Andersen
Andersen v. Papa, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
JENNIFER PARDO,
Case No. 21-cv-06326-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION CONDITIONALLY TO CERTIFY
PAPA, INC., FLSA COLLECTIVE ACTION
13 Defendant.
15 I. INTRODUCTION In this putative collective action, plaintiff Jennifer Pardo contends defendant Papa, Inc. wrongfully classifies her and similarly situated workers as independent contractors, thereby depriving them of overtime and minimum wage compensation. Papa operates a mobile phone application that allows senior adults and their families to obtain services of “Papa Pals”— assistants who can provide help with shopping or other household tasks, or merely companionship. Papa contends the Pals are independent contractors, who use the application to schedule as much or as little work as they like, and who operate primarily at the direction of the seniors, or the seniors’ families, and free from direct…