Frlekin

INTRODUCTION

19 In this class action alleging violations of California wage and hour law, plaintiffs seek 20 preliminary approval of a class and collective action settlement worth $29.9 million to benefit 21 a total of 14,683 employees and former employees. The suit concerns the failure to 22 compensate for time spent in bag and technology security checks over six years. The parties 23 seek preliminary approval of a class settlement. Because the proposal would award adequate 24 relief, preliminary approval is, to the extent stated below, GRANTED.

STATEMENT

26 The facts follow in relevant part. Defendant Apple, Inc. employed settlement class 27 members in its 52 retail stores in California. Those employees were subject to a written “Employee Package and Bag Searches” policy, which imposed mandatory searches of employees’ bags, purses, backpacks, or briefcases whenever they left the store. Employee time-keeping systems were generally kept within the store, so employees had to clock out prior to undergoing a search, and their recorded hours worked did not account for the time waiting for a search to be completed. Therefore, the time went…