Job Description Writer
The Job Description Writer helps employers and Workforce Professionals write job descriptions.

O*NET - The Occupational Information Network
The O*NET database and related products will help millions of employers, workers, educators, and students make informed decisions about education, training, career choices, and work.

O*NET OnLine
Find out which jobs fit with your interests, skills, and experience. Explore growth career profiles using the latest available labor market data. Research what it takes to get your dream job. Maximize earning potential and job satisfaction. Know what it takes to be successful in your field and in related occupations.

ONET Academy
To keep pace with the rapidly changing work environment and to keep your knowledge of O*NET fresh, you need high quality training that is relevant, timely and online! From self-paced courses and tutorials, to live webinars, O*NET Academy provides you with high caliber online learning 24 hours a day. School is never closed!

ACT's Workforce Productivity Solutions
ACT's Workforce Productivity Solutions will help your organization keep ahead in today's competitive business environment, with a variety of solutions to increase workforce productivity and improve your bottom line. We provide a full spectrum of workplace assessments training needs analysis and evaluation, consulting services, and computerized testing and training.

AdvisorTeam
Using our sophisticated personality profiling, we help job seekers find the careers they're best suited for and we help employers find the employees best suited for the jobs they have to offer. Our career section is dedicated to finding the employment that best fits your special talents. Take the Keirsey Sorter or I.Q. tests.

BrainBench
Provides a wide variety of skill assessments, some free. Brainbench provides online certification and assessment of more than 200 different skills that drive business success today. All of our skills assessments are web-based, eliminating configuration management and geographical issues from the start, thus decreasing costs and doing business effectively and efficiently.

CPP
CPP provides a variety of tools-such as the Strong Interest Inventory(r) , MBTI(r) , Skills Confidence InventoryTM and Career Beliefs Inventory instruments-that can assist you in career exploration, enrichment, advancement, and transition. These product lines include assessments, training materials, and activities that will address your career management issues.

General Education Development (GED)
GEDonline is the first continuing adult education website dedicated to helping you prepare online for the GED High School Equivalency Diploma Test.

Retention Connection
Retention Connection - Solutions for the Employee Turnover Challenge is designed to provide employers--executives, managers, and human resource professionals--with a wide range of tools to control employee turnover. The products and services available here will enable you to build employee retention…and profit. Workforce stability will be your competitive advantage in the years ahead .

SmartMoves Consulting
Helping you attract, manage and retain your top talent is what SmartMoves is all about. We help you look at your employee challenges systemically, then partner with you to create a strategy and implement a plan that is sustainable, for the long haul.

The WorkKeys®
The WorkKeys® system from ACT helps businesses cut the cost of recruiting, selection, hiring, turnover, training, overtime, and downtime. Employers can identify and develop workers for a wide range of skilled jobs.

Walden Personnel Testing and Consulting
A leader in the development of skills, aptitude and knowledge tests used to assess IT, sales and administrative personnel. Walden tests measure a person's aptitude to perform or to be trained for a given job. There is a fee for this testing.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The EEOC enforces all discrimination laws. EEOC also provides oversight and coordination of all federal equal employment opportunity regulations, practices, and policies. 800-669-4000

Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center
The Job Accommodation Network provides numerous links to ADA resources, including sites regarding such specific disabilities as cancer, hearing impairment, and alcohol and drug related illnesses.

Business Laws.gov
Business.gov guides you through the maze of government rules and regulations … and provides access to services and resources to help you start, grow, and succeed in business.

CalBizCentral
Valuable products to help your business stay compliant with California's Labor Laws.

CALGold
Business Permits Made Simple.

California Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber directs positive action on key legislative and regulatory issues affecting California's economy and the ability of California business to make a profit. Value added services include: the labor law helpline, unemployment cost control service, and the compensation and benefit survey.

Alameda County		Contra Costa County
• Alameda Chamber of Commerce		• Antioch Chamber
• Albany Chamber of Commerce		• Brentwood Chamber of Commerce
• Berkeley Chamber of Commerce		• Concord (Gtr.) Chamber
• Danville Area Chamber		• Dublin Chamber
• Fremont Chamber		• Hercules Chamber of Commerce
• Hayward Chamber		• Lafayette Chamber
• Livermore Chamber		• Martinez Area Chamber
• North Silicon Valley/Newark CC		• Pinole Chamber of Commerce
• Oakland Chamber		• Pittsburg Chamber
• Pleasanton Chamber		• Pleasant Hill Chamber
• San Leandro Chamber		• Richmond Chamber
• Union City Chamber		• San Ramon Chamber
		• Walnut Creek Chamber

California Department of Corporations
The Mission of the California Department of Corporations is to protect and inform California's large and diverse population in the areas of Health Maintenance Organizations, the offer and sale of securities, franchises and off-exchange commodities, and transactions involving certain fiduciaries and lenders regulated by the Department.

