Plaintiff Loretta Fontecchio1 filed this employment class action complaint against Defendant Family Care Network on April 25, 2019. Plaintiff’s first amended complaint alleges causes of action for (1) violation of Labor Code section 226(a), and (2) violation of Labor Code section 2698, et seq., the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA).
The Parties filed a motion for preliminary approval of class action settlement, which motion the Court granted on November 18, 2020. Now before the Court is the unopposed motion for final approval of the settlement.
The settlement class consists of 267 Class Members, defined as “all current and former employees who worked for Defendant in California at any time from April 25, 2018 through March 26, 2019.” The Parties have agreed to settle the class claims for a Total Maximum Settlement Fund in the amount of $100,000 in exchange for a release of the claims at issue in this litigation.
In the instant motion, Plaintiff provides an explanation of the settlem