Can PAGA plaintiffs in other PAGA actions intervene in a PAGA action to object to a settlement and seek to vacate the judgment?
Can PAGA plaintiffs in other PAGA actions intervene in a PAGA action to object to a settlement and seek to vacate the judgment?
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Labor Code and PAGA Wage and Hour Claims Against Public Entities
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Labor Code and PAGA Wage and Hour Claims Against Public Entities
The California Labor Code, including PAGA, allows employees to bring wage and hour claims against their employers. But what if the employer is a public entity? Last month, the First District Court of Appeal published the case of Stone v. Alameda Health System (2023) _ Cal.App.5th _ , 2023 WL 1508276 addressing this issue. Subscribers to my publication California Case Summaries™ only need to read my one-paragraph summary of this new case to know what they decided.
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New Arbitration & PAGA Case
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Arbitration & PAGA
Under California law, a PAGA claim cannot typically be sent to arbitration. But, like so many other rules in the law, this rule is not absolute. Last month, the Second District Court of Appeal published a decision addressing this issue. To find out what they decide...
New CA Employment Case
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Employment
New California cases are constantly deciding new issues arising from the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA). ...
New CA Arbitration Case
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Arbitration
A regular issue before the California courts is whether a new U.S. Supreme Court decision has overruled the California Supreme Court...
New Employment - PAGA Case
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Employment
Actions under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA; Labor Code, section 2698) are regularly addressed in the new published civil cases. Last month, the Second District Court of Appeal published a new decision addressing whether a party bringing a PAGA claim is entitled to a jury trial. In the video above I briefly discuss this new case. Below is my summary of this new case.
New Employment Decision
LaFace v. Ralphs Grocery Co. (2022) _ Cal.App.5th _ , 2022 WL 498847: The Court of Appeal affir...