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Case of the Month May 2026

Parties Reach $162.5K Settlement for Medical Care Partnership's Alleged FLSA Violations

Chavez-DeRemer v. North Central Community Services Program & Affiliates

Case Type:
Labor & Employment - Wage Disputes

Specific Liability:
Medical care partnership failed to pay overtime compensation to employees in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

General Injury:
Monetary Damages

Jurisdiction:
State: Wisconsin
United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin.

Related Court Documents:
Defendant's brief in support of motion for summary judgment: 2025 WL 4075347
Plaintiff's memorandum in opposition to defendant's motion for summary judgment: 2025 WL 4075348
Defendant's memorandum of law in support of unopposed motion to approve consent judgment: 2025 WL 4075345
Consent judgment and order 2025 WL 4075465

Case Name:
Chavez-DeRemer v. North Cent. Cmty. Servs. Program & Affiliates

Docket/File Number:
3:24CV00320

Result Amount:
Plaintiff, $162,476

Result Date:
December 04, 2025

Judge:
William M. Conley

Attorneys:
Plaintiff: Jonathan Berry, Solicitor of Labor - U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC; Christine Z. Heri, Regional Solicitor - U.S. Department of Labor, Chicago, IL; Travis Gosselin, Senior Trial Attorney - U.S. Department of Labor, Chicago, IL; Alexandra Joy Gilewicz, Trial Attorney - U.S. Department of Labor, Chicago, IL; Kevin M. Wilemon, U.S. Department of Labor, Chicago, IL
Defendant: Oyvind Wistrom, Lindner & Marsack SC, Milwaukee, WI; Michael Puerner, Marathon County Office of Corporation Counsel, Wausau, WI

Result Type:
Settlement

Experts:
Plaintiff: Not Reported
Defendant: Not Reported

Breakdown of Award:
$162,476 to plaintiff for damages

Summary of Facts:
Plaintiff Lori Chavez-DeRemer, U.S. Secretary of Labor, asserted that defendant North Central Community Services Program and Affiliates, doing business as North Central Health Care, a medical care partnership between Marathon, Lincoln and Langlade counties in Wisconsin which offered a variety of public health services, failed to pay its employees one and one-half times their regular pay rates for hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week.

The plaintiff also contended that the defendant failed to maintain complete and accurate records of overtime hours worked by case managers in its community treatment program. In addition, the plaintiff claimed that the defendant created a policy that required case managers to seek approval for overtime compensation; however, in practice, the defendant allegedly refused to approve overtime requests.

According to the plaintiff, the defendant further ignored and/or failed to address case managers' complaints about unreasonable workloads, which resulted in undocumented overtime due to case managers' having difficulty in meeting productivity requirements.

In a complaint, the plaintiff asserted that the defendant violated provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by failing to pay employees overtime wages of one and one-half times their regular pay rates for hours worked in excess of 40 per week. The plaintiff further contended that the defendant failed to maintain required and accurate records of hours worked by employees, and argued that the defendant's alleged FLSA violations were willful.

The plaintiff sought unpaid overtime wages and liquidated damages, together with interest and costs, as well as injunctive relief.

The parties agreed to entry of a consent judgment, which required the defendant to pay $162,476. The defendant also agreed to be permanently enjoined from failing to pay its employees overtime compensation and from failing to maintain adequate records of employees' wages and hours worked.

United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin.

Westlaw Citation:
2025 WL 4230245