California Top Court Cleans Up Pending PAGA Arbitration Appeals

Uber, Lyft, and other companies can force workers to arbitrate their individual claims under a unique law allowing employees to step into California’s shoes when pursuing employment violations, but the workers can keep litigating their group claims in court, according to orders issued by the state highest court Wednesday.

The orders in six pending California Supreme Court cases involving when companies can shunt Private Attorneys General Act claims to arbitration came as part of a cleanup effort after the court in July ruled that workers can continue litigating PAGA claims brought on behalf of other aggrieved employees even after their ...