Labor/Employment,
California Supreme Court
Sep. 13, 2019
Unpaid wage claims not recoverable through PAGA
Unpaid wage awards are not civil penalties and therefore are not recoverable through Private Attorney General Act claims, the state Supreme Court held Thursday.
State Supreme Court Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuellar
Unpaid wage awards are not civil penalties and therefore are not recoverable through Private Attorney General Act claims, the state Supreme Court held Thursday.
The ruling closed the door for individual plaintiffs to recover lost wages under Labor Code Section 558, without the California Labor Commissioner's intervention.
The state Supreme Court formerly ruled, in a keystone employment law decisio...
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