The Dwarves reclaimed the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug, but what happened to Erebor after J.R.R. Tolkien's The ...

That night, Azog is summoned to Dol Guldur by the Necromancer, who commands him to marshal his forces for war, so Azog delegates the hunt for Thorin to his son Bolg. The following day, Beorn escorts ...

Gandalf takes them to the home of Beorn, a skin-transformer who can assume the form of a bear. That evening, the Necromancer brings Azog to Dol Guldur, who orders him to marshal his armies for the ...

The Trump DOL has officially notified the Fifth Circuit that it intends to reconsider the 2024 final rule raising the FLSA salary level for “white collar” exemptions. It has asked for a ...

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On May 1, 2025, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced that it will no longer enforce its 2024 independent contractor rule under the Fair Labor Standards ...

Now, the Trump-led DOL has asked the Fifth Circuit Court overseeing the litigation challenging the ESG rule to suspend the ongoing proceedings. Similarly to the DOL’s request last week to allow ...

among other lawmakers, raised concern over Job Corps, a national career training and education program for low-income youths and young adults under the DOL, which the president’s budget request ...

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced approval of The InterNational Electrical Testing Association (NETA) National Guideline Standards (NGS) for Apprenticeship Programs for an Electrical ...

Farmers and ranchers are taking center stage as the new administration learns more about the labor shortage impacting U.S. agriculture. Chad Smith has more. Smith: Officials with the White House, ...