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It is written for settlements of single plaintiff wage and hour actions asserting class claims against a single employer (XYZ) . The parties will need to revise this form for multiple plaintiffs or multiple defendants. For settlements of wage and hour class actions that include PAGA claims, please use the Model Class Action and PAGA Settlement Agreement and Class Notice. COUNSEL USING THIS MODEL AGREEMENT ARE TO ATTACH AREDLINED VERSION TO THEIR MOTIONS FOR APPROVAL SHOWING HOW THE PARTIES HAVE MODIFIED THIS MODEL AGREEMENT.]  \n[MODEL] CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND  \nCLASS NOTICE  \nThis Class Action Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”) is made by and between plaintiff    (“Plaintiff”) and defendant   (“XYZ”) . The Agreement refers to Plaintiff and XYZ collectively as “Parties,” or individually as “Party.”  \n1. DEFINITIONS.  \n1.1 “ Action” means the Plaintiff’s lawsuit alleging wage and hour violations against  \nXYZ captioned   initiated on   and pending in the Court.  \n1.2 “ Administrator” means   , the neutral entity the Parties have agreed to appoint to administer the Settlement.  \n1.3 “Administration Expenses Payment” means the amount the Administrator will  \nbe paid from the Gross Settlement Amount to reimburse its reasonable fees and  \nexpenses in accordance with the Administrator’s “not to exceed” bid submitted to the  \nCourt in connection with Preliminary Approval of the Settlement.  \n1.4 “Class” means [define class, e.g., all persons employed by XYZ in California and classified as   who worked for XYZ during the Class Period] .  \n1.5 “Class Counsel” means   .  \n1.6 “Class Counsel Fees Payment” and “Class Counsel Litigation Expenses  \nPayment” mean the amounts allocated to Class Counsel for reimbursement of reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, respectively, incurred to prosecute the Action.  \n1.7 “Class Data” means Class Member identifying information in XYZ’s  \npossession including the Class Member’s name, last-known mailing address,  \nSocial Security number, and number of Class Period Workweeks.  \nSCLAC CIV 297 Rev. 04/26 1  \nFor Optional Use  \n1.8 “Class Member” or “Settlement Class Member” means a member of the Class, as either a Participating Class Member or Non-Participating Class Member.  \n1.9 “Address Search” means the Administrator’s investigation and search for current Class Member mailing addresses using all reasonably available sources, methods and means including, but not limited to, the National Change of Address database, skip traces, and direct contact by the Administrator with Class Members.  \n1.10 “Class Notice” means the COURT APPROVED NOTICE OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT AND HEARING DATE FOR FINAL COURT APPROVAL, to be mailed to Class Members in English [with a Spanish translation, if applicable] in the form, without material variation, attached as Exhibit A and incorporated by reference into this Agreement.  \n1.11 “Class Period” means the period from   to   .  \n1.12 “Class Representative” means the named Plaintiff in the operative complaint in the Action seeking Court approval to serve as a class representative.  \n1.13 “Class Representative Service Payment” means the payment to the Class Representative for initiating the Action and providing services in support of the Action.  \n1.14 “Court” means the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.  \n1.15 “XYZ” means named Defendant   .  \n1.16 “Defense Counsel” means   .  \n1.17 “Effective Date” means the date on which the Judgment becomes final. 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