State-Run Retirement Savings Plan Gets OK; Mandatory Enrollment Coming in 2020
California employers that don’t already offer a workplace retirement savings vehicle will be required to either begin offering one via the private market or provide their employees access to CalSavers, a state-run retirement savings
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Emergency Regulations for Workplace Injuries Reporting Approved
The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) has approved Cal/OSHA’s emergency regulations, which will require certain California employers to submit their injury and illness log (Form 300A) information to a federal OSHA database annually. This is
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New California Workplace Injury Reporting Requirements
In compliance with Federal OSHA requirements, some California employers will be required to annually submit their injury and illness log information to a federal OSHA database. The first compliance date is December 31, 2018
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Once Again the Governor Paddles Right
The CalChamber led coalition fought a long and hard battle against a little known bill – AB 2963 (Kalra) which would have had far-reaching implications had it been signed. This bill would have over-ridden the statutory
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No Recess for Regulatory Activity at Cal/OSHA
When people think about lobbyists and their engagement in the political process, it usually is focused on legislation. And while CalChamber certainly is engaged on hundreds of pending bills each year in the Legislature,
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CalChamber Seeking Changes to Make Panic Button Legislation More Workable
A California Chamber of Commerce-led coalition continues to seek changes to make more workable a bill that, among other provisions, requires hotels to provide employees who work alone with a panic button to summon
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Indoor Heat Illness Rule: CalChamber-Led Coalition Proposes Additional Clarity
A California Chamber of Commerce-led coalition has submitted a fourth set of comments on a fourth draft of the Cal/OSHA proposed draft indoor heat illness rule. While the coalition appreciates the revisions incorporated into
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Cal/OSHA Demystified (sort of)
For most people, the inner workings of Cal/OSHA remain a mystery. I provide here a few insights of how an idea becomes a Cal/OSHA regulation. Cal/OSHA has the exclusive statutory authority to adopt rules
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Job Killer Update: CalChamber Secures Amendments, Removes Job Killer Status
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer has been amended to remove the job killer tag. Before AB 1761 (Muratsuchi; D-Torrance) was amended on May 9, the bill denied hotel guests due process, by
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Three Job Killers in Committees Today
The Assembly Labor and Employment Committee and the Assembly Appropriations Committee today will consider three California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bills. AB 1761 (Muratsuchi; D-Torrance) denies hotel guests due process, by requiring hotels to
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CalChamber-Supported Regulatory Reform Bills Pass Committee
Three California Chamber of Commerce-supported regulatory reform bills passed the Assembly Accountability and Administrative Review Committee yesterday with bipartisan support. AB 2087 (Waldron; R-Escondido) enhances California’s ability to deliver services by improving and updating our
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CalChamber Kills Targeted Tax Proposal in Assembly Committee
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bill that would have imposed a tax on contractors for the privilege of doing business with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation failed to pass its first committee
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A Day in Capitol Life in April
A Day in Capitol Life in April
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Indoor Heat Illness Rules: Keeping Up the Pressure
Latest Draft Still Too Complex, Burdensome While the latest version of the Cal/OSHA proposed draft indoor heat illness rule is improved over prior versions, a coalition of employer groups led by the California Chamber
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Opposition Stops More Holdover Job Killer Bills
Two job killer bills that remained eligible for consideration this year failed to advance in the Assembly this month. Held in the Assembly Appropriations Committee were an unfair scheduling mandate, AB 5 (Gonzalez Fletcher; D-San
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State-Run Retirement Draft Regulations Exclude Critical Instructions for Employers
Draft regulations for the new state-run retirement savings program, Secure Choice, leave out critical instructions to help employers understand their obligations, the California Chamber of Commerce explained during a recent workshop in Sacramento. The
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CalChamber Urges Businesses to Participate in Workshops for State-Run Retirement Program
The California Chamber of Commerce is urging businesses to participate in the upcoming workshops to discuss draft regulations for the new state-run retirement savings program, Secure Choice. Workshops are scheduled for December 5 at
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CalChamber, Coalition Warns Proposed Regulations Create New Grounds for Litigation
The California Chamber of Commerce and other employer groups are opposing proposed regulations mandating employers respond with job titles and wage information to what is now a voluntary survey because the response could create
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Governor Rejects Unlimited Access to Employer Documents
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. has vetoed a bill that would have allowed organizations unaffiliated with the employer to access an undefined and potentially unlimited scope of employer internal documents within 10 business days
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Costly County Contractor Process Opposed by CalChamber, Coalition
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill that imposes a cost to contractors with county contracts and subjects contractor and subcontractor employees’ private information to Public Records Act requests has been held in a Senate fiscal
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