$230 Million in SSBC funding for the formation and growth of entrepreneurial businesses
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Workers Misclassification
Worker misclassification describes incorrectly identifying individuals as independent contractors when they are really employees. Find out more here.
Important Updates
Governor Glenn Youngkin has released the first "unified regulatory plans." The plans lists all of the regulatory actions expected by state government by July 2023. Visit www.townhall.virginia.gov to view the plans.
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Virginia’s Fair Housing Office at the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The office was created with the passage of Virginia's Fair Housing Law in 1972, just four years after the passage of the federal Fair Housing Act in 1968.