Employee Who Settled Individual Wage Claims Cannot Pursue PAGA Claim

If an employee brings both individual claims and a representative claim under the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) in a single lawsuit, and then settles the individual claims, the plaintiff is no longer an “aggrieved employee” and therefore can no longer pursue the PAGA claim, the California Court of Appeal ruled. https://goo.gl/sJ3W5t #GlobalHR #HRTech