also agreed to give class counsel a confidential declaration describing the security improvements it made after the incident.
The Class Member ID and Documentation
The claim form carries a Class Member ID field matching the identifier on the postcard notice, and administrator Kroll Settlement Administration checks every claim against the class list Hire Velocity supplied. If you have lost the postcard, you can ask Kroll through the official settlement website to confirm your status and supply the ID.
Receipts are needed only for Cash Payment A. Acceptable records include phone records, correspondence such as emails, and receipts, each entered in the form’s loss table with the date, amount and a description of what is attached. A personal certification, declaration or affidavit is not enough on its own, though it can be attached to explain other records.
If a claim is incomplete, Kroll sends a deficiency notice, and you have until the claim deadline or 15 days from that notice, whichever is later, to fix it. Each person may file one claim, signed under penalty of perjury.
Deadlines and How to File
| November 16, 2026 | Opt-out requests and objections must be postmarked. Objections must also be filed with the court and sent to class counsel, defense counsel and the administrator. |
| November 30, 2026 | Claim deadline — online by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, or postmarked if mailed. |
| December 15, 2026, 10:00 a.m. ET | Final approval hearing, Courtroom 2F, Fulton County Courthouse, Atlanta. |
A written opt-out must say you want to be excluded from the class in Lencola Roberts, et al. v. Hire Velocity, LLC, Case No. 26EV000358, and include your name, address, telephone number, email address if you have one, and your personal signature. Someone who both opts out and objects is treated as opted out.
To file, go to the official Hire Velocity settlement website, enter your Class Member ID, select Cash Payment A or B, tick the credit monitoring box if you want it, attach records for any losses and sign. Filing online is the only way to be paid electronically; a mailed paper form, available on the same site, is paid by check.
When Money Could Arrive
At the December 15 hearing the court will consider approval, the $185,000 fee request, the service awards and any objections. The hearing date can change without a new mailed notice. If the settlement is approved and becomes effective, Kroll invoices Hire Velocity for valid claims, Hire Velocity has 30 days to pay, and Kroll emails claimants a link to choose electronic payment or a paper check, with 90 days to make that selection. Checks must be cashed within 90 days. No payment date has been announced; updates appear on the official site and on the Hire Velocity settlement page at OpenClassActions.com.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can my $40 Hire Velocity payment be reduced?
Not by the number of claims. There is no fixed fund and no pro rata reduction clause; Hire Velocity pays each valid claim directly. A claim can only be reduced in review, for example if a documented loss lacks records or was already reimbursed.
Can I claim the $40 and documented losses together?
No. You must choose Cash Payment A, documented losses up to $2,000, or Cash Payment B, the flat $40. Two years of credit monitoring can be added to either.
I never received a letter from Hire Velocity. Am I eligible?
No. The class is limited to people Hire Velocity sent a written notice about the approximately February 2025 incident. If you were notified but lost the postcard, ask the administrator through the official settlement website to confirm your status and Class Member ID.
What records count for Cash Payment A?
Telephone records, correspondence such as emails, and receipts. Each loss is listed with its date, amount and a description of the attached record. A personal declaration alone does not count as documentation.
How will I be paid?
After the settlement becomes effective, the administrator emails claimants a link to choose an electronic payment or a paper check, with 90 days to choose. Paper claims are paid by check, and checks must be cashed within 90 days.
Sources
- Official settlement website and claim portal — HireVelocitySettlement.com, administered by Kroll Settlement Administration LLC.
- Settlement Agreement signed February 23, 2026, with postcard notice, long form notice and claim form, Lencola Roberts, et al. v. Hire Velocity, LLC, Case No. 26EV000358, State Court of Fulton County, Georgia.
- OpenClassActions.com — Hire Velocity Data Breach Settlement.
Source and credit: the settlement terms, deadlines and benefit details described above are drawn from our sister site’s reporting — OpenClassActions.com: Hire Velocity Data Breach Settlement — $40 Cash or Up to $2,000 — which tracks this case against the court-approved notice and the official settlement website and is updated as the court rules.
Legal Disclaimer
This article is for informational purposes only and is not legal advice. OpenClassActions.org is a consumer news site, not a law firm and not the settlement administrator, and is not affiliated with any party to the case described. The allegations are allegations; unless a court has ruled, the defendants deny wrongdoing and no court has decided the merits. Deadlines, benefit amounts and payment timing can change as the court and the administrator act, so confirm current status on the official settlement website. You never need to pay anyone to file a claim or to receive a settlement payment.