SoCalGas Incoming President and CEO Maryam S. Brown to Chair CalChamber Board in 2025
Maryam S. Brown, incoming CEO and president of the Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), has been elected as the 2025 chair of the California...
Practical Emotional Intelligence Applications for HR Professionals and Leaders
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts and emotional intelligence expert and keynote speaker Jen Shirkani share valuable...
California Local Minimum Wage Rates Increasing January 1, 2025
Many California jurisdictions are ringing in the new year with local minimum wage increases so California employers should double check the local minimum wage(s)...
Business Leaders Urge Newsom to Restore R&D Tax Credit
The California Chamber of Commerce and a coalition of business leaders are urging Governor Gavin Newsom to consider restoring California’s Research and Development (R&D)...
Trade Update – December 10, 2024
CalChamber Joins Effort to Prevent Supply Chain, Ports Disruption in New Year, Global Trade Update (December 2024), Readout of the Lobito Trans-Africa Corridor Summit, Trump’s Cabinet And Key Jobs: Harmeet Dhillon, Mark Paoletta, Alina Habba Tapped For Legal Roles, Trump’s pick for China ambassador could be bad news for Beijing, First agreement under Taiwan-US trade initiative to come into force, Director Ebong Travels to Türkiye, Egypt and Bulgaria, The EU and a South American trade bloc reach a giant trade deal after 25 years of talks
CalChamber Joins Effort to Prevent Supply Chain, Ports Disruption in New Year
The California Chamber of Commerce has joined a coalition of 267 federal, state and local trade associations in urging East/Gulf Coast labor and management...
Boosting Workplace Performance Through Emotional Intelligence
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts and emotional intelligence expert and keynote speaker Jen Shirkani discuss how successful managers...
Diverse Team Builds Critical Infrastructure
This article is part of a series of profiles of CalChamber member companies that are contributing to the state’s economic strength and ability to...
Legislative Analyst Forecasts Multiyear State Budget Deficits
The new year will bring in big changes to California politics and governance.
Some 35 new legislators will start work in the State Capitol. A...
US Chamber Small Business Outlook: Confidence Continues to Rise
In the first set of data collected after the election, small business owners are bullish about growth and profitability.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce weekly...
Trade Update – December 3, 2024
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission: 2024 Report to Congress Executive Summary and Recommendations, Congressional committee advises revoking China’s trade status, UPDATE ON STATUS OF USMX-ILA NEGOTIATIONS, Canadian West Coast and Montreal strike – ILWU-BCMEA & CUPE-MEA negotiations, FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Trip to Angola, Complete list of Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks and White House appointments – Slides, Trump threatens 100% tariff on BRICS countries if they pursue creating new currency, Statement from Ambassador Katherine Tai on the Re-Appointment of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Record agriculture trade deficit expected to keep growing, Canada's provincial leaders want a free trade deal with the US that excludes Mexico
CalChamber Small Business Policy Council Meeting Provides Updates on CalOSBA Programs, State Races and...
The California Chamber of Commerce Small Business Policy Council recently hosted Tara Lynn Gray, director of the California Office of the Small Business Advocate...
California Legislature Reconvenes for New Legislative Session
The California Legislature returns today for the start of the 2-year legislative session.
Joining the Legislature for the first time are 29 newly elected Senators and...
Voters Align with CalChamber on Multiple Ballot Measures
The California Chamber of Commerce and California voters agreed in supporting four November ballot measures and opposing three, according to this week’s unofficial vote...
The People’s Voice: Annual Poll Outlines Priorities for New Legislature
Some key takeaways from this year’s CalChamber poll, The People’s Voice 2024, include the fact that California voters want more focus on growing jobs...
Harassment Prevention Training Deadline Approaching? CalChamber’s New Live, Virtual Training Can Help
California employers with five or more employees must provide one hour of harassment prevention training to nonsupervisory employees and two hours of training to...
Voters Reject Prop 32 to Raise Minimum Wage
For the first time, a plurality of California voters have rejected a statewide minimum wage increase, reflecting heightened concerns about the affordability of everyday...
The People’s Voice: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Yesterday’s story on the CalChamber poll, The People’s Voice, 2024, reported that California voters have grown more anxious and pessimistic about living in California....
The People’s Voice: State Voters Pessimistic About Living in California
California voters have grown more anxious and pessimistic about living in California over the past decade, according to findings from the California Chamber of...
Free 2025 Labor and Employment Laws White Paper Now Available
Employers are still catching their breath after an incredibly busy year, including California’s new workplace violence prevention laws, Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) reform, indoor heat illness...