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The Penalty & ExposurePageWhat a PAGA claim is actually worth — the post-2024 civil-penalty architecture, the 15%/30% caps, cure-to-zero, and the 65/35 split, with an interactive estimator.
Penalty CalculatorPageEstimate a post-2024 PAGA civil penalty from § 2699 itself — tiers, the 15%/30% caps, cure, weekly halving, and the 65/35 split, line by line.
The Life of a ClaimPageFollow one post-2024 PAGA claim end to end — the notice, the State's window, the cure tracks, the penalty caps, and the split.
What is PAGA?PageA plain-English overview — what PAGA is, who can bring a claim, what it collects, and what the 2024 reform changed.
What Changed in 2024PageOld PAGA against new — the 2024 reform rule by rule: tiered penalties, the 65/35 split, “personally suffered each,” the caps, the cure tracks, and the June 19, 2024 cutover.
Standing & ArbitrationPageWho may bring a PAGA claim, and what arbitration does to it — Arias, Iskanian, Kim, Viking River, and Adolph, and the open question “personally suffered each” leaves behind.
Anatomy of a NoticePageA synthesized LWDA notice, explored part by part — what it must contain, the facts-and-theories standard, and the postmark that starts the State's 60/65-day clock.
The Cure TracksPageCalifornia's two post-2024 cure tracks — the small-employer administrative cure, the large-employer early evaluation conference, and how a cure plus a cap drives the penalty to zero.
Manageability & TrialPageHow a representative claim that speaks for a whole workforce is actually tried — Estrada, the codified managing power at § 2699(p), and the unresolved pre-trial-scope debate.
Settlement & ApprovalPageThe deal a judge must bless — judicial approval under § 2699(s)(2), the LWDA's role, and the 65/35 distribution of any recovery.
PAGA vs. Class ActionPageHow a representative PAGA action differs from a class action — no certification, no opt-out, the State as the real party in interest, and a 65/35 split of any recovery.
Deadlines & TimelinePageEvery PAGA clock — from the LWDA notice to the one-year limitations period, with the small- and large-employer cure tracks.
Notice DecoderPageStep through a synthesized PAGA notice part by part — the caption, the cited provisions, the facts and theories, the $75 fee, and the postmark that starts the clock.
For WorkersPageA PAGA notice or a broken labor law — who can act, your timeline, your 35% share, and whether you personally suffered each violation.
For EmployersPageA PAGA notice just landed — the clocks that start on the postmark, the 15% and 30% compliance caps, cure-to-zero, and the moves to make on day one.
For AttorneysPageEvaluating a post-2024 PAGA claim: standing, the penalty caps, manageability, arbitration, the open questions, and the dates — subdivision by subdivision.
Change LogPageWhat moved in PAGA law — statutes, decisions, grants of review — and what this site changed in response, dated, with its basis. Corrections included.
MethodologyPageHow this site is sourced and checked: verbatim statute from the authenticated legislative text, paraphrase-only holdings pending reporter pins, a dated stamp, a public correction log.
AboutPageWhat PAGA.law is: an independent, non-commercial explainer of the post-2024 Private Attorneys General Act. No firm, no ads, no funnel — and how to cite it.
GlossaryPageEvery term of art in post-2024 PAGA, defined in one plain-English sentence with its governing Labor Code subdivision.
AuthoritiesPageThe controlling case law — every decision with its verified, paraphrased holding and its bearing on a claim, anchored and sourced.
The Covered ListPageThe § 2699.5 roster of Labor Code provisions to which PAGA's notice-and-cure procedure attaches — all 140, searchable.
CBA ExemptionsPagePAGA's two narrow carve-outs — the § 2699.6 construction and § 2699.8 janitorial CBA exemptions: the conditions, the wage bases, and the sunsets.