CalChamber
The California Chamber of Commerce is the largest, broad-based business advocate to government in California, working at the state and federal levels to influence government actions affecting all California business. As a not-for-profit, we leverage our front-line knowledge of laws and regulations to provide affordable and easy-to-use compliance products and services.
Landmark U.S.-Mexico Canada-Agreement Brings Modernized Rules to Trade on July 1
Long-awaited recognition of the impact of technology on trade in North America will come into force on July 1 when the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement...
Tips for Creating a Return to Work Plan
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank is joined by employment law experts Bianca Saad...
Tourism Industry Preparing Itself for Recovery
The COVID-19 crisis has snuffed out 10 years of economic growth in California’s travel and tourism industry. The fallout from this crisis is not...
Caveats to Using Virus Monitoring Apps
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw discuss the...
CalChamber Urges Congress to Help Childcare Providers
California’s economy is slowly reopening, indicated by increased sales, fewer unemployment claims, and more traffic. But many residents who cannot work from home may...
COVID-19: Monitoring Off-Duty Workers
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw discuss the...
Post-COVID-19 Economy: Case for the ‘V’
Overview: Is Hysteria the New Normal?
The good news is that the number of new, confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the United States has,...
Remote Harassment Investigation Tips
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank, and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw discuss important...
CalChamber Board Votes to Support Gig Economy Initiative
The California Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has voted to support the Protect App-Based Drivers and Services Act, an initiative that is currently...
CalChamber-Opposed Bills Await Assembly, Senate Action
With just weeks left before legislators leave Sacramento for summer recess, major bills having a significant impact on business will be voted on soon...
Job Killer Bills Dramatically Increase Workers’ Compensation Costs
Two California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bills that will substantially increase workers' compensation costs by establishing a "conclusive presumption" of workplace injury for...
COVID-19 Workers’ Comp Order Explained
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and workers’ compensation attorney Tiffany Boyland of Michael...
COVID-19: What Employers Ask Part 2
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and Labor Law Adviser Ellen Savage discuss the...
More Important Than Ever: Maintaining and Improving Free Trade, Investment
The world has quickly changed over the last few months and during these strange and uncertain times, the importance of international trade has been...
COVID-19 and Form I-9 Requirements
Our offices are closed due to COVID-19 and the shelter-in-place order. We hired an employee who will be working at home remotely until we...
HR Boot Camp Pivots to Virtual Format
With the enthusiastic help of seminar attendees, the California Chamber of Commerce converted its in-person HR Boot Camp to a virtual seminar last week.
Using...
CalChamber Releases 2020 Job Killer List
The California Chamber of Commerce released its annual job killer list yesterday, which includes 10 bills that threaten California’s economic recovery and would hurt...
Open for Business: ‘Lower-Risk’ Businesses May Reopen Today
Lower-risk workplaces and businesses such as clothing stores, florists and manufacturers may reopen today with adaptations as California enters the first phase of Stage...
Governor’s Workers’ Compensation Order: Presume COVID-19 Illness Arises from the Job
Governor Gavin Newsom yesterday signed an executive order establishing a rebuttable presumption that any COVID-19 related illness of an employee who worked outside the...
Tips for Reopening Your Workplace
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank, and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw offer tips...