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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 JENNIFER PARDO, et al., Case No. 21-cv-06326-RS Plaintiffs, 11 v. ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR “PROTECTIVE ORDER” AND PAPA, INC., et al., RESOLVING DISPUTES OVER FORM OF NOTICE TO THE COLLECTIVE Defendants.

15 Defendant Papa, Inc. 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 supervision by Papa. Plaintiffs Jennifer Pardo and Evangeline Matthews contends the Pals are employees, trained by Papa and subject to strict rules and procedures. Plaintiffs assert claims for various…