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Filing Fees Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA)

Payne & Fears

January 2024 Case Summaries

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Summary:  An employer waives its right to arbitration if it fails to pay its share of the arbitration filing fee within 30 days of the payment’s due date....more

Weintraub Tobin

PAGA Amendments Not the Solution Employers Need

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California employers hoped for significant changes following Governor Brown’s budget proposal that called for the Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) to have more oversight of claims made under the Private Attorneys...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

New CA Budget Will Make PAGA Claims Harder to Settle

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We’ve made no secret of the fact that we’re not big fans of the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). - PAGA drastically expands the ways that employers can be sued, because employees can sue for violation of statutes...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New PAGA Amendments Fail to Substantively Address Employers’ Concerns

Governor Brown recently approved Senate Bill No. 836, which amends the Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) in a few minor technical ways, including new filing and notice requirements. Although employers had hoped for...more

Allen Matkins

New PAGA Amendments Intended To Help California Employers

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With the stated purpose of reducing “unnecessary litigation” and lowering the cost for employers doing business in California, Governor Jerry Brown, on June 27, 2016, signed into law amendments to California's Private...more

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation

California Enacts New PAGA Amendments as Part of Governor’s Budget Bill

The Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (“PAGA”) authorizes aggrieved employees to file lawsuits to recover civil penalties on behalf of themselves, other employees and the state of California for Labor Code violations. In...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

PAGA Amendments Address Legislature’s Concerns, Not Employers’ Concerns

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Seyfarth Synopsis: PAGA was amended earlier this week, in connection with the California legislature’s approval of the state’s annual budget. The legislation did not implement any of the more substantive changes that Governor...more

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