"Are you in violation of Internal Revenue Service Electioneering Rules?" Tax-exempt organizations, under section 501(c)(3), including charities, religious organizations such as churches, educational organizations and other groups may not participate or intervene in any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office.

These nonprofits may not endorse candidates, distribute statements for or against candidates, raise funds for or donate to candidates or become involved in any activity that would be either in support or opposition to any candidate. The IRS has procedures in place for the 2006 election season to help them address instances of potential prohibited activity. The procedures are meant to ensure that public referrals as well as activities the IRS itself uncovers are reviewed expeditiously and treated in a consistent, fair and nonpartisan manner.

If you invite a candidate to speak to your group and the other candidates are not invited, you are probably in violation of the law. Your website could also be in violation if you post information about a single candidate or a link to another organization that might be in violation. Any issue advocacy that functions as political campaign intervention or if your message is in favor of an issue that a specific candidate endorses, even if a statement does not expressly tell an audience to vote for or against a specific candidate, an organization delivering the statement is at risk of violating the political campaign intervention prohibition  more information
 

The FTC's Document Disposal Rule: It Applies to You
All businesses, large or small, that use consumer reports must “properly" dispose of this sensitive information. This rule also applies to individuals who use consumer reports for business purposes. Proper disposal of consumer report information is required by recent amendments to the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). more...

California... 

Exempt computer software professionals must be paid a minimum of $47.81 an hour (annual salary of $99,444.80) beginning January 1, 2006.  California AB 1093 amends section 515.5 of the California Labor Code so that employees who are exempt from overtime requirements will be paid a salary equal to the “annualized full-time salary equivalent” of the hourly figure set for such individuals by the California Dept. of Industrial Relations, see Memorandum dated 10/28/2005. AB 1093 was signed into law on August 30, 2005.

Has your organization provided sexual harassment training for your staff? The State of California, Government Code 12950.1 (AB 1825), states that by January 1, 2006, an employer having 50 or more employees shall provide at least two hours of classroom or other effective interactive training and education regarding sexual harassment to all supervisory employees who are employed as of July 1, 2005, and to all new supervisory employees within six months of their assumption of a supervisory position. more...

Training providers: Best Best & Krieger LLP,  San Diego County Office of Education in collaboration with the Legal Services Consortium,  Nonprofit Management Solutions