California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
This agency is responsible for protecting the people of California from unlawful discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations.

California Department of Industrial Relations
This site offers information on Workers' Compensation, Occupational Safety & Health, Labor Law, prevailing wage determinations, and more.

California Employer Advisory Council
Local Employer Advisory Councils (EAC) provide a contact reference and monthly speakers who provide information on important business issues.

Department of Labor Map
Your guide to local and regional Department of Labor programs and services. Use the map or table to select your state information.

Dept of Labor Child Labor Rules
Federal child labor rules are established by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This Act establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor rules affecting full- and part-time workers in the private sector and in the Federal, state and local governments.

Disability Info
The comprehensive Federal website of disability-related government resourcess.

Disability Nondiscrimination Law Advisor
This Advisor is designed to help employers determine which federal disability nondiscrimination laws apply to their business or organization. The Advisor also helps recipients of federal financial assistance understand their responsibilities under these laws.

Elaws For Small Businesses
The elaws Advisors are interactive tools that provide information about Federal employment laws. Employment laws assistance for workers & small businesses

Employment Development Department/employers
Section for employers. This portion of EDD's webpage will provide you with information on Disability Insurance Information, Employer Advisory Council, Employment Tax Information, Job Recruitment/Referral Services, Labor Market Information, Employer Tool Kit and more.

Employment Law Guide
This Guide describes the statutes and regulations administered by the Department of Labor (DOL) that affect businesses and workers. The Guide is designed mainly for those needing "hands-on" information to develop wage, benefit, safety and health, and nondiscrimination policies for businesses in general industry 1-866-4-USA-Dol

FindLaw for Business
Looking for a business lawyer and don't know where to begin? Perhaps you're interested in learning more about choosing the right legal structure for your business venture, or finding answers to questions about hiring employees or safety in the workplace. Whatever your legal question, chances are you'll find the answer here.

Global Center for Trade - GLOCENTRA
GLOCENTRA designs, organizes, conducts and delivers training seminars on international trade, business and marketing as well as technical Export-Import seminars, international trade shows, global networking events while offering online and onsite professional training and consulting services for companies, individual entrepreneurs and managers in the United States, China and Worldwide.

H1BASE
The world's largest portal dedicated to the H1 community. Information on USA Visas and Immigration. Where to find H1b Visa sponsorships.

HR California
A site operated by the California Chamber of Commerce. It is the best site available for practical tools for business workforce issues. The issues they address include labor law, forms checklists, policies, posters, and notices.

HRhero.com
Created to help human resource professionals find quick answers to their employment law and management questions. The subscribers research area of HRhero.com is a rich, interactive online employment law resource.

International Trade Association
Provides links to resources for conducting trade or establishing business abroad.

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NIOSH is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and is the only federal Institute responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related illnesses and injuries.

National Safety Council
A nonprofit, non-governmental, international public service organization dedicated to improving the safety, health and environmental well-being of all people.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Provides information on all laws and regulations related to health and safety in the workplace. For information on specific state of California regulations please visit Cal-OSHA homepage

Official California Legislative Information
Find out current information on California Law, which consists of 29 codes, covering various subject areas, the State Constitution and Statutes.

Pacific Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center
One of 10 federally-funded regional resource centers on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It provides information, problem solving assistance and referrals for implementing the ADA.

Quick Guide to Permits in Contra Costa County
This document has been prepared to assist the community in understanding the permitting process in Contra Costa County by identifying permits frequently issued by the County

Safe@Work
A referral group of three internationally-known consulting firms who have teamed up to prevent workplace violence and to provide turnkey solutions to all corporate violence issues, including verbal and physical threats, dangerous employees, and potential assault.

The FirstStep Employment Law Advisor
The FirstStep Employment Law Advisor is designed to help employers determine which laws administered by the Department of Labor (DOL) apply to their business or organization and to provide links to information about how to comply with these laws.

