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Labor Department Revises Independent Contractor and Overtime Rules

The Department of Labor issued new worker-classification standards intended to clarify when businesses can engage independent contractors without triggering traditional employee-benefit and overtime requirements.
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White House Economic Advisers Argue Tariffs Will Encourage Domestic Investment
FTC Shifts Antitrust Focus Toward Global Supply Chains and Cross-Border Trade Practices
Senate Armed Services Committee Reviews Hypersonic Weapons and Pacific Missile Defense
Senate Panel Deadlocks on Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Nominee
House Financial Services Committee Calls Regulators to Testify on Commercial Property Loan Risks
House Oversight Committee Subpoenas Former Officials Over Federal Grant Allocations
House Panel Examines Using Tariff Revenue to Finance Individual Tax Cuts
White House Orders Agencies to Propose 10% Cuts in Non-Defense Administrative Spending
FAA and Transportation Department Streamline Commercial Space Launch Licensing
Labor Department Revises Independent Contractor and Overtime Rules
US Interior Department Opens More Federal Land to Mineral Leasing
US Health Department Opens Review of Vaccine Approval and Research Grant Processes
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