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Vol. 56, No. 2759 - 2807, pp. 1-1592 March 4, 2010 - Feb. 24, 2011 A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
CAA
– Affirmative contribution, contractor liability for steelworker's injury, duty of care to subcontractor's workers (Cal., rev grant), 512
– Apprentices
– – Green construction, apprentice training, Apprenticeship Standards Div. criteria adopted, 1097; council to vote on minimum training criteria, 1403
– – Program overhaul advances in legislature, 770; Apprentice Council to hold hearings on proposed amendments, 1270 – – State denies bid by electrical worker unions to block program, 740 – Breaks for employees, legislation, 741; exemption for commercial drivers, contruction workers, and private security officers covered by CBAs signed, 1000 – CalPERS, lead investment consultant for infrastructure investment program, 1345 – Chula Vista, ballot initiative barring PLAs on municipal projects amended, 92 – Clean energy jobs, website highlights state resources, 885; leaders announce initiative to jump start business sector, create jobs, 1527 – Collective bargaining agreements, state legislative and regulatory roundup, 833 – Contractors Access Program, workers' compensation self-insurer, conservator appointed, revocation audit found funding shortfall, 1206 – Defective product, sophisticated purchaser defense, failure to warn of asbestos risks, mesothelioma (Cal. Ct. App.), 1241 – Failure to pay prevailing wages and overtime and failure to keep hours records, electrical contractors debarred, 93 – Folsom County, resolution amending prevailing wage standard by exempting payment on municipal contracts defeated, 1311 – Heat illness prevention regulations, revision, 797; rules broaden standards for outdoor workers, 1157 – Highway construction, design-build dispute over highway inspections holding up major expansion bill, 771; extension of time counties can use design-build method signed, 1000 – IUOE/AGC contract dispute, effect on highway and bridge projects, 827 – Labor compliance monitoring, proposed rules establish unit ensuring prevailing wages on public works, 412 – Licensing, state legislative and regulatory roundup, 742 – Long Beach, Port Auth. approves PLA for modernization project, 60; city council directs city manager to develop on airport expansion, 629; Gerald Desmond Bridge, project to replace formally launched, no decision on PLA use, 1208 – Los Angeles
– – Martin Luther King Jr. Medical Center, PLA with local unions for outpatient clinic approved, 1310
– – Metropolitan Transportation Auth., transit improvement projects funded by sales tax rate hike will generate revenue, add jobs, report, 222; measures supporting proposal to complete transit projects, urges U.S. to finance expedited schedules repaid by sales tax hike, 290; project delayed or incomplete if planning, oversight, and contract management weak, state auditor report, 322; mayor urges new strategies to hike infrastructure investments, 384; federal funding assistance, 798; DOT announces $546M low-interest loan to start projects, 1060 – – Unified School Dist., order to provide personal information in third-party payroll records to IBEW pension plan (Cal. Ct. App.), 909 – Minimum wage and overtime, drywall firm accord (Cal. Super. Ct.), 188 – Mojave Desert, BLM final approval for large scale solar thermal project, Invanpah Solar Elec., PLA requires skilled craft workers, mitigation measures, 992 – Municipal redevelopment agencies, plan to eliminate to address fiscal crisis, critics claim jobs elimination risks, 1528 – Oakland airport, Bay Area Rapid Transit Dist. (BART), financial package for airport light-rail with PLA reapproved, 707 – Occupational safety and health, less restrictive threshold for serious violations, signed, 967 – Off-road diesel engines, construction industry and heavy-equipment operators seek delay of emissions standards, 90; Air Resources Bd. to ease rules curbing emissions, 288; new emissions data released, 832; air quality officials and AGC agree to delay startup date to 2014, 1003; implementation of emission standards delayed, 1308 – Palmdale Water Dist., PLAs on district construction work barred, 1097 – Palo Alto, pilot study of impact of paying prevailing wages for municipal projects rejected, 91 – Pay policy, legislative and regulatory roundup, 833 – Prevailing wages
See PREVAILING WAGES
– Redding, city council committee to explore charter status, 1492 – Riverside, no action taken on proposed ordinance banning PLAs on public works projects, 120 – Safety, state legislative and regulatory roundup, 742 – San Bernardino County, IBEW appeal of permit for Mojave Desert solar facility rejected, 1559 – San Diego
