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Express Gratitude Year Round, Not Just at Thanksgiving
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Posted in General

Express Gratitude Year Round, Not Just at Thanksgiving

Gratitude is not just for Thanksgiving — especially in the workplace — though it’s the time of the year when it is most often discussed….

2024 California Employment Law Updates Seminars, Webinars
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2024 California Employment Law Updates Seminars, Webinars

Register now for CalChamber’s 2024 Employment Law Updates seminars and webinars before they sell out! California Governor Gavin Newsom signed numerous employment-related legislation in 2023,…

Exempt Employee Can Be Required to Work Specific Hours
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Posted in Exempt/Nonexempt

Exempt Employee Can Be Required to Work Specific Hours

Our company’s business hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The payroll manager, who is classified as an exempt employee, often…

New NLRB Joint-Employer Test
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Posted in Labor Relations

Yet Another New NLRB Joint-Employer Test

Over the last decade, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has a pattern of overruling itself in how it determines whether an entity can be…

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…

Employment-Related Job Killer Bills
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Posted in General

CalChamber Opposition Helps Stop Employment-Related Job Killer Bills, Other Harmful Proposals

Governor Gavin Newsom laid down his lawmaking pen Friday night after signing 890 new laws into effect, and vetoing another 156, including three California Chamber…

New Employment Laws Starting in 2024
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Posted in Compensation COVID-19 (Coronavirus) General Posters and Notices Time Off Workplace Policies Workplace Safety

New Employment Laws Starting in 2024

This year’s legislative session ended with a flurry and, as usual, hundreds of bills were sent to California Governor Newsom’s desk, many of which impact…

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…

paid sick leave
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Posted in Health and Safety Time Off

Governor Signs Paid Sick Leave Expansion Bill

Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a California Chamber of Commerce job killer bill that will impose significant costs on all California businesses by increasing the number of…

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…