ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS' ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION

Re: Dkt. No. 51

EDWARD J. DAVILA, District Judge.

On June 14, 2017, Plaintiffs filed a motion for conditional class certification and to facilitate notice. Dkt. No. 46. Plaintiffs noticed the motion for November 9, 2017, which was the Court's first available hearing date.

Plaintiffs now ask the Court to toll the statute of limitations for claims of putative class members until the Court resolves the class certification motion (or, alternatively, to hear the motion sooner). Dkt. No. 51. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), an action must be "commenced within two years after the cause of action accrued, except that a cause of action arising out of a willful violation may be commenced within three years after the cause of action accrued." 29 U.S.C. § 255(a). In collective actions under the FLSA, the action is "commenced" when non-named plaintiffs file written consents to become parties. 29 U.S.C. § 256(b); Guifu Li v. A Perfect Franchise, Inc., No. 5:10-CV-01189-LHK, 2011 WL 4635198, at *15 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 5, 2011).

Plaintiffs argue that many putative class members' claims will be extinguished or truncated if the Court does not resolve the motion for conditional class certification before November. Dkt. No. 15 at 4-5; see also Hosking v. New World Mortg., Inc., 602 F.Supp.2d 441, 448 (E.D.N.Y. 2009) (noting that tolling is appropriate in FLSA actions "where the delay of the court in ruling on the collective action motion caused claims to become time-barred").

The Court agrees. For good cause shown, Plaintiffs' administrative motion (Dkt. No. 51) is GRANTED. The statute of limitations shall be tolled for claims of putative class members until the Court resolves Plaintiffs' motion for conditional class certification (Dkt. No. 46).

IT IS SO ORDERED.