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This is the second of a three-part series addressing the changes in California’s Private Attorneys General Act. Below, we discuss an employer’s opportunity to cure alleged PAGA violations...more
California’s legislative session nears its end in the next few weeks, and as usual, state legislators have introduced several bills that will surely affect employers if they become law. Although this session had fewer...more
California's Private Attorneys General Act, better known as PAGA, has been in effect since 2004. PAGA allows employees to sue their employer on behalf of the state for virtually any claimed California Labor Code violation for...more
On June 27, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2288, thereby reforming PAGA and amending Labor Code Section 2699. Passed in 2004, PAGA authorizes aggrieved employees to file lawsuits to recover civil...more
On July 1, 2024, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law two bills that significantly reform the California Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA). California employers will soon benefit from a myriad of reforms...more
On July 1, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two legislative bills (AB 2288, amending Labor Code Section 2699; and SB 92, amending Section 2699.3) into law, effective July 1, 2024. The new law significantly...more
The comprehensive reform of California’s Private Attorneys General Act is now the law. The PAGA reform (AB 2288 and SB 92) was a result of an agreement approved by Governor Newsom that removed the vote on the repeal of PAGA...more
On July 1, 2024 Governor Newsom signed SB-92 and AB-2288 into law, which instituted sweeping reforms to California’s Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”). PAGA was passed 20 years ago to provide a private mechanism for...more
On July 1, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation to reform California’s Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”). These changes aim to balance PAGA enforcement with fairness to employers, offering new avenues for...more
On July 1, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom signed two complementary bills to reform the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA). According to Newsom, “This reform is decades in the making—and it’s a big win for both workers...more
On July 1, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills, Senate Bill 92 and Assembly Bill 2288, that amend the state’s Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), which deputizes private parties to enforce the...more
California lawmakers released their proposed amendments to California’s Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) in two companion bills: SB 92 and AB 2279. The legislature must vote on the bills by June 27. While the...more
On January 18, 2024, the California Supreme Court issued a highly anticipated decision in Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills, Inc., determining whether trial courts can dismiss Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claims as...more
California’s Private Attorneys’ General Act, or PAGA, just celebrated its 20th birthday despite repeated, failed attempts at its repeal. California’s Labor Code is among the strictest in the nation and California law affords...more
Now That California Courts Have Been Stripped of Authority to Dismiss Unmanageable PAGA Claims, How Will Employers Manage PAGA Litigation? The California Supreme Court, on Jan. 18, issued its decision in Estrada v. Royalty...more
Last week a trial court in Alameda County entered an order permitting Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. to recover nearly $125,000 in costs from the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA). Hobby Lobby incurred these...more
Summary - Emergency Rule 9, which tolled statutes of limitations for six months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is valid and operates to extend the time to file a civil suit for a PAGA claim as well as the time period to...more
On September 12, 2022, the California Court of Appeal, 4th District, issued its decision in Acevedo v. CashCall, Inc., 2022 WL 4129106 (Cal. Ct. App. Sept. 12, 2022), affirming the lower court’s decision dismissing a Private...more
An employee who settled her individual claims against her employer for alleged Labor Code violations was not precluded from subsequently bringing a Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) enforcement action with the same...more
On June 9, 2022, the California Court of Appeal, 4th District, issued its decision in Hargrove v. Legacy Healthcare, Inc., No. E076240, 2022 WL 2071982 (Cal. Ct. App. June 9, 2022), which affirmed a trial court decision...more
On March 23, 2022, in Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills, Inc., the California Court of Appeal, held that “a court cannot strike a PAGA claim based on manageability.” This decision creates a split of authority with Wesson v....more
The Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) has been in the news lately with a proposed state Proposition seeking to reform it, and the Supreme Court taking up a case regarding PAGA and arbitrations. Though recent developments...more
On January 14, 2022, in Lehauli v. All Nippon Airways Co., Case No. 21STCV02847, Judge Holly J. Fujie of the Los Angeles Superior Court granted the defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, finding that the plaintiff...more
In recent months, a split of authority has emerged in the California Court of Appeal regarding whether a nonparty aggrieved employee has standing to intervene in a Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) action to challenge a...more
Employers with operations both large and small in California are all too familiar with California’s Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”), the controversial statute that permits a single employee to stand in the shoes of the...more