Source: Cyndia Zwahlen, LA Times

Small-business owners will be greeted Jan. 1 with dozens of new laws and regulations. In California, they will include new mandates concerning employees, including a partial ban on checking the credit reports of workers and job applicants. And it's no surprise that there are changes at the federal level too. Here's a guide to some of the new laws and regulations set to go into effect in 2012.

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