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Two La Nopalera restaurants in Jacksonville, Fla., must pay 30 employees $934,425 in back wages and liquidated damages based on the requirement of consent judgments, says the U.S. Department of Labor.

Health care providers in New Jersey can no longer bill sexual assault victims for forensic evidence collection.

Getting tough on wellness, fired for not wearing a Speedo, and why Joe You Lie Wilson feels vindicated these days.

Stocks plunged worldwide Thursday as more signs of economic weakness revived investors' fears of another recession. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 400 points in a return to the wild swings in the market last week.

Gov. Mark Dayton is turning his focus to employment, hoping to build a legacy as Minnesota's jobs governor and get beyond the state government shutdown that put 22,000 state employees out of work for nearly three weeks.

President Barack Obama signed an executive order Thursday directing federal officials to design a government-wide strategy for making the federal workforce more diverse.