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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
E-MAIL
– Remedial notices, electronic posting, amicus briefs by interested parties filed with NLRB support, U.S. Chamber of Commerce opposes, 613
– ULPs, employers and unions must distribute electronically where technology customarily used (NLRB), 1051; text, 1072
– Anti-cutback rule, pension plan amendment removing monthly supplement for early retirement in lieu of retiree health benefits not accrued (D.S.C.), 220
– Benefits, no abuse of discretion, early retirement benefits denial to participant who did disqualifying jobs (E.D. Ky.), 53 – Pensions, disqualifying employment, suspension of participant's benefits while working as renovation site representative (W.D.N.Y.), 1301
– ARRA progress report, funds put to work on schedule, projects often under budget, less fraud and abuse, job creation and GDP growth, Biden, 956
– CPI – FRB Beige Book Surveys – Green jobs
See GREEN JOBS
– Skilled labor, fewer firms report shortages, joblessness due to demand shortage, optimism for future, conference, 927 – Tax rates, small firms need stability to plan and recover, House hearing, 339
– CPI
– Annual Economic Outlook 2011, Wells Fargo Economics Group, 1261
– Budget shortfalls, and joblessness due to recession, creativity to meet infrastructure needs, 1346; addressing shortfalls despite spending cuts, BNA Insights, 1352 – Cal., UCLA Anderson Forecast report, 509; 903; 1235 – Canada
– – British Columbia, Construction Sector Council, 2011-2019, 1590
– – Ontario, Construction Secretariat survey, 2011, 1589 – Construction employment rates, stimulus funding for infrastructure boosted, long-term investment plan needed, AGC, 332 – Construction hiring, AGC survey, 2011, 1434 – Construction spending
– – AGC outlook, annual economic update, 2011, 1194
– – Commerce Dept. report, May, 624; Aug., 958; Sept., 1091; Oct., 1199; Nov., 1336; Dec., 1478 – – IHS Global Construction Outlook, first quarter, 2010, 405; 2011, 1261 – Infrastructure reforms necessary for long-term economic growth, potential, 906 – Labor costs, nonfarm payroll, first half 2011, 1325 – Major industries, BEA preliminary estimates, 2009, 436 – Multiemployer plans, fund assets declined since 2009, congressional relief needed quickly, report, 334 – Nonresidential construction, ABC economic forecast, 2011, 1110 – Recovery
– – BNA survey, 2011, 1328
– – Job markets inconsistent, progress best in Northeast, market weak until business confidence shifts strongly, report, 955 – 2011, many contractors could go out of business, slow growth, increased costs, decreased profits, GAO economist, 570 – U.S. Economic, Capital Markets, and Apartment Market Overview and Outlook, Marcus & Millichap analysis, third quarter, 2010, 930 – Visas, policies should make entering and remaining in U.S. legally for highly skilled immigrants, key to growth, 1171
– Alaska, bill expanding tax credits for donations to educational institutions signed, more vocational training expected, 588
– California
– – Rancho Santiago Comty. College, NLRA and ERISA preemption of PLA, market participation standard (9th Cir.), 995
– – Riverside Community College, trustees approve PLA, 121
– Political
– – Internal elections
See LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT (LMRDA); specific unions
– Allied Elec. Contractors, duty of nonsignatory to CBA to make pension contributions (U.S., rev den), 421
