Tag: Private Attorneys General Act
New Article Shows Record Number of PAGA Filings During Pandemic
While most business operations seemed to slow down during the COVID-19 pandemic, new data shows that one industry did not: plaintiff’s firms filing lawsuits.
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Initiative to Stop Shakedown Lawsuits Gaining Momentum
Momentum is gaining to qualify the California Fair Pay and Employer Accountability Act of 2022 for the November ballot. The initiative’s campaign reported reaching...
Website Provides Updates on Fair Pay/Employer Accountability Initiative
A new website that provides updates and information on The California Fair Pay and Employer Accountability Act is now available at stoptheshakedown.com. (Website relocated...
CalChamber, Allies File Fair Pay Reform Initiative
Organizations, including the California Chamber of Commerce, representing a broad portion of the California business community last week filed the “Californians for Fair Pay...
Garment Industry Job Killer Moves Forward in Assembly
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bill that increases costs and liability for nonunionized employers in the California garment manufacturing industry passed the...
CalChamber Releases 2021 Job Killer List
This week, the California Chamber of Commerce released its annual job killer list, which includes 18 bills that would place California employers and the...
CalChamber-Led Coalition Calls for Legislative Action
The California Chamber of Commerce is leading a coalition of more than 75 allied groups in urging Governor Gavin Newsom and California legislators to...
Employment Mandates Pass, on Way to Governor Newsom
Two California Chamber of Commerce job killer bills made it out of the Legislature late on August 31, the last night of the session,...
Job Killer Rehiring/Retention Mandate Moves in Senate
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bill that will unnecessarily slow the ability of certain businesses to reopen following a state of emergency...
CalChamber Releases 2020 Job Killer Bill List
The California Chamber of Commerce this week released its annual job killer list, which includes 10 bills that threaten California’s economic recovery and would...
California Ranks as No. 1 ‘Judicial Hellhole’
California has landed atop the “Judicial Hellholes” list again, according to the latest ranking of the “most unfair” civil litigation courts by the American...
Opposition Stops Job Killer; 5 Bills Pass to Second House
A wage statement penalty bill opposed by the California Chamber of Commerce as a job killer was stopped in the Assembly last week.
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Assembly Committee Rejects Effort to Offer Employers Lawsuit Relief
Two bills named as job creators by the California Chamber of Commerce were rejected by an Assembly committee last week. Both bills would have...
CalChamber Releases 2018 Job Creator List
The California Chamber of Commerce has released its list of job creator bills, calling attention to 11 bills that will stimulate the economy and...
Ban on Seeking Salary History Keeps Moving
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill that exposes employers to costly litigation for inquiring into an applicant’s prior salary even when there is no...
Senate Panel OKs Ban on Salary History Inquiries
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill that seeks to stop employers from “seeking” salary history information about an applicant passed the Senate Labor and...
Seeking Salary History May Be Banned
The California Assembly this week passed a California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill that exposes employers to costly litigation for inquiring into an applicant’s prior...
