CalChamber Releases Job Killer List

The California Chamber of Commerce released its annual list of proposed legislation that threatens to hurt California’s job climate and hamper economic recovery.
“The first step in an economic recovery program is to do no more harm to the economy,” said Allan Zaremberg, President and CEO of the California Chamber of Commerce. “Proponents of anti-business legislation who think California’s economy can withstand additional pressure from new regulatory and legislative burdens are simply unwilling to accept the unfortunate reality that California has the second highest unemployment rate in the country.”
This year’s list of “job killers” includes 28 proposed laws which threaten California employers with new costly workplace and employee benefit mandates, economic development barriers, regulatory burdens and inflated liability costs.
“More regulations will lead to more litigation, worsening California’s reputation throughout the world,” said Zaremberg. “We simply cannot allow California to continue to be ranked as having one of the worst business climates in the country.”
The 2011 “job killer” bill list is available at:
http://www.calchamber.com/GovernmentRelations/Pages/JobKillers2011.aspx