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Employment Law Recap: Busy April
Significant amendments to the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) regulations took effect April 1; lawmakers approved an historic hike to the state minimum...
Time Off to Attend Funeral Not Eligible for State/Federal Family Leave
I operate a business with close to 100 employees, and one of my long-term employees recently informed me that his mother passed away, and...
Proposed Limit on Use of Criminal History Information Will Harm Employers
New proposed state regulations by the California Fair Employment and Housing Council (FEHC) seek to limit consideration of criminal history in hiring and employment...
Anti-Arbitration Bill Moves in Assembly
A job killer bill that seeks to ban arbitration clauses for alleged civil rights violations, thereby forcing consumers into an already-overburdened judicial system passed...
New CalChamber White Paper on Paid Sick Leave
Even though California’s Paid Sick Leave (PSL) law took effect last year, California employers continue to be confused on how to comply with the...
14 CalChamber Members Creating Jobs with Help from State Tax Credit
Fourteen California Chamber of Commerce member companies have been selected by the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) as recipients of the...
Correction: 22 CalChamber Members Among 100 Best Companies to Work For
The April 15 Alert article listing members on the Fortune list of “100 Best Companies to Work For,” should have included one additional California...
Independent Contractor Price Setting Bill Stopped
The author of a California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bill that would increase prices for consumers and businesses who utilize the services of...
Job Creator Bills Move with Unanimous Support
Two California Chamber of Commerce-supported job creator bills won unanimous approval from their respective policy committees this week.
AB 2664 (Irwin; D-Thousand Oaks), which will...
Job Killer Bills Clear Policy Committees
Senate and Assembly policy committees have sent several California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bills to the next step of the legislative process.
If passed,...
