The case of Parra Rodriguez v. Packers Sanitation Services LTD., LLC typifies the reason employers and employment counsel must stay on top of arbitration case developments. 

The Second District Court of Appeals in California in Leeper v. Shipt, Inc. recently decided that all Private Attorney General Act (“PAGA”) actions necessarily have “individual” and “representative” components, regardless of whether individual claims are pleaded.  This holding was significant because employers could then compel arbitration of the otherwise absent individual PAGA claims ...