"Sense and Sensibility": Legislative Amendments to the California Labor Code's Private Attorneys General Act
By
David J. Murphy
of
Morrison & Foerster LLP
The California Legislature, in a burst of "common sense" in its treatment of employers, has amended California's "bounty hunter" law to eliminate some of its more onerous provisions. These amendments, known as Senate Bill 1809, revise and amend the Labor Code's Private Attorneys General Act (Labor Code ? 2699) ("Act"), which has been making headlines again as a key issue in California's budget standoff. The Legislature struck a compromise and agreed to make major revisions to the Act in order to clear the way for the budget.
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