Limit on Use of Settlement/Arbitration Agreements Passes
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bill to limit the use of settlement agreements and arbitration agreements for labor and employment claims passed...
Job Killer Creates Uncertainty, Increases Potential Litigation
The Senate Appropriations Committee on May 15 will consider a California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer that could have a negative impact on a...
Hospital Contract Bill Amended to Remove Opposition
As a result of recent amendments, the California Chamber of Commerce has removed SB 538 (Monning; D-Carmel), dealing with hospital contracts, from the job...
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...
Action Needed: Stop Costly, State-Run Health Care
The California Chamber of Commerce is urging members to speak out against a costly job killer proposal to establish a government-run, single-payer health care...
Pay Data Disclosure Bill No Longer Job Killer
As a result of recent amendments, a California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill dealing with pay data disclosure has been removed from the job killer...
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...
Opposition Stops 4 Job Killers; 6 Move to Second House
Six job killer bills moved from one legislative house to the other in time to meet last week’s June 2 deadline for bills to...
Newly ID’d Job Killer Bills Move in State Legislature
The California Chamber of Commerce this week added four more bills to its job killer list, bringing the total number of bills identified this...
Paying for Single-Payer: Put Up or Move On
Since the best feature of the Healthy California Act is that all health care will be free, it seems churlish to suggest that someone...
Just 1 Job Killer Remains
Strong opposition from the California Chamber of Commerce and its allies in the closing days of the legislative session prevented one energy-related job killer...
Job Killer Bill Increasing Litigation Stalls in Senate Policy Committee
Job killer legislation exposing businesses to costly litigation stalled in a Senate policy committee this week.
SB 320 (Jackson; D-Santa Barbara) failed to advance from...
State-Run Health Care Bill Stalls in California Assembly
A costly job killer proposal to establish a government-run, single-payer health care system in California has been put on hold in the California Assembly...
CalChamber Stops All 29 Job Killer Bills
On his final day to act on legislation, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. vetoed the last surviving California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bill.
AB...
‘Job Killer’ Bills Still Alive in Legislature
In the final days of the legislative session, a handful of “job killer” proposals remain alive despite strong opposition from the California Chamber of...
Amendments Put Balance in Former Job Killer Bill
Legislation that began as a targeted mandate increasing transportation costs has been amended at the urging of the California Chamber of Commerce and its...
4 Job Killer Bills Active at Legislature’s Summer Break
Three Senate job killer bills and one Assembly job killer bill remained active when the Legislature began its summer break on July 21.
In addition,...
