Santa Cruz Area Chamber of Commerce Events Newswire

Business After Hours + Ribbon Cutting: Lookout Santa Cruz 1/11/2024 5:00 PM - 1/11/2024 7:00 PM

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 13:19:45 GMT

Registration Closed - Event Sold Out

Lookout Santa Cruz invites you to check out its new digs on Pacific Avenue downtown. Please mark Thursday, Jan. 11 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on your calendars for a Business After Hours and Ribbon Cutting. As a three year old digital news publication dedicated to serving the county with up-to-date local information, Lookout is excited to open up their brand new office to the community for the evening. Catch up with those you know, meet Lookout correspondents and get to know new contacts in the local business community. Join them in meeting their team in its new office, enjoy some local food and drink and talk about what’s new for 2024.

Lookout is an emerging network of digital-only, mobile-first, editorially robust, intensely local media outlets offering community-centric news and resources. Lookout Santa Cruz launched in November 2020 and is a public benefit corporation whose fundamental mission is to serve its communities with a new and higher standard of news, information and community engagement.

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Annual Chamber Member Breakfast 1/18/2024 8:00 AM - 1/18/2024 10:00 AM

Mon, 23 Oct 2023 15:54:02 GMT

SOLD OUT - REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

Please join us on Thursday morning, January 18, 2024 at the Dream Inn for the Chamber’s annual members’ meeting to discuss the state of the Chamber.

Tentative Itinerary
8:00AM: Networking and breakfast is served banquet style.
8:45AM: Brief opening remarks from Casey Beyer
8:50AM: Presentation of our annual Ambassadors Awards
8:55AM: Chamber Board President will introduce our 2024 Board with brief remarks.
9:00AM: Keynote Speaker: Dan Schnur
9:45AM: Q&A
10:00AM: Adjourn

Dan Schnur

Dan Schnur is a Professor at the University of California – Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies, Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of Public Policy, and the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Communications, where he teaches courses in politics, communications and leadership. Dan has also taught at Harvard’s Institute of Politics at Harvard University and George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management.

He is the founder of the USC/LA Times statewide political poll and currently hosts a weekly webinar for the LA World Affairs Council Town Hall called “Politics in the Time of Coronavirus.” (www.lawac.org)

Previously, Dan worked on four presidential and three gubernatorial campaigns, and served as the national Director of Communications for the 2000 presidential campaign of U.S. Senator John McCain and was the chief media spokesman for California Governor Pete Wilson.

In 2010, Dan was appointed Chairman of the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), where he implemented groundbreaking campaign finance disclosure requirements. Dan also was a founder and cochairman of the Voices of Reform project, the bipartisan statewide effort whose work laid the foundation for California’s landmark redistricting reform. After completing his FPPC term, Dan registered as a No Party Preference voter and in 2014, ran for statewide office as a non-partisan candidate for California Secretary of State.

Dan has been an advisor to the William & Melinda Gates Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Broad Education Foundation, the Pew Charitable Trusts, the James Irvine Foundation, and the Public Policy Institute of California on a variety of political reform, K-12 education and college and workforce preparedness efforts.

Dan serves as a board member of the Los Angeles Holocaust Museum, the Pacific Council on International Policy, the Center for Asians United for Self Empowerment (CAUSE) and as a senior advisor to the Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (HOPE) leadership training programs. He is the former Los Angeles director for the American Jewish Committee and is an advisor to the Los Angeles Jewish Federation. He is a member of the UCLA Luskin School Fellows program, where he mentors UCLA graduate students and advises them on their academic and professional goals.

Dan’s commentaries have appeared in several newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Sacramento Bee, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the New York Times. He has been a political analyst for CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and National Public Radio.

