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Small Employers and New Emergency FMLA
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank, and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw discuss the...
Food Producer Outlines Keys to Restoring Economy After COVID-19
Restoring confidence and supporting economic growth are two keys to moving forward from the COVID-19 pandemic, the CEO of a Central Valley cheese producer...
Does the California Consumer Privacy Act Prevent Me from Checking Employees’ Temperatures?
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect our economy, business owners are trying their best to ensure that employees returning to the workplace are...
Avoid Cal-WARN Act Liabilities
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank, and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw discuss key...
Remote Work: Gauging Job Performance
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank, and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw discuss what...
New California COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Notice
Last night, the California Labor Commissioner released the CA COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for Food Sector Workers poster. Employers who are covered under California’s new...
Reasonable Accommodations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
How have the interactive process and reasonable accommodations for disabilities changed due to COVID-19?
COVID-19 Supplemental Paid 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 key...
Science Provides Hope for COVID-19
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber President and CEO Allan Zaremberg, and Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Chief Medical Officer...
Avoid Liability: On-Call Rules to Know
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank, and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw discuss the...
CalChamber President and CEO Allan Zaremberg Named to Governor’s Business/Jobs Recovery Task Force
California Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Allan Zaremberg will join four former governors and other high-level advisers on an economic recovery task force...
Wage and Hour Considerations for Remote Workers
How do an employer’s pay obligations differ when an hourly/nonexempt employee is working remotely from home?
It’s important to keep in mind that when having...
Six Factors Will Determine When California’s Economy Can Begin to Reopen
Governor Gavin Newsom yesterday outlined the six key indicators that will guide California’s decision on when to modify stay-at-home orders and slowly begin reopening...
COVID-19 Paid Leaves Explained
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw discuss how...
COVID-19 Loans and the New Economy
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber President and CEO Allan Zaremberg and Mark Vitner, managing director and senior economist at Wells Fargo...
CalChamber President Issues Statement on Departure of Governor’s Key Business Adviser
Following news that Lenny Mendonca, director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, will step down from his role as one of...
Environmental, Industry Groups Call for Suspending Public Comment Deadlines on Pending Regulations
A collection of industry and environmental organizations are urging federal and California agencies to extend or suspend public comment deadlines on a variety of...
COVID-19: Telework Best Practices
As employers shift to a work-from-home workplace model, many are finding that managing telework has its own set of challenges. In this episode of...
World Trade Organization Annual Report: Trade Numbers Fall
From the April 8 release of the annual World Trade Organization (WTO) report from Geneva, the key message is: "This crisis is first and...
COVID-19 Workforce Reduction Guidance
Even more unpredictable than a recession, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced business owners to take a hard look at their viability and make very...