Business and labor groups put out competing studies on the little-known PAGA law as they gear up for a big ballot fight.
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The two sides released dueling reports this week extolling the virtues, or sins, of the state’s Private Attorneys General Act, which major employers’ groups such as the California Chamber of Commerce are campaigning toWorkers claiming labor law violations, such as wage theft, can ask the state Labor Commissioner’s Office to investigate, and either cite or sue the employer. . It lets the state outsource the suing to private attorneys, with a worker taking the place of the state as the plaintiff.
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