Thank You To Our Event Sponsors

If you are interested in learning more about our sponsorship opportunities, please contact Casey Beyer at casey.beyer@santacruzchamber.org or call our office at (831) 457-3713

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2024 Employment Law Workshop 1/25/2024 8:30 AM - 1/25/2024 11:00 AM

Mon, 23 Oct 2023 16:02:02 GMT

Join us for an in-depth exploration of the pivotal legal developments that will impact employers in 2024. Experts from Hopkins & Carley will lead "Overview of New Employment Laws for 2024," our annual workshop aimed at keeping you ahead of the curve on crucial legal changes affecting your workplace. This comprehensive workshop will delve into the following key areas:

1. New Legislation and Regulations for 2024: Get the latest insights on the evolving legal landscape, including updates to the paid sick leave law, revised I-9 document requirements, amendments to regulations on applicants' criminal records, the new mandate for workplace violence prevention plans, revisions to California law concerning covenants not to compete and other restrictive covenants, and the much-anticipated increase in the California minimum wage.

2. Wage and Hour Developments: Stay informed on crucial court decisions that could impact your workforce. We'll cover topics such as the rounding of time records for non-exempt employees, the "salary basis" test for white-collar exemptions, and the intricacies of final wage payments during furloughs.

3. Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation Developments: Explore recent court decisions that shed light on affirmative action, religious belief and practice accommodations, the application of FEHA to employees refusing flu vaccinations, and the liability of supervisors for harassment outside the workplace.

4. Arbitration Developments: Understand the ever-changing arbitration landscape, with insights into new court decisions surrounding Assembly Bill 51, the impact of binding arbitration on claims under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), and the critical importance of timely payment of arbitration fees.

5. NLRB Developments: Stay up to date with key NLRB decisions, including Stericycle, McLaren Macomb, and Lion Elastomers.

Earn Recertification Credits:

HR Certification Institute: This program is pending approval for 2.0 (General) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification. For more information, please visit the HR Certification Institute website.
SHRM Professional Development Credits: Our program is approved for 2.0 SHRM Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CPSM or SHRM-SCPSM recertification. Learn more at www.shrmcertification.org.
California MCLE Credit: Earn 2.0 hours of "General" California MCLE credit to support your professional growth.

Don't miss this opportunity to equip yourself with the knowledge and insights needed to navigate the ever-evolving legal landscape. Register now and ensure your workplace remains compliant and informed in 2024.

AGENDA

8:30 AM - Registration and continental breakfast

9:00 AM - Workshop begins

10:00 AM - Break

11:00 AM - Adjournment

Who Should Attend:
> Business Owners
> HR Teams
> Human Resource Managers
> Retail Manager

Daniel F. Pyne III
Dan Pyne is Co-chair of Hopkins & Carley’s Employment & Labor Law Practice and has served as the firm’s Deputy Managing Shareholder for ten years. Dan’s clients include businesses and executives in the technology, manufacturing, professional services, hospitality, and agriculture industries, as well as non-profit organizations. He has served as lead counsel for his clients in both state and federal courts at both the trial and appellate levels.

Eric C. Bellafronto
Eric Bellafronto is Co-chair of Hopkins & Carley’s Employment & Labor Law Practice. He represents public and private clients in litigation, arbitration, mediation, and agency hearings involving a wide array of employment law issues: Eric also provides advice and counsel to clients in all areas of employment law and assists with the drafting and implementation of personnel policies and procedures, designed to avoid litigation and ensure compliance with increasingly complicated legal requirements. He also routinely develops and presents training programs to managers regarding compliance with the law, risk reduction, and improving employee performance and morale.

Check out this testimonial from one of our previous attendees:
"At The Glass Jar, we make it a practice to send our HR staff to a labor law workshop each year to learn what's new and important. Having attended several different workshops organized by groups such as CalChamber and the California Restaurant Association, we have found the Hopkins and Carley workshop by the Santa Cruz County Chamber to be the most engaging, and educational and delivers the most value in 3 hours of any workshop we have attended." - Zach Davis

Please note that we will not be issuing refunds, once you have registered you are liable for the payment of that registration. So please be certain when purchasing. If you have any questions please call us at (831) 457-3713

BEFORE REGISTERING, PLEASE READ!
To register, please follow the instructions below.

- Click on the red “Register” button.
- Click the blue “Login” button in the upper right corner on the next screen. After you enter your username and password, click login, then proceed with the registration form.
- If you do not have your login or password information feel free to use the “Forgot Password” feature to retrieve your password via the email you have on file with the Chamber.

If you still have technical issues please feel free to call (831) 457-3713 or email administration@santacruzchamber.org