State workers have yet to collect on $10 million in bias settlement

Here’s my story in Thursday’s Times Union about the $10 million that remains uncollected in a court settlement from 2011 in which African-American and Hispanic state workers had alleged in a federal lawsuit that a civil service promotional test was racially biased.

The state settled for $45 million but all of those listed in the suit have stepped forward to collect their awards which average $7,000:

With little notice and no fanfare, New York State seven years ago agreed to a $45 million settlement with nearly 5,000 current and former African-American and Hispanic state workers who had alleged in a federal lawsuit that the civil service tests they needed for promotions were racially biased.

While most members of the plaintiff class received their share of the payout, there are still about 1,000 people who have yet to collect.

Read more: http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/280157/state-workers-have-yet-to-collect-on-10-million-in-bias-settlment/