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Paid sick leave (PSL) questions continue to trouble many employers who want to comply, but are unsure about certain parts of the law.

To highlight several lesser-known aspects of the PSL benefit and provide practical tips to follow, the California Chamber of Commerce has released a Capitol News Report video, along with an info graphic.

The latest CalChamber Capitol News Report, featuring Erika Frank, CalChamber Vice President, Legal Affairs and General Counsel, and Jeff Belaski, general manager of the Waffle Experience, calls attention to how the PSL policy is implemented, accrual methods, recordkeeping and penalties.

1. The Law Covers Most Employers And EmployeesEven though the PSL law received a lot of press, some businesses still

seem surprised about the new law, perhaps thinking it does not apply to them.

Unlike other leave laws, such as the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) or Federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), there is no size requirement before the PSL law applies to a company. The law applies to all employers, big and small.

2. Even If You Had A Generous Policy In The Past, It May Need RevisingSome employers may be under the impression that if they already had a generous paid sick leave or paid time off (PTO) policy in place, they don’t need to do anything to comply with the new PSL law. But this is probably not true.

3. You Can Use Different Methods For Different Groups Of EmployeesEmployers have various options

for providing the sick leave benefit. Generally speaking, these divide themselves into accrual options (such as the option to provide one hour for every 30 hours worked) and a lump-sum option where the employer places the full amount of leave (three days/24 hours) in the employee’s leave bank at the beginning of each year of employment, calendar year or 12-month period.

4. You Can Cap Accrual And Limit The Amount Of Time An Employee Can TakeIf your company chooses to use an accrual method, you should consider whether you want to impose a cap on how much PSL an employee can accrue. Under the statutory accrual method of one hour per every 30 hours worked, full-time employees will accrue nearly nine days of paid sick leave each year. Those days will carry over to the next year and

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ContentsA Letter from the Chairman of the Board

Get to know your Board - Edgar W. Reece

Village Venture Marketing Opportunities

Month in Review

Celebrating our Chamber Members

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We are now in the Dog Days of Summer everyone, a time of year I fantasize about being on an empty, white sand beach sipping something cold and letting my mind and body relax. Shut down and re-charge yourself people! I hope many of you have or will be doing that for yourselves, your loved ones and your business, since a tired and run-down ‘you’ isn’t healthy in the long run!

I would like to remind you that our Chamber Committees are open to everyone. Stop by a meeting and see if a particular one is the right fit, no obligation! Then join up as new blood is always welcomed and certainly needed. All the information you need is on the Chamber website. Check it out.

Now back to those Dog Days….no, doesn’t have to do with real dogs, it has to do with the stars. The Greeks and Romans noticed

that this typically hot time of year is when the dog star Sirius was overhead. And often, bad things would happen. Well, we always worry about triple digits and forest fires with the heat, so that’s right on. So let’s hope for no fires, the AC to continue to work, and maybe a nice beach!

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Thank you.Nikki Coulas, J. N. Coulas & Associates

Business NewsOfficial Publication of the Claremont Chamber of Commerce

Executive Committee ChairNikki Coulas, J. N. Coulas & AssociatesChair-ElectKim Peeples, Vom FassTreasurerSusan Pearson, The Bath WorkshopPast ChairSal Medina, Packing House Wines Member at LargeRandy Lopez, Ophelia’s Jump Productions

Board of DirectorsSam Acuna, Claremont Print Susan Emerson, Wheeler Steffen Sotheby's International RealtyJames Elsasser, Ed.D., Claremont Unified School DistrictLarry Grable, Service Center for Independent LifeTim Harrison, Broadview MortgageKatherine Hauser Rubel, Claremont University ConsortiumJohn Howland, Buxbaum & ChakmakJoey Medeiros, Nuno’s Bistro & BarEmily Moultrie, Claremont Craft AlesSam Pedroza, Mayor Edgar W. Reece, ISN Global Enterprises, Inc.Michael Reis, Southland Data ProcessingEugene Washington, Academy Pest ControlBruno Windegger, Saca's Mediterranean Cuisine

Chamber Committee ChairsClaremont Young Professionals Co-ChairsBenjamin Fox, ISN Global Enterprises, Inc.Joey Medeiros, Nuno’s Bistro & Bar

Government Relations/Economic DevelopmentJohn Howland, Buxbaum & Chakmak

AmbassadorsCindy Rainey, Rotary Club of Claremont-Sunrise

Marketing/PRBruno Windegger, Saca's Mediterranean Cuisine

A Letter from the Chairman of the Board

Contact UsClaremont Chamber

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My full name is…Edgar William Reece

My business has been a Chamber Member for…Seventeen years.

