Martinez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BENJAMIN FERNANDO MARTINEZ, Case No. 19-cv-05624-EMC

Plaintiff,

ORDER PRELIMINARILY

v. APPROVING SETTLEMENT AND

PROVIDING FOR NOTICE

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION, Docket No. 37 Defendant.

12 13 On or about June 11, 2019, Plaintiff Benjamin Fernando Martinez filed a putative class action in the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda entitled: Benjamin Fernando Martinez v. Costco Wholesale Corporation, Case No. RG19022389 (“Complaint”) asserting the following causes of action: (1) Failure to Pay Lawful Wages including Overtime Wages and Minimum Wage (Labor Code §§510, 1194, and 1199, and the IWC Wage Order); (2) Failure to Provide Lawful Meal Periods or Compensation in Lieu Thereof (Labor Code §§226.7 and 512, and the IWC Wage Order); (3) Failure to Provide Rest Periods or Compensation in Lieu Thereof (Labor Code § 226.7 and IWC Wage Order); (4) Failure to Timely Pay Wages Due at Termination (Labor Code §§ 201-203); (5)…