Courtroom Choices Following Viking River Cruises Largely Disappoint California Employers (US)
California employers enthusiastically acquired the choice by america Supreme Courtroom in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana, 142 S. Ct. 1906 (2022). That case held the Federal Arbitration Act permits employers to compel workers to arbitrate the person a part of their declare underneath the California Labor Code Personal Attorneys Common Act (“PAGA”). Some employers hoped that Viking River Cruises would considerably rein in PAGA litigation.
PAGA authorizes aggrieved California workers to file lawsuits to get better civil penalties on behalf of themselves, different workers, and the State of California for violations of California’s Labor Code. PAGA penalties can rapidly accumulate given the numerous attainable Labor Code violations and the truth that the default penalty is $100 per worker per pay interval for an preliminary Labor Code violation, and $200 per worker per pay interval for every subsequent violation.
In Viking River Cruises, the Courtroom additionally concluded that an worker would lack standing to pursue a consultant PAGA declare after his or her particular person PAGA declare was resolved by way of arbitration. Nevertheless, as a result of the Courtroom’s conclusion interpreted California regulation, this a part of the choice will not be binding on California courts. The California Supreme Courtroom is poised to determine in Adolph v. Uber Applied sciences Inc. whether or not it agrees with america Supreme Courtroom on that problem. Whereas a call by the California Supreme Courtroom in Adolph stays pending, a number of California courts of attraction have declined to observe the conclusion by america Supreme Courtroom relating to PAGA standing.
For instance, in Galarsa v. Dolgen California, LLC, 88 Cal. App. fifth 639 (2023) (overview granted), the California Courtroom of Attraction, Fifth District, held {that a} plaintiff who has been ordered to arbitrate her particular person PAGA declare can nonetheless preserve a courtroom motion to pursue a consultant PAGA declare looking for civil penalties for alleged Labor Code violations suffered by different workers. In Piplack v. In-N-Out Burgers, 88 Cal. App. fifth 1281 (2023) and Nickson v. Shemran, Inc., 90 Cal. App. fifth 121 (2023), the California Courtroom of Attraction, Fourth District, reached the identical conclusion.
Not like these disappointing (for California employers) selections, the current resolution by the Courtroom of Attraction, Second District in Rocha v. U-Haul Co. of California, 88 Cal. App. fifth 65 (2023), offers hope for employers. In that case, the appeals courtroom held that problem preclusion bars a consultant PAGA declare when the plaintiff litigates particular person Labor Code claims in arbitration and loses. Given {that a} plaintiff should have personally skilled a violation of not less than a single provision of the Labor Code to carry a consultant PAGA declare, Rocha emphasizes the vital hurdle particular person PAGA litigants face in arbitration. It is also vital to notice that the choice in Rocha is opposite to that by the California Courtroom of Attraction, Fourth District, in Gavriiloglou v. Prime Healthcare Administration, Inc., 83 Cal.App.fifth 595 (2022), which held that an arbitration award within the employer’s favor didn’t deprive the plaintiff worker of standing to pursue a consultant PAGA declare.
In sum, Viking River Cruises has not been the game-changer some California employers hoped. Though California employers might proceed to hope the California Supreme Courtroom decides Adolph v. Uber Applied sciences Inc. of their favor, that appears unlikely, notably if the California courts of attraction selections mentioned above rejecting america Supreme Courtroom’s conclusion relating to PAGA standing are predictive.
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