Labor & Employment Law Blog

On April 8, 2025, the Third Appellate District Court of Appeal published a decision denying an employer’s motion to compel arbitration.  The question before the Court of Appeal was whether the parties’ arbitration agreement required arbitration of the employee’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claims.  The Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s ruling that the agreement contained a PAGA carveout such that the employer could not compel the employee’s individual PAGA claims to arbitration.