Tag: Coronavirus
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...
CalChamber Applauds Governor’s Re-Opening Plan
California Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Allan Zaremberg yesterday provided the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s announcement on re-opening California's...
CalChamber Applauds Governor’s Re-Opening Plan
California Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Allan Zaremberg today provided the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s announcement on re-opening California's...
New Supplemental Leave in Effect Now
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank, CalChamber Policy Advocate Ashley Hoffman, and Benjamin Ebbink,...
No Room for Error on Meal, Rest Breaks
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw share best...
CalChamber Releases 2021 Job Killer List
The California Chamber of Commerce today released its annual job killer list, which includes 18 bills that would place California employers and the state’s...
Governor Signs New Paid Sick Leave Mandate Into Law
Late Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation that mandates the addition of up to 80 hours of employer-paid COVID-19 sick leave retroactive to January...
Green & Gold Recovery: Ireland, California Can Shape Future Post-Pandemic Economy
A View from Ireland
The following answers to questions posed by the California Chamber of Commerce are from Robert O’Driscoll, Consul General of Ireland in...
COVID-19 Vaccine and the Workplace
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw discuss what...
CalChamber Issues Statement Following Governor’s State of the State Address
California Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Allan Zaremberg issued the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom's State of the State address...
CalChamber Leads Coalition Calling for Legislative Action to Promote Economic Recovery
The California Chamber of Commerce is leading a coalition of more than 75 allied groups in urging Governor Gavin Newsom and California Legislators to...
Legislators Urge End to Business Tax Increase: Restoration of NOL Deductions and Business Incentive...
A bipartisan group of 25 California Legislators led by Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Campbell) is urging Assembly Budget leadership to immediately end a tax increase...
California Employers Should Not Be the New Social Safety Net
The Super Bowl may be over, but that hasn’t stopped California labor unions and their allies from moving the goal posts.
Currently, labor unions are...
CalChamber Issues Statement on Economic Relief Programs for Small Businesses
The California Chamber of Commerce today issued the following statement following Governor Gavin Newsom’s signing of legislation to provide relief to Californians experiencing pandemic...
Bills Offer Business Economic Relief
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and CalChamber Policy Advocate Preston Young discuss three...
CalChamber Leads Coalition Support for SB 74, Keep California Working Act
A coalition of more than 40 business organizations led by the California Chamber of Commerce have announced their support for SB 74 (Borgeas; R-Fresno),...
CalChamber Leads Coalition Support for SB 74, Keep California Working Act
A coalition of more than 40 business organizations led by the California Chamber of Commerce have announced their support for SB 74 (Borgeas; R-Fresno),...
CalChamber Endorses Effort to Open Schools Safely and Soon
The time has come for the Legislature to join Governor Gavin Newsom in finalizing an agreement to reopen California public schools.
Governor Newsom has laid...
CalChamber Urges Pull Back of Emergency COVID-19 Emergency Regulations
The California Chamber of Commerce urged the California Legislature yesterday to correct a series of costly COVID-19 workplace mandates imposed through an emergency regulation...