By Dan Gildor It’s been almost 10 months since the 2024 amendments to California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) went into effect. What, if anything, has changed? Not much. According to the Labor and Workforce Development Agency’s data, the number of PAGA filings has largely stayed the same. Moreover, while some small employers have tried …
By Dan Gildor Workers in California rejoiced this week after the California Supreme Court resolved an issue that threatened to curtail lawsuits by workers to penalize employers for not complying with the California Labor Code. The Court sided with workers’ rights and held that the individual workers who sue their employer pursuant to the California …
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By Xinying Valerian On May 9, 2023, the California Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Adolph v. Uber Technologies on the question of “whether an aggrieved employee who has been compelled to arbitrate claims under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) that are ‘premised on Labor Code violations actually sustained by’ the aggrieved employee [citations …
By Dan Gildor May 1, 2023 As attorneys who represent employees in California, we often encounter clients who are not aware of their rights as employees. But while knowing one’s rights are important, so is knowing how the rights are enforced. One enforcement mechanism that is important for all employees to know about is the …
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