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– CalPERS
– – Forestry and Fire Protection Dep't, supervisory firefighters, retirement benefits over salary cap (Cal. Ct. App.), 1344
– – Health care, plan design changes to comply with PPACA announced, 1399 – – Investment losses and aging retirees, employer contributions to increase to account for, 745 – Credit reports, statute banning employer use, background checks, job applicants, 1062; bill barring use vetoed, 1154 – Disability bias
– – Liquidated damages, hospital pathologist removed after leave for depression, only back pay eligible for inclusion (E.D. Cal.), 469
– – Pattern and practice of bias against deaf workers, interpretation services and emergency procedures, proposed class action (Cal. Super. Ct.), 642 – Furloughs, proposed budget includes June end, replace with pay cuts, 39; state appeals rulings ending furloughs of state workers not paid with general funds (Cal. Super. Ct.), 40; blocking pay restoration for prison guards sought, 68; furloughs of scientists in agencies outside general fund, 123; cut in revenue collections from furloughs at Franchise Tax Bd. will erode most savings, report, 208; state workers not paid by general fund must return to work until furlough challenges resolved (Cal. Super. Ct.), 371; furloughs continued while legal challenges move forward (Cal. Ct. App.), 398; revised budget proposal, one day of unpaid personal leave a month, pay cut and increased pension contributions, 615; executive order requires more furloughs, cash crisis, 908; stay of restraining order rejected, no furloughs until budget enacted, 969; furloughs start while appeal pending (Cal., rev grant), 998; SEIU Local 1000 pact attained on pension cuts, protection from furloughs and pay cuts, 1180; no authority to furlough by executive order but enacting budget cutting wages validated (Cal.), 1181; budget with pension cutbacks signed, 1210; bills changing pension system signed, 1244; correction to 1210, 1244; SEIU pact ratified, 1333 – Health and educational service, most residents would pay higher taxes to maintain funding, poll, 1214 – Holidays, elimination of paid days off for state attorneys (Cal. Super. Ct.), 152 – Home health care, state contribution cuts, injunction blocks implementing law, 264; class of providers challenging wage cuts certified (N.D. Cal.), 781; TRO barring state and Fresno County from cutting pay and benefits of SEIU members (N.D. Cal.), 844 – Human Serv. Dept., issuing tax forms for accord proceeds, confidentiality of mediation proceedings (Cal. Ct. App.), 1135 – Lake County, lesbian probationary animal control officer, firing for complaints of same-sex harassment by supervisors (N.D. Cal.), 624 – Los Angeles
– – Disability bias, attorneys' fees where recovery modest (Cal.), 134
– – Education, teachers and staff layoffs, more cuts needed, budget deficit, 356 – – RIFs, immediate elimination of jobs paid for by general fund ordered, budget deficit, 178; court system laying off workers and closing courtrooms, 331; officials proposing to eliminate jobs to close budget deficits, believes current pension systems unsustainable, 488 – – ULPs, Dist. Atty. systematic use of transfers to punish for Ass'n of Deputy Dist. Attys. membership (Cal ERCOM), 1370
– – Discrimination complaints, feasibility of independent review of bias and harassment complaints, cut indemnity and legal fees, 1092
– – Open shop, non-member county workers right to notice, chance to object, names disclosed to union, reasonable expectation of privacy (Cal. Ct. App.), 1509 – – Union animus, retaliation against prosecutors in union, injunction, likelihood of success on merits (C.D. Cal.), 338 – Minimum wage, state worker pay during budget impasse, inapplicable to recent pacts (Cal. Ct. App.), 816; injunction barring plan issued, would deprive state workers of funds to feed, clothe, and house selves and families, 882 – Municipal retirement benefits, 11 cities adopted reform measures, 1302; independent public worker pension systems, unfunded liabilities, report, 1430 – N. Central Counties Consortium, worker fired after reporting supervisor noncompliance with reporting rules, 1st Amend. (9th Cir.), 676 – N95 respirators, Pub. Health Dep't recommends use by health care workers caring for flu patients, 1334 – Nurses' strike
See HOSPITALS
– Pensions, pacts attained with Highway Patrolmen, forestry firefighters, Psychiatric Technicians, and AFSCME, contributions hiked, benefits cut, 744; pacts with Highway Patrolmen, Psychiatric Technician, and AFSCME ratified, 909; bills enacting pacts signed, 1025 – Personnel Admin. Dep't, Cal. Ass'n of Psychiatric Technicians pact ratified, 883; IUOE Locals 3, 12, 39, and 501 pact ratified, 971; bills enacting pacts signed, 1025 – Retiree health care, amount needed for post-retirement benefits in pay-as-you-go system, report, 177 – Revenue shortfall, loan from CalPERS to general fund, governor suggests, 1024 – Richmond, arbitration reinstating recreation supervisor not fired for sexual harassment within SEIU pact time limits, competing public policies (Cal. Ct. App.), 1380 – Sacramento, SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West pact approved, 152 – San Diego, sex bias and retaliation
– – Involuntary transfer, public defender, promotion denial (S.D. Cal.), 77
– – Permanent job, seasonal lifeguard, disparity in promotions between men and women unlikely to be chance (9th Cir.), 757
– – Higher pension contributions and insurance premiums, city charter amendment proposal cleared (Cal. Super. Ct.), 1063
– – Preferences in public hiring, education, and contracting, law mandating bid discounts for DBEs violates ban (Cal.), 1035 – State and local pension systems, bills boosting disclosure of campaign finances, financial interests of candidates signed, 1184 – Teacher Credentialing Comm'n, teacher's credentials suspended for 3 drunk driving convictions, no per se suspension but proper factors cause same result (Cal. App. Ct.), 689 – Vallejo, municipality in Chapter 9 bankruptcy may void IBEW pact (E.D. Cal.), 776; city council approves reorganization plan, IBEW pact, 1429 – Ventura County, deaf applicant performing as social worker in LA, ADA, DOJ accord (C.D. Cal.), 883
– Energy employees
– – Disaster site, rescue, recovery, and cleanup workers, captive insurance fund for proposed accord (S.D.N.Y.), 369; amended settlement proposal, compensation fund, attorneys' fees cuts, 704; approved, 775; deadline for opting into accord extended, 1062; accord with Port Authority of N.Y. and N.J., Board and governors must approve, 1242; more accords approved, deadline for opting in over, 1334; most victims opt in to accord, 1398
– – Lung damage, first responders exposed to dust and debris, lowered lung function, study, 526; steep declines in lung function largely persisted, 1124
– Day care
See CHILD CARE
– Local Government Employee Retirement Systems Survey, report, FY2008, 401
– State and local employees, employment rates, report, 2009, 1061
– H1N1 virus, health care workers, vaccinations and respirators, revised guidance proposal, 781
– Hiring, veterans' preferences (Fed. Cir.), 17
– Recognition
– Perfume, Ohio school clerical assistant not regarded as disabled, human resources director efforts to accommodate (Ohio Ct. App.), 655
– Active military duty, exigency FMLA leave, OPM proposed rules, 1361
– FMLA, definition giving rights to people who care for child clarified, legal or biological relationship unnecessary, WHD opinion letter, 777; both caring for and providing financial support not necessary to qualify, OPM memo to CHCOs, 1053 – FRD
– – Mich., employee status, organizing, applicability of union pact (Mich., rem), 1134; burden of proof, force state to ignore representation election results (Mich. Ct. App.), 1167; (Mich. Ct. App., rev den), 1305
– – States authorizing unions doubled, pacts growing, report, 817 – N.Y., organizing and bargaining rights, bill signed, 1184 – Same-sex domestic partners, Obama memo, benefits for federal workers' partners and children, 665; GSA interim rule adopts OPM definition of domestic partners and families, 1298; HRC partnership to launch educational campaign about lack of benefits, 1368
– Agriculture, WHD to revise rules, 1502
– FMLA, definition giving rights to people who care for child clarified, legal or biological relationship unnecessary, WHD opinion letter, 777; both caring for and providing financial support not necessary to qualify, OPM memo to CHCOs, 1053
– Safety, D.C. Fire and Emergency Services policy requiring criminal checks for all workers, no review until implemented (D.C.), 982
– FEHBP, state subsidies to help pay premiums, OPM proposed rule, 484
– Race and reverse bias, Wash. area utility, subject to Md. county laws (Md.), 654
See SMOKING
– Realignment, Mayorkas announces, greater efficiency, accomplish mission, 97
– Disability and national origin bias, lawfully admitted for permanent resident, access cards and e-mail show non-citizen status, pretext (E.D. Cal.), 856
– Employment eligibility
– First Amend., heightened pleading standard for Ga. district attorney staff firing, Bd. of Comm'rs candidacy (11th Cir.), 955
– 1988, enhanced attorneys' fees, not based on factor subsumed in lodestar calculation (U.S., aff'd), 504
– Title VII
See specific forms of discrimination
– Federal employees retirement
See specific states or types of public employees
– Agency fees, duty to pay organizing costs for private sector, non-member county probation officers, 1st Amend. (2d Cir.), 886
– Local 1000, N.Y. state park, reorganization that assigned jobs by sex, sexual harassment by manager, union standing (N.D.N.Y.), 220
– Age and disability bias, retaliation, exhaustion, postal worker, final EEO ruling (5th Cir.), 1277
– Grand jury service, coverage, paid court leave, Navy AWOL and firing during OPM appeal, back pay (Fed. Cir.), 1094 – Outside political activity, CBP officer claim for denying Tex. city council service, 1st Amend. claim exhaustion(D.D.C.), 681 – Promotions, APA claim for denial (D.C. Cir.), 128
– Retirement and disability fund, no duty to pre-fund, problems not expected, report, 1145
– USPS, overpayment to CSRS, OPM miscalculation, financial crisis, 361; OPM and USPS OIG calculations on overpayments critiqued, report, 805; CSRS Obligation Modification Act, see LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5746; will not be able to meet financial obligations including retiree health benefit contributions, CRS report, 966; projected surplus, FY2009, USPS IG report, 1056; POST ACT, see LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3831; use overpayment to cover financial losses, Senate hearing, 1420
See RES JUDICATA
– Ed. Note: This heading covers issues of class composition and certification. For all other class claims, see specific subjects.
