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      <title>Missouri repeals the paid sick leave voters approved</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[House Bill 567 ended Missouri's earned paid sick time mandate August 28, 2025 and froze minimum wage inflation adjustments, repealing what voters passed.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DOL moves to scrap the 2024 independent contractor rule</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A proposed rule published February 27, 2026 would scrap the 2024 six-factor contractor test and restore the 2021 two-factor approach. Nothing changes un.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>FMLA and state paid leave: which law applies when</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The FMLA protects the job but not the paycheck; state programs pay wages. How the two laws overlap, run concurrently, or leave a worker uncovered.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How the Congressional Review Act can void a labor rule</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Simple-majority disapproval, a 60-day window, and the substantially-similar bar: how the 1996 CRA erases federal workplace rules, with its real uses since.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Malik Johnson</dc:creator>
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      <title>The overtime salary threshold, in five dates</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Every federal overtime salary threshold, with dates: $455 in 2004, the enjoined $913 of 2016, $684 in 2019, and the 2024 $1,128 rule vacated nationwide.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>James Wellington</dc:creator>
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      <title>Why pay frequency and final paychecks differ by state</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A state-by-state comparison of pay frequency, deduction limits, and final paycheck deadlines, from California's same-day rule to Florida's sparse statute.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>James Wellington</dc:creator>
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      <title>The federal noncompete ban is dead. State bans are not.</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The FTC's 2024 noncompete ban was set aside nationwide in August 2024 and never took effect. Where noncompetes and training-repayment terms are actually.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>James Wellington</dc:creator>
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      <title>What the FLSA white-collar exemptions actually require</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Salary basis, the $684-a-week threshold, and duties tests: what actually puts a worker outside the FLSA's overtime guarantee, explained with sources.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How public comment periods reshape federal labor rules</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Who comments on proposed federal labor rules, what agencies must answer, and when comments change the final text — a plain guide to notice-and-comment r.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Malik Johnson</dc:creator>
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      <title>How a Department of Labor rule becomes a rule</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[From OIRA review to a 30-day effective delay: the fixed federal sequence that turns a proposed Labor Department rule into binding workplace law.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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