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How the ACA affects business in 2014 and beyond depends on how flexible you are, and how strategic you can be.

Job seekers nowadays typically reveal personal information online that is not easily detectable in job interviews, and which often is illegal for employers to request or use in the hiring process.

Fall protection leads the list for the second straight year, with 8,241 citations issued.

For those who are getting ready to cut a holiday check or hand out some other sort of recognition, here are a few guidelines to make the giving smoother.

The Institute for Supply Management said Monday that its index of manufacturing activity rose to 57.3. That was up from 56.4 in October and was the highest since April 2011. A reading above 50 signals growth.

The actions would build on a campaign that began about a year ago to call attention to the difficulties of living on the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.