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How to Handle Vacation, Sick Leave, Paid Time Off, Holidays
In Episode 155 of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber employment law expert Matthew Roberts and CalChamber HR Adviser Ellen Savage answer common questions that employers...
In Memoriam
The California business community mourns the recent loss of two policy leaders.
• Kirk Clark, executive vice president of the California Business Roundtable, passed away...
Years of Discussions Yield Far-Reaching Packaging Deal
A workable compromise on a circular economy policy for California was reached in the final days before the Legislature left for summer recess and...
Adopted Budget Includes Targeted Tax Benefits, One-Time Increases
This week the Legislature passed, and the Governor signed a $300 billion state budget that includes a number of targeted tax benefits for businesses,...
California Laws Generally Apply Only within Borders of State
Since the pandemic, my company has been allowing employees to work from home. Without informing our human resources department, several of these employees have...
What Supreme Court Ruling on Arbitration and PAGA Means for Employers
In Episode 154 of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Labor and Employment Vice President Bianca Saad and CalChamber employment law expert Matthew Roberts discuss how...
Staffing Company Works Hard to Deliver Human Spirit to Clients of All Sizes
This article is part of a series of profiles of CalChamber member companies that are contributing to the state’s economic strength and ability to...
U.S., Taiwan Strengthen Connections at Inaugural Trade Meeting in Washington
This week, representatives of the United States and Taiwan met for the first time on the newly agreed upon trade framework meant to strengthen...
Workers’ Comp Job Killer Proposal Fails to Move
Legislation expanding the presumption that certain diseases and injuries are caused by the workplace failed in an Assembly policy committee this week for lack...
CalChamber Promotes Media Relations Spokesperson to Lead Communications
Denise Davis, longtime spokesperson for the California Chamber of Commerce, has been promoted to executive vice president of communications, responsible for leading the organization’s...
