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Register Now for What to Expect When Your Employee Is Expecting Webinar
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Posted in Pregnancy Disability Leave Time Off

Register Now for What to Expect When Your Employee Is Expecting Webinar

Employers have many legal obligations when they learn that an employee is expecting a child, including notifying employees of their leave rights, providing accommodations and…

Vacation Policy: Employer Has Latitude, But Beware of Illegal Impacts
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Posted in Time Off

Vacation Policy: Employer Has Latitude, But Beware of Illegal Impacts

Can we have different vacation policies for different worksites and for different groups in the same office? Yes, California employers may establish different vacation policies…

Affordability Agenda
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Posted in General

CalChamber Announces 2025 Affordability Agenda

For more than two decades, CalChamber has issued the “Job Killer” list, a comprehensive package of legislation that would have historically eliminated jobs or opportunities…

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Posted in Exempt/Nonexempt Meal and Rest Break

Recent CalChamber Podcasts on Common Employer Problems: Misclassification, Breaks

The latest two episodes of The Workplace, a CalChamber podcast, deal with common issues employers face — misclassifying workers and not following meal and rest…

Business Legislative Wins
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Posted in General

Business Legislative Wins and What Employers Can Expect in 2024

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts sits down with CalChamber Senior Policy Advocate Ashley Hoffman and Chris Micheli,…

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Posted in Workplace Safety

Employee Smoke Exposure During Wildfires

I am an employer that has been affected directly by the wildfires in California. What is Cal/OSHA doing to address the issue of employee exposure…

California employers should review their pre-employment practices, including job applications, advertisements and pre-employment inquiries, before July 1.
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Posted in Discrimination

New California FEHA Regulations for Pre-Employment Practices Start July 1

New Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) regulations clarify what pre-employment practices (like job applications, advertisements and pre-employment inquiries) constitute age and religious creed based…

using technology to work remotely
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Posted in COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Social Media

Beyond Email: How Technology Trends Help Newly Remote Work

The COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns have given many thousands of employers — and millions of their employees — a crash course in Zoom, Microsoft Teams and…

Cal/OSHA Heat Regulations and Where Things Stand with SB 553
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Posted in Heat Illness Workplace Safety

Cal/OSHA Heat Regulations, Where Things Stand with SB 553

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber employment law expert Matthew Roberts sits down with CalChamber Policy Advocate Robert Moutrie to discuss the newest…

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Posted in General

Employers Should Give Thanks All Year Long

Next week is Thanksgiving — when gratitude is top of mind — but employers should give thanks to their employees throughout the year, as expressing…