For Immediate Release
Contact: John Myers
john.myers@calchamber.com | press@calchamber.com
(Feb. 9, 2026) SACRAMENTO, CA – The FixPAGA Coalition, first formed in 2021 to support needed reforms to California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), today issued the following statement after the release of draft regulations to modify the filings of claims with the state’s Labor & Workforce Development Agency:
“We are encouraged by much of what we’ve seen in the Agency’s proposed regulations. The reforms signed into law in 2024 will only be successful if they are carried out with effective regulations.
“In particular, we support the designation of law firms filing more than 200 PAGA notices in a 12-month period as ‘high frequency filers’ that are subject to additional administrative steps. Agency officials report that in the most recent fiscal year, almost one-quarter of all PAGA notice filings were submitted by just five law firms. And almost one-fifth of all filings came from just five attorneys.
“We also support the Agency’s proposed regulations to label certain filers as ‘vexatious’ when they repeatedly don’t comply with legal notice requirements — a designation that would subject those filers to a screening before they file a PAGA case.
“The Agency should also be commended for crafting regulations to create a new system for document submission that discourages filers to copy and paste boilerplate notices.
“While we are still reviewing the proposed regulations as a whole, these are positive, important steps into ensuring PAGA works as it was intended. The benefits to businesses, employees and ultimately, consumers will be far-reaching.”
The coalition members include the California Chamber of Commerce, the California New Car Dealers Association, the California Restaurant Association, the California Retailers Association, and the Western Growers Association.
