Author: HRWatchdog

Clearing Common Misconceptions About Workplace Violence Prevention Standards
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Posted in General Workplace Safety

Clearing Common Misconceptions About Workplace Violence Prevention Standards

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber General Counsel, Labor and Employment Bianca Saad and CalChamber Employment Law Subject Matter Expert Vanessa Greene discuss…

Proposed Changes to Confined Spaces Rule Include ‘Rescue Services’
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Posted in Workplace Safety

Proposed Changes to Confined Spaces Rule Include ‘Rescue Services’

What is the status of changes to the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) regulation for construction in confined spaces? A hearing has…

Factors to Consider When Employee Asks to Extend Family Leave
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Posted in Disabilities

Factors to Consider When Employee Asks to Extend Family Leave

We have more than one employee who have requested extensions of their family leave (for various reasons). Do we have to grant these extensions, or…

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Posted in Form I-9

New CalChamber Web Page Offers Employer Immigration Law Resources

To help employers, the California Chamber of Commerce has put together a webpage with links to federal, state and CalChamber resources about immigration law. Federal resources on…

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Posted in Local Ordinances Wage and Hour

How to Deal with Predictive Scheduling, Scheduling Changes

We want to change our nonexempt employee’s schedule for next week. How far in advance do we need to notify the employee of schedule changes?…

How to Prepare Your Workplace, Employees for Workplace Immigration Enforcement
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Posted in Form I-9 Workplace Policies

How to Prepare Your Workplace, Employees for Workplace Immigration Enforcement

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts, Sheppard Mullins Partner Greg Berk and Sheppard Mullins Special Counsel Andrew Desposito…

Train Your Supervisors on California’s Complex Workplace Laws
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Posted in Wage and Hour Workplace Policies

Train Your Supervisors on California’s Complex Workplace Laws

Supervisors and managers have a huge effect on your workplace — potentially making key personnel decisions like hiring, transferring, suspending, laying off, promoting, firing and…

CalChamber Analysis: Up to $1 Billion in Costs from Legislation to Limit Workplace Automation Technology
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Posted in Workplace Policies

CalChamber Analysis: Up to $1 Billion in Costs from Legislation to Limit Workplace Automation Technology

California business owners could be saddled with more than $1 billion in new costs under state legislation seeking sweeping regulation of so-called “automation decision systems,”…

Workers’ Compensation: The Who, What, Where of Workplace Injuries
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Posted in Workers' Compensation

Workers’ Compensation: The Who, What, Where of Workplace Injuries

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts and Employment Law Subject Matter Expert Vanessa Greene discuss several important considerations…

Affordability Agenda Cost Drivers
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Posted in General

Current, Pending Legislation Affecting California Employers

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts and CalChamber Senior Policy Advocate Ashley Hoffman discuss pending employment-related legislation, including…