Commentary: A two-decade-long battle over California’s labor laws, spurred by the Private Attorney General Act, is entering a new phase with a state Supreme Court case and a pending 2024 ballot measure. 📝: DanCALmatters
A two-decade-long battle over California’s labor laws, spurred by the Private Attorney General Act, is entering a new phase with a state Supreme Court case and a pending 2024 ballot measure promising to change how they’re enforced., Gray Davis, less than a year after giving him a second term, and replace him with action movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Davis’ signature gave unions and personal injury attorneys a long-sought victory in their quest to gain the upper hand in employment disputes by supercharging what they contended was lackadaisical enforcement of labor laws by the state Labor Commissioner’s Office. It was also Davis’ way of thanking unions and trial attorneys for standing by him during his two campaigns for governor and the recall election.
Business groups, of course, were and remain steadfastly opposed to PAGA, contending that it gives rapacious lawyers a hunting license to hector employers with suits or the threat of suits that are expensive to defend and even more costly to lose. In the two decades since PAGA was created, there have been two parallel efforts by the contending forces. Unions and attorneys have sought to increase PAGA’s reach while employers have sought to undo what the Legislature and Davis had wrought.Dan Walters brings his passion for government transparency to issues affecting Californians. Get a round-up of his columns.
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