Common use of Participating Class Members’ Release Clause in Contracts

Participating Class Members’ Release. After the Judgment is final and PRC has fully funded the Gross Settlement and separately paid all employer payroll taxes), Participating Class Members will be legally barred from asserting any of the claims released under the Settlement. This means that unless you opted out by validly excluding yourself from the Class Settlement, you cannot sue, continue to sue, or be part of any other lawsuit against PRC or related entities for wages based on the Class Period facts and PAGA penalties based on PAGA Period facts, as alleged in the Action and resolved by this Settlement. The Participating Class Members will be bound by the following Class Release: All Participating Class Members, on behalf of themselves and their respective former and present representatives, agents, attorneys, heirs, administrators, successors, and assigns, release Released Parties from (i) all claims that were alleged, or reasonably could have been alleged, arising during the Class Period, including claims under the California Labor Code, California Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Orders, regulations, and/or other provisions of law, based on facts stated in the Operative Complaint, PAGA Notices, including, any and all claims for failure to pay wages (including minimum wages, regular wages, overtime wages, failure to pay overtime at the regular rate, double time wages, reporting time wages, vacation wages, sick pay and shift differentials), failure to provide compliant meal periods and associated premium pay, failure to provide compliant rest periods and associated premium pay, failure to provide compliant wage statements, failure to timely pay wages upon separation of employment, failure to timely pay wages during employment, including Labor Code sections 201, 202, 203, 204, 210, 222, 223, 226, 226.3, 226.7, 246, 510, 512, 558, 558.1, 1174, 1194, 1194.2, 1197, 1197.1, 1198, 1199 and unfair or unlawful business practices in violation of California Business and Professions Code § 17200, et seq. related to the above claims. This Class Release also means any claims, rights, demands, liabilities, damages, wages, benefits, expenses, penalties, debts, obligations, attorneys’ fees, costs, any other form of relief or remedy in law, equity, or whatever kind or nature, and causes of action, that could potentially arise from the receipt of any monies as a result of this Agreement by any Class Member. Except as set forth in Section 5.3 of the Agreement, Participating Class Members do not release any other claims, including claims for vested benefits, wrongful termination, violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act, unemployment insurance, disability, social security, workers’ compensation, or claims based on facts occurring outside the Class Period.

Participating Class Members’ Release. After the Judgment is final and PRC SYR has fully funded the Gross Settlement and separately paid all employer payroll taxes), Participating Class Members will be legally barred from asserting any of the claims released under the Settlement. This means that unless you opted out by validly excluding yourself from the Class Settlement, you cannot sue, continue to sue, or be part of any other lawsuit against PRC Defendants or related entities for wages based on the Class Period facts and PAGA penalties based on PAGA Period facts, as alleged in the Action Actions and resolved by this Settlement. The Participating Class Members will be bound by the following Class Releaserelease: All Participating Class Members, on behalf of themselves and their respective former and present representatives, agents, attorneys, heirs, administrators, successors, and assigns, release Released Parties from (i) all claims that were alleged, or reasonably could have been alleged, arising during based on the Class PeriodPeriod facts stated in the Operative Complaints including, without limitation, statutory, constitutional, contractual, and/or common law claims for wages, reimbursements, damages, penalties (including claims penalties under the California Labor Code’s Private Attorneys General Act of 2004, as amended, California Industrial Welfare Commission Wage OrdersLabor Code section 2698, regulations, and/or other provisions of law, based on facts stated in the Operative Complaint, PAGA Notices, including, any and all claims for failure to pay wages (including minimum wages, regular wages, overtime wages, failure to pay overtime at the regular rate, double time wages, reporting time wages, vacation wages, sick pay and shift differentialset seq.), failure to provide compliant meal periods and associated premium payliquidated damages, failure to provide compliant rest periods and associated premium payinterest, failure to provide compliant wage statementsattorneys’ fees, failure to timely pay wages upon separation of employmentlitigation costs, failure to timely pay wages during employmentrestitution, or equitable relief, including without limitation, California Labor Code sections 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 210, 222216, 218, 218.5, 218.6, 221, 223, 225.5, 226, 226.3, 226.7, 246, 510, 512, 516, 558, 558.11174, 11741174.5, 1182.12, 1194, 1194.2, 1197, 1197.1, 1198, 1199 and unfair or unlawful business practices in violation of 1199, 2698, 2800, 2802, 2810.5, California Business and Professions Code § section 17200, et seq. related , any IWC Wage Orders (as codified in the California Code of Regulations), any and all claims involving any alleged failure to the above claims. This Class Release also means any claims, rights, demands, liabilities, damages, pay minimum wages, benefitsfailure to pay wages owed, expensesfailure to provide compliant meal breaks, penaltiesfailure to provide compliant paid rest periods, debtswage statement violations, obligations, attorneys’ fees, costs, any other form of relief or remedy in law, equity, or whatever kind or naturecontinuation wages, and causes of action, that could potentially arise from the receipt of any monies as a result of this Agreement by any Class Member. Except as set forth in Section 5.3 of the Agreement, Participating Class Members do not release any other claims, including claims for vested benefits, wrongful termination, violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act, unemployment insurance, disability, social security, workers’ compensation, or claims based on facts occurring outside the Class Periodunpaid vacation wages.

