The California Legislature recently introduced two complementary bills to reform the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA)....more
A California appellate court recently ruled that an employee may pursue claims under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) that her former employer violated the state’s mandatory paid sick leave law.
On...more
The panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that largely upheld California’s law banning mandatory arbitration agreements in the employment context just withdrew its decision. On August 22, 2022, two of the three...more
8/29/2022
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Chamber of Commerce ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Mandatory Arbitration ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
State Labor Laws
On May 28, 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a significant ruling in Magadia v. Wal-Mart Associates, Inc., on both California’s wage statement laws and standing to pursue claims under the Private Attorneys...more
6/15/2021
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Article III ,
Bonuses ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employment Litigation ,
Over-Time ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
Reversal ,
Standing ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Statements ,
Wal-Mart
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California recently ruled in an employment class action regarding misclassification of trucking industry owner-operators as independent contractors. The ruling is a win for...more
7/24/2019
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Class Action ,
Commercial Truck Drivers ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Independent Contractors ,
Labor Code ,
preem ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
Right to Control ,
Trucking Industry ,
Wage and Hour
Two districts of the California Court of Appeal recently issued significant decisions on arbitration agreements. In a published case, the Fourth Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal held that if the...more
11/25/2014
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Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Iskanian ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Trucking Industry ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
Wage and Hour