Case: Wage & Hour/Fair Labor Standards Act (E.D. Cal.)

A California federal district court denied preliminary approval of a class action settlement between non-exempt employees and Nestlé Purina PetCare involving wage-and-hour claims under the California Labor Code, California Business & Professions Code, and Fair Labor Standards Act, finding that the proposed class representatives failed to satisfy typicality and adequacy requirements because the former employee plaintiff failed to specify whether he quit or was fired, and the settlement language appeared to improperly release FLSA claims without proper opt-in procedures.

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