Lowe’s Ex-Worker Case Leads New Shot for Clarity on PAGA Rulings

Faced with dueling directives from the US and California supreme courts, a federal appellate panel on Wednesday will be tasked with deciding whether a former Lowe’s Home Centers LLC employee must arbitrate the wage violations claims she brought against the retailer under the state’s Private Attorneys General Act.

PAGA, as the statute is commonly known, permits individuals to step into the state’s shoes to enforce labor law violations. Former Lowe’s worker Maria Johnson says that a California Supreme Court decision issued less than three months ago boosts her arguments for a new shot at keeping her claims in court, ...