– ANR Elec. Contracting and Grand Elec., posing as licensed electrician to get N.Y.C. schools contract and failing to pay prevailing wages, criminal charges, 1000 – Brennan Elec. Contractors, liable for failure to make employee benefit fund contributions to IBEW Local 58 (E.D. Mich.), 281 – Gaylord, claim against Franklin Cty. Bd. of Commrs. over bidding dispute (S.D. Ohio), 186 – High Light, traffic control devices, LIUNA Local 1184 gets Cal. county work, preferences, current assignment and past practice (NLRB), 377 – Independent Electrical Contractors of Houston, referral system unlawfully interfered with IBEW salting campaign (NLRB), 867 – Journey Elec. Techs., DOL suit against officials for failure to timely remit contributions and loan payments, 401(k) plans (C.D. Cal.), 951 – Kiewit Power Constructors, break-in-place policy, discharge for objections unlawful (NLRB), 875 – Matros Automated Elec. Constr., contractor's ULPs in taking actions against workers for UE ties (2d Cir.), 21 – Paschall Elec., NLRA preempts contractor claim for secondary boycott but complete preemption converts state antitrust complaint into federal one (S.D. Ill.), 279 – Pike Elec., willful behavior, trench cave-in, willful and serious violations (OSHRC, rev grant), 440; compliance officer's testimony not hearsay, supervisor deposition admissible, heightened awareness of excavation standard (dec), 700 – Rapier Electric, ABC standing to bring prevailing wages suit for bidding on contracts not bid on by members (Ohio Ct. App.), 1552 – Roadway Electrical Works, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, administrative hearing before litigating use of unauthorized electricians (Cal. Ct. App.), 626 – Rosendin Elec., subcontractor must arbitrate performance bond claims against general contractor before DOE BCA (D.N.M.), 1304 – Sant-Tec Elec., N.Y. subcontractor debarred from federally funded projects for violating prevailing wage laws (DOL ALJ), 1229 – Scott Elec., NECA, and IBEW Local 595, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, administrative hearing before litigating use of unauthorized electricians (Cal. Ct. App.), 626 – Sky Line Electric, marital dispute, alter ego bound to IBEW pact (E.D. Mich.), 962 – Soo Kim Elec. and Lucid Elec., Cal. debars for failure to pay prevailing wages and overtime and keep hours records, 93 – U.S. Info. Sys., antitrust, contractors employing IBEW Local 3 members excluded CWA contractors from N.Y. area telecommunications installation (U.S., rev den), 1149 – Younger-Holmes Elec. Contractors, medical center, insufficient staffing caused delay, default notice reasonable, chargeback excessive (W.D. Okla.), 1372
– Local 363, electrical contractor's ULPs in taking actions for union ties (2d Cir.), 21
– Ariz. electrical contractors, wage freeze imposed on CBA (Arb), 738
– Compelled arbitration, IBEW request for reconsideration of refusal rejected (D. Neb.), 823 – Local 1, NECA St. Louis Chapter, pact attained, 475 – Local 3
– – Conspiracy, contractors employing members excluded CWA contractors from N.Y. area telecommunications installation (U.S., rev den), 1149
– – Unpaid contributions from fraudulent schemes, benefits administrator claims (E.D.N.Y.), 1119 – Local 11, L.A. schools alarm installation, IBEW-NECA Pension Plan, material fact of which pact applied (9th Cir.), 479 – Local 58, Brennan Elec. Contractors liable for failure to make employee benefit fund contribution (E.D. Mich.), 281 – Local 71, Ohio Contractors Assn. heavy highway pact pact, jurisdictional dispute with LIUNA, traffic control systems (NLRB), 242 – Local 99, trustees of pension and welfare plans pay restitution, DOL accord (D.R.I.), 1090 – Local 159, retaliation for assisting co-worker race bias claim (W.D. Wis.), 821 – Local 176, salting, contractor referral system unlawfully interfered with campaign (NLRB), 867 – Local 440, traffic control devices, LIUNA entitled to perform Cal. county work, preference, current assignment and past practice (NLRB), 377 – Local 474, duty of electrical contractor nonsignatory to CBA clause to make pension contributions(U.S., rev den), 421 – Local 477, San Bernardino County county rejects appeal of permit for Mojave Desert solar facility, 1559 – Local 479, members file suits against Tex. school districts and contractors for failure to pay prevailing wages (Tex. Dist. Ct.), 30 – Local 530, employer interference charges rejected (O.L.R.B.), 744 – Local 595, NECA, and Scott Elec., San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, administrative hearing suit for using unauthorized electricians (Cal. Ct. App.), 626 – Local 702, NLRA