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Gender Equity Pay Bill Signed into Law
A California Chamber of Commerce-supported bill that seeks to eliminate pay disparity based on gender was signed by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. on...
Road Repair Bill Gets OK; Foundation Laid for Mining Act Reform; Housing Bills Pass
With the exception of the signing of a job creator bill streamlining some infrastructure development, 2015 was quiet on most California Environmental Quality Act...
Workers’ Comp Bills Undercutting Reforms Stopped; Helpful Proposals Become Law
Action taken earlier this month by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. on two bills closed out another successful legislative year in workers’ compensation for...
Environmental: CalChamber Stops Worst Bills, Secures Changes to Others
The California Chamber of Commerce actively engaged in environmental legislation this year, positioning on dozens of bills related to hazardous waste permitting, Proposition 65,...
Trans-Pacific Partnership Talks Reach Successful Conclusion; Ratification Next
Negotiators among the 12 Trans-Pacific economies for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) successfully concluded their wide-ranging trade negotiations on October 5.
The TPP includes the...
CalChamber Hosts Singapore Ambassador at 50th Anniversary of Independence Lunch
The strong trading ties between Singapore and the United States, as well as California, were the focus on October 6 as the California Chamber...
CalChamber Stops 18 of 19 Job Killer Bills
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. yesterday vetoed the two California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bills on his desk. In 2015, CalChamber identified 19...
CalChamber-Backed Bill Gets Governor’s Signature
A California Chamber of Commerce-supported bill creating a tool that can help address the challenges faced by California’s most disadvantaged and poorest areas was...
CalChamber to Feds: Don’t Use California Approach on Overtime Exemptions
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) should not adopt California’s quantitative approach to determining whether an employee is exempt from overtime pay requirements, the...
State Proposals Would Increase Litigation, Number of Warnings Under Proposition 65
Four pre-regulatory proposals that would substantially increase the amount of Proposition 65 warnings, increase frivolous “shakedown” lawsuits, and unjustifiably weaken the scientific basis for...
