Hunter will be speaking on two PAGA panels in February and March 2020. The first panel will be in Oakland at the Bernard Witkin Law Library on February 27, 2020. The second will be in San Francisco on
March 13, 2020, as part of Bridgeport’s annual PAGA Workshop.
The Oakland panel will address the following topics:
California’s Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) allows workers to bring representative actions for Labor Code violations.
- This panel will explore the ever-changing PAGA landscape, and offer insight into how best to handle PAGA litigation.
- The speakers will provide both introductory and higher level discussion regarding what PAGA is, what violations give rise to PAGA liability, how PAGA claims are brought and litigated, and what remedies are available through PAGA.
- They will also explore issues that arise when PAGA claims are subjected to motions to compel arbitration, as well as aspects of settlement of PAGA claims.
The summary of the San Francisco panel is as follows:
In California, the Private Attorneys General Act PAGA poised to become the next “it” claim in wage and hour litigation? This program will explore the ever changing PAGA landscape, offering practitioner insight into how best to prepare for the anticipated uptick of representative action litigation.
Procedural Issues and Nuts and Bolts of PAGA – this panel will provide a full picture of what PAGA is, what violations give rise to PAGA liability, how PAGA claims are brought and litigated, and what remedies are available through PAGA. The panel will describe: the current procedure for exhausting a PAGA claim with the LWDA (including 2016 amendments); the potential involvement of the LWDA in investigating claims; the relationship between PAGA claims and class action principles; the state of the law on whether PAGA claims are “individual” or “representative” in nature; and how PAGA penalties are calculated.