A judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California Monday gave preliminary approval to a settlement between United Airlines and a class of former flight attendants in a case brought by the flight attendants alleging that the airline issued insufficiently detailed wage statements.

Judge Philip Gutierrez granted the flight attendants’ motion for preliminary approval of the settlement after finding that the settlement plan met the requirements for approving a class action settlement.

The former flight attendants brought their case forward in 2015 alleging that the wage statements provided by United Airlines violated California Labor Code § 226(a)(2), (a)(8), and (a)(9). The provisions require employers to issue wage statements listing the total number of hours worked, hourly rates, and the applicable hourly rates during the pay period with the corresponding number of hours worked at each hourly rate, as well as the employer’s physical address.

The settlement agreement includes a settlement amount of $53.5 million. The California Labor and Workforce Development Agency will take approximately 75 percent of the amount while each flight attendant will receive around $4,903 in recovery.

In exchange for the monetary recovery, the plaintiffs agreed to release United Airlines of claims related to the California Labor Code section 226 violations. The claims were certified as class claims in the lawsuit and were based upon factual allegations in the complaint.

The final approval hearing for the case is set for June 16.