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Labor & Employment Blog Posts From December 2022
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Blog: Can I Arbitrate Private Attorneys General Act Claims in California?
Date: December 21, 2022
Title: Can I Arbitrate Private Attorneys General Act Claims in California?
Summary: A common question California employers have is whether they can arbitrate wage and hour claims brought under the Private Attorneys General Act – commonly known as PAGA – in California. Until recently, the answer to that question has been a resounding “no” ever since a 2014 California Supreme Court case held that employers cannot make employees waive their rights to bring PAGA claims on a group-wide basis through an arbitration agreement....