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Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Anti-Arbitration Job Killer Legislation
A job killer bill that could significantly drive up litigation costs for all California employers, if enacted, passed the Senate Judiciary Committee this week.
AB...
Japan-California Trade/Investment Ties in Spotlight at Annual Business Gathering
An annual meeting between the California Chamber of Commerce and Japan business leaders highlighted California’s continuing interdependence with one of its largest export partners.
Leading...
Costly Employee Retention Mandate Passes Senate Labor Committee
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bill that denies employers the basic choice of whom to hire passed the Senate Labor and Industrial...
CalChamber Applauds U.S. Senate for Passing Bipartisan Trade Promotion Bill
The California Chamber of Commerce today commended the U.S. Senate for passing Trade Promotion Authority.
The measure renews the authority for the President and/or U.S....
Paid Sick Leave Author Proposing Changes to Law
With less than a month to go before the paid sick leave law passed last year takes effect on July 1, urgency legislation is...
CalChamber Continues Push for Trade, Cites Benefits
The U.S. House of Representatives this week agreed with the California Chamber of Commerce, voting 218-208 to renew the authority of the President and/or...
Split Roll Bill Will Hurt Small Business
A recently amended job killer bill, SCA 5 (Hancock; D-Berkeley)/Mitchell; D-Los Angeles), now seeks to undermine the protections of Proposition 13 by unfairly targeting...
Bill to Speed Road Repair/Maintenance, Reduce Costs, Passes Senate Committee
A California Chamber of Commerce-supported job creator bill that expedites and reduces costs for roadway repair and maintenance projects passed the Senate Environmental Quality...
How to Calculate Rest Break Payment for Piece-Rate Workers
We pay our employees by piece rate. What is this I’m hearing about paying additional wages for the rest break? Is this true and...
Governor, Democrats Agree on Budget
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. this week announced that he and the Democratic leaders of the Assembly and Senate have reached agreement on a...
