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Challenges/Opportunities for California’s Trading Relationships Across the Americas

With a gross state product of over $4 trillion representing 13.7% of the U.S nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024, California ranks as...

What Supervisors Need to Know, Part I: ‘Hard’ Compliance Skills

In Episode 219 of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts, Senior Employment Law Counsel Erika Barbara and Employment Law Subject Matter...

CalRecycle Delays Draft Plastic Recycling Rules

Responding to concerns about the cost and workability of draft plastic recycling regulations, Governor Gavin Newsom directed CalRecycle to redo the rules and the...

California-Sonora Sign Energy Memo of Understanding

California Governor Gavin Newsom and Sonora, Mexico Governor Alfonso Durazo Montaño witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on March 17 at...

Daily Overtime Premium Pay Depends on Workday Definition

Last week my company (which operates 24 hours a day) had several employees call out sick at the last minute. As a result, we...

CalChamber Small Business Awards to Recognize Outstanding Companies

The California Chamber of Commerce is thrilled to announce the Small Business Awards, honoring four outstanding businesses with $5,000 grants. Recipients will be recognized for...

Executive Orders and Their Impact on DEI

In Episode 218 of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber General Counsel of Labor and Employment Bianca Saad and Associate General Counsel of Labor and Employment...

Stronger Together: German-American Trade Relations in a Changing World

When you think of German engineering in America, you might picture a sleek BMW (maybe even as an EV model) gliding down a California...

East Coast/Gulf Ports Employers, Union Dockworkers Sign Contract

Leaders from the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) management group signed a new six-year Master Contract on March...

Court Addresses Arbitration of ‘Headless’ PAGA Cases

In late 2024, the use of “headless” Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) actions — actions that do not allege an individual PAGA claim —...