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Retail, tech and other business trade groups unleashed sharp criticism at a privacy ballot initiative today for the first time, warning of new costs for businesses trying to weather the pandemic-induced recession.

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, endorsed Michelle Steel for election to the United States House of

The Sacramento Press Club hosted a virtual forum on Tuesday, June 9, focused on the future of Assembly Bill 5, the law that aims to require companies to reclassify hundreds of thousands of workers as employees, rather than independent contractors. You can watch the forum on Facebook at the Sacramento Press Club’s Facebook page.

In a four-minute interview State Director John Kabateck tells listeners that small businesses have been put on the hook for COVID-19 workers’ compensation claims that can’t be proved if the virus was contracted at their places of business.

In one of the most event-filled weeks of the past two months, State Director John Kabateck discusses state and federal effects on Main Street in a five-minute interview for listeners of the Mottek on Money Show. Kabateck’s interview starts at the 23:02 mark.

As businesses continue to face unprecedented financial challenges due to the COVID-19 economic downturn, many of those receiving Paycheck Protection (PPP) loans hope new rules pass on how the funding can be applied.

The U.S. House on Thursday overwhelmingly backed the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020, which is designed to accommodate the evolving needs of business owners while still providing PPP loan forgiveness.

As lawmakers pursue expanding liability protections for businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a poll by the National Federation for Independent Business (NFIB) finds nearly 70% of small business owners concerned about an increase in liability litigation.

Many businesses are eager to reopen, but the liability issues present a potential roadblock.

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, today endorsed Young Kim for election to the United States of Representatives on behalf of small businesses in California’s 39th Congressional District.

Proponents of a newly-proposed privacy initiative, the so-called California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), claim to have enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot. The actual number of qualifying signatures may be close, based on my experience with previous initiatives.

San Francisco is slowly starting to reopen after weeks of shelter-in-place rules due to COVID-19. Retail stores in San Francisco, forced to close two months ago, are now allowed to offer curbside pickup of everything from clothing to cookware.

If the economic turmoil caused by the pandemic lasts past Memorial Day, which seems certain, about half of all small businesses could be in danger of failing, an April survey by the National Federation of Independent Business found. More than 6 in 10 could fold if the damage lasts until Labor Day.

California’s minimum wage increases will continue as planned, having escaped the chopping block in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised 2020-21 budget.