Viking River Cruises Gets Another Bite at California PAGA Apple

Gig employers including Uber and Lyft hoping for clarity about whether a unique California labor law can force arbitration of labor law claims brought on the state’s behalf may get some answers before summer in the latest episode of a long-running dispute between the US and California supreme courts.

One of the six cases SCOTUS sent back to California last year is up for oral argument before a state appellate panel Tuesday afternoon. Moriana v. Viking River Cruises, in which the nation’s high court ruled courts can force workers to arbitrate individual claims, is returning to the California Court ...