Tag: Jennifer Barrera
Assembly Passes Agriculture Overtime Bill
The Assembly yesterday passed a bill that could drive up costs of commodities to consumers by removing the existing overtime exemption allowed for agricultural...
SB 654 is Attack on Small Business; CalChamber Issues Call to Action
The California Chamber of Commerce is urging small business owners to contact their legislators and the Governor to express strong opposition to SB 654...
CalChamber-Opposed Criminal History Bill Stalls in Senate
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill that would have limited an employer’s ability to maintain a safe work environment for employees and consumers by...
Assembly to Consider Proposal Interfering with Contract Enforcement
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill that interferes with the enforcement of contracts is awaiting action by the Assembly.
SB 1241 (Wieckowski; D-Fremont) undermines judicial...
Double-Pay Holiday Bill on Senate Floor
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill that unfairly targets two classifications of employers, increases their costs, and creates a competitive disadvantage by forcing them...
Governor Signs CalChamber-Supported Bill
UPDATE -Governor Brown signed AB 2535: Late this morning Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed a California Chamber of Commerce-supported bill that clarifies the...
CalChamber, Business Community Opposition Stops Job Killer
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bill that exposed businesses to costly litigation when goods are “substantially similar,” yet priced differently, was pulled...
CalChamber Opposition Helps Stop Job Killer Leave Mandate
A job killer bill that would have overwhelmed small businesses with administering a new protected leave of absence and subjected them to threats of...
Environmental Job Killer Bills Recap
https://youtu.be/WxVdT1Jp5os
CalChamber Policy Advocate Anthony Samson reviews the impact of pending legislation assaulting in-state energy production (AB 1882; Williams; D-Santa Barbara) and making the hazardous...
Scheduling Mandate Job Killer Bill
https://youtu.be/0YKZbToqrGY
CalChamber Policy Advocate Jennifer Barrera describes for the CalChamber Capitol Summit audience on May 17 this year's approach to scheduling mandates, SB 878 (Leyva;...
Anti-Arbitration Job Killer Bills
https://youtu.be/hpAc5pI2PPA
CalChamber Policy Advocate Jennifer Barrera describes two variations on job killer proposals discriminating against arbitration agreements at the CalChamber Capitol Summit on May 17:...
Tax Action in 2016 on Ballot
https://youtu.be/2VYbCP7QBYU
CalChamber Policy Advocate Jennifer Barrera confirms for listeners at the CalChamber Capitol Summit on May 17 that most activity on tax policy in 2016...
Job Creator Disability Access Incentive Bill
https://youtu.be/ui_obJk_iXA
CalChamber Policy Advocate Jennifer Barrera explains the provisions of the job creator bill incentivizing disability access and education, SB 269 (Roth; D-Riverside), which was...
Governor Signs Job Creator Bill
A California Chamber of Commerce-supported job creator bill that incentivizes disability access and education was signed by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. yesterday.
SB 269...
Proposed Limit on Use of Criminal History Information Will Harm Employers
New proposed state regulations by the California Fair Employment and Housing Council (FEHC) seek to limit consideration of criminal history in hiring and employment...
CalChamber-Opposed Job Killer Bill Discriminates Against Arbitration Agreements
The Assembly Judiciary Committee today will consider a job killer bill that seeks to ban arbitration clauses for alleged civil rights violations, thereby forcing...
Minimum Wage Job Killer Goes to Governor
The Legislature yesterday passed SB 3 (Leno; D-San Francisco), a job killer bill that will increase the minimum wage in California to $15 per...
Assembly Passes Double-Pay Holiday Bill
The California Assembly yesterday passed a California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill that requires double the “regular rate” of pay for work on Thanksgiving.
AB 67...
Revised Double-Pay Holiday Bill Back for Assembly Vote
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill that requires double pay for work on Thanksgiving awaits action by the Assembly. A previous version of the bill failed to pass the...
CalChamber-Supported Flexible Workweek Agreement Bill Up This Week
A California Chamber of Commerce-supported bill that provides employers with the opportunity to accommodate employees' needs as well as business demands by allowing employees...