Participating Class Members’ Release. After the Judgment is final and PRC Defendant has fully funded the Gross Settlement and separately paid all employer payroll taxes)Settlement, Participating Class Members will be legally barred from asserting any of the claims released under the Settlement. This means that unless you opted out by validly excluding yourself from the Class Settlement, you cannot sue, continue to sue, or be part of any other lawsuit against PRC Defendant or related entities for wages based on the Class Period facts and PAGA penalties based on PAGA Period facts, as alleged in the Action and resolved by this Settlement. The Participating Class Members will be bound by the following Class Releaserelease: All Participating Class MembersMembers are deemed to release, on behalf of themselves and their respective former and present representatives, agents, attorneys, heirs, administrators, successors, and assigns, release the Released Parties from (i) any and all claims that were allegedclaims, debts, liabilities, demands, obligations, guarantees, costs, expenses, attorneys' fees, damages or causes of action of any nature and description whatsoever, whether known or unknown, at law or in equity, whether concealed or hidden, whether under federal, state, and/or local law, statute, ordinance, regulation, common law, or other source of law, asserted in the Class Action or reasonably could have been allegedasserted against the Released Parties including any claims reasonably arising out of, arising during reasonably derived from, or reasonably related to the facts and matters alleged in the Class Period, including claims under the California Labor Code, California Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Orders, regulations, and/or other provisions of law, based on facts stated in the Operative Complaint, PAGA NoticesAction, including, any and all claims for failure to pay wages (including minimum wageswithout limitation, regular wages, overtime wages, failure to pay overtime at the regular rate, double time wages, reporting time wages, vacation wages, sick pay and shift differentials), failure to provide compliant meal periods and associated premium pay, failure to provide compliant rest periods and associated premium pay, failure to provide compliant wage statements, failure to timely pay wages upon separation of employment, failure to timely pay wages during employment, including California Labor Code sections 201, 202, 203, 204, 210, 222222.5, 223, 226, 226.3226.2, 226.7, 246, 510, 512, 516, 558, 558.11182.12, 1174, 1194, 1194.2, 1197, 1197.1, 1198, 1199 and unfair or unlawful business practices in violation 2802, 2810.5, 17200, the corresponding provisions of the applicable Industrial Welfare Commission wage orders, the California Business and Professions Unfair Competition Law, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § sections 17200, et seq. related ., or any other claims in law or equity, to the above claims. This Class Release also means any extent the claims, rights, demands, liabilities, damages, wages, benefits, expenses, penalties, debts, obligations, attorneys’ fees, costs, any other form of relief or remedy in law, equity, or whatever kind or nature, and causes of action, that could potentially arise from damages, restitution, penalties, and other relief reasonably arose out of the receipt following causes of any monies as a result action for (1) § 226.2 (failure to compensate for rest periods and other non-productive time); (2) §§ 1182.12, 1194, 1197, 1197.1, & 1198 (unpaid minimum wages); (3) §§ 226.7, 512(a), 516, & 1198 (failure to provide meal periods); (4) §§ 226.7, 516, & 1198 (failure to authorize and permit rest periods); (5) §§ 226(a), 1174(d), & 1198 (non-compliant wage statements and failure to maintain payroll records); (6) § 204 (failure to timely pay wages during employment); (7) § 2802 (unreimbursed business expenses); (8) § 17200 (unlawful business practices), which includes the previously stated Labor Code violations along with the following: (a)§ 222.5 (failure to pay for mandatory drug testing costs), (b) § 223 (secret payment of this Agreement by any Class Memberlower wages), and (c) § 2810.5 (failure to provide notice of material terms of employment); and (9) § 17200 (unfair business practices). Except as set forth in Section 5.3 6.3 of the this Agreement, Participating Class Members do not release any other claims, including claims for vested benefits, wrongful termination, violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act, unemployment insurance, disability, social security, workers’ compensation, or claims based on facts occurring outside the Class Period.

