California Court Affirms PAGA Claims Based on Cal/OSHA Violations: Are Further PAGA-Cal/OSHA Actions to Come?
By EsqSocial Corporation 28/04/21
In Sargent v. Board of Trustees of the California State University, the California Court of Appeal highlighted an important distinction between Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claims asserted against a public entity employer based on statutes that themselves provide for civil penalties and PAGA claims that are based on PAGA’s default civil penalties provisions under California Labor Code § 2699(f). Section 2699(f) provides for penalties of $100 “for each aggrieved employee per pay period...
By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,