Tentative ruling issued by Judge Brian C. Walsh on Feb. 14, 2020 in Santa Clara County, CA - Case no: xxxxx544

This is a putative class and Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) action on behalf of employees of defendant Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, Inc., alleging a number of wage and hour violations. Before the Court is plaintiff’s motion for preliminary approval of a settlement, which is unopposed.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

As alleged in the operative complaint, plaintiff was employed by defendant as a non- exempt employee for approximately 16 years, until her employment was terminated on April 18, 2018. (Second Amended Class Action Complaint for Damages (“SAC”), ¶ 8.) During her employment, defendant had a time rounding policy that resulted in the underpayment of wages; did not properly compensate employees for time spent travelling for work or properly reimburse them for travel costs such as mileage; did not properly factor non-discretionary incentive pay into employees’ regular rates of pay for purposes of calculating overtime wages; routinely short-sta….....