California Just Passed PAGA Reform. Here Is the Impact | Brian Maas | William Gould | Tom Manzo
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 มิ.ย. 2024
- California’s largest business and labor groups have recently come together to strike a deal on one of the most controversial laws in California: the Private Attorney General Act, also known as PAGA.
"Attorneys fighting with companies, companies fighting back. A lot of people realized how much money they could make from it. And it became this billion-dollar industry."
When the law was passed in 2004, it was meant to deter employers from violating serious labor laws: "Wage theft, minimum wage violations, government is not doing very much about this, you can file a claim with a government and it can sit there for three years or more without it being attended to."
In today's episode, we'll look into how the PAGA law works, its growing controversy, and the recent agreement between the California Legislature, business, and labor groups to reform it. We also discuss what this new reform means for California workers and employers.
*Views expressed in this video/article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of California Insider.
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Why is Newsom still the governor???
Look at who he works for. Remember who came recently? It was painfully obvious. "It's true because it's true "?
They count the votes
Corrupt
Low information Voters.
Because the people are stupid, and continue to vote stupid.
How many of these employees vote Democrat because they "take care of working people". Foolish.
They vote Democrat because they think they're better than the rest of the country.
Republican states have the poorest communities & lowest wages. Democratic states have their egregious flaws too. Thinking along political lines is outdated & ridiculous. Follow the money.
Business owners in California, "the policy makers in California can't get any crazier". California policy makers, "hold my beer".
I’m sorry, why does the state get a bigger cut than the employees? That’s fucked up.
That was the goal.
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Yep. California gets almost half of every settlement just because it’s a class action settlement which is bs
A $5k claim turns into $100k, the state takes 75k the employee gets 25k still a win over 50 bucks originally owed lol
The corruption in this state is destroying a great state!!
I live in Los Angeles. Everyone here keeps complaining about how bad things are then they keep voting for those bad things. They're all insane.
@@Endymion766 there's no such thing as a vote in CA. Just the illusion.
They’re doing good, California still pays foods stamps for trump voters in West Virginia. Don’t bite the hand that feeds you
All I want is for more people to leave traffic is a nightmare but only dreams
ALWAYS VOTE IN YOUR LOCAL ELECTIONS...
your local government has more power over your day to day existence than the State or Federal Governments ever could.
We have got to rebuild our local governments from the very lowest levels first and then and only then should we start to work our way up from there.
This comment is so true. Local laws drive state laws.
My family and I ALWAYS make sure to vote local elections and also the presidency elections because local elections definitely do make a huge impact. But in California as soon as Newsome came in I think elections are probably not what they should but I definitely vote
Good admonition. Unfortunately, we need to do both. For example, the State deprived counties of essential property taxes by increasing how much of it was handed to the state. Yet the state requires the county to pay more from their budgets to accomplish state ideologically based mandates. For example, the state is closing state prisons and expects counties to incarcerate long term serious offenders with additional services. The state wastes so much money but the citizens suffer the loss of county services.
But I agree, it's good to be educated on one's local systems, know who one is electing and be proactive in local governance. How much is trickle up I don't know.
All great comments!
Pipe dream.
I’m sure there are many lawyers out there trolling for clients. Someone will always take advantage.
I hope this channel garners more attention. Really informative information of what’s going on in the state
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Sadly YT controls the video..
It will suppress content that goes against The State.
The State, is anything the Government, doesn't want people to see.
Are yu kidding? It's a propaganda channel that will be forgotten like insider.
this is crazy! i use to have a business and during that time we were warned by other business owners that there was a wave of lawyers using a person with disabilities to go find businesses who did not have their property up to code with handicapped parking etc. they would threaten to sue and the business owner would settle for thousands. lawyers were making alot of money! they mainly targeted mexican restaurants
OverReach , Over Taxation #FreeCalifornia
govt. over regulation, on EVERY LEVEL!!!!
No flexible work schedule, no bonuses, no turkey for Thanksgivings, no Christmas parties and raffles.
Are those standard things offered at California companies ?
@@kennethmeeker6369 yeah. Not offered as company package when hired but it’s pretty standard for private companies to be generous. Not so much for public workers since public work is funded by tax payers.
Wow. California is so tough. How does anyone survive in this business climate?
