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Cal/OSHA Considers Making Wildfire Smoke Rule More Stringent
An emergency regulation requiring employers to protect workers from potential harm due to wildfire smoke may give way to a more stringent rule.
The emergency...
Standards Board Has Multiple Regulatory Changes in Pipeline
As the owner of a small manufacturing business, I would like to know if there are any new regulations being considered by the Occupational...
Effort to Make Property Tax Increases Easier to Pass Falls Short in Assembly
A proposed constitutional amendment to make it easier for local governments to increase property taxes failed to secure enough votes to pass the Assembly...
Split Roll Property Tax Increases: Several Proposals Pending for 2020
Proponents of an $11 billion split roll property tax increase refiled their ballot initiative last week, claiming “notable improvements to implementation dates, expansive new...
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...
New Job Board from CalChamber Helps Reduce Recruiting Costs
A new service available from the California Chamber of Commerce helps members save on one of the most expensive steps in the hiring process—the...
Podcast Recaps Top Issues for Final Weeks of Session
The California Legislature has one final month to pass bills to the Governor before going on recess for the rest of the year.
In this...
CalChamber-Opposed Bill Will Increase Frivolous Litigation Against Businesses
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill allowing the Attorney General and private attorneys to sue taxpayers for perceived tax errors will be considered by...
In-Person Review of I-9 Documents Necessary for Remote Employee
We are hiring an employee out of state who will be living and working more than a thousand miles away. How do we handle...
Reasonable Privacy Act Cleanup Bills Thwarted; Future of Act Uncertain
Sure, California was the first state in the nation to pass a massive privacy bill, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). But how can...
