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Small Business Administration Updates: Disaster Loan Portal, Paycheck Protection Form
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced this week that it has reopened the portal for eligible applicants hurt by COVID-19 to apply for...
Tourism Industry Preparing Itself for Recovery
The COVID-19 crisis has snuffed out 10 years of economic growth in California’s travel and tourism industry. The fallout from this crisis is not...
COVID-19: Monitoring Off-Duty Workers
In Episode 73 of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw discuss the...
Africa Gearing Up to Finalize Trade Bloc While U.S. Eyes Agreement with Kenya
Trade and investment opportunities in Africa are in the spotlight this summer as the African nations prepare for final implementation of their free trade...
Lighting Regulation for Outdoor Agriculture Coming Into Effect in July
California businesses are struggling to adapt their markets and workplaces to a post-pandemic world. Like other state regulators, Cal/OSHA is still working on business...
Catch Up on Updates from the HRWatchdog Blog
Below is a sampling of recent posts from the HRWatchdog blog, presented by CalChamber.
• COVID-19 Workers’ Comp Claim Presumption Flowchart. Sacramento law firm Mullen...
Manufacturing Leading Source of Jobs from Foreign Direct Investment
The first-ever California-specific report on foreign direct investment shows that manufacturing is the top source of employment from foreign-owned enterprises.
Professional and business services, wholesale...
CalChamber Recommends Ways to Fire Up Economy
Setting liability limits for employers facing lawsuits over COVID-19 exposure, postponing the 2021 minimum wage hike, and expediting retraining programs for unemployed workers are...
Newest Job Killer Imposes Headcount Tax on Employers
Legislation that will discourage hiring and job growth by imposing an employee “headcount tax” on certain employers has been added to the California Chamber...
New Law Requires Awareness Training on Valley Fever Symptoms
I understand the Labor Code has been revised to address an increase in the number of reported cases of Valley Fever since 2016. As...
