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Manufacturing Tax Credit Expansion Bill Would Create Jobs, Bring Investment to California
A California Chamber of Commerce job creator bill that provides an economic incentive for manufacturers to invest in and expand their production capabilities in...
CalChamber-Opposed State-Run Health Care Bill Is Costly, Would Disrupt Californians’ Health Care
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill that launches the state toward establishing an expensive and untested state-run health care system has been placed on...
CalChamber-Opposed Climate Reporting Bills Create Challenges for Businesses
Two California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bills that will burden California's businesses by imposing onerous and unnecessary climate-related reporting requirements await action by the Assembly...
CalChamber Supported Bill Helps Voters, Clarifies Local Bond Measures
Californians regularly face local ballot measures proposing general obligation bonds to pay for parks, schools, and other local facilities—paid for by increasing local property...
Trending Topics on the Labor Law Helpline: Remote Work Expense Reimbursements, Pet Bereavement Leave...
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber employment law experts Matthew Roberts and Ellen Savage discuss some of the latest labor and employment...
UPS Reaches Tentative Contract with 340,000 Unionized Workers, Potentially Dodging Calamitous Strike
UPS has reached a tentative contract with its 340,000-person union, potentially averting a strike that threatened to disrupt package deliveries for millions of businesses and...
San Francisco Preparing to Host Asia-Pacific Leaders Meeting This Fall
San Francisco Mayor London Breed is preparing the city to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Meeting this November and has announced honorary...
CalChamber, Coalition Join Forces to Stop, Improve Major Water Rights Legislation
After strong opposition from the California Chamber of Commerce and a broad coalition of public and private water agencies and users, legislative committees earlier...
Attorney General Investigates California Employers’ CCPA Compliance
On July 14, 2023 — two weeks after the Sacramento Superior Court ruled that the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) must delay enforcement of any individual...
Unlimited Paid Time Off Policies Are Attractive, But Have Risks
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber employment law expert Matthew Roberts sits down with Bianca Saad, CalChamber vice president of labor and...
California Supreme Court Ruling Continues Litigation Exposure for Employers
The California Supreme Court ruled this week that employees may take nonindividual claims to court even if a valid arbitration agreement requires their own...
Status of Job Killer Bills at Summer Recess
Six California Chamber of Commerce job killer bills that threaten jobs and, if passed, will increase the cost of doing business in California remained...
New Policy Tool on Higher Education and Workforce
A respected nonpartisan policy research organization has released a comprehensive and useful policy tool to assess and advance higher education and workforce outcomes.
California Competes:...
California Supreme Court Rules on ‘Take-Home-COVID-19
Employers Not Liable for Household Members Infected with COVID
On July 6, 2023, the California Supreme Court issued a significant ruling related to “take-home-COVID-19.”
In short,...
Piecemeal Approach to Labor Laws Is Confusing, Burdensome
Across California, more than 35 municipal governments have established their own unique labor laws, creating a confusing patchwork of ordinances that employers must carefully...
SB 770 Paves the Way for Massive Tax Increases
A proposal moving its way through the Legislature seeks to eliminate Medicare in California and pave the way for massive tax increases on California...
Governor Signs Infrastructure Streamlining, Budget Bills
Yesterday afternoon, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a slate of bills to accelerate critical infrastructure projects across California that upgrade the electric grid,...
California’s Travel Economy on the Mend; Travel Spending Increased 30% in 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic brought economic disruption to almost all sectors of the U.S. economy in 2020, but few industries were as hard hit as...
California Funds $1.5 Billion in Port Infrastructure Upgrades
California is investing more than $1.5 billion to modernize and upgrade the state's key ports.
California Governor Gavin Newsom yesterday announced that $1.2 billion will...
A Very California Coup
For decades, California’s government unions have bankrolled the campaigns of politicians who, once in office, return the favor — rubber-stamping union demands, no matter...