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DOL offers relief on health insurance costs

Small businesses like restaurants would be able to pool their purchasing might for greater economies of scale, or even to self-insure.

How Puzder’s appointment could ease restaurants’ labor woes

Here's what Trump's nominee for Secretary of Labor has said about labor issues of crucial importance to the restaurant industry.

The agency has issued new schedules for computing how much to withhold from employees' paychecks under the reform package that became law right before Christmas.

The U.S. Department of Labor said it will not press in court for doubling the compensation threshold that determines which restaurant managers and assistant managers qualify for overtime pay.

Deferred taxes have a lower value for Brinker International under revised federal rates, cutting into the casual-dining company's profits.

The department said it'd like a collaborative deal signed last week with Sonic to be a model for restaurant franchisors.

A newly formed national organization is aiming to combat proposals for disallowing the credit.

Is scheduling certainty the next battle in the labor fight?

An employee who marched has been very publicly fired, and a nearby establishment won praise—and threats—for taking a stance.

Statehouses aren't following the federal government's lead in forgoing new requirements on restaurants.

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