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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
WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION (WHD)
– Administrative interpretations, better use of resources than opinion letters, working on child labor and misclassification initiatives, 397
– Agricultural, janitorial, construction, and hotel/motel industries, misclassification focus, referrals to ABA for FMLA and FLSA suits, administrator confirmation, Outlook 2011, 1459 – Appointments and personnel changes, President nominates Rodriguez to be administrator, 1236 – ARRA, All-Agency Memo on guidance to contracting officials on prevailing wage provisions of Division B bonds, 329; further guidance, 788 – Denver, enforcement initiatives in construction and restaurant industries, 17 – Enforcement, public awareness campaign launched, 179 – FY2012 budget, administration proposal, DOL funding cuts, increased funding for multiagency misclassification initiative, 1547 – Plan, Prevent, Protect, DOL regulatory agenda signals new strategy, misclassification initiative large and multiagency, 305 – Prevailing wages, NDAA required DOL wage surveys, rate set, 1231 – Public wage survey process, OMB review, 1472 – Waste, right-to-work group, accountability, accuracy of prevailing wage calculations, DOL worker classification, 108; administration enforcement more assertive, aggressive regulatory agenda to stop misclassification, 568; care in using contingent workers, deliberate misclassification, IRS will resolve soon, ABA panel, 1105; proposed rule not imminent despite high priority, data-sharing, cross-referrals, joint enforcement with states, jobless rule change will help state audits, 1165; enforcement efforts putting employers on notice of increased likelihood of getting caught, panel, 1361
– BLS reports
– – Employer Cost Index, Dec., 2010, 1471
– – Green jobs, employment and wage data, survey waiting for OMB approval, 618 – – Nonresidential construction workers, 2004-2009, 308 – – Real earnings, February, 2010, 112; Oct., 1176 – – Total compensation, March, 2010, 309
– – Average first-year increases
– – – 2010, BNA analysis, 1410
– – – Year-to-date, BNA, 350; 548; 705; 768; 828; 828; 881; 938; 1007; 1182; 1306; 1407 – – Deferrals, average wage increase, BNA analysis, 1182 – – Freezes, wages and benefits, some cutbacks, CLRC report, Sept. 2010, 924
See MINIMUM WAGE
See OVERTIME
See PREVAILING WAGES; specific states
– Workers' compensation
See WORKERS' COMPENSATION; specific states
– Alaskan Way Viaduct, Seattle Tunnel Partners PLA, 1375; Seattle City Council ordinance authorizing technical agreements, 1527
– Classifications and scopes of work for construction, prevailing wage rates for trades, residential glaziers and iron workers, final rule, 1244 – Legislative and regulatory roundup, 1498 – Prevailing wages, proposed amendment withdrawn, failure to adopt within a80 days, 1343 – Transportation initiatives, Bellingham sales tax hike to fund transportation maintenance passed, 1115 – Unregistered contractors, bill cutting penalties vetoed, 190 – Workers' compensation
– – Ballot initiative letting private insurers and self-insured firms competition with state certified, 655; voters reject, 1130
– – Felony theft of sales taxes and fraud, drywall contractor sentenced after failure to pay restitution, plea agreement, 1125
– Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act
– Colo., plumbing equipment, bill setting conservation standards for installation and repair, 121; signed, 225 – Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2011, Senate panel release draft elements, more funding for water projects than House version, 1262 – CWA
See ENVIRONMENT
– – ARRA loans and grants for rural communities to build and upgrade, matched by other sources, 240
– – Federally funded drinking water and water quality projects, applying Davis-Bacon Act causes delay, CRS report, 1288 – – Obama plan, Cardin urges inclusion in investments, less visibility, more dire straits, 1478 – Sewer and wastewater treatment project, Ala., mandate closes bribery case (11th Cir.), 825 – Stormwater
– – Cave-in hazards, stormwater sewer junction boxes, OSHA proposed fines, 819
– – 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 Infrastructure Financing Act
– Everdry Mktg. & Mgmt., damages paid for sexual harassment of teenage female telemarketers, single enterprise for Title VII liability (W.D.N.Y.), 347
– DOE Assistance Program on track to meet goal, 816; aid should be cut, example of out-of-control spending, Mich. congressman editorial, 1147
– DOE, less than 8% of appropriated funds spent on projects, report, 12 – Reporting requirements, final DOE rules to grant recipients, 13
– Reportable transactions, plan funded solely through cash value life insurance covering participants, IRS PLR, 335; text, IRS PLR, 389
– Mingo County, TransGas Development Sys. chosen for coal to liquid fuel plant, letter of intent with BCTD, 1098
– State legislative and regulatory roundup, 1498
– Outreach, OSHA training program to teach workers' rights, 536
– Protecting America's Workers Act – RIF, manager reported possible Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violation, restructuring, pretext (N.D. Ohio), 474 – Unsafe crane lift at Tex. power plant project, instrument fitter firing after numerous complaints, OSHA accord, 1473 – Worker safety, administration budget proposal would separate protections from enforcement, 1548
– Apprenticeships, criticism of failure to attract minorities and women but audit failed to include best practices, report, 941
– Licensing and certification, state legislative and regulatory roundup, 742 – Low-income housing, bill funding bonds for construction will create jobs, 124; tax credits to fund affordable housing praised, 587 – Occupational safety and health, OSHA strategic partnership with state, trade group, and real estate firm, make work environment safer, 664 – Prevailing wages, bill reinstating threshold submitted while suit continues, contractor groups support state (Wis. Cir. Ct.), 57; hearing on injunction postponed to reply to amicus briefs, 91 – Worker misclassification, bill strengthening provisions for painting and drywall finishing signed, 382 – Workers' compensation, contractors file initiative letting private insurers to compete with state in offering coverage, 254
