Laws Affecting WIB
Read the good, the bad, and the ugly about laws and legal decisions that have an impact on women in business and women in the workplace.
6 Ways to Protest CPSIA Product Testing Laws
CPSIA law requires anyone who makes products for children to comply with strict third party testing regulations. Learn how you can protest laws that now require individuals and small business owners to perform extensive and expensive product testing.
Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act and Resellers of Children’s Products
Consumer Product Safety Commission guidelines for resellers of children’s products under the Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act.
FAQs - What is the Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act?
The Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act took effect February 10, 2009. If you make homemade crafts or products for children 12 and under you need to know about this important Act the regulates selling AND donating handmade goods.
A New Challenge For Women in Business
Congress appropriates no funding to the SBA to create new business development centers for women beginning in fiscal year 2009.
20th Anniversary of H.R. 5050 - The Women's Business Ownership Act
The Women's Business Ownership Act was passed in 1988 with the help of the National Association Women Business Owners (NAWBO) to address the needs of women in business by giving women entrepreneurs recognition, resources, and by eliminating discriminatory lending practices by banks that favored male business owners.
Glossary of Bills and Laws - H.R. 2831 - Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
What is the status of the H.R. 2831: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007? Sponsors and co-sponsors of H.R. 2831: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007
What The Lilly Ledbetter Act of 2009 Means to Workers and Employers
On 01/29/09 President Obama signed a new law nullifying a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that made it harder for workers to take legal action against employers who underpaid them on the basis of sex or other discriminatory reasons. Who is Lilly Ledbetter and what does this new law mean to workers and employers?
Amnesty International
A nonprofit agency that applies political pressure and various peaceful campaign tactics against countries throughout the world (including the United States.) Amnesty International focuses on a wide array of human rights, including abolishing the death penalty, human trafficking, false arrests and imprisonment, etc.
Michelle Obama Stands Up For Workplace Flexibility
Learn how Michelle Obama is turning the focus on work-life balance for "breadwinners, mothers, sons, and daughters." Read why Michelle Obama is standing up for workplace flexibility.
Lost Your Affiliate Income in California? Alternatives to Affiliate Income
California Internet Sale Tax Laws - Affiliate ad program sponsors from Amazon to Linkshare to Barns and Noble have rescinded affiliate privileges to every single California website owner. If you lost your affiliate income here are alternatives to earn money from your website, and Jerry Brown's contact information if you want to tell him what you...
Maternity Leave Benefits, Helpful or Harmful to Women?
Maternity Leave Benefits - A new initiative gives women the right to take a year off from research while holding onto their grants. Is one year of maternity leave reasonable or excessive? Will society suffer if research for new drugs, tech advancement, or cures go on maternity leave?