Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., facing a crisis in late summer as sales plunged and suppliers revolted, insisted its white-collar workers return to the office four days a week.

A new US Labor Department rule permitting consideration of socially and environmentally conscious factors in retirement funds has been misconstrued as a green investment mandate, according to a top agency official.

Hannaford Bros. Co. fresh department managers who say the New England grocery failed to pay them overtime and other wage premiums for work in Massachusetts may pursue their allegations as a class.

Texas’ biggest pension fund has divested its direct ownership stakes in BlackRock Inc. and several other financial firms to comply with a state law prohibiting investing in companies deemed to be discriminatory against the oil and gas industry.

Former New York City Council member Andy King (D) may have retaliated against a communications and events manager by requiring her to report five days a week to his Bronx district office, federal court ruled.

World Fuel Services Corp. and a former human resources employee settled her military status discrimination and retaliation claims based on her alleged delayed promotion and subsequent promotion denial.