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Compliance expert Dan Kuperstein sounds off on how the regulations work, how it affects companies and what businesses should do next.`

Even with the rise, filings remain below the 300,000 level that’s considered a healthy snapshot of the job market.

The U.S. added more jobs than forecast in November and the unemployment rate held at an almost 17-year low.

Financial advisors can still be held liable for violating impartial conduct standards even though the fiduciary rule has been delayed until 2019.

The regulation's enforcement provisions will not take effect until July 1, 2019, the Labor Department said.

Although the proposed rule has been shot down by the Fifth Circuit, the DOL will now request that the Fifth Circuit reverse a Texas federal court order blocking the new rule.

U.S. employers added the most workers in a year, rebounding from September’s slowdown, as people resumed work after hurricanes Harvey and Irma, Labor Department figures showed Friday.

Even though the DOL has given employers a brief reprieve for applying new disability regulations to ERISA plan claims, changes are likely.

The department's proposal furthers efforts to undo the controversial regulation.

The agency’s move looks to get the regulation out of the court system so the Department of Labor can rework it.