SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday decided not to upend a 2014 California decision clearing a path to keep some mass employment claims out of arbitration.

The court will not review the California Supreme Court’s June decision in Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles, which determined that employer arbitration agreements with workers can’t bar claims brought under the Private Attorney General Act (PAGA). That move may give comfort to plaintiffs lawyers, but some in the defense bar warn the fight isn’t over.

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