– – PLAs, ordinance banning on public projects, 29; ballot initiative, signatures submitted, 509; ballot initiative fails to qualify, city clerk, 631; Bd. of Supervisors approves voter initiative, 655; initiative on Nov. ballot, 1066; passed, 1125; NLRB says NLRA preempts, 1439
– – Political activities, injunction enforcing law barring parties' contributions to individuals, stay request (S.D. Cal.), 354; stay on contributions by political parties lifted (9th Cir.), 446; limitation on contributions upheld (S.D. Cal.), 885 – – Powerlink, USFS approves construction and operation of high voltage transmission line over Natl. Forest, 623 – – Residency requirements, veterans, and disadvantaged workers, city attorney directed to draft ordinance establishing local jobs policy, 29; city attorney reports on legality of local hiring policies, council directs ordinance for bid discounts, 320
– – DBEs preferences, state bar in awarding contracting (Cal., oral arg), 319; voter-initiated law banning hiring preferences permitted but not required by equal protection (dec), 685; legislation requiring contractors to hire locally on municipal projects pending, 1065; slower implementation of planned mandate proposed after talks with contractors and unions, 1207; supervisors adopt mandate to hire city workers on city-funded projects, 1242; law effective, mayor returns without signature, 1341
– – Job cuts, legislative analyst urges, 60
– – Public-private partnerships, Presidio Pkwy. first approved under 2009 law, legal questions continued, more potential projects planned, 415 – – Statewide projects, budget impasse delayed or deferred, 942 – Uncertified electricians on bridge project, LIUNA and state agency seek depublication of ruling (Cal.), 883; court declines, 914; zero-tolerance enforcement policy, electrical contractors who willfully employ uncertified electricians, licensing board, 1206 – Vista, public works prevailing wage requirements, charter city right to opt out (Cal.), 830 – Water bond measure removed from Nov. ballot, 773 – Workers' compensation
– – Legislative and regulatory roundup, 741; 833
– – Licensing Bd., contractor license suspension, failure to provide workers' compensation, 1453
– Alberta, consolidation order reorganizes construction unions and employer groups for province-wide bargaining, 1274
– British Columbia, Construction Sector Council, 2011-2019, 1590 – Buy American requirements, government procurement agreement, OMB guidance on interim final rules, 144 – Detroit River Intl. Crossing, Mich. legislators and bridge owner oppose, officials lobbying for public-private partnership, 254; Canada offers more financing, 322; house passes bill authorizing, 448; revised bill may speed project, 884 – Employer interference, IBEW charges rejected (O.L.R.B.), 744 – Employment law roundup, 34; 62; 94; 128; 167; 256; 386; 481; 555; 657; 678; 709; 1009; 1043; 1070; 1133; 1184; 1214; 1246; 1317 – Infrastructure
– – Green building, sustainability and climate change now key factors in planning, conference told, 916
– – Project management options expanded by joint and regional initiatives, 915 – Ontario
– – Construction Secretariat survey, 2011, 1589
– – Jurisdictional disputes
– – – Drywall installation awarded to UBC (O.L.R.B.), 835
– – – Hamilton, carpentry portion of concrete forming on recreational trail and pedestrian bridge correctly assigned to LIUNA (O.L.R.B.), 1422 – – – Highway electrical work, assignment to unions other than IBEW, established practices (O.L.R.B.), 1273 – – – Hospital and mental health center, UBC Local 2486 favored, pact covering work in dispute, area practice of work by LIUNA weak (O.L.R.B.), 1422 – – – LIUNA against UBC (O.L.R.B.), 775 – – Safe at Work strategy, 356 – – Safety campaign launched, 744 – – SLN Aecon, SMWIA Local 473 jurisdiction to install negative air units at nuclear power plant project, not IBB (O.L.R.B.), 1355 – Saskatchewan, apprenticeship rules for electricians, changing ratio will help contractors hire more workers, unions oppose, 1273; change approved, 1317 – Security and Prosperity Partnership forum, Canada, Mexico, and U.S. had been working under NAFTA but process died, harmonization still important, 574 – Tar Sands Oil Pipeline, little environmental impact expected from community, State Dept., EPA to announce, 212
– Asbestos-related
See ASBESTOS
– Life insurance, living benefits, failure to notify terminally ill worker, fiduciary duty, SPD (W.D. Wis.), 468 – 9/11 Health and Compensation Act
See generally NEW YORK, subheading: World Trade Center
– AFL-CIO BCTD, strategic effort to address raiding work of other craft unions, 781
