Litigation

First District holds that an arbitrator’s merits-based finding that an employee did not suffer Labor Code violations preclusively destroys the same employee’s PAGA standing in the companion court action.

First District holds the First Amendment ministerial exception does not categorically bar a Zen Center worker’s wage-and-hour claims, but Labor Code section 98.2’s appeal bond is required only of the employing entity, not individuals also liable under section 558.1.