Along with being on the Chamber Board, I am currently…Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors for Reece Corp. Founder & Chairman of Reece Community Initiatives, Inc., Chairman of the Police Commission for the City of Claremont, Non-Executive Chairman & President of CPHOA, Inc., President of the Claremont Crime Prevention Coalition (CCPC), Vice-President of the Board of Trustees for the Inland Valley Repertory Theater (IVRT), Statewide Leadership Volunteer as for the American Cancer Society, California Division, Legislative Ambassador for the ACS Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), Member of the Development Committee for Claremont After-School Programs, Inc. (CLASP)

If I could change professions, I would…I would be the Dog Whisperer.

If I were to tell one person "Thank You" for helping me become the person I am today, it would be…One person is too hard. I would want to thank my family for providing me with the opportunity

to excel in life through the experiences learned in childhood.

Most people don’t know…That I am cancer survivor, bilingual in English and Spanish, an open water diver, and that I almost died from a live grenade at the age of 7.

To recharge I…I go to the movies, travel the world, scuba dive, eat at fine restaurants, be entertained by live theatre productions, and of course, exploring new technology.

The most important lesson I've learned in the last year is…That success is not easy but can be very rewarding.

A place have I never been, but would like to travel most is…The Mediterranean

The characteristic I most admire in others is…I admire people who are self-motivated.

The one thing/person I would want with me if I were stranded on a desert island is…A functional satellite phone.

I became a Board Member because…I enjoy serving my community in various capacities. It is my hope that my experiences would be of value to the Chamber and that I could also learn from other community leaders.

My favorite part about being a Claremont Chamber Member is…Meeting many different business and community professionals, understanding their organizations, and helping them to achieve their business goal through technology.

My advice to young entrepreneurs is…To never stop learning and moving forward, always be open to change, have a core group of advisors that can guide you, and celebrate your successes.

Get to Know Your BoardEdgar W. Reece


Tamika AdamsIVRT - Inland Valley Repertory Theatre, Inc.

Claremont, CA - Cafeteria platforms and erected stages fill with the clamor of small shoes and wringing hands. As sweat collects in clammy palms, minds race to keep tempo and words straight. These common memories of childhood call back to school plays and holiday performances of grade school days of old. Rites of passage and trials for the shy, performing arts frequently enter conversation with how to develop and stimulate youth.

To see if these effects continued as students matured, the University of Arkansas conducted a study in 2014 to find if absorbing theater in various forms had a measurable result. Student of varying demographics were placed into

control groups by theatrical mediums: read-only, viewing film-adaption, and attendance to a live production. The study found that the students who saw the live performance had experienced positive effects over the other two control groups.

“We determined from this research that seeing live theater produced positive effects that reading a play or watching a movie of the play does not produce,” said Jay Greene, professor of education reform at UARK. Greene emphasizes that play are written with the intent to be viewed by a live audience. She also states that given the content, the babysitter should have the night off. “You can’t always take your kids but if you can, you should.”

Stories can be produced for mass audiences in film-form but

the impact is less visceral than live theater. Greene argues, “…it doesn’t engage the viewer in the same ways.” Survey were administered to the students six weeks after the event. The live performance control groups improved their knowledge and understanding of the play by a large margin over the other groups. More than 94 percent of the live-attendance knew details of the featured plays such as who Hamlet’s allies where and enhanced language acquisition for phrases like “humbug” and “destitute” after viewing A Christmas Carol. Perhaps the most telling and seemingly immeasurable find was that the performance student began to build more tolerance after the initial exposure to the plays. The questionnaires challenged the students to see if certain behaviors would be acceptable in society Overwhelming, the students answered more with critical thinking to challenge the statusquo and against negative

Benefits for Viewing

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continue to accrue unless you impose a cap.

5. Paid Sick Leave Can Be Used For Many Different Family MembersPSL isn’t just for your employee to use when he or she is sick. Your employee also can use PSL to care for a child, parent (including parent-in-law), spouse, registered domestic partner, grandparent, grandchild or sibling.PSL may also be used by an employee who is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking.

6. Paid Sick Leave Is Protected: Check Your Attendance PoliciesPSL is protected time off. Employers can’t retaliate or discriminate against employees who use or try to use PSL.Employers will want to look at any absence control policies they have in place.

