Emergency COVID-19 Rules Coming Soon
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and CalChamber policy advocate Robert Moutrie discuss the...
When Employees Talk Politics at Work
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw discuss how...
COVID-19: New Exposure Notice Reqs
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and CalChamber policy advocate Robert Moutrie discuss California’s...
AB 1731 Provides Rare Win-Win Option for California’s Businesses and Workers During Economic Downturn
As the 2020 legislative season comes to a close, we can certainly say it has been a chaotic time for employers. One bright spot...
COVID-19: Moving Between Tiers
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw discuss California’s...
New COVID-19 County Health Equity Requirement Begins Tomorrow
In an effort to reduce COVID-19 transmission across all of California’s communities, starting tomorrow, October 6, 2020, the more populous counties will need to...
Calculating Federal COVID-19 Paid Leave for Illness, Distance Learning
How much time is an employee entitled to use under federal COVID-19 law if he needs to stay home to supervise distance learning for...
Governor Vetoes ‘Right to Recall’ Job Killer Bill and Tax Disclosure Bill, Signs Pay...
In the final hours of yesterday's deadline to act on legislation, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a California Chamber of Commerce job killer bill that...
CalChamber Statement on Governor Newsom’s Veto of AB 3216
The California Chamber of Commerce has issued the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom's veto of AB 3216 (Kalra; D-San Jose):
"We thank...
New Law Creates Supplemental Sick Leave
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw discuss AB...
Cal/OSHA Standards Board Requests COVID-19 Draft Emergency Regulation with Limited Opportunity for Stakeholder Input
Cal/OSHA’s Standards Board voted to grant, in part, Petition 583, which sought the creation of a COVID-19 emergency regulation for industries not already covered...
New Law Expands CFRA to Small Business
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw discuss how...
Ads Highlight Problems with Prop. 15 Split Roll
With just weeks remaining before the November 3 general election, the broad-based campaign opposing Proposition 15 is highlighting reasons to vote against the split...
CalChamber Statement on Governor Signing SB 1383 into Law
Governor Gavin Newsom today signed into law SB 1383 (Jackson; D-Santa Barbara), which will significantly expand the California Family Rights Act onto employers with...
COVID-19 Laws Employers Need to Know
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank, and CalChamber Policy Advocate Ashley Hoffman discuss three...
How Part-Time Return to Work Affects Employee’s UI Benefits
My employee has been on furlough and collecting unemployment insurance (UI). If I bring her back to work part time, what is the maximum...
Bill Adds Small Business to CFRA
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank, and CalChamber Policy Advocate Ashley Hoffman discuss SB...
Remember Masks, Social Distance Over Holiday Weekend
The California Chamber of Commerce is urging all California businesses to remind their employees of the importance of wearing masks and maintaining social distancing...
Vacation Policy Best Practices
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank is joined by employment law experts Bianca Saad...
Job Killer Update: Two Employment Bills Pass to Governor, Veto Requested
Two California Chamber of Commerce job killer bills made it out of the Legislature late last night and are now headed to the Governor's...