The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday handed California employers a victory in their efforts to prevent arbitration of claims under the state’s Private Attorneys General Act, known as PAGA.
The 8-1 majority, led by Justice Samuel Alito Jr., said the Federal Arbitration Act preempts a California Supreme Court precedent holding that PAGA claims cannot be split into arbitrable individual claims and non-arbitrable “representative” claims.
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