Moreover, [a] sample must be randomly selected for its results to be fairly extrapolated to the entire class. (Id. When the economy is unstable, employers are faced with difficult decisions around staffing, pay and benefits. }); if($('.container-footer').length > 1){ Under PAGA, the penalty for an initial violation is $100 per pay period, while the penalty for a subsequent penalty doubles to $200 per pay period. 4 The statute of limitations for non-compliant wage statements is one year. SHRM Employment Law & Compliance Conference, California Employers Face Significant Penalties for Pay Stub Violations, New OSHA Guidance Clarifies Return-to-Work Expectations, Trump Suspends New H-1B Visas Through 2020, Faking COVID-19 Illness Can Have Serious Consequences, White House Takes Action Against Migrant Child Labor, Recruiters Brace for a Challenging Year Ahead, State by State: Hires, Quits, Job Openings and Unemployment. First, the PAGA provides two tiers of civil penalties an amount for an initial violation and an amount for a subsequent violation. The focus of the case has shifted from pre-certification discovery to gathering information, documents, and data to present your damages and penalties claims to the mediator. 4 years x 52 weeks per year x 5 workdays per week = 1,040 days, 1,040 days x 30 minutes of overtime per day = 520 hours of overtime owed per employee, 520 hours of overtime x 50 employees = 26,000 hours of overtime owed. at p. The statute of limitations is based on the date of the violation. Meal and rest period premiums: Total workweeks over the four-year period x average hourly rate x average number of meal/rest break violations per workweek. Further, these fines reoccur per employee per pay period. so long as they have suffered at least one alleged Labor Code violation. Specifically, the court in Bernstein decided that heightened penalties for "subsequent violations" under California's Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) cannot be imposed until the Labor Commissioner or a court notifies the employer in question of the Labor Code violation (s) at issue. However, Californias Unfair Competition Law (UCL) can be used to extend the class action recovery period to four years for claims seeking restitution, including claims for unpaid wages, unpaid overtime, meal and rest break premiums, and reimbursement of necessary business expenses. These penalties are assessed on a per-employee basisup to a maximum of $4,000 for each employee who receives inaccurate pay stubs. Youve agreed on a mediator and set the date for mediation. An experienced attorney will help you calculate all of the . In Amaral v. Cintas Corp., the California Court of Appeal held that a subsequent violation does not trigger until the employer has learned that its conduct violates the Labor Code. (Amaral v. Cintas Corp. (2008) 163 Cal.App.4th 1157, 1209.) May 5, 2010, 2010 WL 1838726 at **2-6 [stacking PAGA penalties when calculating amount in controversy].) Please be sure to consult a knowledgeable professional with assistance with your particular legal issue. Cal. Code, 2699, subds. PAGA penalties are assessed per pay period for each violation of any code section enumerated in Labor Code section 2699.5. Overturning the ruling of two lower courts, on July 15, 2021, the Court held in Ferra v.Loews Hollywood Hotel, LLC that meal and rest premiums must be paid at the "regular rate" not the base hourly rate. For example, an employee who went on disability leave more than a year before the date of the PAGA lawsuit would not have worked within the past year that would serve as the basis for any meal and rest violations. Paga is a city in Ghana, well-known for its crocodile pools. Most defendants will produce these policies without hesitation. Code, 2699, subd. Posted in Civil rights in the workplace, Employee Rights, Employment Law on April 14, 2014. The communiqu is an overview only and should not be construed as legal advice, or advice to take any specific action. For example, PAGA plaintiffs can seek penalties under Labor Code section 1198 for violations of any IWC Wage Order that regulates conditions of labor. If an employer receives a letter notifying the business about potential violations, the employer should consult counsel right away, Ahearn said. What information do you need, how do you get it, and, most importantly, how do you go about calculating the damages on behalf of your client and all others similarly situated and/or aggrieved? Under PAGA, the civil penalty against the company for an individual violation is $100 per worker for each pay period. If so, you should advocate for a higher quantifier. PAGA allows aggrieved employees to sue over alleged labor code violations on behalf of themselves and other employees and to step into the shoes of state regulators to recover civil penalties. Thus, the civil penalties recoverable by plaintiffs (25%) and those recoverable by the LWDA (75%) could not be aggregated when calculating CAFA's amount in controversy. Meal Break and Rest Break. Because Labor Code section 226 violations carry the heaviest penalty amount at $250 for the initial violation and $1,000 for subsequent violations, correcting the wage statements soon after the PAGA notice will allow you to argue that there are only a few subsequent violations for which penalties may be assessed, if at all. Mr. Rhodes has successfully represented thousands of employees individually and on a class-wide basis in actions arising out of the FEHA and Labor Code. (See Mamika v. Barca (1998) 68 Cal.App.4th 487, 492 [Penalties accrue not only on the days that the employee might have worked, but also on non-workdays.]