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        "title": "Workplace Class-Action Settlements Hit $2.72B in 2017",
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        "summary": "Wage and hour settlements accounted for $1.2B of the total.",
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        "prettyDate": "January 09, 2018",
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        "summary": "Labor Department hikes the penalties employers must pay by an average of 2%.",
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        "title": "Will Businesses Fight the ACA’s Employer Mandate?",
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        "prettyDate": "January 03, 2018",
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        "summary": "Companies argue that federal and most state exchanges havent followed the rules set out in the statute and regulations and therefore cant levy fines.",
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        "title": "Proposed Government Unit Would Let Pension Plans Borrow Money",
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        "prettyDate": "November 27, 2017",
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        "summary": "Legislation would set up a new office, the Pension Rehabilitation Administration, within Treasury.",
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        "title": "Proposed Government Unit Would Let Pension Plans Borrow Money",
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        "prettyDate": "November 27, 2017",
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        "summary": "Legislation would set up a new office, the Pension Rehabilitation Administration, within Treasury.",
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        "title": "DOL Boosting “Missing Participant” Retirement Plan Audits",
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        "prettyDate": "October 16, 2017",
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        "summary": "A pilot project last year put more pressure on plan administrators to find former employees—or their beneficiaries.",
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        "prettyDate": "October 16, 2017",
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        "prettyDate": "October 03, 2017",
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        "summary": "It's too soon for employers to breathe easy, even though the GOP plan doesn't specify employee benefit targets.",
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        "prettyDate": "October 03, 2017",
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        "prettyDate": "October 01, 2017",
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