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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
HAITI
– Telecommunications and shipping and port infrastructure, private sector representatives say rebuilding essential to reconstruction, Locke tells Tourism Minister, 276
– ULP, hotel developer, UBC secondary boycott, dismissal stayed for evidence of defamation damages (W.D. Wash.), 117; developer may pursue secondary boycott claim (dec), 932
– Green jobs, construction industry to produce largest number, have largest increase, 2012 outlook, 1312
– Legislative and regulatory roundup, 1498
– OSHA standard, plan to publish final rules, semiannual regulatory agenda, 1289
– Top violations cited by OSHA, FY2010, 1053
– Hispanics, concentration of workers from Mexico and Central America in hazardous industries, CBO report, 784
– Asbestos
See ASBESTOS
– Communications, OSHA training program to teach workers' rights, 536 – Crystalline silica, permissible exposure limit for concrete work, final rule pushed back, semiannual regulatory agenda, 265; proposed rule still on table, officials reviewing comments, 985; contractor associations raise concerns burdens, 1509; proposed rule sent for OMB review, 1575 – Fly ash, contractor associations raise concerns about designation, 1509 – Hazardous waste
See HAZARDOUS WASTE
See LEAD
– Methanol, contractor unaware of pipeline damage while laying water pipes not liable as Superfund arranger (5th Cir.), 935 – Permissible exposure limits, OSHA task force examining updates, Michaels, 429; stakeholder group collecting chemicals to be considered, current method does not work, 989 – Sulfur-contaminated drywall, Virginia homeowners get damages, default-related ruling against Chinese drywall maker (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 – Toxic pollutants, including mercury, concrete trade group asks EPA to reconsider controlling emissions, 1113 – Welding fumes, apportionment of liability, new trial ordered in multidistrict litigation (5th Cir.), 878
– Blue Ribbon Comm'n on America's Nuclear Future, subcommittees to hold public meetings, 577
– Clean energy products, coalition urges credits for equipment that reuses heat and waste energy to power industrial plants, 202 – Community Engagement Initiative, local participation in decisionmaking, emergency response, hazardous waste cleanups, 405 – Masonry blocks, sandblasting of military aircraft, Ohio EPA requires permit (U.S., rev den), 505
See HEALTH INSURANCE
– Hospitals
See HOSPITALS
– COBRA
– Employer-provided, benefits from labor-management cooperation helps tackle insurance and wellness programs, FMCS director, 1109 – Forms 5500 and 5500-SF, annual reports, EBSA accepting electronic signatures, 366; DOL regarding 2011 as transition year, plans required to file electronically, EFAST2, 1024 – Non-union workers, fee-for-service health plans, BLS study, 2008, 1112 – PPACA
– – Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act
– – Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act – Retirees
– Highway construction
– Air Conditioning Ass'n, House urged to retain tax credits promoting small business growth, keep rates stable, 339
– Assoc. Mechanical, supplier recovery for materials on expired performance bonds, unjust enrichment (D. Nev.), 1338 – Climate control, stadium, losing bidder gets costs of preparing proposal, state competitive bidding laws (Ohio), 672 – Energy-efficient HVAC systems, solar panels, and insulation, rebate program proposal, 15 – Industrial Mechanical Insulation, failure to pay overtime and prevailing wages, contractor pays restitution and fines, accord, 92 – Jack's Heating, Air Conditioning, and Plumbing, subcontractor on Ohio public safety and security center, prevailing wages, UA Local 776 (Ohio App. Ct.), 1446 – Madison Area Mechanical and Sheet Metal Contractors Ass'n, PPF Local 601 strikes end pending pact ratification (Wis. Cir. Ct.), 705; ratified, 739 – Mechanical Contractors Ass'n of N.M., PPF Local 412 pact ratified, 126 – Midwest Pipe, Minn. claim for PPF threat to rescind contractor market recovery grant preempted (U.S., rev den), 5 – N. Ill. Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors Ass'n, SMWIA Local 265 [act attained, 584 – Power plan, CSHIB report on Conn. natural gas explosion, AMSE considers ban, OSHA standard urged, 957 – Rules negatively impacting construction, specialty trade contractors oppose prevailing wage laws repeal, tax and burdensome safety rules relief, 1541 – Steinbruner Heating & Cooling, SMWIA Natl. Pension Fund, arbitration, withdrawal liability, no employer request (E.D. Va.), 440
– Sunbelt Rentals, IUOE Local 150 strike, bypassing union, presenting pact proposal directly, ULP, 431
– Vehicle safety on construction sites, OSHA semiannual regulatory agenda, 1291
– National emphasis program, compliance directive, 178; final rule sets date for requiring disclosure of exposure monitoring, 369
