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=> Federal News Straight from the Capitol
=> California Legislation
=> Informative Articles
=> Feature Article - What Employers Can do to Prevent Sexual Harassment
=> Services - What Does APSCREEN do?
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FEDERAL NEWS - Straight from The Capitol
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Senate Passes Legislation To Improve National Firearms Background Check System
The Senate Wednesday unanimously passed legislation designed to improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), the country’s foremost background check system for gun purchases.
KIDS Act Will Protect Children from Sex Offenders
Social networking websites such as MySpace and Facebook as well as instant messaging like AOL and Google have become a chief means of communication for many children today.
Special Elections, a Spin Festival
While Tuesday's special elections in Ohio's 5th District and Virginia's 1st District ended the way that most special elections do -- as "holds" for the defending party that did not alter the partisan composition of the U.S. House of Representatives -- they are already providing fodder for Republican and Democratic spin‑meisters.
H.R.797 Blinded Veterans Paired Organ Act of 2007
An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve low-vision benefits matters, matters relating to burial and memorial affairs, and other matters under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
House Prepares to Authorize $696.4 Billion for Security, Revise Bush’s PlanThe House is expected to adopt a defense authorization conference report Wednesday or Thursday that would authorize well over half a trillion dollars in national security spending while significantly rewriting the White House’s defense plan. Immigration Bill Spooks Patent Bar Members of the patent bar have joined the immigration reform debate. A bill being debated by the Senate Judiciary Committee that would transfer jurisdiction over appeals of deportation orders from the regional court of appeals to the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has ignited cries of protests from patent lawyers. House Passes Tax Bill After Procedural Protests
The House on Friday passed an $82.5 billion tax bill that would extend expiring tax breaks for a year and shield millions of Americans from exposure to the alternative minimum tax.
House Passes Bill to Create National Registry of Convicted Arsonists
Two House lawmakers from fire-struck California won approval this week for legislation to set up a national registry to track convicted arsonists.
US House passes bill protecting gay workers from discrimination
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 235-184 [roll call] in favor of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act [HR 3685 materials], legislation that would extend protections against workplace discrimination to gays, lesbians, and bisexuals.
H.R.3920 Trade and Globalization Act of 2007
Trade and Globalization Act of 2007 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to allow the filing of a petition with the Secretary of Labor for certification of eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA) by adversely affected workers in a service sector...
House Readies Measure to Aid Laid-off Workers
Bush has proposed changes in the Fair Labor Standards Act that raise the income ceiling for workers to automatically qualify for time-and-a-half overtime pay
Longtime Democratic Sen. Joseph R. Biden of Delaware said Thursday he’s witnessed attempts by presidents in the last 30-odd years to expand health coverage accessibility and lower costs, but it is America’s next president who is best positioned to make health care coverage for all Americans a reality.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATION - News for California Companies
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On Thursday, a three-judge panel appeared likely to uphold a provision of San Francisco's health care access program that would require employers to spend a certain amount on health care, either in coverage for their workers or in payments to the city Funding Pensions and Retiree Health Care for California Public Employees The mission of the Commission was to] send a report to the Governor and Legislature that: Identifies the full amount of post-employment health care and dental benefits for which California governments are liable and which remain unfunded. Evaluates and compares various approaches for addressing governments' unfunded retirement health care and pension obligations.
Health Reform Comes Slowly for California Excerpt: "Expanding health coverage to the uninsured requires some funding mechanism. One route is a broad-based tax. That's both unpopular and risky: Employers, who are the main providers of health insurance, may decide to drop coverage and let government pick up that burden.
Best Practices for Employers Offering Personal Health RecordsExcerpt: "While a number of companies already offer PHRs, consumer concerns about privacy safeguards and regulatory uncertainty persist.
Overview of New State Legislation Affecting California Employers in 2008 The 2007 session of the California Legislature produced a number of new laws which will impact the state's private sector employers in the coming year. Below is an overview of those laws we view as most significant. The laws will become effective January 1, 2008, unless noted otherwise.
IRS Retirement News for Employers Is an Automatic Contribution Feature Right for Your Plan?; Common Errors Uncovered in Audits of SEP and SIMPLE IRA Plans; Recent Guidance; Did You Receive a Form 5500 Delinquency Notice?; Form 5500 Filing Relief Due to California Wildfires; Determination Letter Program Halted for Some Defined Contribution Plans; 2008 Retirement Plan Limits Announced; Fixing Common Plan Mistakes: Correcting a Failure to Effect Employee Deferral Elections; Product Profile: 403(b) Checklist
Key California Employment-Related Legislative Developments of 2007
In October 2007 Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed 22 employment-related proposed laws that would have significantly impacted California employers. Nevertheless, a handful of bills of which employers need to be aware were signed into law.
What Employers Can do to Prevent Sexual Harassment
Employers play a key role in preventing sexual harassment. It is the legal obligation of an employer to see to it that his employees are safe from any unwelcome sexual conduct in the workplace.
Employers play a key role in preventing sexual harassment in the workplace. It is the legal obligation of an employer to see to it that his employees and workers are safe from any unwelcome sexual conduct in the workplace. If allowed to occur, sexual harassment does not only mean bad business sense; it could also lead to poor employee morale, poor productivity, and lawsuits.
THE SUE WEAVER CAUSE
Cathy Sue Weaver was raped and beaten to death in her suburban Orlando, Florida, home on August 27, 2001. With the intent of destroying any evidence, her killer then set her home on fire.
Six months prior to her death, Sue had contracted with a major department store to have the air ducts in her home cleaned. Unbeknownst to her, both of the men sent on the service call had criminal records. One of the men was a twice-convicted sex offender on parole. Six months later he returned to rape and murder Sue.
The Sue Weaver Cause promotes consumer awareness of unsafe service employment. Join us in making criminal background checks required on all workers sent to peoples' homes.
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SERVICES: What we do at APSCREEN
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Employment Background Checks, Tenant Screening and Employee Locates
Read our most recent press release, APSCREEN Tests U.S. Department of Justice Sex Offender Website
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APSCREEN WEBSITES
If you haven't seen the main information site for APSCREEN yet, take a look at http://www.Apscreen.com/
In case you haven't heard, APSCREEN provides a FREE National Sex Offender Registry service to protect our children.
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