– Ark.-Okla. and Mich. Reg'l Council Annuity Fund, investment manager sentenced, excessive fees, plan assets for personal use (N.D. Ill.), 529 – Buffalo Pension Fund, withdrawal liability, claim to enforcement arbitration accord (W.D.N.Y.), 150; pension fund may pursue claim to collect (2d Cir.), 1485 – Canada, Ontario, jurisdictional disputes
– – Dispute with LIUNA (O.L.R.B.), 775
– – Local 18, carpentry portion of concrete forming on recreational trail and pedestrian bridge correctly assigned to LIUNA (O.L.R.B.), 1422 – – Local 2486, hospital and mental health center, union favored, pact covering work in dispute, area practice (O.L.R.B.), 1422
– – Apple Store, SMWIA Local 73 relinquished fine by disclaiming interest in remaining work (N.D. Ill.), 1539
– – Heavy Hwy. Contractors Ass'n, pact attained, waste water, sewer, and river work, 1269 – – Most favored nation, arbitrator award to roofing contractor for violations, damages after pact expired (7th Cir.), 465 – – Work rules, union workers setting up and supporting trade events, suit filed challenging law modifying (N.D. Ill.), 477 – Detroit Fringe Benefit Funds, subcontractor and general contractor are alter egos responsible for making contributions (U.S., rev den), 395 – Dist. Council of Greater St. Louis, national and local unions criticize poaching work and members from other unions, rally, 527; union may not press charges or discipline members for anti-union bumper stickers or other opposition to new local (S.D. Ill.), 1035 – Greater St. Louis and Vicinity Council, award for delinquent contributions, ERISA and LMRA, failure to forward union dues (E.D. Mo.), 1553 – Ind./Ky. Reg'l Council
– – Duty to make unpaid contributions, firm in bankruptcy (N.D. Ind.), 473
– – Grievance arbitration, contractor may not be compelled to submit to payroll audit, rights not asserted for 15 years (N.D. Ind.), 1151 – – ULPs, NLRA bars drywall contractor's claims, secondary boycotts, trespass, and slander (W.D. Ky., recon), 1469 – Kansas City Council MEWAs, commingling funds, use to avoid contribution duties (8th Cir.), 23 – Local 4, AGC Quad Cities Chapter pacts talks with UBC Local 4 resume, strike ends, 674 – Local 43, mobility clause, earlier ruling affirmed (NLRB), 820 – Local 45, Detroit Edison, safety agreement on emissions control, 676 – Local 210, Ill. governor names president state labor commissioner, former arbitration official named deputy, 1494 – Local 247, international takes over, charges local officers with financial improprieties, 234 – Local 280 Pension and Welfare Plans, ERISA derivative claim, fiduciary breach, limitations period (W.D.N.Y.), 1062 – Local 455, union credit card use for personal expenses, embezzlement conviction (D.N.J.), 367; sentenced, 1239 – Local 608, corruption, former steward sentenced (S.D.N.Y.), 754; former business agent pleads guilty, 783; international dissolved, merger with Local 157, history of corruption, 1364; business manager's brother indicted for murder, DOJ organized crime sweep (E.D.N.Y.), 1436; hearing date for trusteeship action set, 1512 – Local 623, SMWIA damages for community center PLA breach, roofing work awarded to nonsignatory (D.N.J.), 85; subcontractor damages for lost work, 241 – Local 645, keeping dues withheld from members, drywall firm owners charged with theft (Pa. Dist. Ct.), 1561 – Local 1506, banners on public sidewalk outside secondary employers' businesses not coercive (NLRB), 994 – Local 2018, arbitrator authority, successor employer, liability for hiring nonunion workers (D.N.J.), 215 – Locals 711 and 2791, officials indicted, embezzling union funds, unauthorized cash withdrawals (D. Or.), 183 – La. Reg'l Council, hung banners, handbilled, picketed, and obstructed access to force subcontractor to recognize workers on hospital project (La. Ct. App.), 245 – Mid-Atlantic Reg'l Council, banners on public sidewalk outside secondary employer's business not coercive (NLRB), 1178 – Minn. benefit funds
– – ERISA, contractors' counterclaims for excess contributions, funds seeking unpaid contributions, preemption (D. Minn.), 539
– – Scheme to underpay contributions, evade payments by falsifying time records, sheetrock contractor guilty plea (D. Minn.), 1367 – N. Wis. Reg'l Council, ULP charge against LIUNA untimely (NLRB), 732 – N.J. Reg'l Council, home builder used undocumented workers, misclassification, UBC and union contractor class action (D.N.J.), 648 – N.Y.C. Dist. Council
– – Benefit funds, trustee/contractor inclusion in conspiracy, common plan or scheme (S.D.N.Y.), 140; review officer appointed, 457; union business agent guilty plea, 606; Local 608 official guilty plea, 640
– – Bribery, former official guilty plea, took bribes to skirt payment of pact wages and benefits (S.D.N.Y.), 687; last remaining defendant on trial, 1037; jury convicts contractor association official for perjury in RICO scheme, 1085; sentenced, 1167
