Rita Garcia v. Praxair, Inc.

I. Introduction

On May 18, 2018, Rita Garcia filed this case as a putative class action against Defendants Praxair, Inc. and Praxair Distribution, Inc. in the Alameda County Superior Court. Dkt. 1-1. Defendants removed the action to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Dkt. 1. The action was transferred to this District on September 25, 2018. The principal causes of action advanced are failure to provide minimum and straight time wages for all hours worked, failure to provide overtime wages, failure to provide meal periods, and failure to permit and authorize rest periods in violation of the California Labor Code. Related causes of action are advanced for failure timely to pay wages of discharged employees and failure to provide accurate wage statements in violation of the California Labor Code, and for violations of the California Unfair Competition Law. Plaintiff also seeks civil penalties under the California Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”).

On August 5, 2019 Plaintiff filed a motion for preliminary approval of a class action and PAGA settlement. Dkt. 56 (the “Preliminary Approval Motion”). The parties also filed a stipulation…