December 2007 Workforce Communications   VOLUME 2 ISSUE 4  
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Day care shutters its doors
Employers Must Use New Form I-9 Starting Dec. 26
Florida Employer Tax Credits
Florida: Big Comp Rate Decrease Coming Soon
Florida: New Employment-Related Laws Now Effective
Florida's Ready to Work
Intellon plans to move headquarters out of Ocala
Many Workers Not Taking Off During Holiday Season
Ocala is rated No. 1 in job growth, economy
The Florida Career and Professional Education Act
Upcoming Workforce Events
What Young JobSeekers Want--Besides a Job
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FEATURE ARTICLES
Intellon plans to move headquarters out of Ocala
http://www.ocala.com/article/20071211/NEWS/2121103...
by Joe Vanhoose, Ocala Star Banner

OCALA - An Ocala-based technology firm will have its initial public offering this week with proceeds climbing over $60 million. But the company's growth and future capital may pull its home base from Marion County.
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Florida's Ready to Work
by Blaire Peterson, CLM Workforce Connection

Employers in Florida will soon have a better quality of job candidate to recruit. The Ready to Work Program gives job candidates the chance to show their mastery of basic workforce skills, and the chance to take remediation to attain such skills.
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Ocala is rated No. 1 in job growth, economy
Think tank puts city at top of national ranking
http://www.ocala.com/article/20070926/NEWS/2092603...
by Rick Cundiff, Ocala Star Banner

OCALA - We're No. 1?
When it comes to job growth and a strong local economy, yes, we are.
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Day care shutters its doors
A Child's Haven closed for financial reasons, owners say.
http://www.ocala.com/article/20071108/NEWS/2110803...
by Susan Latham, Ocala Star Banner

A Child's Haven of Ocala, Inc. closed its doors abruptly, leaving parents of the roughly 100 children enrolled in the day care center/preschool scrambling for another place to care for their children and the 17 staff members looking for new jobs.
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State & Legal News
Florida: New Employment-Related Laws Now Effective
by Business and Legal Reports, Inc.

The following new employment-related Florida laws recently took effect.
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The Florida Career and Professional Education Act
C.A.P.E. FAST FACTS
by The Agency for Workforce Innovation

The most important goal for ensuring the global competitiveness of our economy and quality of life for our citizens is a highly-skilled workforce. Skilled and educated talent is the key to productivity improvements, higher wages, and innovation.
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What Young JobSeekers Want--Besides a Job
http://www.hermangroup.com/alert/archive_9-12-2007...
by The Herman Trend Alert

A study reports that 65 percent of 1,000 respondents aged 24 to 35 said they preferred to "look for a job in the place that I would like to live," rather than "look for the best job I can find; the place where it is located is secondary."
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Many Workers Not Taking Off During Holiday Season
http://www.shrm.org/hrnews_published/archives/CMS_...
by Kathy Gurchiek, SHRM HR News Associate Director

The season from Thanksgiving to New Year’s doesn’t signal extra time off for four out of 10 office workers in 2007 beyond employer-provided holidays, says a new survey.
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Employers Must Use New Form I-9 Starting Dec. 26
by JJ. Smith

Employers will be required to use the new Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 starting Dec. 26, 2007, or risk fines and penalties, says U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), which published details of the requirement in the Federal Register on Nov. 26, 2007.
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Events / Meetings / Trainings
Upcoming Workforce Events
http://www.clmworkforce.com/events.asp

3rd Annual Heart of FL Job Fair Paddock Mall, Ocala
Saturday, January 19
10am-2pm

Citrus County Mall Job Fair
CR Mall, Crystal River
Saturday, February 16
10am-2pm

Ocala/Marion Job Fair
Location TBA
Tuesday, March 11
10am-1pm

CLM Workforce Connection's Workforce Summit 2008
Building a Workforce Pipeline
Ocala Hilton
Wednesday, May 7
8:30am-1pm

For more information or to register for any Workforce event, please visit our website at www.clmworkforce.com. Events are posted in the Calendar of Events Section.
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