The deal announced by the Blue Dogs the next day acknowledged this concern by raising the threshold below which firms would be exempted from the mandate.

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"We've passed the 1, 000 job-posting threshold with 30 new jobs appearing each day, " boasts Chiu.

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Overall, 10 million people bought online on Cyber Monday, representing the first time on record that threshold has been reached in a single day.

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