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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...
State Lowers Water Allocation to 5% of Requests
As a result of persistent drought conditions, the State Water Project (SWP) now expects to deliver just 5% of requested supplies this year, down...
CalChamber Releases 2021 Job Killer List
The California Chamber of Commerce released its annual job killer list yesterday, 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...
Economic Positives Tempered by Risks Like Virus Uncertainties, Debt Worries
One, Two, Three, Cha Cha Cha
No, this is not economics by Arthur Murray, but the process for getting the economy back on track is...
Should Employers Offer Unlimited PTO?
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw discuss unlimited...
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 Outlines Trade Priorities for Congress, Federal Officials
As the Biden-Harris administration and 117th Congress get to work, the California Chamber of Commerce is communicating its international trade priorities and support for...
Improving Diversity in the Workplace
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and Lyndon Huling, manager for leadership recruitment and...
Advice, Insight on Diversity in Workplace from Leaders in Private, Public Sectors
“Diversity without inclusion means nothing,” Northrop Grumman Sector Vice President Kevin Mitchell told attendees of a recent California Chamber of Commerce panel webinar that...
Director Gives Analysis of UK Trade with US, California After Brexit
The trade partnership between the United Kingdom and California can serve as an ideal model for how Anglo-American trade can go forward, political scientist...
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...
California-UK After Brexit: Prospects for Partnership Webinar
California-United Kingdom relations following the latter’s exit from the European Union was the focus of an international virtual event hosted by the California Chamber...
California Still a Top Exporting State
Trade statistics released this month by the U.S. Department of Commerce show that California remained a top exporting state in 2020.
California exported $156.112 billion...
Is Unaffordable California Still the Land of Economic Opportunity?
This article first appeared in The Sacramento Bee.
California is the land of opportunity because we were opportunistic. By luck, agility or careful planning, we...
CalChamber Members Answer Oakland African American Chamber Call to Support Resiliency Fund to Help...
When the coronavirus pandemic hit last year and local small businesses struggled to survive, the Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce (OAACC) launched a...
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...