PAGA small-employer cure (on/after Oct. 1, 2024): LWDA may set cure conference within 14 days after receiving proposal

14 days after date lwda received the employer's confidential cure proposal, under Cal. Lab. Code 2699.3(c)(2)(B).

Rule text

(B) If the cure is facially sufficient or if a conference is necessary to determine if a sufficient cure is possible, then within 14 days after receipt of the employer's proposal, the agency may set a conference with the parties, to be conducted no more than 30 days thereafter, to determine whether the proposed cure is sufficient

Cal. Lab. Code 2699.3(c)(2)(B), official source

Calculate this deadline

Deadline
Friday, November 20, 2026
  1. Trigger (Date LWDA received the employer's confidential cure proposal): Friday, November 6, 2026.
  2. Exclude the trigger day and count 14 calendar days: Friday, November 20, 2026.
Rules applied
Cal. Lab. Code 2699.3(c)(2)(B)
(B) If the cure is facially sufficient or if a conference is necessary to determine if a sufficient cure is possible, then within 14 days after receipt of the employer's proposal, the agency may set a conference with the parties, to be conducted no more than 30 days thereafter, to determine whether the proposed cure is sufficient
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
  • POST-REFORM VERSION (current 2699.3, added by SB 92 sec. 2, operative October 1, 2024). Use when the PAGA notice was filed on or after October 1, 2024 (notices filed June 19 to September 30, 2024 follow the interim version). AMBIGUITY: the current section contains no savings clause of its own; the June 19, 2024 cut-off is stated in 2699(v) and in the interim 2699.3(g). Agency deadline. Conference held no more than 30 days after it is set (paga_small_employer_conference_held_30_days).
  • 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.

This calculator applies the cited rules to the dates you enter. It is not legal advice. Court orders, local rules, and case-specific facts can change a deadline; verify before relying on it. Rule set pending attorney review.

Worked example

Date LWDA received the employer's confidential cure proposal on Monday, March 15, 2027, personal service: due Monday, March 29, 2027.

  1. Trigger (Date LWDA received the employer's confidential cure proposal): Monday, March 15, 2027.
  2. Exclude the trigger day and count 14 calendar days: Monday, March 29, 2027.

Notes

POST-REFORM VERSION (current 2699.3, added by SB 92 sec. 2, operative October 1, 2024). Use when the PAGA notice was filed on or after October 1, 2024 (notices filed June 19 to September 30, 2024 follow the interim version). AMBIGUITY: the current section contains no savings clause of its own; the June 19, 2024 cut-off is stated in 2699(v) and in the interim 2699.3(g). Agency deadline. Conference held no more than 30 days after it is set (paga_small_employer_conference_held_30_days).

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