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Coming Soon: U.S. Emergency Rule Establishing Large Employer Vaccination or Testing Mandate
On September 9, 2021, President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. Department of Labor through its Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is working...
CalChamber Halts Limit on Climate Technology Innovation
Legislation that would have limited technological development and hurt the state’s ability to meet its carbon neutrality goals failed to move out of Senate...
Chamber Coalition Fights Forced Unionization Bill
The California Chamber of Commerce and a coalition of local chambers of commerce are fighting enactment of a job killer bill that seeks to...
CalChamber General Counsel Erika Frank to Depart
Erika Frank, longtime general counsel and executive vice president of legal affairs for the California Chamber of Commerce, has accepted a position at the...
Who Pays Cost of Employee COVID Testing or Vaccination?
If I require an employee to go get a COVID test, or to be vaccinated, who pays the costs of testing or vaccination? Do...
CalChamber, Coalitions Stop Privacy Proposals Having Unintended Consequences
Privacy legislation with broad consequences for the business community at large was stopped for the year in the Senate thanks to the opposition of...
Carbon Neutrality Workshops Continue
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) kicked off its every-five-years Scoping Plan process this summer with a series of virtual workshops.
CARB spent several days...
COVID-19: Revisiting Mask Mandates
In Episode 132 of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw discuss COVID-19...
Employer-Mandated COVID-19 Vaccinations
In Episode 131 of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw discuss employer-mandated...
