Government Employee Relations Report Index-Summary

BACK PAY

– Continuing Extension Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4851

– Grand jury service, paid court leave, Navy AWOL and firing during OPM appeal, CSRA (Fed. Cir.), 1094
– LWOP, USPS failure to follow procedure, ready, willing, and able to work (Fed. Cir.), 1012

BACKGROUND CHECKS

– Criminal history, Mass. guidance on advising applicants of state bar on requesting records, 1430
– Felony convictions, questions on job applications, Detroit law eliminating approved, 1185
– Nonsensitive contract jobs, drug treatment and references, NASA right to investigate long-term low-risk JPL contractors (U.S., oral arg), 1196
– Privacy, firing long-term school substance abuse specialist, background check showed 32 year old conviction, state constitution (Ohio), 1311
– Ripeness, D.C. Fire and Emergency Services policy requiring criminal checks for all workers, no review until implemented (D.C.), 982

BAGGAGE AND PASSENGER SCREENERS

– Air transportation

See TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (TSA)

BANKRUPTCY

– Cal., Vallejo, municipality in Chapter 9 may void IBEW pact (E.D. Cal.), 776; city council approves reorganization plan, IBEW pact, 1429
– Chapter 9, potential for tidal wave of filings looming, 1081
– FMLA, Tex. firefighter claim for leave to care for wife, failure to disclose personal filing discharged debts (5th Cir.), 1162
– Local governments in financial distress, Chapter 9 filing may be option, CBO issue brief, 1497

BARGAINING AGREEMENTS

See COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS; specific unions and industries

BARGAINING DUTY

– Management rights, Haw. furlough plan, state labor relations board (Haw.), 1103
– Personal property searches, BOP, AFGE Local 171 and Council of Prison Locals 33 (FLRA), 23
– P.R., public law suspends, constitutionality (D.P.R.), 108
– Random drug testing, NYPD commissioner, replacing urine samples with hair samples (N.Y.), 109
– Smoking rules, Neb. electrical utility imposed unilateral changes after bona fide impasse with IBEW (Neb.), 1505
– Special education teachers' workload, Conn. school district, change in working conditions without bargaining (Conn.), 1508
– Transp. Sec. Workforce Enhancement Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1881

– ULPs, FLRA improperly ordered NLRB bargaining with consolidated bargaining unit (D.C. Cir.), 915

BARGAINING TOPICS, MANDATORY

See SUBJECTS FOR BARGAINING

BARGAINING UNITS

– Airport screeners, TSA wants to restrict eligible employees, asks FLRA for delay in posting of upcoming election, 452; TSA must hold representation election (FLRA), 1346
– Bailiffs and peace officers, Del. Public Emp. Relations Bd. jurisdiction to certify, separation of powers (Del.), 249
– Consolidated union, FLRA approval of NLRB unit including general counsel and board staff, DOJ argument (D.C. Cir.), 91
– ULPs, FLRA improperly ordered NLRB bargaining with consolidated unit of Bd. and Gen. Counsel reports (D.C. Cir.), 915

BEA

See ECONOMIC ANALYSIS BUREAU (BEA)

BENEFITS

– Employee

See EMPLOYEE BENEFITS; specific types of benefits

– FEHBP

See FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM (FEHBP)

– Health insurance

See HEALTH INSURANCE

– Leave

See specific types of leave

– Life insurance

See FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' GROUP LIFE INSURANCE (FEGLI)

– Long term care insurance

See LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE

– Severance pay

See SEVERANCE PAY AND BENEFITS

BFOQs

See BONA FIDE OCCUPATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (BFOQs)

BIAS

See specific forms of discrimination

BLS

See LABOR STATISTICS BUREAU (BLS)

BONA FIDE OCCUPATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (BFOQs)

– Case Notes, 191
– English-only rules, rejecting applicants with accents, ensuring action appropriate for job, 508
– Political affiliation bias, Ill. Transp. Dep't sign shop chief firing, qualified immunity, political loyalty in job description (7th Cir.), 999
– Sex bias

– – Nev., policy of considering only female guards for front line jobs at women's prison (9th Cir.), 944
– – Wash., whether sex may be exception for women's prison housing (Wash. Ct. App.), 983

BONUSES

– Federal workers, political appointees, Obama memo bans for FY2011, 933
– Performance

See MERIT PAY

– Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4899

BOP

See PRISONS BUREAU (BOP)

BREAKS, MEAL AND REST

– Cal., state law does not include prison guards (Cal. Ct. App.), 1121
– Data request, AFGE Local 215, SSA, ULP (FLRA), 24

BREASTFEEDING AT WORK

– Executive branch civilians, Obama delegates to OPM authority to provide reasonable accommodations, 1483
– PPACA, FLSA amendment requires reasonable time to express milk, 462; reasonable accommodation, breaks and facilities for expressing milk, does not supersede greater state laws, BNA Insight, 1201; WHD preliminary interpretation, requires reasonable break time and place to express breast milk, 1498; rise in number of nursing mothers predicted, report, 1499
– Sex bias, sexual harassment, and retaliation, NFS wildlife biologist, offensive comments about private office (D. Colo.), 1132

BRIDGES AND ROADS

See INFRASTRUCTURE

BUDGET, U.S.

– Agencies and departments

See specific agencies and departments

– EEOC, DOJ Civil Rights Div., FY2011 proposes increase to hire more staff, 147
– Federal Executive Board Authorization Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 896

– Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3677

– FY2011

– – Administration proposal, pay hike for civilians and military, 120; NTEU legislative priorities, 315; stop-gap continuing resolution issue barring adjournment, 1117
– – Catchall spending bill

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3082

– – Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3677

– Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2847

– Ike Skelton Nat'l Defense Auth. Act for FY2011

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 6523

– National Defense Authorization Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5136

– SEC

See SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC)

– Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4899

BUDGETS, STATE

See specific states

BUILDING SERVICES

– Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3250

BURDEN OF PROOF

– Age bias, mixed motive

– – But-for causation standard, burden-shifting paradigm (3d Cir.), 42
– – Federal workers, mixed-motive claims, private sector limits (D.C. Cir.), 1503

– Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3721, S 1756

BUREAU OF

See specific bureaus

BUS TRANSPORTATION

– Mass transit

See MASS TRANSIT

– School

See PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS

BUSINESS EXPENSES

– Travel and transportation

See TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES