What AB 51’s Preliminary Injunction Means for California Employers
U.S. District Court Judge Kimberly Mueller formalized on February 7 her order halting enforcement of and invalidating in full an anti-arbitration law identified by...
First Entries on 2020 Job Killer List Similar to Previous Failed Proposals
This week, the California Chamber of Commerce named two recently introduced bills as 2020 job killers.
The bills are very similar to prior versions also...
Oh, What a Relief It Isn’t—AB 5 and the B2B Exemption
The new law governing independent contracting, AB 5, includes what can be described as a business-to-business (B2B) exemption. But a close examination of the...
CalChamber White Paper Highlights New 2020 Labor Laws
There are a few new and significant 2020 California employment laws that employers need to be aware of, as they may affect daily business...
Critical Employment Bill Awaits Action by Governor
The Legislature has wrapped up for the year, and the onus is now on Governor Gavin Newsom to decide which bills to sign into...
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...
Independent Contractor Questions Remain in Countdown to End of Legislative Session
There are two weeks left in the legislative session and one of the most common questions I get multiple times on a daily basis...
What to Do If Immigration Officials Come Knocking
In this week’s episode of The Workplace, CalChamber President Allan Zaremberg discusses with immigration expert Kevin Johnson, Dean of the UC Davis School of...
Proposal Marks Huge Shift in Unemployment Insurance
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bill that will profoundly change unemployment insurance (UI) in California and create long-term costs for the state...
Reality Check: Workers Are Changing
Labor protections are meant to address certain situations where there is an imbalance in control between the employer and employee. But when the workers...
Stalled, Moving Employment Law Proposals in Current Legislative Cycle
A number of bills that would have hindered employers in the state have been stopped for the year, but a few others remain. In...
Anti-Arbitration Proposal Keeps Moving in Senate
An anti-arbitration bill identified by the California Chamber of Commerce as a job killer passed through the first Senate committee to consider it this...
For Uber and Lyft Drivers, Reclassification Means Less Flexibility
Last week, an op-ed appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle discussing the fact that executives from Uber and Lyft have come together to address...
Independent Contractor Legislation Moves; CalChamber, Coalition Seek More Changes
Legislation that makes a start toward restoring flexibility for numerous individuals working as independent contractors has moved from the Assembly to the Senate.
The California...
Texting in the Workplace and Other Cautionary Employment Tales
Finding novel ways to increase efficiency or prevent workplace harassment can create serious problems for employers if not properly executed or thought out.
In this...
U.S. Labor Agency Gives More Time to Comment on Proposed Rules
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has extended the comment period for two proposed rules—one that revises and clarifies joint-employer arrangements and another that...
Independent Contractor Test Applies Retroactively
Last week, a federal appeals court ruled that the test for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor, established by last year’s California...