– – AGC Or.-Columbia Chapter, pact attained, 475; ratified, 609
– – Hotel developer, secondary boycott, dismissal stayed for evidence of defamation damages (W.D. Wash.), 117; developer may pursue secondary boycott claim (dec), 932 – Phil. Reg'l Council
– – Gen. Bldg. Contractors' Ass'n pact attained, 348
– – Health & Welfare Fund, COBRA, continued health benefit coverage, untimely notice of divorce (3d Cir.), 468
– – OP&CMIA recognition pact, ULP (NLRB), 69
– – ULPs, 3-member panel affirms earlier ruling (NLRB), 820
– – Preemption, contractor request to remand suit against UBC denied (S.D.N.Y.), 909
– – ULPs, display of banners not NLRA violation (NLRB), 807; text, 839; banners on public sidewalk outside secondary employer business not coercive (NLRB), 1178; bannering due to labor dispute not intended as signal to stop work, Southwest Reg'l Council action lawful (NLRB), 1507
– Barbaria Constr., OSHA proposed fines for residential balcony collapse, 619
– J&A Framers Carpentry, owners indicted for recruiting and hiring undocumented workers (E.D.N.C.), 1293
– Hazardous occupations, concentration of workers from Mexico and Central America, CBO report, 784
– Union Carbide, sophisticated purchaser defense, failure to warn of health risks of asbestos exposure, mesothelioma (Cal. Ct. App.), 1241
– Pipe cleaning, most combined cycle gas power plants used flammable natural gas to blow out, caused Conn. explosion, survey, 403
– 2004 amendments, final rule updating, reflecting NIOSH study on hazardous occupations, semiannual regulatory agenda, 263; initiatives being worked on, WHD officials, 397
– Model employer notices, comments sought, 182
– Sulfur-contaminated drywall, Virginia homeowners get damages, default-related ruling (E.D. La.), 219; Louisiana homeowner gets damages, liability stipulated, 317; industrial hygienists urge OSHA or NIOSH to investigate, issue guidance on precautions, 1026; exposure to contaminated drywall not contributing factors in deaths, CPSC announces CDC report, 1476
– Trade, USW deal to sell U.S. steel and wind turbine components, 729
– State interests, Okla. law governs claims of Cal. resident who got mesothelioma installing boiler in Okla. refinery 50 years ago (Cal.), 54
– Workers' compensation, widow of bridge painter who died after fall, Ky. law gives general contractor immunity (Ill. App. Ct.), 1094
– Adjusted fees, offices will start collecting, petitioners should start using revised forms, final rule, 1171
– Agencywide policy review, first issues in adjudication and customer service policies, 664 – E-Verify – FY2012 budget, administration proposal less than FY2011 funding levels, transition to electronic filing system, 1551 – Green card, redesigned permanent resident card, fraud easier to detect, 336 – I-9, revised instruction manual, 1396 – Immigration benefit applications, plans to improve quality and consistency, publishing more precedential decisions, director outlines, 1575 – Immigration reform, GOP says memo suggests administration deferred action to let illegal aliens remain in U.S., 696 – Verification Initiative for Business Enterprise (VIBE), web program validating visa data, public session, 370 – Visas
See VISAS
– Title VII
See specific forms of discrimination
– Ed. Note: This heading covers issues of class composition and certification. For all other class claims, see specific subjects.
– American Clean Energy and Security Act
– – Illegal disposal and mail fraud, N.Y. men sentenced (N.D.N.Y.), 496
– – Mishandling in condominium conversion, contractors found guilty, work done without survey, bid for removal rejected (M.D. Fla.), 1473 – Hot spots, EPA draft guidance, data for analyzing particulate matter in conforming, 432 – NAAQS, proposal to reduce changes to transportation conformity rules upon revisions to national ambient air quality standards, 763 – Nonroad engine emissions, road builders' group standing. EPA rules let states regulate use and operation, appeal untimely (U.S., rev sought), 505; (rev den), 963 – Off-road diesel engines, construction industry and heavy-equipment operators seek delay of Cal. emissions standards, 90; new emissions data released, 832; air quality officials and AGC agree to delay startup date to 2014, 1003; implementation of emission standards delayed, 1308
– Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act
– Infrastructure, EPA funding shortfall, report, 464 – State revolving funds, alliance of environmental groups' legislative priorities for lame duck Congress, 1142 – Water Infrastructure Financing Act
– CBAs
– Ed. Note: This heading covers CBAs generally. For issues involving specific CBAs, see specific union or industry.