Sooo many have left. Some were burnt down by drugged out homeless, lots were vandalized & robbed out of business. Now, you have TONS of illegal immigrants on every sidewalk in every city- no rent, no permits, no safety or inspection- under cutting the last of the survivors. No one cares. The Govt is robbin us blind. CA is the poster child of how not to do things
Consolidation. You only make it if you work for the top companies. You only work for the top companies if you follow orders.
They’re doing fine, California pays your welfare
Even then most companies are leaving google and Uber being the latest ones.
In California, the american dream of starting your own business is gone because of PAGA
Not if you run your own business with no employees.
@@ypcomchic u got that right, but many just want to take advantage of people and pay low wages, especially if they can get Mexican immigrants that will take anything.
@@ypcomchic California really is strict on contract labor
Thank you for doing this video topic. Nobody knows about this and it’s destroying businesses in California.
Just another reason why I am leaving California.
Making business more attractive makes you want to leave👍👍
Amazing how the State rebuffs employers who are the generators of prosperity.
As someone who has worked retail, I Often needed to work for a 5 (Sometimes 4) hour shift, where I needed to Take a Lunch in the 4th hour, but never really wanted to.
5 Hours On-Shift, = 5.5 Hours Actual Shift bc a 30m Lunch.
IDC about a Lunch on most days, I can eat after my shift, it's only 5 hours.
I've literally worked for a bus and took a 4 hour extra shift day, and needed to take a lunch before coming back to the yard...
I could have been back at the yard in 30 minutes, and eaten anywhere I wanted, but no, I had 7-11 and Jack in the box in my area, and hit 2pm traffic on my way back adding an hour to my extra shift, pushing me really close to my 60 hour limit, and making me miss something I really wanted to go to. (This was a forced extra shift, mind you.)
Why not find the businesses that California govt employees own or their families own and the paga them? Doesn’t newsome own a winery or restaurant?
The final nail to the California dream!!! Legalized frivolous lawsuits!!!
Yep this sounded like a government money grab in the first minute
You literally couldn't run a concrete company in california
Californians are completely fine with that.
I'm from the government and here to help.
Opening any type of business in California with employees is a huge mistake nowadays!
this is extortion, plain and simple.
They did the same with the ADA disabilities act. Kaiser got hit hard with it, but they did have some facilities that were not ada accessible, I worked on getting them in compliance...but they also went against mom and pop stores and they don't have the money Kaiser does.
thats funny paga is spanish for pay, must be some mexican employees
How do u know? U must b mexican!
lol California companies love taking advantage of Mexican immigrants for low wages because they will take anything. They aren’t the ones submitting lawsuits
How is anybody willing to run a business in California is beyond me.
Because California money.
And they just made change, so I don't know what more do you want?
Wage theft is still a problem and softening PAGA is a bad move. The only people that were against it were scummy bosses that would either commit wage theft or put employees at seriously safety risks for corporate profit. Don't get me started on Labor Unions. Some are good but many just cozy up to bosses. Controlled opposition
Another reason to leave California
Common sense is gone forever. This is stupid.
If you have ever filed one you know, it takes 2 employees to get a class action started! No single person can do it!
California has officially become the dystopian hellscape we've seen in movies...😂
So the reason for it taking so long & it being so hard to get changes is so clearly because the state is the biggest beneficiary of all the lawsuits. Even more ironic is the supposed reason for creating the PAGA policy/law is due to the state not doing their job of protecting the people who filed claims but those claims sat for years. Seems silly these guys went thru so much work & spent so much time to get what’s needed for it to get on the ballot & ended up giving in to politicians & state hustlers for a few small changes & the state only giving up 10% of the money they see in any lawsuit or settlement. When this PAGA first came to be, did it clearly relay the percentage the state would take from any of these cases? Or was that changed over the years? Honestly, I don’t remember voting on this nor hearing about it. And we had a family business during that time. Why would the state be entitled to anything other than court fees or filing fees? Just sounds crazy.
Thank you; very informative. I believe the ADA also needs reform for there are too many people abusing it to the small business.
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Whowouldathunkit…Trial Attorneys make $8bn off lawsuits which net plaintiffs less than 10%. Moreover the attorneys write the rules …🤯
Why should the state get so much money from these lawsuits?
At 1:00 when the law was implemented it was intended to... Get votes
God help us
If by good employees you mean ones you want to break the law and don’t take you to court for it then you’re never going to have any good employees.
Love your videos sir!!
