California Supreme Court Says Employee’s Individual Settlements of Labor Code Claims Cannot Block PAGA Actions
After California Supreme Court justice Justice Goodwin H. Liu criticized restaurant chain Reins International California Inc.’s position that a worker who settled his individual labor violation claims could not pursue a Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) action on behalf of other workers back in January 2020 during oral argument, the Court predictably held today that workers who have settled their …
Court Grants Class Certification for Group of Employees seeking Mileage Reimbursement
In a lawsuit brought by Brian Rogers and Amy Casey on behalf of themselves and similarly situated employees known as Brian Rogers , Amy Casey v. THD At Home Services dba Home Depot, et al, Case No. 5:14-cv-02069-JGB-SP, pending before the Honorable Jesus G. Bernal in the United States District Court for the Central District of California (the “Action”) Richard E. Quintilone II Esq. of Quintilone & …
Nguyen v. Applied Medical – Arbitrator Decides Whether Class Claims Proceed
The Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, recently held in Nguyen v. Applied Medical, that the question of whether an arbitration clause in an employment agreement contemplates class claims is a question for the arbitrator to decide, not the Superior Court. The Class Action Complaint On September 30, 2014, Da Loc Nguyen filed a putative class action complaint against Applied Medical …
California PAGA Amendments Passed July 1, 2016
With the stated purpose of reducing “unnecessary litigation” and lowering the cost for employers doing business in California, on June 27, 2016 Governor Brown signed SB 836, an amendment to California’s Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) as well as a host of other laws. The PAGA grants employees the authority to sue for Labor Code violations on behalf of themselves and other employees …
DropBox
