November 2015
By: Cassandra M. Ferrannini and Elizabeth B. Stallard
Prompted by million-dollar lawsuits for technical violations and in an effort to incentivize prompt resolution of disputes about itemized wage statements, the California legislature amended the California Labor Code Private Attorney Generals Act of 2004 (“PAGA”), effective immediately.
Retail grocers and other employers may now “cure” wage statement violations if the violation alleged under Labor Code §226 is a failure to state the inclusive dates of the period for which the employee is paid or the name and address of the legal entity that is the employer.
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