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ADVISORY/California Chamber of Commerce director of insurance and employee relations to testify before the Senate Industrial Relations Committee.


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ADVISORY...for Thursday (March 23)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHAT: Julianne Broyles, California Chamber of Commerce director of insurance and employee relations, will testify before the Senate Industrial Relations industrial relations
pl.n.
Relations between the management of an industrial enterprise and its employees.


industrial relations
Noun, pl

the relations between management and workers
 Committee tomorrow in San Jose San Jose, city, United States
San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850.
 and urge state legislators to use extreme caution before enacting policies that could hamstring Silicon Valley's high tech companies.

Silicon Valley companies are successful because they are creative, lean and nimble, and able to respond to changing market demands quickly. Efforts to limit the use of independent contractors A person who contracts to do work for another person according to his or her own processes and methods; the contractor is not subject to another's control except for what is specified in a mutually binding agreement for a specific job.  and to regulate the relationships between employers and workers will stifle the innovation that has resulted in California's booming economy and defined California's high tech community.

WHO: Julianne Broyles, Director of Insurance and Employee Relations

WHERE: Thursday, March 23, 2000, 1:00 p.m.

Mexican Heritage Plaza The Mexican Heritage Plaza is a museum and cultural center in San José, California, USA that opened in 1999. It is operated by the Mexican Heritage Corp., which has sponsored the International Mariachi Festival and Conference every summer since 1992 , 1700 Alum Rock Alum Rock may refer to:
  • Alum Rock, California, USA (was a town, is now a neighborhood of San Jose, California)
  • Alum Rock Park in San Jose, California
  • Alum Rock, Birmingham is an area in the UK, two miles east of Birmingham's city centre.
 Ave., San Jose, CA

BACKGROUND: With significant annual job growth and wages that far exceed the state's average, Silicon Valley's high tech industry has played a major role in California's economic expansion. Tomorrow's forum is a perfect setting to address the resulting social issues that have come from the explosive growth, lack of affordable housing and gridlocked grid·lock  
n.
1. A traffic jam in which no vehicular movement is possible, especially one caused by the blockage of key intersections within a grid of streets.

2.
 highways. Broyles will discuss legislation supported by the California Chamber to build more affordable housing near the job centers, helping to reduce sprawl and traffic congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load.

congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity.
.

The California Chamber is the largest broad-based employer representative in California. Membership is nearly 12,000 and includes firms of all sizes and companies from every industry throughout the state. The California Chamber also offers publications and services to help California businesses comply with both state and federal employment law. The California Chamber also promotes international trade and investment in order to stimulate California's economy and create new jobs. Please visit our website at www.calchamber.com.
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