covers secondary boycott claim by contractor (S.D. Ill.), 279 – Local 727, convention authority recognizing more than one bargaining unit, governor's efforts to bar overridden, 445 – Local 1919, financial secretary/treasurer sentenced for stealing union funds and falsifying records (W.D. Pa.), 986 – Locals 303 and 503, Ontario, assigning highway electrical work to other unions, established practices (OLRB), 1273 – Pension plan, L.A. Unified School Dist. ordered to provide personal information in third-party payroll records to IBEW pension plan (Cal. Ct. App.), 909 – Puget Sound Health and Welfare Trust Fund, dollar bank credits, participation in special retiree plan, abuse of discretion (W.D. Wash.), 438 – Recovery programs, locals must implement, creations of new job classifications with lesser skills and trainig, 981 – St. Louis, national and local unions criticize UBC poaching work and members from other unions, rally, 527 – So. Cal. NECA pension fund, fiduciary breach, trustees invested plan assets in floating-rate note (S.D.N.Y.), 245
– Local 1, elevator maintenance and repair firm not successor, duty to arbitrate disputes (2d Cir.), 466
– Pa., transfer of work, arbitration right, alter ego of unionized commercial elevator firm (W.D. Pa.), 1486 – Rules negatively impacting construction, specialty trade contractors oppose prevailing wage laws repeal, tax and burdensome safety rules relief, 1541
– Century Vertical Sys., elevator maintenance and repair firm not successor, no duty to arbitrate IUOE Local 1 dispute (2d Cir.), 466
– IUEC – Nashville Mach. Elevator, race and national origin bias, hostile environment, supervisor called derogatory names, demotion and firing (M.D. Tenn.), 1450 – Start Elevator, contractor arrested for underpaying prevailing wages (S.D.N.Y.), 1169
– Using union funds for personal use
– Firefighters
See FIREFIGHTERS
– 9/11 Health and Compensation Act
See generally NEW YORK, subheading: World Trade Center
– Diesel, Cal. Bd. to ease rules curbing, 288; implementation of emission standards delayed, 1308
– Employee Retirement Income Security Act
See ERISA
See 401(k) PLANS; INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS (IRAs)
See INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS (IRAs)
– Multiemployer benefits
– Endangered or critical funding status, penalties for multiemployer plans that fail to establish funding improvement and rehabilitation, final rule, 10
– Enforcement, failure to cooperate with investigations could lead to jail time, conference told, 901 – Forms 5500 and 5500-SF, annual reports, electronic signatures accepted, 366; EBSA seeking comments on continued use, 578; DOL regarding 2011 as transition year, plans required to file electronically, EFAST2, 1024 – Improper investment of PPF pension funds in risky real estate bonds, DOL consent order requires restitution, suit filed against firm and owner (E.D. Va.), 1260 – Multiemployer plans, viability, eliminating duplicative reporting and establishing shared database, could improve, GAO report, 1167 – Pension funding relief, administration letter endorsing, importance of temporary relief, Borzi, 234; employers criticize some conditions, 235 – Schedule C, multiemployer plan expenses paid by contributing employer, reporting duty, DOL information letter, 642
See ERISA
– Employee Misclassification Prevention Act
– Undocumented workers
– Flawed valuation reports, DOL charges trustee with ERISA violations, 43
– Alter egos
See ALTER EGOS
– – Minimum wage, DOL suit against drywall contractor, kickback scheme with subcontractors (D. Or.), 406
– – Racial harassment, machine operator subjected to racist incidents at lessee work site (4th Cir.), 699 – Sole owner and operator, owner of electrical contractor liable for failure to make benefit fund contributions to IBEW Local 58 (E.D. Mich.), 281
– ARRA, green and health care training grants, grants proper but inability to monitor weakens, DOL IG report, 1025