– Experts, negligence, high voltage electrocution after scaffolding fall, witness only qualified on low voltage system (5th Cir.), 1582
– I-10 Twin Span Bridge, La., fall protection standard violation, assessment of witnesses' credibility needed (OSHRC, rev and rem), 1267 – Wrongful death, OSHA investigators, denial of motion to compel testimony (N.D. Ill.), 765
– Cement ceiling, initiatives preparing low-income women for green jobs, 401
– Construction industry participation, OSHA advisory panel to discuss, 147 – DBEs – Sex bias
– Agricultural, janitorial, construction, and hotel/motel industries, misclassification, WHD priority, Outlook 2011, 1459
– Case summaries, 1374 – Conn., Atty. Gen. to propose legislation to cracking down, 119; bill hiking penalties for misclassifying workers as independent contractors passed, 320 – DOL initiative, right-to-work groups objects to funding, interference with worker choice, 108; goal to ensure compliance with law, proposed new rules in Aug., 397; employee audits could prepare employers for DOL or IRS action, enforcement could generate needed revenues, attorneys, 426; administration enforcement more assertive, aggressive regulatory agenda to stop misclassification, 568; initiatives to thwart misclassification led to overtime recoveries, increased revenue for states, 1018; care in using contingent workers, deliberate misclassification, IRS will resolve soon, ABA panel, 1105; proposed rule not imminent despite high priority, data-sharing, cross-referrals, joint enforcement with states, jobless rule change will help state audits, 1165; DOL aggressively enforcing wage and hour laws at same time that misclassification is major issue, 1258; enforcement efforts putting employers on notice of increased likelihood of getting caught, panel, 1361; temporary funding resolution would prevent initiative, 1578 – Employee Misclassification Prevention Act – Fair Playing Field Act – Fla., businesses shut for failure to provide workers' compensation, improper classification, 509 – Form 1099, filing critical to be eligible for §530 safe harbor in IRS classification audits, IRS official, 332 – Ill., employee classification act, IBEW Local 134 private legal action under new state law, workers forced to designate independence from company (Ill. Cir. Ct..), 282 – IRS audit initiative
– – Enforcement, stem misclassification to avoid Social Security and Medicare taxes, TIGTA audit report, 399
– – Small firms, AICPA refusal to acknowledge issue that affects, 30 – Joint employers, DOL suit against drywall contractor, minimum wage, kickback scheme with subcontractors (D. Or.), 406 – Legislative and regulatory roundup, 1498 – Low-wage workers, employers increasingly misclassifying to save payroll taxes, workers' and unemployment compensation, 306 – Me., executive order abolishes task force as unnecessary, strained labor relationship with new governor, 1452 – Massachusetts
– – N.H. contractor debarred, penalized for projects in 5 Mass. cities, 289
– – Wage law violations and worker misclassification, task force recovered $5.6M in 1 year, report, 1041 – Mo., procedure for identifying and investigating misclassified workers, better selecting audit targets, follow-up audits, penalties, report, 1002 – Neb., bill imposing penalties for misclassification by construction and transportation contractors signed, puts legitimate firms as disadvantage, cost state tax revenues, 254 – N.Y., assembly bill cracking down on construction industry, Fair Play Act presumption that all are employees, 629; governor signs bill, 829; law combating misclassification effective, 1096 – Pa., legislation making construction firm subject to fines for misclassifying workers, legislation pending, 940; fines and jail time for knowingly misclassfying workers as independent contractors signed, 1004 – Plan, Prevent, Protect, DOL regulatory agenda signals new strategy, misclassification initiative large and multiagency, 305 – Prevailing wages, contractor's failure to notify Del. DOL before contesting violation no bar to suit (Del. Super. Ct.), 53 – RICO, fraudulent classification of painting and refinishing workers to evade taxes, mail and wire fraud (E.D. Mich.), 471 – Safe harbor, removal to prevent misclassification – Taxpayer Responsibility, Accountability, and Consistency Act – Utah, state senate bill approved, requires annual ownership status report to prevent misclassification, 1489; house approves bill targeting construction firms, senate must consider amendments, 1556 – Vt., bill increasing daily penalties for misclassification signed, labor and industry seek clarification, 478 – Wash., classifications and scopes of work for construction, final rule, 1244 – Wis., bill strengthening provisions for painting and drywall finishing signed, 382
– Freeze election, Segal Co. report, 2010, 1513
– California
– – Legislation progresses, 741
– – Licensing Bd., contractor license suspension, failure to provide workers' compensation, 1453 – Independent contractors, employers lack financial incentives, moving to electronic injury-tracking, 305 – Inherent risks, general contractor liability for contractor's injuries while erecting gas station canopy (Cal.), 627 – Lawrence Livermore Natl. Laboratory, workers, contractors, and subcontractors instructed on compensation and medical benefits for nuclear exposure, 621 – LHWCA
– – Ballot initiative letting private insurers offer coverage, building industry supports, 587
– – Or. Contractors, member-owned trust files for bankruptcy (Bankr. D. Or.), 1452
See specific states
– DOL FY2011 budget, increasing funding for training and job search aid to fight jobless rates, more rules may stifle recovery, 108
– Job training, challenges for DOL monitoring, OIG semiannual report to Congress, 1232
– Fatal scaffolding fall, failure to instruct jury on relative liability of defendants who settled harmless, widow gets damages (Ill.), 1061
– Investigations, OSHA, denial of motion to compel testimony (N.D. Ill.), 765
– Exhaustion, IUPAT Dist. Council 22 business agent failed to use union remedies before suit (E.D. Mich.), 1524
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