Labor/Employment
Apr. 17, 2014
State law may serve as substitute for employee class actions
Ten years after the state Legislature empowered citizens to sue their bosses for labor violations as so-called private attorneys general, the number of such suits has skyrocketed - and it could rise much higher.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Ten years after the state Legislature empowered citizens to sue their bosses for labor violations as so-called private attorneys general, the number of such suits has skyrocketed.
Between 2005 and 2013, the number of lawsuits filed under the Private Attorneys General Act more than quadrupled from 759 to 3,137.
That number could rise much higher as PAGA emerges as the clear alternative for un...
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