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New Reporting/Training Mandate for Businesses Employing Minors
How has the mandate to report suspected child abuse and neglect changed under Assembly Bill (AB) 1963? What are the new training requirements?
Several new...
CalChamber Experts Answer Most Popular Questions from HR Seminar
In Episode 104 of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and employment law experts Bianca Saad and Matthew...
Forest Action Plan Outlines Approach to Battling Year-Round Wildfire Season
The wildfire season seems endless. It starts earlier in the year and ends later. Practically, it’s morphed into a year-round phenomenon.
The California Department of...
California-UK After Brexit: Prospects for Partnership
California-United Kingdom relations following the latter’s exit from the European Union will be the focus of an international virtual event hosted by the California...
Streamlined Work Sharing Program Offers Alternative to Layoffs
As California businesses continue to struggle to maintain their workforces during COVID-related closing and reopenings, employers should keep in mind California’s underutilized work share...
Paycheck Protection Program Resumes; SBA Vows to Improve Process
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was reopened earlier this month by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in consultation with the U.S. Treasury Department.
The...
Allies Join CalChamber Call for COVID Business Relief
The California Chamber of Commerce and nearly 200 allied business organizations representing all sectors of the economy and employing millions of California workers sent...
Governor’s Budget Proposes Economic Relief, No New Taxes
Nobody would have been surprised if Governor Gavin Newsom had presented his new state budget wearing a neck brace. The whiplash from budget boom...
Report COVID-19 Positive Test Result to Workers’ Comp Carrier
Do I have to have to file a workers’ compensation claim every time one of my employees tests positive for COVID-19?
No. The new law...
State Expects to Receive Surplus Revenue, But Sees Deficits on the Horizon
Despite enjoying a record $34 billion budget surplus and prudent reserves from burgeoning but one-time tax revenues, California budget officials expect to see fiscal...
