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We have long reported about that modern marvel of
well-intentioned legislation gone awry known as the Private
Attorneys General Act ( PAGA ) - and we also have noted
that in practice, PAGA stands for Pretty-much All Goes to the Attorneys. A recently
published report (the Report ) from some of
the former leaders of the California Department of Industrial
Relations and Cal/OSHA suggests we were right.
Originally enacted in 2004 to remedy an ostensible strain
on government resources, PAGA enables an aggrieved
employee to file representative actions on behalf of fellow
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We have long reported about that modern marvel of well-intentioned legislation gone awry known as the Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) – and we also have noted that in practice, PAGA stands for Pretty-much All Goes to the Attorneys. A recently published report (the “Report”) from some of the former leaders of the California Department of Industrial Relations and Cal/OSHA suggests we were right.
Originally enacted in 2004 to remedy an ostensible “strain on government resources,” PAGA enables an “aggrieved employee” to file representative actions on behalf of fellow employees to recover civil penalties from an employer for alleged Labor Code violations. Three-quarters of the recovery is supposed to go to the State of California not the “aggrieved employees.” However, certain “bounty hunter” plaintiffs’ lawyers routinely use PAGA to obtain astronomical settlements for Labor Code violat
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