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Bill Limiting Use of Settlement/Arbitration Agreements on Governor’s Desk

Posted on: August 29, 2018

A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bill to limit the use of settlement agreements and arbitration agreements for labor and employment claims has passed the Senate and is on...

Job Killer Update: Employment-Related Bill Amended and Removed from List

Posted on: August 24, 2018

A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill dealing with harassment and discrimination claims has been removed from the job killer list. SB 1300 (Jackson; D-Santa Barbara) was amended on August 20...

Fiscal Committees Clear Suspense Files; Two Job Killers Move to Floors

Posted on: August 17, 2018

Yesterday was the deadline for fiscal committees to send bills in their second house to the floor. Two employment-related California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killers have moved to the Senate...

Job Killer Update: Pay Data Disclosure Bill Amended to Remove Job Killer Status

Posted on: August 15, 2018

As a result of recent amendments, a California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill dealing with pay data disclosure has been removed from the job killer list. SB 1284 (Jackson; D-Santa Barbara)...

Legislature Returns from Summer Recess to Consider Job Killer Bills

Posted on: August 6, 2018

The California State Assembly and Senate return today from their month-long summer recess and will consider the remaining job killer bills over the next several weeks. The next significant deadline...

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Brown Paddles His Canoe on Left, Then Right

Posted on: October 3, 2018

Brown also rejected one of the year’s highest profile measures, which would have prohibited employers from requiring arbitration agreements and thus made it easier for workers to sue their bosses....

California Lawmakers Wrote 1,016 New Laws This Year. Here’s Some of What Did and Didn’t Make It

Posted on: October 3, 2018

The California Chamber of Commerce compiles a list of bills each year that it calls “job killers.” On Sunday, the group boasted that all 29 bills that received its economic...

Governor Vetoes Last CalChamber Identified Job Killer Bill of 2017-2018 Legislative Session

Posted on: September 30, 2018

AB 3080 Would Have Banned Arbitration Agreements Beneficial to Employees, Employers, Courts The last CalChamber identified Job Killer bill of the 2017-2018 Legislative Session, AB 3080 (Gonzalez Fletcher), has been vetoed by...

Why the Governor Should Veto AB 3080

Posted on: September 21, 2018

Assembly Bill 3080, authored by Assembly Member Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, is pending before Governor Jerry Brown after having passed both houses of the Legislature. AB 3080 would prohibit non-disclosure agreements...

Once Again, Most ‘Job Killer’ Bills Rejected

Posted on: September 10, 2018

The just-ended biennial session of the California Legislature was arguably the most liberal in California. Dan Walters in CALmatters.org

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