Rodriguez

INTRODUCTION

Packers Sanitation Services Ltd., LLC (Packers) appeals an order denying its motion to compel arbitration of an action under the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA) (Lab. Code,1 § 2698 et seq.) brought by Jose A. Parra Rodriguez (Parra). Packers contends the trial court erred by failing to compel Parra to arbitrate the individual component of his PAGA claims. Parra responds that he has forgone individual relief and his PAGA claims lack an individual component. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Packers is a food safety solutions company that employed Parra in California from April 2019 to July 2021. In February 2022, Parra—acting “in a Representative Capacity only”—filed a complaint against Packers for civil penalties under PAGA based on violations of the Labor Code and California Code of Regulations, including provisions dealing with overtime and meal and rest period requirements. Parra alleged Packers committed these violations against Parra “and all other aggrieved employees.” In March 2022, Packers moved to compel arbitration based on an agreement Parra assertedly signed shortly after he was hired. The agreement stated, in part, “I and the Company agree…