PAGA Wage Settlement In Class Suit Found To Suffer From ‘Obvious Deficiencies’

Mealey's (April 21, 2020, 11:48 AM EDT) -- FRESNO, Calif. — The proposed settlement of a wage class complaint for $150,000 structured as a Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) settlement can’t be approved where the fund allocations provide 3 percent to the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) and 97 percent to the workers and other deficiencies exist, a federal judge in California ruled April 17 (Manuel Perez, et al. v. All Ag, Inc., No. 18-927, E.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68134)....