Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, July 1, 1993 TAG: 9307010134
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: B-8 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Because of several new laws, businesses will have to begin taking action against deadbeat parents who are trying to avoid paying child support.
Beginning today, all Virginia employers are required to report information on all newly hired workers to the Virginia Employment Commission within 35 days.
Because many parents who skip out on child support change jobs frequently, the current 120-day reporting period for employers often stymies state attempts to find absent parents.
A new law also requires employers to ask all new hires whether there is a court order requiring some of their income be withheld for child support. If so, withholding must begin with the employee's first paycheck.
- Staff report
Homestead Resort's manager resigns
The general manager of The Homestead Resort has resigned following a meeting of the board of Virginia Hot Springs Inc., which owns the Bath County resort.
Dennis R. Mills, who came to the historic mountain spa a little more than a year ago from Carmel, Calif., will stay for a month as a consultant, said Daniel Ingalls, president of the company.
Ingalls has taken over daily operations.
Mills also resigned as vice president of the corporation, said Ingalls.
The resort has been in negotiations with potential investors in an effort to raise $50 million for capital improvements. Ingalls would not comment on how the negotiations are going, but said he would have an announcement this week. - Staff report
Development office gets name change
The state secretary of economic development becomes the secretary of commerce and trade today.
The new name was considered a better description of the scope of the office, which directs 14 agencies from agriculture and consumer services to the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy; plus the state's Racing Commission, housing and port authorities and its Minority Business Enterprise.
The department has 3,291 employees and a combined annual operating budget of $541 million. - Staff report
Briefly . . .
\ R.R. Donnelley and Sons Co., said Wednesday it is building a 250,000-square-foot addition to its book manufacturing division in Harrisonburg. The $40 million expansion will create more than 200 jobs at the plant, which opened in 1980 and employs 630.
\ A bankruptcy court in Bridgeport, Conn., has confirmed a plan for reorganization of Service America Corp. Service America, which has a food vending operation in Roanoke, filed for reorganization eight months ago. It said it will emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization within 30 days.
\ Bernstein & Matthews, a Washington, D.C., law firm, has opened Dispute Resolution Inc. at 2405 Gravel Hill Road, Troutville. The firm offers dispute settlement services, including mediation and arbitration, to businesses and individuals.
\ Motion Industries, a Birmingham, Ala.-based distributor of bearings, mechanical, electrical and fluid power components, has opened a branch in Martinsville. Randy Till manages the branch, on Hollie Drive.
\ United Dominion Realty Trust Inc., Richmond owner of apartments and industrial property in Roanoke and Salem, said Wednesday it has bought Parkwood Terrace Apartments, a 189-unit complex in Alexandria, for $6.2 million.
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