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City Ordinances in LA, SF Limit Use of Criminal Background Checks
Are there any local laws that affect criminal background checks?
Employers conducting criminal background checks in California are limited by state and federal law in...
33 Member Companies Recognized on Bay Area’s Healthiest Employers List
Thirty-three California Chamber of Commerce member companies have been recognized as some of the healthiest employers to work for in the San Francisco Bay...
Expanding Opportunity
It’s a timeworn California cliché: an earthquake splits the state from the rest of the country—freeing us from the hidebound thinking of Old America.
Well,...
2017 Issues Guide Available on Website
The California Chamber of Commerce 2017 Business Issues and Legislative Guide is available now on the CalChamber website at www.calchamber.com/businessissues.
This easy-to-reference publication compiles a...
CalChamber Reiterates: Immigration Reform Critical for California’s Economic Future
The California Chamber of Commerce has a longstanding position as a proponent of comprehensive immigration reform, which is crucial to California’s economic future.
California is...
Minimum Pay Requirements If Employees Sent Home Early
Can I send employees home early if there is not enough work or for disciplinary reasons? If I can, should I just pay them...
Retaliation Charges Again Top Agency List of Workplace Discrimination Claims
Retaliation was once again the workplace discrimination claim filed most often, according to breakdowns for fiscal year 2016 recently released by the federal Equal...
11 CalChamber Member Companies Land on Best Places to Work List
Eleven California Chamber of Commerce member companies in the Sacramento region were recognized as some of the best places to work for in 2016.
The...
Governor Urges Listeners: ‘Act as Californians First’
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. called on Republicans and Democrats to “find more things to do together” in his State of the State Address...
CalChamber Names Environmental Law Policy Advocate
The California Chamber of Commerce has hired Louinda V. Lacey, an experienced attorney in environmental law, to serve as a policy advocate for environmental...
