Civil Litigation,
Labor/Employment
Jan. 8, 2019
Employers bring PAGA lawsuit
Lawsuits filed under California’s Private Attorneys General Act are nothing new. What is new and noteworthy is a group of employers, not employees filing a PAGA suit.
Tina Tellado
Partner
Holland & Knight LLP
Phone: (213) 896-2442
Email: ctellado@reedsmith.com
Georgetown Univ Law Ctr; Washington DC
Christina focuses her practice on the representation of employers in all aspects of labor and employment law, with a particular emphasis on wage and hour collective and class actions, discrimination and harassment, and trade secret/non-compete issues.
Deisy Castro
Associate
Paul Hastings LLP
Phone: (213) 683-6000
Email: deisycastro@paulhastings.com
Deisy focuses her practice on the representation of employers in all aspects of labor and employment law, with a particular emphasis on wage and hour collective and class actions, discrimination and harassment, and trade secret/non-compete issues.
In California, lawsuits filed pursuant to California's Private Attorneys General Act, Labor Code sections 2698-2699.5, are nothing new. To the contrary, since its enactment in 2004, PAGA claims have become commonplace and expected in any wage and hour lawsuit. What is new and noteworthy is an employer, not an employee, filing a PAGA lawsuit. Yet this is exactly what a group of upset and frustrated California-based employers have recently done.
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