– FY2012 budget, administration proposal, DOL funding cuts, Workforce Innovation fund awards grants for workforce system reforms, 1547 – Job training, GOP caucus recommends spending cuts, BCTD says cuts will raise costs, cut jobs, 1474 – Limited English Proficiency and Hispanic Workforce Initiative, challenges and successes, 180 – Older Americans Act final rules, TAA proposed rule delayed by ARRA, YouthBuild transfer to HUD, H-2B guest worker visa, updated rules on EEO, semiannual regulatory agenda, 264; ETA issues proposed rule, 815 – Work visas
See VISAS
– Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act
– – Colo., Denver requires use by city contractors, 798
– – DHS, USCIS notice seeking comments on survey about programs extended, 144; redesigned web interface for participating employers, 496; improving system among priorities, Napolitano, 1477; importance as tool to combat illegal immigration, commitment to improvement, House hearing, 1543 – – Electronic case management, Mayorkas defends transformation initiative, House hearing, 74 – – Fla., attorney general wants state agencies to use, hiring state workers and contractors, 631 – – Neb., Fremont, voter ordinance requiring city-licensed businesses to participate, guarantee no knowing hiring undocumented workers, 554; state court refused to address city authority under state law (Neb.), 1126 – – Secure the Capitol Act – – Utah, liability protection for private firms, bill signed, 189 – HIRE Act, IRS form W-11 released, will help forms claim special payroll tax exemption for newly hired workers, no effect on Social Security tax contributions, 208 – I-9, ICE enforcement increasing, employers warned of pitfalls of forms with missing data, 143; acceptable documents, proposed rulemaking, USCIS semiannual regulatory agenda, 266; rules letting employers to complete, sign, scan, and store electronically, final rule, 667; USCIS revised I-9 instruction manual, 1396 – ICE enforcement – Pa., bills targeting contractors hiring undocumented workers to gain competitive advantages ready for floor votes, 251; bills penalizing contractors passed by House, 508 – Willful failure to verify work eligibility, Ill. contractors plead guilty for failure to register, DOJ accord (S.D. Ill.), 275
– Advanced Energy Tax Incentives Act
– Better Building Initiative, President proposes campaign, more energy efficient commercial buildings, upgrades and tax credits, 1519; OSHA strategies to address unique situations, agency officials describe, 1542 – Blue Ribbon Comm'n on America's Nuclear Future, subcommittees to hold public meetings, 577 – Brand Energy Solutions, intentional tort, vicarious liability, evidence injuries from fall while disassembling scaffolding worsened by move (5th Cir.), 1554 – Building Star Energy Efficiency Act – California
– – Clean energy jobs, website highlights state resources, 885
– – Mojave Desert, BLM final approval for large scale solar thermal project, Invanpah Solar Elec., PLA requires skilled craft workers, mitigation measures, 992 – Clean energy investments, U.S. losses to China and other nations total $11B since failure of comprehensive clean energy bill, business group report, 871 – Clean Energy Jobs and Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act – Climate change
See ENVIRONMENT
– Efficiency, Intl. Code Council model code, code officials, contractors, and engineers approve, more efficient lighting, windows, and insulation, 1114 – Efficient HVAC systems, solar panels, and insulation, rebate program proposal, 15 – Expanding Building Efficiency Incentives Act – Green construction
See GREEN JOBS
– Home Star Energy Retrofit Act – Kleen Energy System OSHA fines for power plant explosion, 730 – Lawrence Livermore Natl. Laboratory, workers, contractors, and subcontractors instructed on compensation and medical benefits for nuclear exposure, 621 – Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) system, N.Y. energy-efficient building systems designer charges market monopoly through false claims, anticompetitive behavior (S.D.N.Y.), 1028 – LightSource Renewable, San Bernardino County rejects IBEW appeal of permit for Mojave Desert solar facility, 1559 – Millstone Nuclear Power Plan, improperly allowing pension credits, IBEW trustees to make restitution, DOL accord (D.R.I.), 1090 – Nev., electricity transmission line carrying power from renewable resources to SW U.S., DOE conditional loan guarantee, 1033 – Oil and gas
