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Happy New Year, New Laws 2024
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Happy New Year, New Laws 2024

Happy New Year 2024! The new year brings new employment laws, posters and employment notices for employers. So, grab your favorite winter espresso drink (better…

EEO-1 Component 1 ‘Failure to File’ Deadline Looms
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Posted in Reporting Requirements

EEO-1 Component 1 ‘Failure to File’ Deadline Looms

You may recall that employers had until December 5, 2023, to submit their EEO-1 Component 1 reports to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)….

Pre-Order Your 2024 California and Federal Labor Law Posters
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Pre-Order Your 2024 California and Federal Labor Law Posters, Wage Orders, Pamphlets

Every California business is required to post 18 employment notices to ensure their employees are aware of their rights in the workplace. Starting January 1,…

EEO-1 Reporting Open Now
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Posted in Reporting Requirements

EEO-1 Reporting Open Now

Last week’s Halloween festivities may have overshadowed that EEO-1 Component 1 data collection began October 31 — but the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)…

Prevent Halloween Horrors This Year
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Posted in Discrimination

Prevent Halloween Horrors This Year

This year, Halloween falls on a Tuesday, and with a record number of people planning to participate in related festivities (73 percent, according to the…

AI’s Workplace Opportunities, Challenges
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Posted in Discrimination

Podcast Examines AI’s Workplace Opportunities, Challenges

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts, and Peter Bittner, award-winning multimedia journalist and artificial intelligence (AI) consultant, discuss…

Medical Certification Important for Workers’ Comp Claim Absences
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Posted in Workers' Compensation

Medical Certification Important for Workers’ Comp Claim Absences

We have an employee with an active workers’ compensation claim. We agreed with the employee that he would work a normal 40-hour-per-week schedule with exceptions…

EEOC’s New Five-Year Strategic Enforcement Plan
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Posted in Discrimination Harassment

EEOC’s New Five-Year Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP)

On September 21, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released its Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP) for fiscal years 2024 through 2028. As previously…

After the Vote: Implementing an Alternative Workweek Schedule
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After the Vote: Implementing an Alternative Workweek Schedule

My company adopted an alternative workweek schedule. Does this mean that all employees must work our alternative four-day 10-hour shift schedule, or can employees choose…

End of Session Update: 6 CalChamber Job Killer Bills Head to Governor
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End of Session Update: 6 CalChamber Job Killer Bills Head to Governor

California legislators last week approved six bills designated by the California Chamber of Commerce as job killers, which will increase labor costs and create more liability…