Tag: Top Stories
Highly Diversified, Shared Connections Form Network for Growing Trade Relations
The following answers to questions posed by the California Chamber of Commerce are from Ambassador Gunther Sleeuwagen, consul general, Consulate General of Belgium in...
Visit California Offers Travel Code for Responsible/Respectful Travelers
As some Californians choose to venture cautiously outside amid closures and restrictions due to COVID-19, travel patterns have shifted and highlight the need for...
COVID-19: New Exposure Notice Reqs
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and CalChamber policy advocate Robert Moutrie discuss California’s...
California Vote by Mail in Safe Hands; Remember to Exercise Your Right to Vote
Democracy’s most sacred right, voting, is already underway in California with all 21 million registered voters having received a mail-in ballot.
While voting by mail...
AB 1731 Provides Rare Win-Win Option for California’s Businesses and Workers During Economic Downturn
As the 2020 legislative season comes to a close, we can certainly say it has been a chaotic time for employers. One bright spot...
16 CalChamber Members Rank Among Top Corporate Solar Energy Users
Sixteen California Chamber of Commerce member companies were among the top 25 corporate users of solar energy in the country, according to a new...
COVID-19: Moving Between Tiers
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw discuss California’s...
Free Resiliency Webinars to Give Businesses Tools to Prepare for Disasters
A new pilot webinar designed to help businesses prepare for and mitigate impacts from disasters—such as wildfires, power shut-offs and COVID-19—kicks off tomorrow, October...
California’s Export Trade Resurgent in Latest Numbers
Below are excerpts from Beacon Economics’ monthly California Trade Report, which analyzes data released by the U.S. Census Bureau’s Foreign Trade Division and pinpoints...
New COVID-19 County Health Equity Requirement Begins Tomorrow
In an effort to reduce COVID-19 transmission across all of California’s communities, starting tomorrow, October 6, 2020, the more populous counties will need to...
Calculating Federal COVID-19 Paid Leave for Illness, Distance Learning
How much time is an employee entitled to use under federal COVID-19 law if he needs to stay home to supervise distance learning for...
Governor Vetoes ‘Right to Recall’ Job Killer Bill and Tax Disclosure Bill, Signs Pay...
In the final hours of yesterday's deadline to act on legislation, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a California Chamber of Commerce job killer bill that...
CalChamber Takes Position on Prop. 16, Prop. 23
The California Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has taken the following positions on two upcoming ballot measures:
SUPPORT: Proposition 16
Placed on the November 3,...
Young, Tech Savvy Population Provides Strong Core for Building Future Investment
The following answers to questions posed by the California Chamber of Commerce are from Simon D.I. Soekarno, consul general of the Republic of Indonesia...
Coalition Pressure Prompts OEHHA to Withdraw Harmful Change to Prop. 65 Safe Harbor Warnings
Thanks to the efforts of the California Chamber of Commerce and a broad coalition of organizations, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) withdrew...
New Law Creates Supplemental Sick Leave
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw discuss AB...
California Aims to Phase Out New Gas-Powered Vehicles by 2035
Governor Gavin Newsom yesterday issued an executive order that directs the state to require that all new cars and passenger trucks sold within California...
Cal/OSHA Standards Board Requests COVID-19 Draft Emergency Regulation with Limited Opportunity for Stakeholder Input
Cal/OSHA’s Standards Board voted to grant, in part, Petition 583, which sought the creation of a COVID-19 emergency regulation for industries not already covered...
Longtime Commercial Relations Promote Opportunities to Form Reliable Partnerships
The following answers to questions posed by the California Chamber of Commerce are from Toru Maeda, consul general, Consulate General of Japan in San...
New Law Expands CFRA to Small Business
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw discuss how...