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Labor Department Proposes New Fiduciary Rule to Protect Investors

The Labor Department’s latest push for a new fiduciary rule would protect investors’ retirement savings and require financial services providers to change.

By Tara Siegel Bernard

Child Labor Factories and Manufacturing Fines (Penalties) Labor Department (US) Morristown (Tenn) Tuff Torq Corp Workplace Hazards and Violations

Tennessee Company Hired Children to Operate ‘Dangerous’ Machinery, Officials Say

Tuff Torq Corp. of Morristown, Tenn., must pay a fine of nearly $300,000 and set aside $1.5 million in profits to compensate 10 underage workers, the Labor Department said.

By Johnny Diaz

Hiring and Promotion Labor and Jobs Labor Department (US) Layoffs and Job Reductions United States Economy Wages and Salaries

U.S. employers added 275,000 jobs last month.

Economists are trying to gauge whether last year’s forecasts of a slowing labor market were mistaken or simply premature.

By Lydia DePillis

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Company Hired 24 Minors to Clean Slaughterhouses, Labor Department Says

Fayette Janitorial employed at least 24 children between the ages of 13 and 17 to work overnight shifts cleaning dangerous equipment at plants in Virginia and Iowa, federal regulators said.

By Rebecca Carballo

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