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This law should not apply to restaurants. It should apply to healthcare, going over 5 hours is unavoidable.
I would never have 5 hour shifts. One required break in a 4 hr. Altho his point that they need to attract employees has to be considered.
Nation of litigants… something goes wrong with law system
At 11:16 key point, don't improperly treat the employee and you will not be punished. Good employers are not being punished, also in the beginning of the interview. it is not hard to find and retain employees if you are a good employer.
This is the same as the Apartment rental business.
Is a Cash Cow for Attorneys/Advocates.
So, glad I bailed out of there.
Legal extortion
You don’t need an attorney- just go file a claim at the labor board to get your lost wages etc.
My last employer wouldn’t pay me on time if he felt like we weren’t working enough can I sue !!!
Oh nice so I can sue my employers now he’ll yea!
All the companies need to leave california see what happens
California The big SWAMP !
How or where I can contact an Honest attorney in CA , (bay area)
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You can search the state bar website for attorneys in your area. That site also shows if an attorney has had violations before so you can avoid those ones.
1 bad seed destroys a work enviroment.environment. on both sides.
The guy was obviously running the business he had incompetetly just make sure people are taking their lunches lol
why are you not posting on rumble
Sounds like the trucking industry lol
Death spiral continues.
Lawyers are getting wealthy.
Sounds like it was a poor management issue unless your telling me the employees have more say on when to take a lunch that’s hilarious
Good bye California and hello Texas. 🖕
I just had to resubscribe I was unsubscribed randomly I guess yt does shadow ban Chanel’s after all
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Looks like Californian is the worst state to be in other than new mexico
12:37 Did he misspeak? Alcohol is legal and while I understand not showing up to work drunk, what business is it of his what they do on their own time and if that is what he meant it's pretty hypocritical to have zero tolerance to alcohol while serving it in your restaurants.
Seriously? There is an expectation of NOT being under the influence while ON THE JOB. The employee, while under the influence, could represent a danger to the customers, the staff, and the physical business establishment.
@@probablynot1368 _"I mean we're a family business, I have my kids in there every single day"_ *_We have zero tolerance for drinking and drugs especially on the job_*
That can be read as he's against the behavior in general and especially at work. Which would be fine if he didn't operate a business that sold said liquor.
@@probablynot1368 I've worked fur a company that actually said we couldn't go out drinking at bars even though we wouldn't be in uniform and it's on our own time. They felt we still represent the company. I don't think it was actually enforced, but it was in the employee handbook.
Dude I never get lunch and work construction I don’t get paid for not taking them if I eat it’s in between tasks my body hurts every day and local 185 doesn’t give a dam about their laborers neither my company
I’m a big fan of exponential wealth transfers to the least productive members of society…> the attorney class.
The American Legal Judicial Industrial Complex requires it…especially since it’s a closed system.
13:07 no employer "begs" to their employee, to "take a break" lol this poor guy
Judging by this being a channel owned by the epoch times. I wouldn't really take any of this seriously. Because it's a far right leaning. I still recall epoch times advertising as "unbiased." Uh-huh.
lol keep playing the government game.
There's another federal law that
It is harmful for Small business , and harms minorities community .. from ADA . Lawyers make fast money...
Stop with the minorities BS destroyed this state!
That was a class action suite! You violate labor laws you should pay!
No one was dissing valid class action lawsuits. The point is companies getting sued over technicalities that did not hurt employees, and no redress for employers to correct it once it was brought to their attention. Case in point, an employer fined for giving a welcome basket to a new employee with a new $1 scratch off ticket in the welcome basket.
Try keeping up on an 1100 page labor law manual.
I think California loves its big payoffs, yet that money doesn't seem to cover enforcement or justice.
If business isn't doing any cheating, why do they need to worry?
Good law!!! 👍 lawsuits for everyone. 😅
Well he knew the rules and he didn’t follow them 😂so he did it to himself
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@@ScreamTatumRiley I've been aware of the fifth hour rule for as long as I have been working after college. Most employers will allow an employee to waive the meal penalty as well if you want to work more than 5 hours.
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This old man doesn't know anything about running a business
There are some inaccurate statements in this video. Employees deserve to be paid and take breaks and lunches. Employers aren't innocent in every scenario.
I agree, especially when many businesses take advantage of immigrants that don’t speak up and will take any wage because of desperation.