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...
Job Killer Bill Creates New Protected Class of Employees; Costly to Implement, Especially for...
No legislative session would be complete without a proposal to add more job benefits and protections for California workers. This year is no exception,...
CalChamber Urges Veto on Job Killer Bill That Disproportionally Affects Small Business
A California Chamber of Commerce job killer bill that will impose significant costs on all California businesses by increasing the number of paid sick...
Key Employment Law Bills Awaiting Gubernatorial Action, Part 2
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, employment law expert Matthew Roberts and Chris Micheli, partner with Aprea & Micheli, Inc., join up again...
Providing UI Benefits to Striking Workers Makes Debt Crisis Worse, Pushes Taxes Higher
California employers would be forced to subsidize striking workers, and probably see their taxes increased, under a bill passed by the Legislature and awaiting...
California Legislature Passes Bills on Discrimination in Employment, Paid Sick Leave Expansion, Reproductive-Related Bereavement...
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, employment law expert Matthew Roberts and Chris Micheli, adjunct professor at the University of the Pacific, McGeorge...
End of Session Update: 6 CalChamber Job Killer Bills Head to Governor
California legislators yesterday approved six bills designated by the California Chamber of Commerce as job killers, which will increase labor costs and create more...