
The California Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) is set to undergo a significant overhaul, the first since its enactment nearly two decades ago. On June 18, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that an agreement was reached between business and labor groups to reform PAGA. The agreement comes on the heels of the looming June 27, 2024 deadline to remove a PAGA proposition from the November 5, 2024 ballot. The agreement, if passed by California’s state legislature, would overhaul several aspects of PAGA and withdraw a ballot measure that would have repealed PAGA’s statutory scheme altogether. Continue Reading Will PAGA Be Reformed?