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January 17, 2025

Phoenix drywall, painting contractor must pay more than $7.4M in wages, damages after deliberately denying overtime to over 1,400 employees

January 17, 2025

US Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Treasury issue 2024 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act Report to Congress

January 16, 2025

US Department of Labor approves up to $10M in initial funding to support disaster recovery, response to California’s continuing wildfires

January 16, 2025

US Department of Labor issues proposed rule for fiduciaries on valuing employer stock purchased, sold by Employee Stock Ownership Plans

January 16, 2025

US Department of Labor conducted 13 impact inspections in December 2024 at mines with histories of repeated safety, health violations

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