Message from the President-Chair  
September 25, 2017 
On September 20, 2017, at the Rancho Cucamonga City Council meeting, Mayor L Dennis Michael made a proclamation to the Rancho Cucamonga Chamber of Commerce recognizing Friday, October 6, 2017 as Manufacturing Day in the city. Here’s an excerpt from the Mayor’s proclamation:

               “WHEREAS, by working with the Chamber of Commerce, educational institutions, and the business community during and after Manufacturing Day, we hope to improve the general public’s perception of manufacturing careers and the industry’s value to the local, state, and national economy.”

Local manufacturers and industrial businesses are an integral part of our business community and they   ...   Read More...
Made in Rancho
In recognition of Manufacturing Day in North America and the proclamation in the City of Rancho Cucamonga on the importance of local manufacturing and industrial businesses on its economy, the Rancho Cucamonga Chamber of Commerce is holding a “Made in Rancho” event on Wednesday, October 4, from 10am to 2pm at Central Park’s Community Center. Manufacturers can showcase their products made in the city or share information about their company to business professionals. To reserve your space and to learn more about this event, contact the Chamber Office at 909-987-1012.
BCN Breakfast
Thursday, September 28th
Ribbon Cutting
Total Transportation & Distribution
Join the Rancho Cucamonga Chamber of Commerce as we attend the Grand Opening/Ribbon cutting of Total Transportation & Distribution at 3:00 pm on Tuesday, October 3rd. We anticipate a number of officials from local community groups and representatives from county and state agencies joining us.

Meet our Director of
Operations and Membership
October BCN Luncheon
Thursday, October 5th
Registration starts at 11:30
Event 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Guest Speaker:
Glenn Hansen from Hansen House Communication





Thank you to
our President
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CalChamber’s Recommendation on Pending Legislation on the Governor’s Desk
SB 63:  The California Chamber of Commerce is urging members to ask the Governor to veto a job killer bill mandating that small businesses provide a new protected leave of absence. Last week, the Legislature sent  SB 63 (Jackson; D-Santa Barbara)  to Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.

The CalChamber and a coalition of business groups and local chambers of commerce have been  opposing SB 63   because it unduly burdens and increases costs of small employers with as few as 20 employees by requiring 12 weeks of protected employee leave for child bonding. It also exposes employers to the threat of costly litigation.

The recent amendments do not limit the bill’s cost or employers’ exposure to litigation. The Governor vetoed a similar, but narrower, proposal just last year.
 
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AB 1209:  Legislation making it easier for plaintiffs’ lawyers to file pay equity lawsuits passed the Legislature last week and now awaits action by the Governor.
AB 1209 (Gonzalez Fletcher; D-San Diego )  seeks to publicly shame employers for wage disparities that do not violate the law. Throughout the legislative session, it has been  opposed  as a job killer by the California Chamber of Commerce and a coalition of employer associations and local chambers of commerce.

In 2015, the CalChamber and California Legislative Women’s Caucus celebrated compromise legislation that modernized the state’s equal pay law and was touted as the strongest such law in the nation.

The current law makes plain that the standard for equal wages is “substantially similar work,” not just the job title or description. It also carefully allocates the litigation burdens between the employee and employer.

Ideally, an employee must prove he/she is performing substantially similar work and is receiving unequal wages. The burden then shifts to the employer to establish a legitimate factor—such as education, experience, seniority, merit or geography—for the wage disparity. An employer that cannot show a legitimate reason for the wage gap has violated the law.

AB 1209 requires many private employers and nonprofits to collect data on salaries of all well-paid white collar employees. The statistics for each job title or classification must be analyzed and recategorized according to whether the job duties are substantially similar. Businesses would deliver the data to the Secretary of State to be posted on a publicly accessible website.

Legitimate reasons for pay differentials would not be highlighted in the database. The CalChamber is urging members to  contact the Governor  and ask him to  veto AB 1209 .

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21st Annual Vintners
Friday,
November 17, 2017
5:30 pm - 11:00 pm

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2000 E Convention
Center Way
Ontario, CA 91764



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