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KQED settles wage-theft class action for nearly $900,000

As of September 2026: Presiding over the case under Judge Ethan Schulman. The final approval hearing was scheduled for Nov. 4, 2026; no ruling reported as of Nov. 11.

KQED, the San Francisco public media nonprofit whose newsroom covers wage theft, will pay nearly $900,000 to settle a class action accusing it of the same. More than 580 hourly employees who worked at the station between August 2019 and May 2025 will share about two-thirds of that money.

Updated Sep 7