Labor/Employment
Jan. 2, 2025
AB 2288 and SB 92: PAGA reform and a new chapter in wage and hour law
Corinne Spencer
Partner and Chair of the firm's Labor and Employment Practice Group
Pearlman, Brown & Wax, LLP
Email: cds@4pbw.com
Corinne is chair of the firm's Labor and Employment Practice Group. She focuses on counseling clients in employment-related matters including litigation, risk assessment, policy preparation, and training.
Since 2004, California employers of all sizes have faced increased risk as targets of Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) lawsuits. Labor advocates, however, argued these lawsuits were necessary to pursue justice on behalf of aggrieved employees. As a result of extensive negotiations and to avoid a ballot initiative threatening to completely restructure PAGA, Gov. Newsom signed two bills--AB 2288 and SB 92--under urgency clauses into law on July 1, 2024, effectively reforming PAGA. While ...
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