. If the employer pays the employee late (a first violation), the employee can recover $400 ($100 penalty plus 25 percent of $1,200, or $300). This penalty is in addition to any statutory penalties that may be assessed. You must also file a notice of the cure that includes a description of actions taken with the LWDA ( 2699.3(c)(2)(A)). The plaintiff can sue on behalf of other employees who suffered different violations than those suffered by the plaintiff so long as the plaintiff suffered at least one violation. The penalties under PAGA can add up very quickly. Please log in as a SHRM member before saving bookmarks. Labor Code section 226 (e) (1) provides that an employee who suffers injury as a result of a knowing and intentional failure to comply with subdivision (a) is liable for up to $4,000 plus costs and reasonable attorney's fees. First, although the majority of courts have held that PAGA penalties can be recovered alongside other statutory penalties (such as meal break premiums), some courts hold that a PAGA penalty cannot be recovered if another penalty is available. Code 2699.3(a)(1)(A)). That could be, for purposes of 203 penalties, the date of your last paycheck, or earlier. The Labor Code may or may not provide a specific civil penalty for the violation. At some point in our careers, we have all heard the adage, I went to law school because Im terrible at math, or words to that effect. Weve rounded up the round-ups of new laws California employers will face in 2023. A 30 day penalty is $64 x 30 days = $1,920. A case with a high meal-break violation rate without payment of premiums deserves a higher quantifier per workweek. hbbd``b`j@1` ,DF-HO L[@+ N An experienced PAGA practitioner should be able to chart the best course of action and guide you through the legal terrain. Wage statement violations: ($50.00 x total number of employees during the one-year period) + ($100.00 x [total number of pay periods in the one-year period total number of employees in the one-year period]). Accordingly, each predicate . (Ibid.) var temp_style = document.createElement('style'); Some of the common predicate violations subject to the default PAGA penalty include failure to provide meal and/or rest break premiums, failure to pay all wages owed during employment and failure to reimburse necessary business expenses. The damages period is governed by the statute of limitations for the causes of action alleged in your clients complaint. 2010) 2010 WL 1838726 at **2-6. %%EOF You have successfully saved this page as a bookmark. Class damages reasonable quantification per workweek. Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claimsallow an employee to suefor late wages, as well as a civil penalty.23 The penaltiesfor failing to pay employees on time are as follows: Any civil penaltiesrecovered by an aggrieved employee are divided up as 75% to the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and 25% to the aggrieved employee.24 This is the third in a three-part series of articles about California wage statement laws. Finally, depending on the Labor Code violations alleged and the fact-specific issues in your case, you may want to request additional documents for each employee selected for the sampling, such as documents regarding final payment of wages, business expense reimbursements, meal period waivers, and/or on-duty meal period agreements. Class action certification is not required, but plaintiffs must exhaust their administrative remedies by first notifying the State of the violations to give the State the opportunity to address the violations itself. There are time limits to cure discreet Labor Code violations, more fully discussed below. Damages are owed to employees for the violations they suffered. Where such requisite information is inaccurate on the wage statements, you should weigh the cost and benefit of the cure option with your counsel. 