See OIL AND GAS
– – Colo. bill expanding training for jobs, public-private partnerships, considering improvement program for home energy, 122; signed, 585
– – Electricity and other proposals, proposals unlikely to be brought to Senate floor before midterm elections, 929 – – Renewable Electricity Promotion Act – Solar, DOE awards conditional funding for Ariz., Colo., and Ind. programs, President announces, 625 – State Energy Project, ARRA deadline for renewable energy and energy efficient projects, progress after initial delays, briefing, 623 – Stirling Energy Sys., solar power project foundation design and implementation, misappropriation, trade secrets preempted (W.D. Pa.), 1240 – Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act
See UTILITIES
– ARRA implementation, green energy job creation, budget hearing, 646
– Bd. of Contract Appeals, electrical contractor must arbitrate performance bond claims against general contractor (D.N.M.), 1304 – Clean energy, needed to grow economies, requires new retrofitting agency, create jobs, Chu, 232; BCTD trying to ensure prevailing wage standards included in final bill, 233 – Energy Star, voluntary energy efficiency labeling and weatherization aid should be cut, Mich. congressman editorial, 1147 – Green jobs, labor and environmental activists should focus on local change, Congressional failure to pass legislation, 1518 – Loan Guarantee Program, failure to articulate policy goals, develop consistent fair application process, GAO report, 625 – Nev., electricity transmission line carrying power from renewable resources to SW U.S., conditional loan guarantee, 1033 – Solar energy, conditional funding for Ariz., Colo., and Ind. programs awarded, President announces, 625 – State Energy Project, ARRA deadline for renewable energy and energy efficient projects, progress after initial delays, briefing, 623 – Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act – Weatherization Assistance Program
– – Funding, less than 8% of appropriated funds spent on projects, report, 12
– – Goal, on track to meet, ARRA funding, 816; aid should be cut, example of out-of-control spending, Mich. congressman editorial, 1147 – – Reporting requirements, final rules for grant recipients sent, 12
– Lawrence Livermore Natl. Laboratory, workers, contractors, and subcontractors instructed on compensation and medical benefits for nuclear exposure, 621
– Army Corps of Engineers
– Kal-Tech Engineering, arbitration panel authority, mandatory arbitration with related firm, BAC benefit fund contributions (D.N.J.), 1447 – Shaw Evntl., manager RIF, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, restructuring, pretext (N.D. Ohio), 474
– Mosser Constr., characterization of cave-in risk in preparation for Ohio sports arena serious, fine increased (OHSRC), 56
– Advanced Energy Tax Incentives Act
– Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act – Carbon capture and storage technology accelerated development leads to more power plants, construction job years, permanent jobs, study, 272 – Clean Water Act
– – Commercial buildings, energy efficiency priority, construction and retrofit projects, survey, 463
– – EPA, provisions to deny funding for greenhouse gas emissions controls could halt construction, House hearing, 1575 – – Senate proposal unveiled, force oil firms to buy carbon allowances, use to fund transit projects, 367; bills introduced, industry groups oppose, siphons revenue away, may kill SAFETEA-LU reauthorization, 399 – Energy
See ENERGY
– Green jobs
See GREEN JOBS
– – Emissions, Senate bill addressing not enough, interference with multi-year highway transportation, Democrats write, 211
