Lactation Accommodation Bill Would Expand Liability and Create Litigation Traps for California Employers
There is no question that breastfeeding newborn babies creates significant mental and physical health benefits for both mother and child. CalChamber supported legislation last year to strengthen California’s existing lactation accommodation law and ensure
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Even Perfect Compliance Can’t Forestall Litigation
In a policy committee hearing last week, a legislator argued that employers need not worry about litigation, liability, or financial settlements, if they just follow the law. If only it was that easy in California. Even Perfect
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SB 1300 Expands FEHA Litigation
Last fall, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed SB 1300 (Jackson; D-Santa Barbara), a comprehensive bill that makes several changes in the law for litigating sexual harassment claims. SB 1300 prohibits employers from requiring employees
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Video: SB 1121 – Increased Consumer Litigation – Job Killer
CalChamber Policy Advocate Sarah Boot provides the latest information on SB 1121 at the CalChamber Capitol Summit on May 23, 2018.
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Job Killer Bill Worsens Litigation Environment
The Senate Judiciary Committee today will consider a California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer that if passed into law would create a worse litigation environment and result in lack of job creation. CalChamber has
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CalChamber-Opposed Bill on Governor’s Desk Could Increase Frivolous Litigation
The California Chamber of Commerce is urging the Governor to veto a bill that threatens only private employers with civil litigation for seeking an applicant’s prior salary and benefit information even though the applicant
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