Selk

*1170 ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF FLSA SETTLEMENT

Plaintiff Elena Selk brings this collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201-219 , on behalf of nonexempt employees of Defendant Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District (“Pioneers”). (ECF Nos. 1, 48.) Selk represents a class of current and former hourly employees of Pioneers who worked overtime during the relevant period, and a class of current and formerly hourly employees of Pioneers who used an employee cafeteria discount while working overtime. (ECF Nos. 48, 96, 102.) The parties are presently before the Court on Plaintiff Selk’s unopposed Motion for Approval of Settlement. (ECF No. 125.) The motion came on for hearing on January 13, 2016. (ECF No. 129.) Having considered the papers and the representations of counsel at oral argument, the Court GRANTS the motion.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Selk originally filed this action on January 31, 2013, alleging that her former employer, Defendant Pioneers, failed to pay her and other similarly situated workers proper wages and overtime in violation of the FLSA and California’s Unfair Competition Law (“UCL”), Cal. Bus. & Prof.Code.…