Case at a glance

• Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
• Case: Del Toro v. Centene Management Company, LLC, No. 4:19-cv-02635-JAR (docket)
• Judge: John A. Ross
• Workers: 1,228 salaried Care Management Employees¹
• Claims: Unpaid overtime under the FLSA, with state-law Rule 23 class claims²
• Key ruling: Conditional certification of Care Management Employees in Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, Florida, Ohio, New York and Washington (Doc. 56, Apr. 30, 2020)¹
• Result: Settlement approved; the order is a final judgment (Doc. 84, May 5, 2021)¹
• Our role: Siegel Law Group was lead counsel

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Centene care management employees settle their overtime case

Centene Management Company provides administrative support for Centene Corporation’s health plan subsidiaries and employs most health plan employees. The plaintiffs were Care Management Employees who alleged that Centene failed to pay overtime for non-exempt work, in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.¹

On April 30, 2020, the court conditionally certified a collective of Care Management Employees in seven states. The parties reached a settlement covering 1,228 people, including the named plaintiffs and 13 opt-in plaintiffs. On May 5, 2021, Judge John A. Ross approved the settlement as "fair and equitable to all parties."¹

The legal issue

The administrative exemption covers employees whose primary duty includes "the exercise of discretion and independent judgment with respect to matters of significance." 29 C.F.R. § 541.200(a)(3). Care coordinators and case managers who work from set assessments, scripts and company workflows are following someone else’s judgment, not exercising their own. A salary and a job title do not change that. See the administrative exemption.

About Siegel Law Group

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Notes

1. Del Toro v. Centene Mgmt. Co., No. 4:19-cv-02635, Doc. 84 (E.D. Mo. May 5, 2021) (memorandum and order approving settlement covering 1,228 individuals; describing the Apr. 30, 2020 conditional certification, Doc. 56).
2. Declaration of Jack L. Siegel ¶ 5(a), Heckle v. Matrix Absence Mgmt., Inc., No. 7:21-cv-01463 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 21, 2022) (hybrid action with federal and state overtime claims and multiple Rule 23 classes).