7. No Doctor’s Note RequiredThe law states that PSL must be

provided when an employee makes a verbal or written request for the time off. If the need for time off is foreseeable, the employee must provide reasonable advance notice. If not, notice must be provided “as soon as practicable.”Unless certification is required pursuant to another leave law, no provision in the PSL law specifically allows an employer to require medical certification for paid sick time.

8. You Can Choose Between Various Options For Paying Employees For The Time OffPSL must be paid no later than the payday for the next regular payroll period after the sick leave was taken.

Employers can use one of three methods to calculate how to pay employees who take paid sick time.

9. You Have Recordkeeping ObligationsThe PSL law requires you to keep

records documenting the hours the employee worked, the paid sick days accrued by the employee and the paid sick days used by the employee for at least three years.

10. Watch Out For Local OrdinancesSeveral cities, including San Diego, San Francisco, Emeryville, Oakland, and Los Angeles enacted local ordinances providing for PSL. Employers with businesses in a city with a local PSL ordinance need to comply with both the state and the local law. For each provision, protection or benefit, employers will need to provide employees whichever is more generous to the employee.

HR Watchdog (2016, July 21), 10 Things Businesses Might Not Know About California’s Paid Sick Leave Law, HR Watchdog, CalChamber's Employment Law Blog, Retrieved from http://hrwatchdog.calchamber.com/2016/07/10-things-ca-paid-sick-leave/

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Claremont, CAChelsea PearsonService Center for Independent Life (SCIL)

Did you know that we can help Claremont seniors live independently in their homes and avoid being forced into nursing homes? We recently received a grant from the City of Claremont to help with the purchase and installation of grab bars, wheelchair ramps and shower chairs in the homes of Claremont seniors.

At times, something as simple as having one grab bar installed in the restroom can mean the difference of someone being able to remain in their home instead of being forced to leave. Long term care costs are outrageous but regardless if someone can afford

it, long term care in a nursing home is usually not the way someone wants to live out the rest of their life.

The six activities of daily living that the insurance companies use to determine the type of long term care an individual needs are eating, bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring and continence. When we visit an individual’s home we look at their ability to perform these six activities of daily living.

Grab bars installed throughout the

home are the most common need we encounter. Our main goal at SCIL is to increase the independence of people with disabilities and seniors so we are very grateful and excited to be given this opportunity to make a positive difference in the

community.

We also would like to thank the Claremont Chamber of Commerce, ISN Global and everyone who came out to support us at the Claremont Chamber Charity Bowling Event.

For more information about this article and/or for more ways to be involved with some of Claremont's Senior Services, contact the Service Center for Independent Life (SCIL) at (909) 621-6722.

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responses to differing cultural identity.

The benefits of theater don’t simply dissipate as you pass through stages in your life. The same essential behaviors and attitude that create better students also foster a balanced and healthy adult. Here are ways the relevance of theater can impact your daily-life:

1. As mentioned above, theater creates empathic listeners. Theater-goers statically can access more emotions that otherwise would not be commonly felt. This would benefit our personal and business lives which leads to our next positive!

2. With better functioning relationships, student attendees also cited decreases in stress levels.With clear expectations and an elevated tolerance, the mind can compartmentalize stressors more easily. Lower stress promotes better quality of sleep and better organ

function according to the American Psychology Association.

3. Theatre helps us understand people from cultures other than our own. We can learn a lot about people from cultures all around the world by studying their performance traditions. In doing so, we can learn to be less ethnocentric, and more accepting of others.

4. There is something to be said for the healing properties of comedy. The Mayo Foundation for Medical Education published research in 2016 stating that laughter can soothe muscle tension, stimulates oxygen intake in the lungs and heart increasing endorphins, and even boosts the immune system to toxins in the body.

5. Like the mention for the performance students, audiences viewing live theater are actively listening. When an individual actively listens, they develop a bond with the material which connects to

sense memory. When these areas of the brain are activated more often, brain elasticity remains. These effects are said to increase neural function and long-term memory.

The call of live performance does not fade for those who are bitten by this artful insect. Cultural enrichment matters. It produces measurable and lasting benefits for everyone involved. So do that! Get involved with a performing arts organization in your community. You can support local arts knowing you can benefit in more ways than you thought possible.

Inland Valley Repertory Theatre Company (IVRT) was founded in 1990, by Frank & Donna Marie Minano, with the goal of presenting high quality local theatrical productions to promote the talents of aspiring actors of all ages. For more information about this article and/or for more ways to be involved some of Claremont's theater community, contact IVRT (Inland Valley Repertory Theatre) at (909) 859-4878.

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