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The Workplace Podcast

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...
California Works

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...
Loren Kaye

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...
Shop Owners

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...
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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...
Peoples Voice 202424

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...
Peoples Voice 202424

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....
Peoples Voice 202424

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...

CalChamber Public Affairs Conference Day 2: Looks Back at Elections, Ahead on Hot Issues

Reviewing the past to gain understanding of the future was a recurring theme in presentations on the second day of the CalChamber Public Affairs...

CalChamber Public Affairs Conference Opens

A sell-out crowd gathered in Anaheim yesterday for the opening day of the CalChamber Public Affairs Conference, an annual event providing attendees a chance...

Trade Update – November 12, 2024

2024 Presidential Transition Updates, California Election Results, International Issues May Advance in Post-Election Congressional Session, Trump’s Cabinet: Here Are His Picks And Finalists For White House Roles—Kristi Noem, Marco Rubio And More, Okonjo-Iweala is unchallenged for second term as WTO chief, Business Plan in Eurasia/Turkiye/China: Call for Interest, Montreal dockworkers’ union rejects offer; lockout begins
The Workplace Podcast

What California’s AI Proposed Rules Mean for Employers

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts and CalChamber Senior Policy Advocate Ashley Hoffman discuss regulations on the...
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Elections Ballot Measures: Voters, CalChamber in Alignment

Based on unofficial returns this week, the California Chamber of Commerce and California voters were in agreement on a number of November ballot measures. •...

International Issues May Advance in Post-Election Congressional Session

Following Election Day, Congress is expected to be in session (118th Congress, 2nd session) through December 19 (except Thanksgiving week) for a “lame duck”...