– Mobility clause, illegality, earlier ruling affirmed by 3-member panel (NLRB), 820 – Notice, failure to tell contractor of intent to treat hearing as final trial on merits (3d Cir.), 20 – PPACA, long-term view of affect on proposed cost-cutting, flexibility, ensure nondiscrimination, 491 – Termination, conditional notice to end previous CBA, employer not bound to successor pact and fringe benefit funds contributions (6th Cir.), 874; (U.S., rev den), 961 – Validity, environmental contractor dispute with LIUNA subject to arbitration (7th Cir.), 793
– Campaign finance, firms and unions report independent expenditures used to advocate for or against candidates or issues, signed, 447
– Denver, city council requires use of E-Verify for city contractors, 798 – Green jobs, bill expanding training for renewable energy jobs, public-private partnership, 122; signed, 585 – Plumbing equipment, bill setting conservation standards for installation and repair, 121; signed, 225 – Prevailing wages, bill requiring payment on state public works contracts postponed, 1493 – Roofing contractors, legislation creating registry and process for examination, bonding, and liability insurance needed, report, 1068 – State borrowing, ballot initiative barring for any purpose, including infrastructure, 1130
– Rulemaking, OSHA wants to initiate small business panel, semiannual regulatory agenda, 264; work on final rule highest priority, administrator says, 530; Construction Directorate welcomes, official tells ASSE, 534
– Census Bureau Survey of Constr. Industry
See NEW CONSTRUCTION
– Energy-efficient HVAC systems, solar panels, and insulation, rebate program proposal, 15
– L.F. Jennings, Mexican citizen in U.S. unlawfully over 1 year, BIA immigration status change application rejection (4th Cir.), 582 – Nonresidential construction workers, BLS reports, 2004-2009, 308
– Collectively bargained
See specific type of benefit
See MINIMUM WAGE
See OVERTIME
See WORKERS' COMPENSATION; specific states
– Superfund, contractor unaware of methanol pipeline damage while laying pipes not liable as arranger (5th Cir.), 935
– IT
– A+ Restoration Consultants, contractor sentenced, false tax returns, evading reporting, and hiding off-the-books cash payroll (S.D.N.Y.), 1199; contractor's brother sentenced, 1559
– Aggregate Ind. Northeast, IBT strike against Mass. firm ends, pact attained, 827 – CEMEX, ready-mix drivers in 8 states get back pay, failure to pay overtime, premium pay, DOL accord (S.D. Tex.), 1334 – Central Concrete Supply, IBT Local 853 entitled to perform concrete batching (NLRB), 959 – Commercial and industrial construction, reinforcing concrete, proposed rule, OSHA semiannual regulatory agenda, 1291 – Granite Rock, LMRA claim against IBT for continued strike after pact ratified, failure to sign arbitrable (U.S., aff'd), 563; text, 590 – Hunt-Nieboer Constr., contractor failure to remit union dues or make benefit contributions, ULP (NLRB), 1370 – Industry standard, OSHA data collection request to OMB, semiannual regulatory agenda, 1291 – Irving Ready-Mix, withholding recognition after pact expiration, unilaterally changing terms and conditions of employment, ULP (NLRB), 1371; injunction request granted (N.D. Ind.), 1480 – Mendez Concrete, accord for fire in national forest, sparks from cutting tool ignited, DOJ accord (C.D. Cal.), 942 – Oldcastle SW Grp., sand and gravel firm firing worker for sex bias complaints as well as men who tried to help, EEOC accord (D. Colo.), 17 – Rain City Contractors, hotel developer claim, UBC secondary boycott, dismissal stayed for evidence of defamation damages (W.D. Wash.), 117; developer may pursue secondary boycott claim (dec), 932 – Sheehy Enters., pre-hire pact with LIUNA, unilateral repudiation, ULP (7th Cir.), 243 – Southern Pan, ALJ decision on