– Overtime, paramedics' collective action against Chicago based on variety of miscalculations of pay (7th Cir.), 677 – Race and sex bias, class certification, policy or practice affecting job of ethnic and minority men (Mich.), 191 – Sampling techniques, use to cut costs, common but often misused, court skepticism, BNA Insights, 1013 – SLUSA, Fla. sheriff's suit challenging revenue-sharing scheme by insurer (6th Cir.), 238 – Supplemental life insurance, Mich. premiums change from flat rate to age based, no AFSCME pact violation (Mich. Ct. App.), 1194
– Greenhouse gas pollution, Obama targets reduction by cutting employee travel and commuting, 880; sustainability plans, low-emissions vehicles, energy-efficient systems, teleconferencing and web-based meetings, 1052
– Whistleblowing
– – EPA specialist harassment for OSHA complaints, risks to workers participating in emergency response without training (DOL ARB), 623
– – Retaliation, EPA microbiologist complaint after testimony and research papers criticized agency (11th Cir.), 307
– FLSA exclusion, opinion letters during prior administration inconsistent with plain meaning of act, does not excuse failure to pay for time spent, WHD opinion letter, 743
– Overtime, Colo., Denver, police officers (D.Colo.), 684 – Uniforms and protective gear, Mesa, Ariz. police pay for time spent, not required to do at station (9th Cir.), 430
See ARMED SERVICES
See CLASS ACTIONS
– Ed. Note: This heading covers bargaining process issues. For contracts reached through negotiations, see specific union names, types of public employees, and states.
– Bargaining decisions interfering with agency's ability to provide patient care and clinical competence – Conn., state law determining who is manager not entitled to bargain, no independent judgment required (Conn.), 828 – Duty
See BARGAINING DUTY
– Mandatory subjects for bargaining – Transp. Sec. Workforce Enhancement Act
See BARGAINING UNITS
– Ed. Note: For contracts reached through negotiations, see specific union names, types of public employees, and industries.
– ADR, wage payment provisions, arbitration for violating FLSA provisions (D.C. Cir.), 280 – Card check provisions
– Ala. State Univ., trustees over 70 exempt from age limit when passed, equal protection (11th Cir.), 302
– Ariz., Maricopa County Cmty. Coll., national origin or race bias, failure to discipline professor sent e-mails over and maintained web site on server with racially charged material (9th Cir.), 751 – Case Notes, 191; 795; 1168 – E. Ill. Univ., retaliation, building worker complaint, interviewers' shirts with chief mascot logo, promotion denial (7th Cir.), 752 – Florida
– – Fla. A&M Univ., national origin bias, Taiwanese faculty tenure denial, accent hard for average listener to understand (11th Cir.), 756
– – Fla. Intl. Univ., state sponsors of terrorism, state law barring reimbursement for employee expenses, preemption (11th Cir.), 1167 – John Jay Coll., citizenship bias against non-citizen applicants, documents not required of citizens, DOJ accord (OCAHO), 643 – Kan., Fort Hays State Univ., PERB award of monetary damages to professor denied rehiring, no benefit to bargaining unit (Kan.), 564 – La. State Univ., leave without pay for back pain after poor evaluations, refusal to cooperate with remediation, validity of claims (5th Cir.), 183 – Medical school hospitals
See HOSPITALS
– N.J., Mercer County Cmty. Coll., age bias exception, hiring and promotions of workers over 70, contract nonrenewal coverage (N.J.), 758 – N.M. State Univ., claims of repeated sexual harassment, continuing violation, timeliness (N.M. Ct. App.), 1377 – New School, sexual harassment, affirmative defenses available under federal or state laws no applicable to N.Y.C. claims (N.Y.), 597 – N.Y., temporary early retirement incentive, bill for teachers over 55 passed, 462; signed, 670 – Ohio State Univ., Quaker librarian, sexual orientation bias in required reading suggestions, First Amend., job duties, academic freedom exception (S.D. Ohio), 788 – Pa. Higher Ed. Sys., ULP charge for strike-related threats during pact talks moot after pact attained (Pa.), 1506 – Prairie View A&M Univ., Tex. law executes federal law, Ledbetter Act definition of each paycheck as unlawful practice, professor's national origin bias claim (Tex. Ct. App.), 472 – Tex. A&M Univ., firing associate counsel pretext for sex bias, evidence supervisors knew of Native Am. origin (S.D. Tex.), 650 – Univ. of California
