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      <description><![CDATA[Sixty days' notice is the whole of the federal promise — and the record shows how often it is narrower, shorter, or unenforced than the phrase suggests.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Participation at 65-plus has doubled since the 1980s. The documented reasons, the jobs they hold, and the discrimination they still meet.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Childcare costs exceed rent in dozens of counties, and the documented consequence appears in mothers' labor force participation.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The 2024 overtime rule raised the salary threshold to $58,600; a Texas court struck it down. Where overtime rights stand in 2026.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gig work arrives without insurance, unemployment, or retirement infrastructure. What the documented numbers say the gap costs.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Skills-based hiring removed degree requirements from millions of postings. What the data shows about who actually got hired.]]></description>
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