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Federal Laws
General U.S. government Website - FedWorld - http://www.fedworld.gov/
General legal information site - U.S. and state laws - http://www.law.cornell.edu/
FERPA - general information & links - http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/index.html
Code of Federal Regulations - http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&tpl=%2Findex.tpl
U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) - Home Page: http://www.dol.gov
U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) - Required Posters: http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/osdbu/sbrefa/poster/matrix.htm
DOL - Small Business Compliance Assistance - http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/osdbu/sbrefa/main.htm
DOL - Wage and Hour Division - http://www.dol.gov/whd/
DOL - Wage-Hour Regulations - http://www.dol.gov/dol/cfr/Title_29/Chapter_V.htm
DOL - OSHA - http://www.osha.gov/
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - http://www.eeoc.gov/
USCIS and I-9 information - http://www.uscis.gov/i-9
I-9 Form - http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-9.pdf
USCIS Employer Info - http://uscis.gov/graphics/services/employerinfo/index.htm
Federal Trade Commission - Fair Credit Reporting Act information - http://www.ftc.gov
Social Security Administration - verification of SSNs - http://www.ssa.gov/employer/ssnv.htm
IRS Home Page - http://www.irs.gov
National Labor Relations Board - http://www.nlrb.gov
Federal courts - http://www.uscourts.gov/courtlinks/
Job descriptions - http://www.dol.state.ga.us/em/faq_em.htm (scroll down to "Occupational Information")
U.S. Small Business Administration (Texas) - http://www.sba.gov/tx/
Texas Laws
Texas - Home Page - http://www.texas.gov
Texas.gov - Business Resources - http://www.texas.gov/en/discover/Pages/topic.aspx?topicid=/business
Texas - State Laws - http://www.legis.state.tx.us/
Texas - State Regulations - http://www.sos.state.tx.us/tac/index.shtml
Texas Courts - http://www.courts.state.tx.us
Texas Department of Insurance - Workers’ Compensation Employer Requirements/Resources - http://www.tdi.texas.gov/wc/employer/index.html
Texas Attorney General's Office - http://www.oag.state.tx.us
State of Texas New Hire Program - https://portal.cs.oag.state.tx.us/wps/portal/employer
Texas Association of Business - http://www.txbiz.org
Nat’l Federation of Independent Business (Texas) - http://www.nfib.com/page/homeTX.html
Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) - http://www.texasworkforce.org/
TWC Employer Page - http://www.texasworkforce.org/customers/bemp/bemp.html
TWC Tax Department Page - http://www.texasworkforce.org/customers/bemp/bempsub3.html
TWC Labor Law Page - http://www.texasworkforce.org/ui/lablaw/lablaw.html
Tax Credits for Hiring - http://www.twc.state.tx.us/svcs/wotc/wotc.html
Required Posters - http://www.twc.state.tx.us/ui/lablaw/posters.html
This book online - http://www.twc.state.tx.us/news/efte/tocmain.html