garage collapse directed for review, existence of hazard not proven (OSHRC), 316 – Sun Deck Concrete, using shell companies to pay undocumented workers to evade taxes, owner and supervisor guilty pleas (S.D. Fla.), 532; sentenced, 832 – T.B. Concrete, owners charged, tax evasion and workers compensation fraud for worker misclassification (Cal. Super. Ct.), 1243 – Toxic pollutants, including mercury, trade group asks EPA to reconsider controlling emissions, 1113 – U.S. Concrete, Chapter 11 joint reorganization bankruptcy plan (Bankr. D. Del.), 767 – Yearly price increases for ready-mix concrete, collusive and noncompetitive prices, contractor pleads guilty (N.D. Iowa), 1261
– Ethics
See ETHICS
– ABA
– – Labor and Employment Law Section meeting, 143; 1105; 1106
– – Legislative conference, 532
– – BCTD annual legislative conference, 232; 233
– – Executive Council, 42; 870 – Am. Industrial Hygiene Conf. and Expo, 429; 432 – Am. Road and Transportation Builders Ass'n Conf. on public-private partnerships, 669 – Am. Soc'y of Mechanical Engineers meeting, 957 – Am. Soc'y of Pension Proff'ls and Actuaries, 1024 – Annual Center for Collaborative Solutions Labor-Management Conf., 141 – ASSE annual convention, 530; 534; 535; 616; 1412 – Auto communities, White House Council on Auto Communications and Workers, DOL, Brookings Inst., and Funders' Network, 402 – BAC winter executive council meeting, 7 – Blue-Green Alliance
– – Good Jobs, Green Jobs Natl. Conf., 304; 337; 1542
– – Action Fund, 669
– Cornell Univ. School of Industrial and Labor Relations program, 1019; 1165 – Enrolled Actuaries Conf., 234 – Environmental Council of the States, annual meeting, 818 – Future of Canada's Infrastructure, 905; 915; 916 – Future of the workforce conference, 927 – G-20 labor ministers meeting, 42 – Green Streets and Highways Conf., sponsored by ASCE, FHWA, EPA, and AASHTO, 1174 – IAM annual legislative conference, 368 – Intl. Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Assn., annual meeting, 907 – Intl. Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, 300; 306 – IW North Am./ IMPACT Labor-Management conference, 82 – Jackson Lewis Corporate Counsel Conf., 368 – Labor and Emp. Relations Ass'n
– – Annual meeting, 1361
– – Program, 427 – Natl. Action Summit for Latino Worker Health and Safety sponsored by OSHA and NIOSH in partnership with Natl. Inst. of Envt'l Health Sciences, 248; 249; 250; 372 – Natl. Chamber Found. session on infrastructure bank creation, 644 – Natl. Conf. on Unemployment Insurance, 1018 – Nat'l Employment Law Inst. annual employment law conference, 1258 – Natl. Occupational Research Agenda's Construction Sector Council planning meeting, 1226; 1228 – Natl. Safety Council 2010 Congress and Expo, 989 – NYU annual labor law conference, 492 – Suffolk Univ. Law School labor law conference, 1053; 1056 – Sustainability of highways and other infrastructure projects, new tools to measure and rate presented, conference, 1174 – Sustainable Remediation: Current Status and Future Development, BNA webinar, 48 – The Federal Government's Labor and Employment Agenda for 2010, sponsored by Am. Road & Transp. Builders Ass'n, 307 – Transp. Research Bd. annual meeting, 1441; 1442 – Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute, 426 – U.S. Conference of Mayors, 1442 – USW Health Safety Environment Conf., 986 – Wash. plan safety and health symposium, 1194
– OSHA standard, plan to publish final rules, semiannual regulatory agenda, 1289; GOP plans to clamp down on detrimental rules could temper 2011 expectations, Outlook, 1412
See ETHICS
– Ed. Note: This heading is used for administrative actions only. For coverage of legislation by bill number, see LEGISLATION, FEDERAL. For information on measures not yet assigned bill numbers, see relevant subject headings.