– Ace Paving, liquidated damages on delinquent contributions before judgment entered to recover (W.D. Wash.), 963
– A.H. Cornell, health plan administration, retaliation, no complaints not made during inquiry or proceeding (3d Cir.), 581 – Am. Recovery and Reinvestment Act – AMEC Civil, res judicata, suit against Fla. Transp. Dep't, pact breach after damages award for failure to get permits for night work (Fla. Dist. Ct.), 410 – Budget shortfalls, and joblessness due to recession, creativity to meet infrastructure needs, 1346; addressing shortfalls despite spending cuts, BNA Insights, 1352; Boxer criticizes House GOPs, opposes all cuts to job creation, infrastructure investments, 1365 – California
See CALIFORNIA
– Coral Constr., San Francisco DBE and local preferences, Cal. bar on use in contracting (Cal., oral arg), 319; voter-initiated law banning hiring preferences permitted (dec), 685; supervisors' mandate to hire city workers on city-funded projects, 1242 – Cross-Border Transportation, U.S. and Mexican officials to meet in Tex. to push forward projects, 677 – FHWA – Geyer Signal, Minn. charged with constitutional violation in awarding contracts to DBEs, no evidence of prior bias (D. Minn.), 1560 – Heavy Highway Contractors Ass'n
– – Chicago Reg'l Council of UBC pact attained, waste water, sewer, and river work, 1269
– – Iowa legislative panel approves bill letting localities require prevailing wages on certain projects, 28; signed, 120
– – DOT regulation
– Illinois, I-55 interchange reconfiguration project, job creation, 833 – Ind.- Ill. highway link and Ohio river bridges, Ind. bill letting public-private partnership to fund signed, 124; governors approve preliminary engineering and feasibility activities, 511; Ill. DOT to hire consultants to draft environmental impact statement, 1313 – Md., transportation funding, commission appointed to study options, 772; fiscal crisis due to inadequate funding, manipulation of trust fund to cover other budget shortfalls, interim report, 1344 – Mid-Am. Reg'l Bargaining Ass'n, talks with IUOE Local 150 and LIUNA Dist. Council of Chicago, strike halts N. Ill. road, bridge, and building, 605; pact attained, strked ends, 639 – Motor fuel tax, measures to replace, fund backlogged infrastructure projects, report, 954; Voinovich and Carper urge deficit-reduction panel to increase gas taxes to fund, 1108; Natl. Comm'n on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform urges hike to fund infrastructure projects, 1141; 15 cent increase recommended, report, 1227 – National Infrastructure Development Bank Act – New York
– – Bridge caisson drilling, LIUNA jurisdiction suit over work assigned to UBC (2nd Cir.), 792
– – Capital spending, recommendations encouraging smarter spending on infrastructure projects with long-term benefits, report, 1244 – – Trac Constr., owners plead guilty to felonies for failure to pay prevailing wages on public works projects (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 1243 – – Transportation infrastructure, state lacks revenue to maintain, credible strategy for future needs, report, 1180 – NW Ind. Contractors Ass'n, interim wage pact with IW Local 395 to avoid strike, IUOE, IBT, LIUNA, UBC, and OP&CMIA honor picket lines, 476; IW pact attained, strike ends, 506 – On the Job Training/Supportive Services (OJT/SS) program, DOT grants for women and minorities, 142 – Pa., transportation projects, lawmaker announces bill to address funding gap, 223; special legislative session called to tackle funding needs after FHWA rejects tolls proposal, 322 – PLAs, no AGC input on high road contracting, oversight impediment to firms struggling for work, 334; concern about job creation proposals and oversight of road contracting, 335 – Privatization, economic impact, inaccurate pricing biggest obstacle to efficiency, economist, 498 – Projects on back burner, delays and worker productivity loss from traffic congestion, costs to contractors high, AGC report, 495 – Safe Treatment of Polluted Stormwater Runoff Act – State initiatives
See specific states
– Steel erection, OSHA standard, final rule, FHWA requirements, 399; no jurisdiction over petition for review of directive (4th Cir.), 1569 – Surface Transportation Extension Act – 2011, exhaustion of stimulus funding and lack of replacement dictate decline, economist estimates, 1232 – U.S. policy, debates academic, lawmakers struggle to find funding for expensive but overdue reform, 1033; Mica may chair House panel after elections, highway and transit reauthorization among priorities, 1054; Mica to take panel, top Democrats lost reelection, transportation policy and funding bill, 1115 – Vehicle backing operations, road construction group supports regulating, flexible performance-based standard, 1397
– Case summaries, 1374
