CalChamber-Opposed Bill Increasing Workers’ Comp Costs to Be Heard in Committee on Tuesday
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill that will severely alter the workers' compensation system and increase business costs will be considered by the Assembly...
CalChamber-Opposed Bill Would Stifle Economic Impact Data on Cal/OSHA Regs
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A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill that would deny the public critical economic...
Legislative Action Can Avert Tax Hike on State Employers
Like the rest of California society, employers are cautiously hopeful the worst of the pandemic has passed. The wreckage of human life, family health,...
Garment Industry Job Killer Moves Forward in Assembly
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bill that increases costs and liability for nonunionized employers in the California garment manufacturing industry passed the...
Telework, Contractors & Workers’ Comp
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and attorney John Parente discuss the impacts of...
Law Giving Unions Access to Private Property Ruled Unconstitutional
A Supreme Court victory was handed down to employers yesterday in a case filed by two California agriculture businesses who challenged a state law...
New COVID-19 Workplace Rules Explained
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank, and employment law experts Robert Moutrie and Matthew...
CalChamber Issues Statement on New Cal/OSHA Rules
The California Chamber of Commerce has issued the following statement in response to action today by Cal/OSHA and Governor Gavin Newsom:
“We are grateful for...
With COVID Tamed, It’s a ‘Grand Reopening’ in California
California, the first state in America to put in place a coronavirus lockdown, is now turning a page on the pandemic.
At the stroke of...
CalChamber Issues Statement on New Cal/OSHA Proposed COVID-19 Workplace Rules
In response to new proposed workplace rules released today, the California Chamber of Commerce issued the following statement:
“We thank Governor Gavin Newsom for eliminating...
3 Job Killer Bills Still Active; Would Impose Onerous Labor Mandates
Of the 25 job killer bills the CalChamber identified this year, only three are currently moving after four job killer bills missed Friday’s deadline...
CalChamber Statement on New COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards Amendments
In a letter sent to the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) Standards Board today, the California Chamber of Commerce and several...
Hiring a Minor? Laws You Need to Know
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw discuss best...
Tips for Fostering Work-Life Balance
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw discuss ways...
‘Right to Recall’ Mandate Circumvents Policy Process
Now in effect is a new law establishing a “right to recall” requirement for certain hotels, private clubs, event centers, airport hospitality operations, and...
Considerations for Workplace Reopenings
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw discuss workplace...
What Employers Are Asking Right Now
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw discuss some...
Vaccination Is Key to Reopen Economy
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber President and CEO Allan Zaremberg and Dee Dee Myers, senior adviser to Governor Gavin Newsom and...
Rising Payroll Taxes Coming to Shore Up California’s Pandemic-Depleted UI Fund
As the 2021 crop of legislation is coming into form and moving through legislative committees addressing a range of topics, one topic is conspicuously...
A Safe, Welcome Re-Opening Plan for California
I’m sure many readers know someone who postponed a wedding or reunion in 2020 due to the inability to gather or travel under COVID-19...