UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Parker, et al v. Cherne Contracting Corporation
Case No. 18-cv-01912-HSG

NOTICE OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT

A court authorized this notice. This is not a solicitation.
This is not a lawsuit against you and you are not being sued.
However, your legal rights are affected whether you act or don’t act.


This class action settlement will affect your rights if you worked for Cherne Contracting Corporation in California at any time between December 18, 2016 and June 6, 2019, inclusive, and received a paper paycheck.


  • Two former employees have sued Cherne Contracting Corporation (“Cherne”) alleging various violations of the California Labor Code. Cherne has denied all of the claims in the lawsuit.

  • The Court has allowed one claim from the lawsuit to proceed as a class action on behalf of Cherne's hourly employees who worked in California at any time between December 18, 2016 and June 6, 2019, inclusive, and received one or more paper paychecks.

  • The complaint also alleges that Plaintiff Parker is entitled to recover civil penalties for herself and other aggrieved employees under the California Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (“PAGA”).

  • The certified claim and the PAGA claims have been settled. The Court has preliminarily approved the Settlement.

  • If you qualify as a Settlement Class Member, you could receive money from the Settlement of the Class claim.

  • If you qualify as an Aggrieved Employee, you will receive money from the Settlement of the PAGA claim. (In this Settlement, all Settlement Class Members are also Aggrieved Employees.)

  • Your legal rights are affected whether you act or don’t act. Read this Notice carefully.


WHAT ARE YOUR OPTIONS?
Submit A Claim Form If you do nothing, you will receive a Class Settlement payment. In exchange for this payment, you will give up any rights to sue for the same claim that is released as of this Settlement.
Exclude Yourself Give up all benefits, including money, from the Class Settlement. Retain all rights you may have against Cherne, as explained below. NOTE: Aggrieved Employees may not opt out of the PAGA portion of the Settlement.
Object Write to the Court about why you don’t agree with the Settlement. The Court may or may not agree with your objection. If the Court approves the settlement, you will receive a Settlement payment.

  • Your rights and options – and the deadlines to exercise them – are explained in this Notice.

  • The Court in charge of this case still has to decide whether to grant final approval of the Settlement. If the Court approves the Settlement and after any appeals are resolved, payments will be made to (a) Settlement Class Members who do not opt out of the Class Settlement; and (b) all Aggrieved Employees.