Participating Class Members’ Release. After the Judgment is final and PRC has Defendants have fully funded the Gross Settlement Amount and separately paid all employer payroll taxes)taxes owed, Participating Class Members will be legally barred from asserting any of the claims released under the Settlement. This means that unless you opted out by validly excluding yourself from the Class Settlement, you cannot sue, continue to sue, or be part of any other lawsuit against PRC Defendants or related entities for wages based on the Class Period facts and PAGA penalties based on PAGA Period facts, as alleged in the Action and resolved by this Settlement. The Participating Class Members will be bound by the following Class Release: All Participating Class Members, on behalf of themselves and their respective former and present representatives, agents, attorneys, heirs, administrators, successors, and assigns, release Defendants and each and all of its present and former partners, parents (including Paramount Global), subsidiaries, affiliates, and related entities and all of their officers, directors, employees, agents, servants, registered representatives, attorneys, insurers, payroll companies, successors and assigns, and any other persons acting by through, under, or in concert with any of them (including any alleged joint employers) (the “Released Parties Parties”) from (i) all claims that were alleged, or reasonably could have been allegedalleged in connection with their employment on the production of the first, arising during second, and/or third seasons of The L Word: Generation Q, based on the Class Periodfacts stated in the operative pleading in this action (the “Operative Complaint”), including, e.g., any failure to pay all wages due (including minimum wage and overtime wages), failure to pay for all hours worked, failure to provide meal or rest periods, failure to timely pay wages and final wages, failure to furnish accurate wage statements (including claims derivative and/or related to these claims), and failure to provide expense reimbursements. This Release shall include all claims and theories arising under the California Labor Code, the Fair Labor Standards Act, California Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Orderswage orders, and applicable regulations, and/or other provisions of law, based on facts stated in the Operative Complaint, PAGA Notices, including, any and all claims for failure to pay wages (including minimum wages, regular wages, overtime wages, failure to pay overtime at the regular rate, double time wages, reporting time wages, vacation wages, sick pay and shift differentials), failure to provide compliant meal periods and associated premium pay, failure to provide compliant rest periods and associated premium pay, failure to provide compliant wage statements, failure to timely pay wages upon separation of employment, failure to timely pay wages during employment, including California Labor Code sections 201, 201.5, 202, 203, 204, 210, 222, 223, 226, 226.3, 226.7, 246, 510, 512, 515, 558, 558.1, 1174, 1174.5, 1194, 1194.2, 1197, 1197.1, 1198, 1199 and unfair or unlawful business practices in violation of California 1198.5, 2802, as well as claims under Business and Professions Code § section 17200, et seq. related to ., based on alleged violations of the above claims. This Class Release also means any claimsLabor Code provisions, rights, demands, liabilities, damages, wages, benefits, expenses, penalties, debts, obligations, attorneys’ fees, costs, any other form of relief or remedy as alleged in law, equity, or whatever kind or nature, and causes of action, that could potentially arise from the receipt of any monies as a result of this Agreement by any Class MemberAction. Except as set forth in Section Paragraph 5.3 of the this Agreement, Participating Class Members do not release any other claims, including claims for vested benefits, wrongful termination, violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act, unemployment insurance, disability, social security, workers’ compensation, or claims based on facts occurring outside the Class Period.