2) Determine the appropriate penalty (see below). The penalties under California law can add up quickly. PAGA Penalties and Labor Code 226 Claims. It is worth noting that the time period for which penalties can be assessed is limited to one year before the date of filing of the PAGA lawsuit, not the date of the PAGA notice. This includes causes for unpaid minimum and overtime wages in addition to any unpaid premiums for meal/rest break violations. If you dont have the resources to go through all the records, do a spot check for unpaid wages and analyze whether any information required under Labor Code section 226, subdivision (a) is missing from the wage statement exemplars. A Congressional committee has approved maximum penalties of $70,000 for serious items and $700,000 for repeated, willful, and failure-to-abate items for violations of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards. Please note that all such forms and policies should be reviewed by your legal counsel for compliance with applicable law, and should be modified to suit your organizations culture, industry, and practices. (l)(2).). (Dunk v. Ford Motor Co. (1996) 48 Cal.App.4th 1794, 1800; Lab. If youve received a PAGA notice, you can count yourself as one of several thousands of California employers who receive one every year. The Court justified its decision by illustrating there . The class damages for unpaid overtime would be 26,000 x $37.50 = $975,000. The most streamlined approach to calculating class-wide damages is to multiply the total number of workweeks during the applicable damages period by a reasonable quantifier. You have 33 days from the postmark date of the notice to complete the cure. For example, if an employer didn't provide a worker with a meal break, the employer would have to pay a penalty to the employee for the missed break and would also face a fine for failing to report the meal-break penalty on the pay stub. Because PAGA actions are generally a product of a copious amount of information that has been amassed by the employees counsel prior to providing the PAGA notice, you should also use counterinvestigative strategies, such as encouraging employees to report any outside contact inquiring about working conditions, or wage and hour matters. The damages periods used below should be reduced to three years if the lawsuit does not include a cause of action for unlawful business practices in violation of the UCL. Even then, the Legislature could pass a law clarifying the calculation of the meal / rest period penalty. The Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) authorizes aggrieved employees to file lawsuits to recover civil penalties on behalf of themselves, other employees, and the State of California for Labor Code violations.Those who intend to pursue PAGA cases must follow the requirements specified in Labor Code Sections 2698 - 2699.5. You can also demand a Belaire-West administration, which will give you access to putative class members who may provide supporting declarations prior to mediation. Code 2698, et seq. Failure to pay overtime, failure to provide meal breaks and failure to provide rest breaks carry an initial PAGA penalty of $50.00, and a subsequent penalty of $100.00. Cal. Due to the prevalence of PAGA lawsuits and the aggressive nature of PAGA penalties, the best way for employers to avoid liability is to ensure compliance with the Labor Code. "A single mistake can lead to several penalties," noted Bruce Sarchet, an attorney with Littler in Sacramento. In this case, the penalty calculation could be: 1 violation (non-compliant wage statement) x $100 penalty x 26 affected pay periods x 50 aggrieved employees = $130,000 1 violation (unpaid overtime) x $100 penalty x 26 affected pay periods x 50 aggrieved employees = $130,000 Total: $130,000 + $130,000 = $260,000 Code, 218.6; Civ. 50 employees x 26 pay periods = 1,300 violations. Thats not to say that you should stop engaging in formal discovery, but an informal exchange offers incentives for the defense to provide evidence that they otherwise wouldnt absent a lengthy meet and confer process, discovery motion practice, and all the delays and unpredictability attendant thereto. This information is readily available for most employers, and the defense should provide the requested data without objection or hesitation in any class or representative action that is headed to mediation. Increase or decrease your quantifier accordingly based on the theories of liability you can substantiate through the pay records. Speak with your client and/or other putative class members to discover any significant off-the-clock work that was being performed, such as bag checks, preparation of work areas, gathering tools, customer service, clean up, attending training seminars or work meetings, travel time and commuting, or donning and doffing personal protective equipment. Members may download one copy of our sample forms and templates for your personal use within your organization. Our employment law group are trusted advisors who are ready to assist you with: 1https://esd.dof.ca.gov/Documents/bcp/1920/FY1920_ORG7350_BCP3230.pdf; https://www.populardemocracy.org/sites/default/files/sPAGA%20Report_WEB.pdf, 2https://advocacy.calchamber.com/policy/issues/private-attorneys-general-act/. What do the two, other than a shared moniker, have in common? Battle over amount