July 1, 2024
Press Release
Today, the Fix PAGA coalition, representing non-profits, social justice advocates, family farmers, health care providers and businesses, applauded final legislative passage of SB 92 (Umberg) and AB 2288 (Kalra) to reform California’s broken Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA).
Read MoreJune 27, 2024
Press Release
Today, the Fix PAGA coalition, representing non-profits, social justice advocates, family farmers, health care providers and businesses, applauded final legislative passage of SB 92 (Umberg) and AB 2288 (Kalra) to reform California’s broken Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA).
Read MoreJune 18, 2024
Press Release
Today, the Fix PAGA coalition, representing non-profits, social justice advocates, family farmers, health care providers and businesses, announced their support for legislation to reform California’s broken Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA).
Read MoreJune 10, 2024
CalMatters
As lobbyists for businesses and labor groups negotiate with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration on how to amend a unique California labor law that allows workers to sue their bosses, the two sides seem to agree on at least one puzzling reality.
Read MoreJune 3, 2024
Press Release
A new survey released today by the Fix PAGA coalition reveals that 72 percent of California voters support the state legislature reforming the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) to provide state regulators with increased authority to enforce employee labor complaints, while still allowing workers to bring claims through litigation if regulators cannot resolve satisfactorily.
Read MoreApril 17, 2024
The Sacramento Bee
California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) was originally passed to help workers file claims for labor law violations. Unfortunately, the law is being grossly manipulated, with attorneys filing shakedown-style lawsuits to benefit themselves at the expense of workers, non-profits and small businesses. Enacted in 2004, the act allows private individuals to file lawsuits against employers […]
Read MoreMarch 25, 2024
Press Release
A broad and growing coalition of more than 120 organizations and businesses including non-profits, community and disability advocates, large and small businesses and others across California have joined the Fix PAGA coalition to reform California’s lawsuit-first Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), which is enriching lawyers at the expense of California workers, nonprofits, small businesses and employers.
Read MoreMarch 23, 2024
Times of San Diego
Last year, California was ranked as the third worst “Judicial Hellhole” in the United States, according to the American Tort Reform Association’s 2023-2024 Report. California’s business community is plagued by many regulatory issues, from rampant Proposition 65 litigation to the exploitation of the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). These legal frameworks, originally […]
Read MoreFebruary 26, 2024
Los Angeles Business Journal
It is safe to say that no one likes getting threatened with lawsuits, especially small-business owners. Over and over, trial lawyers have been aggressively utilizing the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) to sue businesses for any alleged, minor labor infraction. The law was created more than 20 years ago and has been a complete and […]
Read MoreFebruary 15, 2024
CalMatters
Business and labor are gearing up to go head-to-head on Californians’ ballots again — this time over a consequential 20-year-old state labor law you’ve probably never heard of. 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 […]
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