– AOC, sovereign acts defense, recovery of added costs of work restrictions on Sup. Ct. (GAO CAB), 583 – Appointments and personnel changes
– – House Education and Labor panel, Kline expected to take over chair, 1117
– – Transportation panel, Mica likely to chair, highway and transit law reauthorization a priority, 1054; Mica to take panel, top Democrats lost reelection, transportation policy and funding bill, 1115 – Secure the Capitol Act
– Appointments and personnel changes, UBC Local 210 president names state labor commissioner, former arbitration official named deputy, 1494
– Prevailing wages, amendment of thresholds for projects, other amendments expected, state budget shortfall, 1489 – Worker classification, Atty. Gen. to propose legislation to crack down, 119; bill hiking penalties for misclassification passed, 320; multiagency initiative, enforcement officers authorized to issue stop work orders, 1018
– Divorce, continued health benefit coverage, untimely notice of qualifying event (3d Cir.), 468
– Model employer notices, comments sought, 182
– Payments from employers to union, contractor previously convicted for LIUNA kickbacks sentenced for tax evasion (D.R.I.), 1542
– Commerce Clause, Del. DOL rule requiring out-of-state contractors to pay journeyman wage rates to non-Del. apprentices on public works projects (D. Del.), 251
– Due process
See DUE PROCESS
See EQUAL PROTECTION
See FIFTH AMENDMENT
– Monthly reports, BLS, February, 2010, 112; May, 538; June, 647; July, 764; Sept., 1029; Oct., 1177; Jan., 2011, 1579
– Day laborers
See DAY LABORERS
– Federal
See OUTSOURCING
See DAVIS-BACON ACT
See specific states
– Federal
See specific specialty
See specific states
– CBAs
See specific unions and industries
– Alter ego status
See ALTER EGOS
– Pa. Gen. Servs. Dep't, open shop contractors challenge to PLA requirement rejected (Pa., per curium), 1484
– Preferences, Master Builders of Iowa barring contract award for new prison to Chicago contractor, data request (Iowa Dist. Ct.), 1040; governor orders contract awarded to lowest bidder, 1066; state awarding contract to Chicago contractor upheld (ALJ), 1180
– ARRA, public investment expenditures at $119B, more than 1M jobs created, 1173
– Chellino Crane Rental, appointment of craft foreman at Exxon refinery without IUOE local input, arbitration awards upheld (N.D. Ill.), 960
– Collapse, crane rigger and firm acquitted of homicide (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 733 – Design flaw, widow's experts failure to show feasability of alternate design, compare design costs to benefits, or failure to warn users of blind spot (S.D. Ct. App.), 936 – Final rule, OSHA to publish, semiannual regulatory agenda, 265; likely to remain unchanged after final rule, Michaels, OSHA moving toward injury and illness prevention approach, public forum, 534; OMB final review, publication slated for July, 619; release, no preemption, 690; published, state and local rules not preempted, 727; phase-in period, riggers and signalers must be qualified when rule effective, OSHA official, 985; Ass'n of Am. Railroads, Edison Elec. Inst. file suits challenging (D.C. Cir., 3d Cir.), 1086; publishing compliance directive for recent rule top priority, Harbin says, 1228 – Insurance, injury liability dispute between insurers of hoist owner and project general contractor (W.D. Wash.), 795 – Negligent homicide, manslaughter, assault, and reckless endangerment, charges filed in crane collapse that killed 2 (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 58; acting chief inspector pleads guilty to taking bribes, falsifying reports, 156; crane firm owner pleads guilty to bribing building inspector, 383; senior inspector sentenced, 551; crane owner sentenced, 940 – Ray Anthony Intl., crane dispatcher, overtime, administrative exemption to FLSA, discretion and independent judgment (11th Cir.), 470 – Southway Crane & Rigging, nonunion crane operators hired from sources other than IUOE, pact pay and benefits (D.S.C.), 342 – Unsafe lift at Tex. power plant project, instrument fitter firing after numerous complaints, OSHA accord, 1473
– Acceptance of equipment that did business with union, IUOE Local 150 leader, DOJ plea agreement (N.D. Ill.), 42; guilty plea, 104; sentenced, 1018
– Altering union records and embezzling funds, former LIUNA local official pleads guilty, sentenced (E.D. Mo.), 239 – Asbestos
See ASBESTOS
