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Thousands of small businesses with federal government contract work are going to be hurt by the shutdown, regardless of its length.

With the exchanges opening and much of the health care reform law set to take effect Jan. 1, small-business owners are wrestling with a host of questions.

Companies with ESOPs and other broad-based employee ownership plans account for well over half of Fortune magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work for in America" list year after year.

The judge says now that the federal government recognizes gay marriages, not doing so in New Jersey would violate the state constitution.

Exxon says it will begin offering benefits to legally married same-sex couples in the U.S. for the first time as of Tuesday.

The new law, lawyers writing for the Assocation of Corporate Counsel say, could take (employers) out of compliance in other areas of wage and hour law that are dependent upon the value of the state minimum wage.