Tag: Top Stories
CalChamber Podcast: Proposed Expansion of Leaves of Absence Programs
CalChamber has released its 9th episode of The Workplace, a podcast on issues important to California employers and our economy. The subject of this week’s...
CalChamber Releases 2019 Job Creator List
The California Chamber of Commerce has released its list of Job Creator bills, calling attention to nine bills that will stimulate the economy and...
CalChamber-Sponsored Bill to Protect Businesses from Predatory Lawsuits Passes
Legislation sponsored by the California Chamber of Commerce to help educate businesses and protect them from predatory lawsuits passed an Assembly committee last week with unanimous...
Sweetened Beverage Bill Tabled, Workers’ Comp Bill Falls Short
Two more job killer bills failed to advance this week in the face of strong concern about their negative impacts.
• The author of AB 138...
CalChamber Luncheon Focuses on Understanding Brexit
Brexit is the latest phenomenon in the western world presently characterized by shock and schism, a leading scholar explained yesterday at the California Chamber...
CalChamber Podcast: What’s Your Question for the Labor Law Helpline?
California’s complex employment laws prompted 22,000 calls to the CalChamber Labor Law Helpline in 2018. On the latest episode of CalChamber’s The Workplace podcast,...
Job Killer Update: CalChamber Identifies Four Additional Bills
The California Chamber of Commerce yesterday added four more bills to its Job Killer list, bringing the total number of bills to 28.
The new...
Citizens Redistricting Process Begins Soon; Apply Online to Help Shape State’s Future
A little known and often forgotten truth is that not all political change in California comes via the ballot box.
Once a decade, the demographers...
U.S. DOL Proposes Regular Rate, Joint-Employer Regulations
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division has proposed two new rules affecting different employer regulation areas, which have not been...
CalChamber Podcast: Taxes, Taxes and More Taxes
Even though California is enjoying its ninth straight year of economic growth and the state has a solid budget surplus and a brimming Rainy...
Pay Your Taxes? Take a Breath, More May Be On the Way
Today is Tax Day, so if you’re not up to your ears in forms and schedules, you’re probably breathing a sigh of relief.
Just don’t...
Cosmetic Ban Bill Shelved After Getting Job Killer Tag
An Assembly policy committee this week postponed action on a cosmetic product ban identified by the California Chamber of Commerce as a job killer.
The...
CalChamber Launches #RespectWorks Campaign; Employers Embrace Effort to Promote Inclusiveness and Ensure Harassment-Free...
The California Chamber of Commerce today kicked off #RespectWorks, a campaign joined by a large and growing list of flagship California companies pledging to...
New Podcast: Men and #MeToo Movement
The latest episode of CalChamber’s The Workplace podcast focuses on men and the #MeToo movement. As more publicity is being given to instances of...
Legislative Update: Numerous Job Killers Set for Hearings This Week
Several California Chamber of Commerce-opposed Job Killer bills are set for policy committee hearings this week. CalChamber is urging businesses to contact their legislators...
CalChamber-Backed Housing Relief Bills Advance
Two California Chamber of Commerce-supported bills aimed at helping ease the state’s housing crisis won approval this week from the Senate Housing Committee.
Sent on for...
CalChamber Releases 2019 Job Killer List
The California Chamber of Commerce yesterday released its annual Job Killer list, which includes 24 bills that would harm California’s economic growth and job...
New Podcast Features Discussion of Legislative Changes Needed to Fix Privacy Law
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a sweeping privacy law that applies to businesses of all sizes across almost every industry. Up on...
Assembly Policy Committee to Hear Bills Expanding Leaves of Absence
The Assembly Labor and Employment Committee will consider two California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bills that would add another layer of burdens on employers and...
One-Year Countdown to Census
In just one year, the U.S. government will fulfill its once-a-decade duty to count every American. April 1, 2020 is Census Day.
Armed with a...