– Criminal Penalties for Unauthorized Employment Act
See JOB CREATION
– Residency requirements, initiatives to stimulate local hiring, many cities include residents with criminal records, NELP report, 622 – Salts
See SALTING
See VISAS
– Affidavit, new hire certification of no job of more than 40 hours in 60 days, IRS draft of Form 941, 103; erroneous overpayment notices sent, IRC, processing software error, 987
– Defined benefit plans, administration letter to Congress endorses importance of temporary relief, House bill did not include, Borzi, 234 – Payroll tax exemption for new hires, IRS form W-11 released, no effect on Social Security tax contributions, 208 – Payroll tax returns, errors in claiming tax credits and exemptions, IRS developing compliance plan, routine audits, 608 – Small business tax cuts, Hoyer lauds, funding hiring new workers, other bills have positives impact, 669 – Tax breaks, firms that hire unemployed workers this year eligible, Treas. Dep't report, 689 – Tax breaks for hiring unemployed workers and bonds process for construction projects, Obama says tax cut will help small firms, 109 – Tax credit bonds, CRS releases updated report, 277 – Tax exemptions, number of newly hired workers hired into construction, BLS report, 607
– Business ownership, growth, Census Bureau data, 907
– Discrimination against
See specific form of discrimination
– Limited English Proficiency and Hispanic Workforce Initiative, challenges and successes, 180 – Natl. Action Summit for Latino Worker Health and Safety, Solis emphasized Hispanic workers' rights, OSHA activities, 248; workers, unions, and government urge OSHA for assurances, understanding of job hazards, and rights to report violations, 249 – Unsafe working conditions, workers and groups urged to complain to help OSHA enforce laws, 1169
See AIDS AND HIV
– Case summaries, 1374
– Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Cincinnati, school board resolution halting construction, 912
– Builder confidence, January 2011, 1546
– Exposure to hazards, OSHA authority to impose separate fines for each worker not trained, given respirator (D.C. Cir.), 231 – Lead paint, builders suit against EPA for removal of opt-out provision (D.C. Cir.), 609
– E-Verify
– FY2012 budget, administration proposal includes E-Verify expansion, efficiency and administrative savings, 1551 – ICE
See IMMIGRATION
See VISAS
– Beth Israel Hosp., contractor fined for asbestos standard violations at Boston hospital laboratory, OSHA, 50
– California
– – Los Angeles, Martin Luther King Jr. Medical Center, PLA with local unions for outpatient clinic approved, 1310
– – Rady Children's Hosp., contractor who got state bond money must pay prevailing wages, 675 – Huntington Mem. Hosp., director of construction, FBI arrest, kickbacks for work not done (C.D. Cal.), 1476 – N.Y. Presbyterian, contractor and conspirator charged, ongoing antitrust investigation, bidding fraud, bribery, and tax-related offenses (S.D.N.Y.), 213 – OSHA FY2010 inspection plan, resources directed to high hazard workplaces with highest injury and illness rates, 1056 – Our Lady of the Lake Hosp., UBC Reg'l Council picketed, hung banners, handbilled, and obstructed access to force subcontractor to recognize union on hospital project (La. Ct. App.), 245 – Ponca City Med. Center, electrical contractor insufficient staffing caused delay, default notice reasonable, chargeback excessive (W.D. Okla.), 1372 – St. Elizabeth Health Center, SMWIA secondary boycott, NLRA preemption, loss of business goodwill (Ohio Ct. App.), 185 – St. John Med. Ctr., Hispanic carpenter fired after working on hospital contractor not rehired, no evidence of animus (10th Cir.), 1153
– Point Ruston, hotel developer, UBC secondary boycott, stay for evidence of defamation damages (W.D. Wash.), 117; developer may pursue secondary boycott claim (dec), 932
– Travel time
See TRAVEL TIME
– Common grant process, BCTD praises plan to join DOT in awarding highway and housing funding, 567
– Davis-Bacon Act, comments on data collection procedures sought, 45 – FY2011 funding, House appropriations panel approves, includes more funding for FHWA than requested, 644; Senate panel approves FY2011 funding, rejects highway spending hike, 666; bill, see LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5850 – Green Retrofit Program, alternative energy sources to cut utility consumption, approval of data solicitation, 613 – Prevailing wages, maintenance laborers and mechanics, OMB authority to continue data collection sought, 621 – Residential leases, joint EPA rules requiring lessors to disclose presence of lead paint reasonable, within Lead Hazard Act scope (11th Cir.), 703
See NEW CONSTRUCTION
– Maximize recruitment and retention of young workers, rework practices to avert talent deficiencies, report, 691
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