in penalties. (Lab. $("span.current-site").html("SHRM MENA "); In other words, for each employee in the PAGA period, one penalty is assessed against the employer for each predicate violation that occurs within a pay period. Because separate penalties may be assessed for each Labor Code violation in the same pay period for the same underlying violation, the PAGA penalty exposure for the client can grow exponentially. Additional factors in assessing the quantifier include the likelihood of success on class certification and the outcome of any depositions taken prior to mediation. (a)(1)-(2).) If a PAGA plaintiff employee is successful, 75% of any penalty recovered is paid to the Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA), with the remainder going to the PAGA plaintiff employee or distributed among the aggrieved employees. Bucking the trend of unrelentingly bad news for employers in the state, the California Court of Appeal has held that the default (lower) penalties found in the Labor Code Private Attorneys. 1 Over the last 15 years, more than 35,000 PAGA notices have been sent to employers. For example, if the PMK admits to an unlawful policy that was implemented on a class-wide basis regardless of job title or job location, increase your quantifier. The average amount of settlements tends to hold steady until 2.5 years after commencement of the lawsuit, after which point the average cost of settlement quickly escalates. Under PAGA, an initial violation carries a $100 penalty per employee per pay period. You should also audit your time and wage records to flag potentially troublesome practices, including: This is not an exhaustive list of the potential wage and hour violations, but you and your counsel should audit your records and identify practices and policies that may give rise to Labor Code violations. Requires that the plaintiff suffered a typical and common violation similar to the other members. When faced with this argument, plaintiffs can point to the PAGA notice, prior employee complaints, prior lawsuits, internal or third-party payroll audits, the employers retention of third-party human resource agencies, or any other evidence that shows the employer acted willfully or had knowledge of the Labor Code violations in the workplace. (Lab. Use an expert or staff member to go through the wage statements to determine if the employees were properly paid for all overtime and double-time. As such, practitioners should review the applicable wage orders to assess whether additional penalties can be levied against the employer for violations extending beyond those enumerated in Labor Code section 2699.5. Defendants often ask for a stay on formal discovery until mediation takes place. For example, employers should also ensure that they are providing meal and rest breaks, paying employees the required penalties if breaks are missed, and recording the penalty payments on wage statements. Another wrinkle in the law is that penalties are assessed per paycheck, Sarchet explained. When determining the average number of violations per workweek, note that an employee can only collect one meal and one rest period penalty each shift, for a maximum of two premium payments per workday. You owe the employee one hour of pay if the employee is unable to take one or more meal breaks. The astronomical potential penalties attached to PAGA actions also helps fuel these types of representative actions. The foundational data needed to evaluate damages or penalties in any class or representative action consists of the class size, workweeks, and pay periods during the applicable damages period. Lab. He used the correct statute of limitations date of October 4, 2015, and multiplied each instance of a termination by $ 250. In addition, employees are entitled to an unpaid 30-minute meal break once they work five hours. Code, 1194.2.). This is in contrast to penalties under the Private Attorneys General Act. Worse, the Labor Code doesn't need to cover a penalty stipulation, PAGA places fines on anything not covered. Uber Technologies, Inc. (N.D. Cal. The employer's allegedly unlawful practice had ended on June 17, 2007, and hence the one-year statute of limitations for the PAGA claim lapsed on June 17, 2008. Code, 3289.) The number used for the quantifier depends on the overall strength of your case, which is governed by several factors. In a straight wage-and-hour class action, the damages period is three years prior to the filing of the lawsuit to the present. (Belaire-West Landscape, Inc. v. Superior Court (2007) 149 Cal.App.4th 554.). Yes. The regular rate of pay calculation used to calculate the overtime rate should now be applied to any break premiums. Failure to pay minimum wages during employment gets $100.00 for the initial penalty and $250.00 for subsequent violations. 