Increased government scrutiny of the misclassification of workers, the outcome of the payroll-tax extension debate, and the Supreme Court’s decision on the federal health-care reform law are among the top 12 potential regulatory issues small businesses may face in 2012.

That’s according to Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYX), a Rochester–area based provider of payroll, human-resources, and employee-benefits outsourcing services to small- and medium-sized businesses.

ONEIDA - Oneida Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: ONFC) announced that it has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 12 cents per share of its common stock. 

CAMILLUS — Mang Insurance Agency prevents unruly and inebriated wedding guests, whose overzealous Macarena performance causes them to trip over speaker wires, from cashing in on their idiocy.

 More than 9,000 businesses were involved in a merger or acquisition in 2009, according to Mergerstat LLC. The vast majority of these transactions were less than $100 million. By 2012, nearly 62 million baby boomers should be heading for, or already in, retirement, potentially doubling the number of businesses that will have owners seeking an exit.