The Internal Revenue Service - Starting a Business
This page provides links to basic federal tax information for people who are starting a business. It also provides information to assist in making basic business decisions.

U.S. Department of Justice
To enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans. Dept of Justice ADA hotline 1-800-466-4232

U.S. Department of Labor Laws and Regulations
With information on all major statutes and regulations administered by the Department of Labor.

U.S. DOL elaws Advisors on Employment Law
Will help you understand your rights and responsibilities under the employment laws and regulations administered by the Department of Labor (DOL).

U.S. DOL Small Business Handbook
This handbook contains the actual listing of laws, regulations and technical assistance services available.

U.S. DOL Women's Bureau
The single unit at the Federal government level exclusively concerned with serving and promoting the interests of working women.

U.S. DOL Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
(WARN) offers protection to workers, their families and communities by requiring employers to provide notice 60 days in advance of covered plant closings and covered mass layoffs.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Keep abreast of environmental requirements by accessing this website.

U.S. National Labor Relations Board
Includes an information locator and continuous updates of NLRB decisions.

United States Patent and Trademark Office
United States Patent and Trademark Office

Unmarried Couples and the Law
Follow the links provided under resources or articles for information about studies, definitions, and other aspects of employer-provided benefits to unmarried couples.

US Department of Labor Civil Rights Center
The Civil Rights Center enforces various Federal statutes and regulations that prohibit discrimination

USA Government Made Easy
Whatever you want or need from the U.S. government, it's here on USA.Gov. You'll find a rich treasure of online information, services and resources. To view this website in Spanish click here.

Young Worker Health and Safety
Visit the Young Worker website for information on workplace rights and responsibilities, work hours and job restrictions, hazards on the job, ways to prevent injuries on the job, and more. You will also find educational resources, fact sheets, and ideas for how to work with others in your community to keep young workers healthy and safe on the job.

BenefitsLink.com
Employee benefits compliance information and tools.

Bureau of Labor Statistics San Francisco Information Office
Changes in the area's employment costs (wages and fringe benefits) as well as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) are tracked quarterly and published here.

Employee Benefits Legal Resource Website
Provides information on a wide variety of subjects related to the legal aspect of employee benefits plans.

Employee Benefits Research Institute
Nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed exclusively to data dissemination, policy research, and education on economic security and employee benefits.

Minimum Wage Laws
Click on any state or jurisdiction to find out about applicable minimum wage laws.

Pension Dynamics Corporation
Pension Dynamics Corporation has been designing, installing and administering qualified retirement and flexible benefit plans in the San Francisco Bay Area for over twenty years

World At Work
(formerly American Compensation Association) An organization of professionals engaged in the design, implementation, and management of employee compensation programs.

California Department of Finance
Provides economic news and trends as well as information on economic development and county demographic profiles. Also, each county has many data elements represented on one page: population, income, housing, imports, employment data and more.

National Association of Professional Employer Organizations
NAPEO, the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations, is the largest trade association representing more than 325 professional employer organizations nationwide. NAPEO's members represent more than 70% of the industry's revenues and range in size from start-up PEOs to large, publicly held companies with years of success in the industry.

Small Business Development Center of Contra Costa
The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) conducts research, counsels, and trains business people in a wide variety of business topics and provides comprehensive information services and access to experts in many fields.

SCORE
Counselors to America's Small Business, the SCORE Association (Service Corps of Retired Executives) is a nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide.  Get free business advise.  To contact the local East Bay Chapter of Score click here.

Small Business Administration (SBA)
The SBA will provide assistance in Starting, Financing or Managing your Business, plus help with finding a Business Opportunity. The SBA plays an important role in helping individuals and businesses recover from disasters.

Alameda County Small Business Development Center SBDC
The East Bay Small Business Development Center provides tools and expertise to business owners interested in accelerating the success of their ventures. Through expert consulting, top-notch trainings and other business planning resources, the East Bay SBDC helps build businesses that build the local economy.

America's Arbitration Association
dispute resolution services worldwide.

California Association of Employers
CAE's Mission StatementAn organization of professionals committed to providing employers with personalized, cost effective Human Resource solutions.

California Employer Advisory Council
Local Employer Advisory Councils (EAC) provide a contact reference and monthly speakers who provide information on important business issues.

