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10 Job Killer Bills Remain at Start of Summer Recess
As of the July 17 deadline for bills to pass policy committees and move to the floor, seven Senate job killer bills and two...
CalChamber-Backed Job Creator Bills Survive Deadline
Four job creator bills are still alive following the July 17 deadline for bills to pass policy committees and move to the floor.
The California...
CalChamber Status Update Report on Major Legislation for Business
The following list summarizes top priority bills for the California Chamber of Commerce and their status as of July 17, when the Legislature began...
CalChamber, Coalition Urge Businesses to Support California Water Fix
The California Chamber of Commerce, a founding member of the Californians for Water Security Coalition, is urging businesses to support Governor Edmund G. Brown...
Previously Worked Overtime Can’t Be Counted as Makeup Time
Can an employee use makeup time if he or she misses a day of work and submits a written request to use overtime previously...
Paid Sick Leave Clean-Up Now in Effect
“Clean-up” amendments to the paid sick leave law went into effect on July 13.
The changes were part of urgency legislation passed by the Legislature...
Teachers Summit to Provide Network Opportunities, Strategies, Resources
A coalition of California education institutions is inviting all preschool through high school California teachers and administrators to attend a July 31 summit to...
IRS to Offer Health Care Webinar Series in July, August, September
The Internal Revenue Service has designed three webinars to help business owners, tax managers and employee benefits managers understand the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA)...
33 CalChamber Member Companies Make Cut for Best Corporate Citizens List
Thirty-three California Chamber of Commerce member companies recently made Corporate Responsibility Magazine’s 16th annual list of “100 Best Corporate Citizens 2015.”
The companies that made...
Rx for Paid Sick Leave: Amendments Effective Immediately
On July 13, 2015, the Legislature passed “clean-up” amendments to the paid sick leave law—the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014. The Governor...
