Compliance

The White House is urging dockworkers and shipping companies to reach agreement "as quickly as possible" on a contract extension for East Coast and Gulf Coast dockworkers whose existing pact expires this week.

Nearly two dozen years after Monroe Gunter retired from a long career at a Missouri power company, he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer often caused by exposure to asbestos.

In 2013, small business owners will contend with many of the same issues that made it hard to run their companies over the last 12 months.

Although 68 percent of employees say they use their personal devices in the workplace, 42 percent of employees aren't even aware whether their companies IT departments have full access to those devices.

Workers probably won't feel the full brunt of next year's tax increases in their January paychecks, but don't be fooled by the temporary reprieve.

Department store chain Dillard's Inc. is paying $2 million to settle charges that it illegally required workers who took sick leave to reveal confidential medical information.

A White House official says President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner are meeting at the White House to discuss the pending fiscal cliff and deficit reduction.

The Supreme Court denied a request Dec. 10 to review the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that approves a private settlement of employees claims for unpaid overtime based on the Fair Labor Standards Act.