The final tally is in from the California Legislature’s annual session, with half a dozen bills awaiting Gov. Newsom’s signature that would hinder how business owners schedule, hire and insure their employees.

The bill to pay unemployment benefits to striking workers from a burdened insurance system also passed.

These six “Job Killers” identified by the California Chamber of Commerce are what remain from another business-unfriendly legislative session:

SB 365 (Wiener; D-San Francisco)
Discriminates against use of arbitration agreements by requiring trial courts to continue trial proceedings even if there is an appeal pending on whether the case should instead be compelled to arbitration.

SB 616 (Gonzalez; D-Long Beach)
Imposes new costs and leave requirements on employers of all sizes by more than doubling the existing paid sick leave mandate to five days.

SB 627 (Smallwood-Cuevas; D-Los Angeles)
Imposes an onerous and stringent process to hire employees within one year after an establishment’s closure based on seniority alone for nearly every industry, including hospitals, retail, restaurants and movie theaters, which will delay hiring and eliminates contracts for at-will employment.

SB 799 (Portantino; D-Burbank)
SB 799 will allow striking workers to claim unemployment insurance (UI) benefits when they choose to strike. Because the UI Fund is paid for entirely by employers, SB 799 will effectively add more debt onto California employers. Moreover, SB 799 will effectively force employers to subsidize strikes at completely unrelated businesses because the UI Fund’s debt adds taxes for all employers, regardless of whether they’ve had a strike.

AB 524 (Wicks; D-Oakland)
Exposes employers to costly litigation under the Fair Employment and Housing Act by asserting that any adverse employment action was in relation to the employee’s family caregiver status, which is broadly defined to include any employee who contributes to the care of any person of their choosing, and creates a de facto accommodation requirement that will burden small businesses.

AB 647 (Holden; D-Pasadena)
Significantly expands statute related to successor grocery employers, including disrupting ability for independent small stores to join together, expands number of workers covered under the law, and creates a significant new private right of action.