Perspective
Jun. 3, 2015
Has PAGA really made a difference?
PAGA was enacted to assist an overburdened government agency police Labor Code violations. Now, the same statute threatens to overburden another government entity - the courts. By Laura Reathaford and Chana Ickowitz
Over 10 years ago, the California Legislature implemented the Private Attorney General
Act (PAGA) because the administrative agency tasked with enforcing compliance with
the California Labor Code (the Labor and Workforce Development Agency) was overloaded
and lacked the resources to pursue civil penalties on behalf of the state. With PAGA's
inception, private i...
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