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Update: As expected, on April 14 the House and Senate passed the budget bill, sending the measure to

A bill introduced in the Senate last week takes aim at employers who mistakenly classify employees as

Update: On April 13, 2011, Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Tom Harkin (D-IA), and Susan

The Department of Labor plans to continue scaled-back operations should the federal government shut down

On April 5, 2011, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor published its final amendments

Except for intake of discrimination charges and appeals, evaluation of any charges that might necessitate

The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is considering whether and

Update: On April 14, 2011, President Obama signed this measure into law. The highly contentious expanded

On Friday the House of Representatives approved by a 223-196 margin the Federal Aviation Administration

The EBSA has posted on its website a fact sheet on the definition of “fiduciary” under the Employee