Tag: Jennifer Barrera
Protect Harassment Victims, Employers From Defamation Suits
Cross posted in The Ventura County Star
In 2016, 554 Californians filed sexual harassment complaints with the state civil rights agency, and many other employees...
CalChamber-Backed Bill Helps Minimize California Waste
An Assembly policy committee gave near-unanimous approval this week to a California Chamber of Commerce-supported bill that will reduce the number of surplus household...
Chambers Urge Stronger Link Between Career Technical Education Funding, Workforce Needs
The California Chamber of Commerce and a coalition of local chambers of commerce are asking legislators to broaden the criteria for career technical education...
California Chamber Doesn’t Condone Wage Theft
Mark Schacht’s recent op-ed on wage theft (“Let California’s workers recover stolen pay,” Viewpoints, Feb. 9) falsely portrays the California Chamber of Commerce.
To be...
Senior Advocate Steps Up to Lead CalChamber Policy Team
Jennifer Barrera, senior policy advocate for the California Chamber of Commerce, took over as senior vice president of policy and leader of the policy...
Coalition Stops Proposal to Force Trade Secret Reveals
The California Chamber of Commerce and a broad coalition of associations have blocked legislation that would have unfairly leveraged California companies into costly settlements...
Governor Vetoes Job Killer
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. has vetoed a job killer bill that would have imposed a new data collection mandate on California employers and...
CalChamber Executive Team Announcement
Jeanne Cain, CalChamber’s Executive Vice President of Policy, has announced that she will be leaving the organization effective February 1. Cain, a 16-year veteran...
CalChamber Executive Team Announcement
SACRAMENTO, CA — Jeanne Cain, CalChamber’s Executive Vice President of Policy, has announced that she will be leaving the organization effective February 1. Cain,...
Governor Preserves Evidentiary Standards for Elder Abuse
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr yesterday vetoed a California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill that would have made it easier for plaintiff’s attorneys to attempt...
Parental Leave Mandate for Small Business Passes
A job killer bill mandating a new protected leave of absence for small businesses passed the Legislature this week and is on its way...
Why Blow Up a Good Deal on Equal Pay?
What’s wrong with gathering more data about employee salaries, especially in the fight for workplace pay equity? Plenty, when the real motivation is to...
Job Killer Creates More Litigation at Expense of Job Creation
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bill that provides the perfect pleading pathway for class action attorneys to avoid arbitration awaits action by...
CalChamber-Opposed Bill Accelerates Salary Threshold for Exempt Employees
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill that accelerates the minimum salary threshold for exempt employees is awaiting action on the Senate Floor.
CalChamber is opposed...
Private Attorneys Target California Businesses for Public Nuisance Claims
Government entities’ use of contingency fee arrangements with private attorneys to pursue public nuisance claims against companies has been a growing concern for California...
CalChamber: State Proposed National Origin Regulations Too Broad
Regulations proposed by a state council to dictate how national origin is to be treated in the workplace are too broad and unsupported by...
Job Killer Could Publicly Shame California Employers
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer that could publicly shame employers and expose them to costly litigation for alleged wage disparity where no...
Assembly Policy Committee Passes Bill Enhancing Labor Commissioner Authority
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill that allows the Labor Commissioner to seek injunctive relief before completing an investigation and determining retaliation has occurred...
Parental Leave Mandate Hurts Small Business
By Jennifer Barrera in The San Diego Union-Tribune
One of the things keeping state legislators busy in Sacramento right now is a shortsighted attempt to impose...
New Leave Mandate Passes Assembly Policy Committee
A job killer bill that mandates a new protected leave of absence passed the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee yesterday.
SB 63 (Jackson; D-Santa Barbara)...