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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
TAA
– LMRA
– Bidding, federal antitrust investigation, fraud, bribery, and tax-related offenses, contractor and conspirator (S.D.N.Y.), 213
– Cash payments to reduce taxable income, demolition contractor previously convicted for LIUNA kickbacks sentenced for tax evasion (D.R.I.), 1542 – Shell companies, company checks written to purported subcontractors, pay workers in cash, contractor sentenced (S.D. Fla.), 1396 – Underpaying employment taxes, owner pleads guilty (S.D. Fla.), 816; sentenced, 1111 – Underpaying workers compensation, contractor's owner pleads guilty, income underreported, failure to disclose amount of wages, 480
– Advanced Energy Tax Incentives Act
– Bonuses, depreciation provision, reinstatement sought, 179 – Building Star Energy Efficiency Act – Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act – Community Restoration and Revitalization Act
See EXCISE TAXES
– False returns, contractor sentenced, deductions for personal expenses (D. Conn.), 373 – False tax returns, evading reporting, and off-the-books cash payroll, N.Y.C. cement contractor sentenced (S.D.N.Y.), 1199; contractor's brother sentenced, 1559 – Federal liens, IRS priority where mechanic's liens involve unpaid workers, attorney advice memo, 618 – Gas, hike to pay for infrastructure, AGC interview, 379 – HIRE Act exemptions – Mandates hindering job growth and reinvestment, House panel urged to repeal, ABC letter, 1439 – Middle Class Tax Relief Act – Payroll
See PAYROLL TAXES
– RICO, fraudulent classification of painting and refinishing workers to evade taxes, mail and wire fraud (E.D. Mich.), 471 – State and local
See specific states
– Undocumented workers, tax avoidance scheme, prison terms (S.D. Fla.), 832 – Veteran Employment Transition Act
– Appointments and personnel changes, secretary-treasurer resigns, Hoffa names Hall running mate, 668; Local 805 president Pope to challenge Hoffa in 2011 national election, 1022
– Central States, SE, and SW Areas Pension Fund, insolvency nearby, inability to bring in new employers, 519 – Chicago Pension Fund, PBGC action to extend solvency, preserve full benefits, 424 – Joint Council #43 Pension Fund, investment adviser sentenced, excessive fees, plan assets for personal use (N.D. Ill.), 529 – Local 247, Detroit Edison, safety agreement on emissions control, 676 – Local 282
– – Alter ego, trucking firms owned by brother, friend, and employee, liability for benefit fund contributions (E.D.N.Y.), 998
– – Nonuion firms used to evade pact duties, crime family members charged with using shell nonunion firms to evade pact (E.D.N.Y.), 44 – Local 414, contractor withholding recognition after pact expiration, unilaterally changing terms and conditions of employment, ULP (NLRB), 1371; injunction request granted (N.D. Ind.), 1480 – Local 436, pension fund, no negligence or malpractice by actuary due to flawed source data (N.D. Ohio), 765 – Local 589, liquidated damages on delinquent contributions before judgment entered, insurer waived in subrogation (W.D. Wash.), 963 – Local 722, disciplinary charges in retaliation for exercising free speech rights, jury award, mixed motive instructions (7th Cir.), 87 – Local 853, concrete batching, jurisdictional dispute with IUOE Local 3 (NLRB), 959 – Locals 25 and 170, strike against concrete firm ends, pact attained, 827 – N.Y.S. Conf. Pension and Retirement, fiduciary breach claim against Madoff-related Ivy Asset Mgmt., reckless investing (S.D.N.Y.), 998; DOL supports pension funds' claims that investment managers violated ERISA fiduciary duties (amicus briefs), 1141 – Pension and Welfare Funds of Philadelphia, general contractor bought highway contractor assets, successor liable for unpaid contributions (3d Cir.), 1444
– Nanotechnology
See NANOTECHNOLOGY
– Haiti. port infrastructure, private sector representatives say rebuilding essential to reconstruction, Locke tells Tourism Minister, 276
– N. Ill. Telecom., IBEW Local 134 private legal action under new employee classification law (Ill. Cir. Ct.), 282
– Workers' compensation
– – Fraud, owner of labor subcontracting firms indicted, 1157
– – Legislation allowing contractors to opt out of recently expanded coverage approved, 321
– Travel time, heavy equipment operator seeks pay for traveling home from remote job site (W.D. Ky.), 52
– Case summaries, 1374
– Heavy construction equipment, civil service testing for operating, local charter (Ohio App. Ct.), 1202 – Materials testing, company and officials convicted of fabricating and falsifying 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
– Austin, city council passes law requiring rest breaks for construction workers every 4 hours, 707
– Beaumont and Port Arthur, IBEW Local 479 suit for failure to pay prevailing wages (Tex. Dist. Ct.), 30 – El Paso Elec., white manager fired after fight with Hispanic human resources manager, national origin bias, jury award (Tex. Dist. Ct.), 1339 – Houston
– – Light rail expansion halted, FTA to withhold grant for Buy America and procurement rules violations, 1069
– – Road and drainage infrastructure improvements, proposition narrowly approved, 1131
See specific forms of discrimination
– College renovation, roofing worker fall, liability for injuries (Pa.), 1448
– Defective product, sophisticated purchaser defense, failure to warn of asbestos risks, mesothelioma (Cal. Ct. App.), 1241 – Interference with contract, drywall contractor's claims, secondary boycotts, trespass, and slander, NLRA preempts (W.D. Ky., recon), 1469
See HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; specific chemical or substance
– Proposed rule concerning changes by reauthorization and expansion through ARRA, ETA semiannual regulatory agenda, 264
– Preemption, Pa. law breach of contract, solar power project foundation design and installation (W.D. Pa.), 1240
– ARRA, green and health care grants, ETA properly granted but inability to monitor will weaken, DOL IG report, 1025
– Asbestos
– – False training certificates, woman wanted by EPA arrested in Dominican Republic, faces extradition (D. Mass.), 1088
– – Mail fraud, owner of company that charged contractors on safe removal sentenced (N.D. Cal.), 1234 – Cement ceiling, initiatives preparing low-income women for green jobs, 401 – Construction industry, OSHA advisory panel to discuss, 147 – FY2011 Envt'l Workforce Dev. and Job Training Grants, EPA accepting proposals, 1295 – Green jobs, LIUNA demonstration project, Solis praises, 1514 – Issuing false certificates under OSHA program, N.Y.C. safety training specialist charged (S.D.N.Y.), 48; another safety trainer charged, 571 – Limited English Proficiency and Hispanic Workforce Initiative, challenges and successes, 180 – On the Job Training/Supportive Services (OJT/SS) program, DOT announces ARRA grants for women and minorities, 142 – Outreach Training Program, new OSHA component focused on workers' rights, 536 – State legislative and regulatory roundup, 1498 – Veterans Employment Act – WIA, challenges for DOL monitoring, OIG semiannual report to Congress, 1232
– Pregnancy discrimination, claims revived for involuntary transfer, not for discharge (6th Cir.), 793
– Alter egos, IUEC arbitration right, work by nonunion residential firm, same owners as unionized commercial firm (W.D. Pa.), 1486
– Climate change, 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
– Infrastructure
See INFRASTRUCTURE
See MASS TRANSIT
– National Infrastructure Development Bank Act – Road construction
See specific states
– Surface transportation reauthorization
– – Administration position, Obama plans release of details with FY2012 budget, 896; Oberstar urges bill passage, praised Obama commitment, 928; push for Congressional action on long-term reauthorization, key details not disclosed, social and economic benefits, report, 982; GOP likely to reject funding level, separate accounts for high-speed rail and infrastructure bank, 1549
– – Surface Transportation Extension Act – – U.S. highway and transit 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
– Common grant process, BCTD praises plan to join HUD in awarding highway and housing funding, 567
– DBEs, DOT proposed program changes, oversight of government contracts, 337; final rule issued, expands eligibility, streamlines certification, increases oversight, 337 – FAA reauthorization – 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 – Highway construction, House urging Senate to enact bill to alter funding, to honor changes agreed to in prior bill, 339 – Highway Trust Fund, Oberstar floats plan to issue Treasury bonds, repayment from gas tax hike, 139; GOP proposal would underfund projects, cause job losses, transportation groups tell House, 1332; long term-solvency issues, lawmakers reluctant to address core problems, panel, 1441; programs and policies to encourage public-private partnerships should be included in reauthorization, 1442 – Highway trust fund, stakeholders, lawmakers hope for multiyear rewrite, more optimism of surface transportation reauthorization, 1348 – On the Job Training/Supportive Services (OJT/SS) program, DOT grants for women and minorities, 142 – Safe Treatment of Polluted Stormwater Runoff Act – Temporary Extension Act
– Case summaries, 1374
– Investigation of N.C. firm reveals multiple hours violations (DOL), 817
– Remote job site, TVA heavy equipment operator seeks pay for traveling home on weekends (W.D. Ky.), 52
– Multiemployer plans, viability, eliminating duplicative reporting and establishing shared database, could improve, GAO report, 1167
– Cave-in threats, citation and proposed penalties against sewer and water contractor, targeted for Severe Violators Enforcement Program, 1297; seeking authority to continue to monitor contractor, 1438
– Cave-ins, risk characterization, preparation for Ohio sports arena characterized as serious, fine increased (OHSRC), 56 – Construction pits, protective systems required, train workers to recognize, and bar from entering pit, OSHA letter of recommendation, 237 – Stormwater sewer junction boxes, OSHA proposed fines, 819 – Willfulness, electrical contractor citation, supervisor orders workers into trench with no cave-in protection (OSHRC, rev grant), 440; compliance officer's testimony not hearsay, supervisor deposition admissible, heightened awareness of excavation standard (dec), 700
– Cross-Border Transportation, U.S. and Mexican officials to meet in Tex. to push forward projects, 677
– OSHA FY2010 inspection plan, resources directed to high hazard workplaces with highest injury and illness rates, 1056 – Rio Paving, firms owned by brother, friend, and employee, IBT benefit fund contributions (E.D.N.Y.), 997 – Vehicle backing operations, road construction group supports regulating, flexible performance-based standard, 1397
– BLS report, Feb. 2010, 182
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