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Dec. 21, 2017

Down the PAGA hole: Guidance needed as claims go up

With an ever increasing number of California employers requiring employees to sign arbitration agreements that include class action waivers, employees seeking to bring claims for labor code violations are relying more and more on the Private Attorneys General Act to pursue these claims.

Gene F. Williams

Senior Counsel
Gordon & Rees LLP

Phone: (213) 270-7831

Email: gfwilliams@grsm.com

UCLA SOL; Los Angeles CA

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With an ever increasing number of California employers requiring employees to sign arbitration agreements that include class action waivers, employees seeking to bring claims for labor code violations are relying more and more on the Private Attorneys General Act to pursue these claims. This reliance on PAGA will only increase if the U.S. Supreme Court rules that arbitration agreements with class action waivers are enforceable in both state and federal courts, as man...

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