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Hide Video New regulations proposed under the Americans with Disabilities Act have both business groups and the disabled worried.

Eleven potential drinking water contaminants will not be regulated, the Environmental Protection Agency determined Thursday.

The Securities and Exchange Commission said it filed fraud charges and obtained an emergency court order to stop a Hillsborough investment adviser who allegedly misappropriated more than $20 million from ...

Federal regulators accused a Dutch trading firm, its chief executive and two other top employees Thursday of manipulating energy futures contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

According to WWD, "an investigation conducted by the New York State Department of Labor has uncovered significant labor violations at a factory manufacturing garments for Macy's, Gap, Banana Republic, Express, ...

The employer of a pregnant teenager who died of heat stroke after pruning grapevines for nine hours in hot weather was hit Wednesday with the highest fine ever issued to a California farming operation.

The U.S. Department of Labor reminds employers and employees that the federal minimum wage will increase to $6.55 Thursday, July 24.

The state board that considers unemployment appeals by California residents fired its top executive Tuesday after complaints about a case backlog and decisions that some said were delayed deliberately.

Missouri's Republican gubernatorial candidates defended past cuts to the state Medicaid program Tuesday while trying to distinguish themselves as the most ethical and frugal candidates in the race.

Clarke Morrison * CMorrison@CITIZEN-TIMES.com * published July 22, 2008 12:31 pm ASHEVILLE The Tennessee Valley Authority routinely violated the Clean Air Act by renovating and expanding old power plants ...

New guidance for handling religious diversity issues in the work place was issued Tuesday by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

The letter is the strongest indication yet that the administration will try to block the broadly popular legislation, which is supported by majorities in both chambers, and lists both presidential contenders ...

A Springfield-based health care system has agreed to pay $60 million to settle claims it engaged in illegal kickbacks with doctors and billed Medicare for costs not allowed under federal laws.

With more and more tools available for cardiac arrest victims, health organizations are pushing companies to make more of an effort to train their employees to save lives.

Set sprinklers to water the lawn or garden only - not the street or sidewalk. Use the microwave to cook small meals.

Massachusetts insurers and business owners have one question for Gov. Deval L. Patrick: Why us? Patrick is looking to tap insurers, businesses and hospitals to help close a looming $130 million budget hole in ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to award approximately $3.4 million in grants to establish projects using emerging technologies to reduce emissions from the nation's existing fleet of diesel ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it has $3.4 million in grant funds for projects using new technology to reduce existing diesel engine emissions.

Starting next year, doctors can earn additional money from Medicare if they use electronic prescribing systems, U.S. health officials said Monday.

The Federal Environmental Protection Agency completed its testing at a second site on Friday.