Hearthside Food Solutions child labor

What the form asks

• Name and Contact Information — Your full legal name, current mailing address, cell phone number, and personal email address.
• Date of Birth — Your date of birth in Month/Day/Year format. This is how the administrator confirms you were under 16 during part of your employment.
• Social Security Number or Individual Tax Identification Number — Your SSN or ITIN. This is used to issue your payment. (Your Social Security card or any prior tax return. If you'd rather not type it online, call (800) 410-0649 to give it by phone.)
• Employment Start Date and End Date — The date you first started working at the Hearthside Illinois facility and the date you stopped (or leave end date blank and check the current-employee box if you still work there).

Documents you'll need

• Proof of age (birth certificate, passport, school ID, or similar document showing date of birth) (required)
• Proof of employment history (pay stubs, W-2, personnel records showing dates worked at a Hearthside Illinois facility) (required)

Watch out for

• Immigration status has no bearing on your eligibility — anyone who qualifies on age and location can file.
• Payments won't arrive until Q1 2027 (January through March). There's nothing to do between filing and then.
• Your exact payment amount won't be known until all claims are in. It's a percentage of the available fund, weighted by how long you worked while underage.
• Your documents are kept confidential. Atticus shares them with the Illinois Department of Labor only as needed to process payments, and with no one else.
• Still working at Hearthside? You're still eligible. Check the box in Section III and file normally.