Charalambous

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ALEX CHARALAMBOUS, et al., Case No. 22-cv-00216-EMC (EMC)

8 Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING PRELIMINARY

9 v. APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION AND

PAGA SETTLEMENT

10 LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., 11 Docket Nos. 49, 56 Defendants. 12

13 14 This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary approval of a 15 class and representative action settlement. Plaintiffs allege that Defendants failed to reimburse 16 them and the class of California-based Liberty Mutual employees for their reasonable and 17 necessary business expenses incurred while working from home during the pandemic. Plaintiffs 18 allege claims under Cal. Labor Code § 2802, Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 et seq. and PAGA (Cal. 19 Labor Code §§ 2698-2699.5.) The terms of the settlement are memorialized in the Settlement 20 Agreement and Release of Class and Representative Action Claims (“Settlement”) filed 21 concurrently with Plaintiffs’ motion. Having considered the…