SACRAMENTO -- and require employers found liable to pay a fine to the state.The legislation would reform the Private Attorneys General Act, which took effect in 2004. It has come under scrutiny by business groups that say the law has been misused. Critics also say that litigating alleged violations under the law is often time-consuming and expensive.The bills would lower the financial penalty for some employers and compel them to correct violations. They came out of a deal between Gov.
In 2022-2023, the state left $197 million of that money unspent, CalMatters reported earlier this month.Democratic Assemblymember Ash Kalra, who authored one of the bills, said the deal 'demonstrates how things should be done when all sides come together to resolve a longstanding issue of division.