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As the shutdown reaches day 11, it may have crossed some employers’ and benefit advisers’ minds that the Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Departments of Treasury and Labor are seemingly absent. While the government may be closed for as long as six weeks with the deal that Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) laid out Thursday, there could be some significant implications for employee benefits professionals, whether the shutdown is long or short.
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