– – EPA, industry concerns about delay in releasing draft guidance, 1032 – – New and modified stationary sources, Am. Iron and Steel Inst. suit, strategy opposes EPA rule (D.C. Cir.), 434 – – N.Y., climate action plan to cut emissions by 80 percent released, 1157 – Livable Communities Act – Rules hindering job growth, Issa releases comments, 1509 – Solar energy systems on public buildings, bill extending Or. prevailing wage law signed, 90; amended rule governs new solar projects on public buildings, 1343 – Stormwater
– – EPA seeks reconsideration of rule on construction runoff (7th Cir.), 760; remand granted, 812; stormwater runoff from construction and development, proposed correction rule, 1093; contractor associations raise concerns about proposed revisions, 1509
– – Safe Treatment of Polluted Stormwater Runoff Act – Water Resources Development Act
– Compass Envt'l, reasonably prudent employer would anticipate exposure to overhead power lines, provide training on electrocution hazard (rev), 544
– Shaw Evntl., manager RIF, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, restructuring, pretext (N.D. Ohio), 474
– Brownfields, job training grants for assessing, cleaning up, and redevelopment announced, 211
– Canada, Tar Sands Oil Pipeline, little environmental impact expected from community, State Dept., EPA to announce, 212 – Clean Air Act – FY2011 Envt'l Workforce Dev. and Job Training Grants, proposals accepted, 1295 – Greenhouse gas emissions
– – Am. Iron and Steel Inst. suit, strategy opposes rule, new and modified stationary sources (D.C. Cir.), 434
– – Permits for new and modified sources, states that have not facilitated may face construction bans, 983; industry concerns about delay in releasing draft guidance, 1032 – Most Wanted List, woman charged with providing false asbestos training certificates arrested (D. Mass.), 1088 – 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 – Particulate matter, draft guidance, data for analyzing hot spots in conforming to CAA, 432 – Residential lead dust, EPA determining if lower limits needed, 983 – Stormwater runoff rule, reconsideration due to misconstrued data sought (7th Cir.), 760; (rem), 812; runoff from construction and development, proposed correction rule, 1093; contractor associations raise concerns about proposed revisions, 1509 – Water Infrastructure Financing Act
– Ed. Note: For enforcement actions other than general stories, see relevant subject headings.
– Appointments and personnel changes, Obama makes recess appointments of Berrien as chair, Lipnic and Feldblum as commissioners, and Lopez as general counsel, GOP objects, 135
– Community Engagement Initiative, local participation in decisionmaking, emergency response, hazardous waste cleanups, 405
– Residential leases, rules requiring lessors to disclose presence of lead paint reasonable, within Lead Hazard Act scope (11th Cir.), 703
– DBE and local business preferences, San Francisco public works, Cal. bar on use in contracting (Cal., oral arg), 319; voter-initiated law banning hiring preferences permitted but not required by constitution (dec), 685; supervisors adopt mandate to hire city workers on city-funded projects, 1242
– Lash Work Environments, withdrawal liability, UBC claim to enforce arbitration accord (W.D.N.Y.), 150; pension fund may pursue claim to collect (2d Cir.), 1485
– PPEs
– MSDs
– Alter egos, common ownership, management, operations, and labor relations, nonunion flooring firm to avoid pact duties (9th Cir., rev and rem), 1299
– Anti-cutback rule, pension plan amendment removing monthly supplement for early retirement (D.S.C.), 220 – Case summaries, 1374 – Delinquent contributions
– – Claims against LIUNA trustees and locals, earlier decision allowing funds to collect from contractor (E.D. Mo., rev den), 1122
– – Failure to make under UBC pact, failure to forward union dues, and to purchase E-Stamps (E.D. Mo.), 1553 – – Liquidated damages due before judgment entered (W.D. Wash.), 963 – – Sheet metal contractor, SMWIA collection efforts, default judgment for failure to defend (D. Hawaii), 1267 – Exhaustion, union annuity fund participant's ex-wife challenge to benefits payments, claim for benefits (D.N.J.), 1525 – Failure to timely forward worker contributions and collect employer contributions, EBSA suit against contractor (E.D. Cal.), 628 – Fiduciaries and fiduciary breach
