Monplaisir

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PAUL MONPLAISIR, et al., Plaintiffs, No. C 19-01484 WHA

v.

INTEGRATED TECH GROUP, LLC, et al., ORDER DENYING PRELIMINARY

SETTLEMENT APPROVAL

Defendants.

15 INTRODUCTION In this wage and hour collective and putative class action, the parties move for conditional class certification and preliminary approval of a proposed class and collective settlement. Because the proposal unduly rewards counsel, appears detached from the merits of plaintiffs’ claims, and unfairly burdens a discrete subset of plaintiffs, preliminary approval is DENIED. STATEMENT Prior orders detail the facts of this case. Briefly, defendants Integrated Tech Group, LLC and ITG Communications LLC (“ITG”) install cable and communication equipment across the nation. In March 2019, ITG’s employees sued for violation of both federal and California law. The complaint alleged a slew of minimum-wage and overtime, meal and…