– Bribes, Ohio contractor charged with enticing county officials to get contracts on projects with federal funding (N.D. Ohio), 272 – Bribing public official, contractor guilty plea, gratuity to contracting officer at Army installation (D. Colo.), 1336 – Case summaries, 1374 – Cocaine possession, national origin and race bias, hostile environment, demotion and layoff (M.D. Tenn.), 1450 – Conspiracy, securities fraud, Madoff operations director indicted for role in covering up Ponzi scheme (S.D.N.Y.), 145; civil actions against back office staff, knowing participation, forfeiture of assets sought (S.D.N.Y.), 530; Ivy Asset Mgmt. and other entities tied to Ponzi scheme, fiduciary breach, 988; IBT pension fund trustees' fiduciary breach claim for investing in reckless hedge fund (S.D.N.Y.), 988; DOL files suit against investment managers who had cause to question investments (S.D.N.Y.), 1054; broker-dealer and former officials for marketing investigations in return for excessive feels, SEC accord, 1092; DOL supports pension funds' claims that investment managers violated ERISA fiduciary duties (amicus briefs), 1141; issue of material fact as to status of Madoff's brother as culpable participant (D.N.J.), 1197; investor agrees to civil forfeiture of $625M in accord, available to victims, 1235 – Conversion, investment advisor sentenced for taking building trades pension funds for own use (N.D. Ill.), 529 – Embezzling union funds
– – Carpenters Local 608, former steward sentenced (S.D.N.Y.), 754; former business agent pleads guilty, 783; international dissolved, merger with Local 157, history of corruption, 1364; hearing date for trusteeship action set, 1512
– – Carpenters Locals 711 and 2791, officials indicted for unauthorized cash withdrawals (D. Or.), 183 – – IUPAT Dist. Council 711, former official pleads guilty, used union credit card for personal use (D.N.J.), 365; sentenced, 1053 – – Union credit card used for personal expenses, UBC Local 455 official (D.N.J.), 367; sentenced, 1259 – Enterprise corruption, materials testing firm and officials convicted of fabricating and falsifying materials test results on N.Y.C. projects (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 16; official sentenced, fine ordered, 223; investigations into falsified lead and asbestos testing continue, reforms proceeding, 287; testing firm official sentenced, reparations ordered, 446; inspector sentenced, 1294 – False statements and mail fraud, fictitious inspection reports before demolition, asbestos inspector sentenced (E.D. Mo.), 79 – False tax returns
– – Deductions for personal expenses, contractor sentenced (D. Conn.), 373
– – Evading reporting, and off-the-books cash payroll, N.Y.C. cement contractor sentenced (S.D.N.Y.), 1199; contractor's brother sentenced, 1559 – FICA taxes, false tax returns, underreporting income and falsifying pay, N.Y. painting contractor sentenced (S.D.N.Y.), 925 – Financial crimes, drywall contractor guilty plea, hiring undocumented workers, underpayments, and insurance and tax evasion, sentenced (D. Alaska), 926 – Fraud and theft, IUOE Local 68 former president pleads guilty (D.N.J.), 791; sentenced, 1333 – Immigration fraud, USCIS redesigned permanent resident card, counterfeiting harder, 336 – Issuing false training certificates under OSHA program, N.Y.C. safety training specialist charged (S.D.N.Y.), 48; another safety trainer charged, 571 – Kickbacks – Negligent homicide, manslaughter, assault, and reckless endangerment, charges filed in crane collapse that killed 2 (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 58; acting chief N.Y.C. building inspector pleads guilty to taking bribes, falsifying reports, 156; crane firm owner pleads guilty to bribing building inspector, 383; senior inspector sentenced, 551; crane owner sentenced, 940 – Overtime and multiemployer pension fund contributions, scheme to underpay, contractor guilty plea (D. Minn.), 1367 – Payroll taxes and benefit contributions, scheme to underpay workers on public works to evade, demolition firm officials convicted (D. Del.), 75 – Prevailing wages
– – Felony, forgery and other violations at Mo. public water system project, contractor charged (Mo. Cir. Ct.), 288
– – N.Y., Mutual of Am. General Constr. and Mgmt., prevailing wage violations, underpayments recovered, owner indicted (N.Y. DOL), 1491 – RICO violations – Safety violations, brickwork owners arrested for repeatedly failing to comply with court sanctions (8th Cir.), 1395 – Shell companies to pay undocumented workers, evade taxes, workers' compensation, Fla. concrete contractor and supervisor guilty pleas (S.D. Fla.), 532 – Stealing union funds and falsifying records to conceal, IBEW official sentenced, restitution (W.D. Pa.), 986 – Tax fraud and underpayment of employment taxes
– – Owner pleads guilty (S.D. Fla.), 816; sentenced, 1111
– – Owner pleads guilty, income underreported, failure to disclose amount of wages, 480 – – Shell companies, company checks written to purported subcontractors, pay workers in cash, contractor sentenced (S.D. Fla.), 1396 – Undocumented workers
– – Fla. school project, family contractor paid substandard wages, no payroll tax withholding (S.D. Fla.), 497; guilty pleas, sentencing date set, 1042; president sentenced, 1292
– – Recruiting and hiring, N.C. carpentry firm owners indicted (E.D.N.C.), 1293 – Workers' compensation fraud, owner of Tenn. labor subcontracting firms indicted, 1157 Contact the Webmaster at webmaster@bna.com Copyright © The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