See FIDUCIARY DUTY
– Form 5500
– – EBSA seeking comments on continued use, 578; PBGC seeks OMB approval for continued use, 578
– – EFAST2 filers, wrong PIN most common mistake, DOL, 788 – Husband-and-wife pension benefits, divorce decree not qualified as waiver (W.D.N.Y.), 186 – Life insurance, living benefits, failure to notify terminally ill worker, fiduciary duty, SPD (W.D. Wis.), 468 – Life insurance, woman named as beneficiary gets benefits despite failure to end prior marriage (E.D. Pa.), 648 – Multiemployer plans
See PREEMPTION
– Retiree health benefits, ending Volvo retirees benefits when going out of business violated UAW pact (U.S., rev den), 21 – Scheme to underpay workers on public projects to evade payroll taxes and benefit contributions, demolition firm officials convicted (D. Del.), 75 – §403(c), SMWIA pension fund retained contributions of business owner ineligible to participate (3d Cir.), 1300 – Sex bias, remodeling firm's only female worker, firing after refusing to waive rights under new plan (E.D. Va.), 500 – Sole owners, owner of electrical contractor liable for failure to make benefit fund contributions to IBEW Local 58 (E.D. Mich.), 281 – Statutes of limitations, derivative action for UBC pension and welfare plans, fiduciary breach (W.D.N.Y.), 1062 – Unpaid contributions, IBEW plan administrator claims for fraudulent schemes (E.D.N.Y.), 1119 – Vesting, amending pension plan to cap occupational disability benefits, applicability to retirees already receiving benefits (6th Cir., vac and rem), 1400 – Withdrawal liability, technical guidance for actuaries on underfunded multiemployer plans, 641
– Conflicts of interest, bid protester gets hospital renovation project, poorly supported GAO recommendations (Fed. Cl.), 672
– Fed. Awardee Performance and Integrity Info. Sys., final rule, 176
– Grievance arbitration, contractor may not be compelled to submit to payroll audit, rights not asserted for 15 years (N.D. Ind.), 1151
– Ballenger Constr., road, highway, bridge, and drainage projects, serious and repeat citations, OSHA fines, 1369
– Horseshoe Constr., OSHA cites underground utility firm, willful, repeat, and serious violations, fines proposed, 1369 – Mosser Constr., characterization of cave-in risk in preparation for Ohio sports arena serious, fine increased (OHSRC), 56
– S.D., bill making easier to administer for contractors on municipal projects signed, 29
– Average wage increase, Contractor Compensation Quarterly, 2009, 275
– 11246, failure to comply with recordkeeping duties, services provider accord, (DOL ALJ), 1148
– 13502, PLAs on high-value projects, ABC expresses concerns, letter to Issa, 1366; eliminating mandates restricting competition, set wages, job creation, BNA Interview, 1584 – 13494, Economy in Government Contracting, U.S. Chamber of Commerce opposition to bar on federal contractor reimbursement for expenses of persuading workers on organizing, 493 – 13502, GSA posts regulatory update encouraging PLAs on GSA, DOD, and NASA construction, 103; final rule implementing issued, ABA threatens challenge, 197 – Regulatory reform, recent order could cut delivery time for transportation projects, DOT proactive, 1443
– ERISA, union annuity fund participant's ex-wife challenge to benefits payments, claim for benefits (D.N.J.), 1525
– Performance bonds, electrical contractor must arbitrate claims against general contractor before DOE BCA (D.N.M.), 1304 – Prevailing wages, contractor's failure to notify Del. DOL before contesting violation no bar to suit (Del. Super. Ct.), 53 – Wrongful discharge, IUPAT Dist. Council 22 business agent failed to use union remedies before suit (E.D. Mich.), 1524 Contact the Webmaster at webmaster@bna.com Copyright © The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
