Archive for Labor Code 558

California Supreme Court Gives Employers a PAGA Victory

In a rare “win” for California employers, the California Supreme Court recently ruled in ZB, N.A. v. Superior Court that the “underpaid wages” authorized by Labor Code §558 are not recoverable in a PAGA action. California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) As readers of this blog know well, PAGA…

Corporate Owners and Officers are Individually Liable for PAGA Penalties

Readers of this blog know the potent plaintiff’s weapon that is California’s Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”).  PAGA allows an individual employee to “stand in the shoes of the State” and sue his employer for civil penalties flowing from the employer’s wage-and-hour violations. What makes PAGA so devastating…