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...
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...
Legislature Weighing Strict Product Regulation
With just weeks remaining in the legislative session, twin job killer bills upending how consumer products are packaged and sold in California are being...
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...
Anti-Arbitration Job Killer Threatens to Flood Courts
An anti-arbitration bill identified by the California Chamber of Commerce as a job killer will burden the overworked court system if adopted.
AB 51 (Gonzalez;...
‘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...
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...
Keeping Employer Concerns Before Legislators Critical in Last Week of Session
With just one week left before legislators leave Sacramento for the year, major bills having a significant impact on business remain to be voted...
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...
Costly Anti-Business Bills Pass Legislature to Governor
Numerous proposals that make it more difficult and more expensive to do business in California passed the Legislature in the closing days of the...
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...
Just 2 Job Killer Bills Pass
Only two of the 31 job killer bills identified this year by the California Chamber of Commerce have passed the Legislature and been sent...