2023 Finally, the Court of Appeal also decided in the same case that the hotel's rounding practice was lawful. & Prof. Code, 17200, et seq. $1,750 + $87,500 = $89,250 in Total PAGA Penalties This, each violation should get its own PAGA . Code 2699 (f) (2). Code 226(a)(6)); and (2) failure to provide the name and address of the employing legal entity (226(a)(8)). The average overtime premium rate is one and one-half times the average hourly rate. To request permission for specific items, click on the reuse permissions button on the page where you find the item. In addition to the difference between their base and regular rate of pay, these employees can bring claims for wage statement violations, unpaid wages, PAGA penalties and (for former employees) waiting time penalties. In most cases, the employees counsel will send you a request for the employees personnel file long before any notice is filed with the LWDA. Dubbed the bounty hunter law, PAGA, or the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004, is actually a series of statutes codified in Sections 2698 through 2699.6 of the California Labor Code that authorizes aggrieved employees to file lawsuits to recover civil penalties on behalf of themselves, other employees, and the State of California for Labor Code violations. The employee suing under PAGA acts as the proxy or agent of Californias labor law enforcement agency, the Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA), in policing Labor Code violations. A penalty of $100 is imposed for the first violation, per worker for each pay period and $200 per worker for each subsequent violation. This will save you and/or your expert a significant amount of time when it comes to analyzing the voluminous records. (Hernandez v. Towne Park, Ltd. (C.D. 5For purposes of damages under Labor Code section 226, initial violation and subsequent violation are defined differently such that there is only one initial violation per employee. Lab. Plaintiffs can assert those individual claims on behalf of themselves, or they can also assert them as a class action on behalf of similarly situated employees. The good news is that there are several options designed to simplify the calculation process without risking rejection during the court approval process. Keep up with the latest news and events from Hoge Fenton Close, By Hoge Fenton | 2.PAGA cases are representative claims, which are different than class actions. This article shows how PAGA penalties for common wage and hour violations are calculated and compares them to class action damages so that the reader can assess potential exposure for wage and hour violations. Unpaid overtime: Total workweeks over the four-year period x average hours of unpaid overtime per week x average overtime premium rate. If the employers violation rate is anything less than once per pay period, you should modify the formula to reflect your estimated violation rate. Assuming each of those 50 employees was paid $25.00 per hour, overtime is paid at 1.5x the regular rate (i.e., $37.50). Undertaking the cure option is no small feat. How are PAGA penalties calculated? Gain the intel you need now to successfully anticipate and navigate employment laws, stay compliant and mitigate legal risks. Although you are not required to file a response addressing the charges in the PAGA notice, standard practice for many counsel is to file a written response with the LWDA. else if(currentUrl.indexOf("/about-shrm/pages/shrm-mena.aspx") > -1) { (Lab. The district court then ruled against Walmart on the three claims and awarded Magadia and the two remaining classes over $100 million in damages and penalties. Many California wage and hour class actions and Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) collective actions include allegations that employers failed to properly pay bonuses and . (Ibid.) PAGA applies to all employers regardless of size. Assess whether your client will make an adequate class representative. Many attorneys dont have the resources to conduct an independent analysis of a large production of time and wage records and agreeing to a smaller sample size may be the most practicable approach. Bucking the trend of unrelentingly bad news for employers in the state, the California Court of Appeal has held that the default (lower) penalties found in the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act ("PAGA") and not the heightened penalties set forth in Labor Code section 226.3 ("Section 226.3") apply to a run-of-the-mill PAGA claim involving Attorney Advertising. Build specialized knowledge and expand your influence by earning a SHRM Specialty Credential. California legislation enacted last year found that employers are experiencing a high volume of PAGA claims. Under PAGA, the default civil penalty for an employer's initial violation is one hundred dollars ($100) per employee per pay period, and two hundred dollars ($200) per pay period for any subsequent violations (though PAGA plaintiffs are required to remit 75% of recovered penalties to the Labor and Workforce Development Agency). 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