CareerOneStop Business Center
Welcome to the Business Center. Here you will find resources to help start your business, make it grow, manage your resources, and maintain a safe environment for your employees. Help with job descriptions and more.

Employer-Employee on line
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Employers Group
Membership in the Employers Group provides a far-reaching approach to human resource management designed to increase employer understanding of current and breaking human resource issues, sharpen skills and supply the necessary tools to motivate creative and productive workers.

HR California
A site operated by the California Chamber of Commerce. It is the best site available for practical tools for business workforce issues. The issues they address include labor law, forms checklists, policies, posters, and notices.

HRhero.com
Created to help human resource professionals find quick answers to their employment law and management questions. The subscribers research area of HRhero.com is a rich, interactive online employment law resource.

HRM Guide Network
The HRM Guide Network is a series of linked human resource websites containing hundreds of free pages of Human Resource Management-related articles, features and links PLUS bestselling books

International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM)
is your link to the unique world of HR information management, systems issues, trends, and technology.

Job Description Writer
The Job Description Writer helps employers and Workforce Security professionals write job descriptions.

Job-Descriptions.org
Job-Descriptions.org provides job related resources written in plain English. The website currently contains over 13,000 job descriptions.

Judy Madrigal HR Services
Not to be confused with temporary staffing or employment agencies, JMA functions as a human resource department for all types of small to medium-sized businesses. Including payroll & benefits administration, compensation administration, recruitment, etc.

Northern California Human Resources Association
The Northern California Human Resources Association's (NCHRA) mission is to provide leadership and support for the development of the human resources professional, to serve as an advocate of the human resources profession, and to identify and explore emerging issues and their implications on the successful management of human resources, including their impact on the diverse elements in our organization.

Society for Human Resource Management
Summarizes the latest developments in HRM on a daily basis.

The Cabo Group
Our areas of expertise include: Employment law compliance and risk assessment, Human resource policies, programs, procedures and handbooks, Performance management, training and coaching, and Human Resource department implementation and expansion.

The Herman Group
Management Consultants, Speakers, Futurists - specializing in employee retention, future trends and workforce issues.

TotalBusiness
Helping Small Business Owners Succeed. Total Business Media, LLC is an online media and services company with a portfolio of informational web sites for small business owners and entrepreneurs. We operate and manage some of the most prominent small business content focused properties on the Internet.

Workforceonline.com
Information and surveys on HR subjects.

California Employment Development Department Forms and Publications
About EDD Forms and PublicationsMany of our forms and publications are available on-line and can be easily downloaded and printed

California Franchise Tax Board
Tax forms, Instructions and Publications.

California Judicial Council Forms
From the California Courts website.

California Secretary of State Business Service Center
California Business Portal Includes forms and relevant information in an easy-to-use format on corporation, limited partnerships, etc.

California State Board of Equalization
Forms and Publications

Internal Revenue Service Forms and Publications

U.S. Department of Labor Poster Page
For online electronic copies of the required posters such as the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Equal Employment Opportunity Act (both in English or Spanish), etc.

OATELS
The Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services (OATELS) is a consolidation of the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training and the new responsibilities of the employer and labor liaison. OATELS engages in partnership activities, ensuring quality service and customer satisfaction.

California State Homepage
Click on Doing Business to find valuable information and links to every business-related state agency on-line.

Social Security Administration Region 9
Regional customer service office for Social Security. This site has the addresses of local offices, information of SSI, and forms on line.

State and Local Government on the Net
An index of state and local government-sponsored agencies on the web.

The Department of Fair Employment and Housing
this department protects the people of California form unlawful discrimination in employment, housing and accommodations.

The Internal Revenue Service - Starting a Business
This page provides links to basic federal tax information for people who are starting a business. It also provides information to assist in making basic business decisions.

Contra Costa County Community Development Department
Population, housing and other demographic data for Contra Costa County

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Site contains a wealth of labor market information relevant throughout the United States.

U.S. Census Bureau
A service of the Department of Commerce.

California State Board of Equalization
Will answer your questions related to property, sales and other business taxes.

California's Employment Development Department
Employers can find information on Disability Insurance, Employment Tax Information, Labor Market Information, Recruitment Assistance, Unemployment Insurance, Tax Credits.

Obtaining a Seller's Permit
Frequently asked questions about obtaining a seller's permint