PAGA (notice filed before June 19, 2024): earliest suit, 65 calendar days after LWDA notice postmark if LWDA does not act

65 days after postmark date of the paga notice (online filing with lwda and certified mail to employer), under Former Cal. Lab. Code 2699.3(a)(2)(A) (Stats. 2016, ch. 31, sec. 191).

Rule text

(2) (A) The agency shall notify the employer and the aggrieved employee or representative by certified mail that it does not intend to investigate the alleged violation within 60 calendar days of the postmark date of the notice received pursuant to paragraph (1). Upon receipt of that notice or if no notice is provided within 65 calendar days of the postmark date of the notice given pursuant to paragraph (1), the aggrieved employee may commence a civil action pursuant to Section 2699.

Former Cal. Lab. Code 2699.3(a)(2)(A) (Stats. 2016, ch. 31, sec. 191), official source

Calculate this deadline

Deadline
Sunday, January 10, 2027
  1. Trigger (Postmark date of the PAGA notice (online filing with LWDA and certified mail to employer)): Friday, November 6, 2026.
  2. Exclude the trigger day and count 65 calendar days: Sunday, January 10, 2027.
  3. That day is a Sunday, but this date is fixed by the rule and does not move: Sunday, January 10, 2027.
Rules applied
Former Cal. Lab. Code 2699.3(a)(2)(A) (Stats. 2016, ch. 31, sec. 191)
(2) (A) The agency shall notify the employer and the aggrieved employee or representative by certified mail that it does not intend to investigate the alleged violation within 60 calendar days of the postmark date of the notice received pursuant to paragraph (1). Upon receipt of that notice or if no notice is provided within 65 calendar days of the postmark date of the notice given pursuant to paragraph (1), the aggrieved employee may commence a civil action pursuant to Section 2699.
Official source
Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 12, 12a, 12b; Cal. Gov. Code 6800, 6707 (state agency filings); Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(a) (federal statutes and federal court filings)
CCP 12: "The time in which any act provided by law is to be done is computed by excluding the first day, and including the last, unless the last day is a holiday, and then it is also excluded." CCP 12a(a): "If the last day for the performance of any act provided or required by law to be performed within a specified period of time is a holiday, then that period is hereby extended to and including the next day that is not a holiday. For purposes of this section, “holiday” means all day on Saturdays, all holidays specified in Section 135 and, to the extent provided in Section 12b, all days that by terms of Section 12b are required to be considered as holidays." Gov. Code 6707: "When the last day for filing any instrument or other document with a state agency falls upon a Saturday or holiday, such act may be performed upon the next business day with the same effect as if it had been performed upon the day appointed." FRCP 6(a): "The following rules apply in computing any time period specified in these rules, in any local rule or court order, or in any statute that does not specify a method of computing time. (1) ... (A) exclude the day of the event that triggers the period; (B) count every day, including intermediate Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays; and (C) include the last day of the period, but if the last day is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the period continues to run until the end of the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday."
Official source
  • The rule text used here is in force only through 2024-06-18. A different version applies to later events; check for the replacement rule in this list.
  • PRE-REFORM VERSION. Use when the PAGA notice to LWDA was filed BEFORE June 19, 2024 (Lab. Code 2699(v)(2) and former 2699.3(g)(2) as amended by SB 92 sec. 1: the 2024 amendments 'shall not apply to a civil action with respect to which the notice ... was filed before June 19, 2024'). Source text: Lab. Code 2699.3 as added by Stats. 2016, ch. 31 (SB 836), sec. 191, operative July 1, 2021, quoted from the chaptered bill. No amendment between 2016 and the 2024 reform (SB 92, Stats. 2024, ch. 45 / AB 2288, ch. 44) was found, but intervening history was not independently confirmed; counsel should verify. Same 60/65-day numbers as the current statute (see paga_earliest_suit_65_days_after_lwda_notice). Applies to 2699.5-listed violations ((a)) and, for other violations, after the employer's 33-day cure period lapses without cure ((c)(2)(A)). Earliest date, so no roll.
  • If the clerk's office is closed or inaccessible on the last day (weather, emergency or local closure orders), the deadline may be extended. Check local orders.

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Worked example

Postmark date of the PAGA notice (online filing with LWDA and certified mail to employer) on Monday, March 15, 2027, personal service: due Wednesday, May 19, 2027.

  1. Trigger (Postmark date of the PAGA notice (online filing with LWDA and certified mail to employer)): Monday, March 15, 2027.
  2. Exclude the trigger day and count 65 calendar days: Wednesday, May 19, 2027.

Notes

PRE-REFORM VERSION. Use when the PAGA notice to LWDA was filed BEFORE June 19, 2024 (Lab. Code 2699(v)(2) and former 2699.3(g)(2) as amended by SB 92 sec. 1: the 2024 amendments 'shall not apply to a civil action with respect to which the notice ... was filed before June 19, 2024'). Source text: Lab. Code 2699.3 as added by Stats. 2016, ch. 31 (SB 836), sec. 191, operative July 1, 2021, quoted from the chaptered bill. No amendment between 2016 and the 2024 reform (SB 92, Stats. 2024, ch. 45 / AB 2288, ch. 44) was found, but intervening history was not independently confirmed; counsel should verify. Same 60/65-day numbers as the current statute (see paga_earliest_suit_65_days_after_lwda_notice). Applies to 2699.5-listed violations ((a)) and, for other violations, after the employer's 33-day cure period lapses without cure ((c)(2)(A)). Earliest date, so no roll.

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