Standards Board Keeps Moving on Proposed Indoor Heat Illness Standard
What is the status of Cal/OSHA’s indoor heat illness prevention standard?
The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board will soon hear the second revision of...
2024 California Employment Law Updates Seminars, Webinars
Register now for CalChamber’s 2024 Employment Law Updates seminars and webinars before they sell out! California Governor Gavin Newsom signed numerous employment-related legislation in 2023,...
What Employers Should Know About California’s New Workplace Violence Regulation
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts sits down with Bianca Saad, CalChamber general counsel, labor and employment,...
Free White Paper: Your Guide to 2024 California Employment Laws
CalChamber’s employment law experts have wrapped up their analysis of the employment-related legislation that California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law in 2023 and...
New Laws California Employers Will Need to Follow in 2024
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts and CalChamber Policy Advocate Ashley Hoffman review several new laws that...
CalChamber Opposition Helps Stop 3 Job Killers, Other Harmful Proposals
Governor Gavin Newsom laid down his lawmaking pen Friday night after signing 890 new laws into effect, and vetoing another 156, including three California...
Governor Signs CalChamber-Supported Mental Health Care Package
Governor Gavin Newsom yesterday signed legislation that will help provide the resources needed to care for and house those with the most severe mental...
Governor Signs Job Killer Bill That Undermines Arbitration
On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 365 (Wiener; D-San Francisco), a job killer bill that severely restricts the use of arbitration agreements and...
Governor Signs 9 CalChamber-Supported Bills
In the last two weeks, Governor Gavin Newsom has signed 9 California Chamber of Commerce-supported bills into law.
The bills address a wide range of...
Webinar to Explain California’s New Workplace Violence Standards
A CalChamber webinar on November 2 will discuss what employers should know about California’s new workplace violence standard.
This year, California passed SB 553 (Cortese;...
2 More Job Killers Among Governor’s Vetoes
Governor Gavin Newsom last night took action on several labor and workplace-related California Chamber of Commerce priority bills, vetoing two job killer bills and...
CalChamber Issues Statement on Signing of SB 253 and SB 261
California Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Jennifer Barrera issued the following statement today following the Governor's signature on SB 253 (Wiener D-San Francisco)...
Podcast Examines AI’s Workplace Opportunities, Challenges
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts, and Peter Bittner, award-winning multimedia journalist and artificial intelligence (AI) consultant,...
Governor Signs Paid Sick Leave Expansion Job Killer Bill
Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a California Chamber of Commerce job killer bill that will impose significant costs on all California businesses by increasing...
Governor Signs SB 616: CalChamber Issues Statement Alerting Small Businesses to New Requirement, Increased...
The California Chamber of Commerce today issued the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s signing of SB 616, a CalChamber-tagged Job Killer...
Governor Vetoes SB 799
Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed SB 799, one of the California Chamber of Commerce's hardest fought job killer bills, over the weekend. The proposal would...
CalChamber Asks Governor to Veto Bill That Undermines Arbitration
The California Chamber of Commerce is urging the Governor to veto SB 365, a job killer bill that severely restricts the use of arbitration...
CalChamber-Led Coalition Urges Veto of Unemployment Benefits for Striking Workers
The California Chamber of Commerce is leading a broad coalition of more than 110 businesses, associations and local chambers of commerce in urging the...
CalChamber Urges Governor to Veto Job Killer Bill Imposing Onerous Return to Work Mandate
A California Chamber of Commerce job killer bill that removes business’ flexibility and autonomy over hiring is awaiting action by the Governor.
The CalChamber is...
CalChamber Requests Veto of Bill That Creates New Private Right of Action on Grocery...
The California Chamber of Commerce is requesting the Governor veto a job killer bill that creates a new private right of action against and...