A state appellate court has held that plaintiffs may sue for violations of California’s paid sick-leave law under the Private Attorneys General Act, opening the door for plaintiffs to pursue civil penalties under a relatively new section of the Labor Code.

A three-justice panel of the Fourth District Court of Appeal on Feb. 24 found that a provision in California’s Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014, which required employers to offer at least three days of paid sick leave to workers, restricts damages available under the state’s Unfair Competition Law, not PAGA.

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