PAGA – California Globe

The California Doom Loop vs the Original No Kings Movement!

July 3, 2025 3:20 amJuly 3, 2025 3:21 am

I have written previously about California’s war on energy which is destroying our economy. Yet, the war on energy is but one facet of the war on our liberties and freedoms. I sat in on a meeting decades ago with...

Is California About to Help Businesses?

June 25, 2024 8:00 amJune 25, 2024 8:01 am

It has been a long time since that headline has been written, but it just might be accurate. Gov. Gavin Newsom, legislative leaders, the California Labor Federation, and the California Chamber of Commerce have agreed on a package to reform...

PAGA Reform Legislation Unveiled

June 21, 2024 10:00 pmJune 21, 2024 10:01 pm

On June 18, 2024 Governor Gavin Newsom, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, and Senate President pro Tempore Mike McGuire announced a legislative compromise to make changes to California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) statute, contained in Labor Code Sections 2699, et...

CA Supreme Court Rules Against Uber; Big Win for California Workers

July 18, 2023 2:59 pmJuly 18, 2023 2:59 pm

In a unanimous ruling on Monday, the California Supreme Court ruled that Uber could not limit the ability of drivers to take the company to court for labor law violations, despite signing an agreement to bring their own work-related legal...

SB 881: Paid Sick Days

March 26, 2023 6:02 pmMarch 26, 2023 6:11 pm

Senate Bill 881 by Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil (D-Jackson) to deal with paid sick days. Previously a bill by Senator Glazer dealing with worker classification, SB 881 would amend Labor Code Sections 246 and 248.5. Section 1 of the bill would amend...

California Was Just Named One of the Worst Judicial Hellholes in the Nation – Again

December 9, 2022 11:43 amDecember 10, 2022 4:48 pm

California was named one of the worst “Judicial Hellhole®” in the country again, according to a new report from the American Tort Reform Association. “Uninjured serial plaintiffs file hundreds of meritless lawsuits targeting businesses, and ultimately, plaintiffs’ lawyers are the...

US Supreme Court Rules Federal Law Protects Signed Arbitration Agreements With Employers in CA

June 16, 2022 2:50 amJune 16, 2022 10:07 am

In an 8-1 ruling on Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the California Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA), which allows workers in the state to sue employers under the states name, does not allow employees to...