Kalb's Q&A for Contractors - Week of May 16, 2011
By David Kalb, President of Capitol Services, Inc.
Often the language used in government regulations is unclear. As an expert who works with these rules regularly, I am ‘pumped up’ and will make this contractor’s question understandable. I will help another contractor ‘find’ the honest answer to his question about ‘referrals’…
SACRAMENTO UPDATE - Week of May 13, 2011
from Kevin Pedrotti, Legislative Advocate Golden State Builders Exchanges
Legislature
Fewer policy committees this week as the legislature’s fiscal committees gear up to decide the fate of hundreds of bills. It will be interesting if any bill with even modest state costs survive.
Too major bills were acted upon this week:
Kalb's Q&A for Contractors - Week of May 9, 2011
By David Kalb, President of Capitol Services, Inc.
It’s probably not a ‘shock’ to hear government is short on funds, but what does this mean for enforcement of contractor’s rules in California? We’ll investigate how this may affect your workers in the field. Another contractor’s question helps define how an ‘out of state’ company could partner with your contracting business…
SACRAMENTO UPDATE – May 5, 2011
from Kevin Pedrotti, Legislative Advocate for the Golden State Builders Exchanges
Legislature
It was a mixed bag this week for the many bills being worked on for GSBE. Much of the regulation reform movement supported by business was bottled up in committee. Below is summary of some, but not all of bills acted on this week:
Fixed Priced Contracts
Final Rule on I-9 Documents
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued a final rule updating the list of documents that can be accepted for the Form I-9 process.
The final ruling eliminates forms I-688, I-688A, and I-688B from List A, the list of approved documents employees can present to show both identity and employment authorization.