Plaintiffs’ attorneys in California love making claims based on technical violations related to paystubs. An employee will go see a lawyer complaining about wrongful termination or harassment or discrimination and the lawyer will say, “Let me see your paystub.” Labor Code Section 226 lists at least 9 items that an employer must include on employees’
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CA State Budget Proposes to "Improve" Handling of PAGA Cases
By Jeffrey D. Polsky on
Posted in Class Actions, Wage and Hour
For lawyers who defend wage and hour cases in California, “PAGA” is a four-letter word. The Private Attorneys General Act allows private employees to sue to recover penalties that the state labor commissioner could have collected. Employers and their attorneys dislike PAGA for these reasons:
- It drastically expands the ways that employers can be sued,
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