California's Private Attorneys General Act, better known as PAGA, has been in effect since 2004. PAGA allows employees to sue their employer on behalf of the state for virtually any claimed California Labor Code violation for...more
7/17/2024
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This week, in an 8-1 decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled in the case of Moriana v. Viking River Cruises, Inc., that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) overrules, in part, California Supreme Court authority limiting...more
This week, in Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services, Inc., the California Supreme Court resolved a long-standing wage and hour question in California by holding that, because the premium pay owed for meal and rest period...more
California’s Private Attorney’s General Act (“PAGA”) has created an extremely friendly litigation environment for employees in California. While the 2021 Ninth Circuit decision in Bernstein v. Virgin Am., Inc., 3 F.4th 1127...more
5/17/2022
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On July 15, 2021, the California Supreme Court ruled that meal, rest, or recovery period premium payments must be made at the “regular rate of pay” that is used for overtime, not the employee’s base hourly rate....more