– – Postdoctoral researchers, UAW pact attained, 942; ratified, 970
– – Retirement plan, projected shortfall, task force report, 1062 – – Student workers, UAW Local 2865 pact attained, 1369 – – Univ. Proff'l Technical Employees - CWA Local 9119, pact ratified, 1302 – Univ. of Ill., medical malpractice accords, state and federal rules for filing notices, free speech, equal protection, due process (7th Cir.), 1067 – Univ. of Ky., religious bias, astronomy professor denied conservatory director for creationist beliefs (E.D. Ky.), 1463 – Univ. of Me., sex bias, retaliation, and sexual harassment, pay raise denial (1st Cir.), 405 – Univ. of Mass., UAW submits recognition cards to Mass. Labor Relations Div., 177 – Univ. of N.H., professor suspended, barred from campus, stripped of department chair after verbal outburst, due process (D.N.H.), 1309 – Univ. of Pittsburgh, RIF, computer accessed by others, number on calculator, and office break-in, race and sex bias, retaliation (3d Cir.), 1219 – Univ. of P.R., eligibility for retirement plan, age bias, EEOC accord (D.P.R.), 180 – Univ. of Texas
– – Arlington, workers who said prayers and rubbed oil on co-worker cubicle have no free speech claim but may be religious bias (N.D. Tex.), 951
– – El Paso, FMLA self-care provision, abrogation of 11th Amend. sovereign immunity (Tex.), 894
– Colo. Springs, DOL certification of pact with ATU Local 19 (10th Cir.), 165
– Financing, public schools facing irreversible cuts, funding cut, ballot proposal to hike taxes, changes to pensions, 358 – Health Dep't, independent contractor should have been classified state worker, authority to remedy, retirement credit (Colo. Ct. App.), 345 – Pay-for-performance, bill changing vetoed, not best way to solve pay compression, 708 – Public Employees Retirement Ass'n, restoring stability approved, 207; signed, 234; class action to challenge law cutting COLAs (Colo. Dist. Ct.), 234; suit charges COLA cuts unconstitutional, impairs retirees' rights to benefits (Colo. Dist. Ct.), 265 – Univ. of Colo. Hospital Authority
See HOSPITALS
– 5th, 9th, 10th, and 14th Amends., public law suspending government bargaining duties, mandating layoffs (D.P.R.), 108
– N.Y., unions suits claim furlough plan substantially impairs pacts, TRO issued, 614
– Appointments and personnel changes
– – Assistant Sec'y, Lam-Hale, Mills, and Wolf confirmed, director general of foreign commercial service, Kumar confirmed, 202
– – Foreign Servs. Impasses Disputes Panel, appointments announced, 1491
See CENSUS BUREAU
– Univ. Proff'l Technical Employees Local 9119, Univ. of Cal. pact ratified, 1302
– Telecommuting
See specific states
– Minimum wage
See MINIMUM WAGE
See OVERTIME
See PREMIUM PAY
See specific states
See DAMAGES
– Federal workers, grace period for using to expire in May, OPM urges agencies to ensure use, non-exempt workers to get pay, 395
– Overtime, excluding differential or premium pay, inaccurate rate, Cal. police, accord approval (N.D. Cal.), 233
– Pleadings
See PLEADINGS
– Utah, shift to 4-day workweeks, expected savings, productivity losses, audit, 885
– Networks and cloud computing
– ABA
– – Issues facing benefit plans of tax-exempt and government employers, conference, 1090
– – Section on Labor and Employment Law, 1382
– – – Annual meeting, 1351; 1352; 1353
– – – Center for Continuing Legal Education teleconference, 444; 508 – – – Natl. Conf. on EEO Law, 413; 414 – AFT biennial convention, 846 – CHCO Council meeting, 1085 – Chicago-Kent College of Law 3rd annual Kenneth Piper Lecture, 443 – EEOC Training Inst. webinar, 1137 – Federal Salary Council, 1301 – FMCS conference on health care challenges, 1511 – Geo. Mason Univ. Mercer Center forum, 1155 – Labor and Emp. Rel. Assn. annual meeting, 70 – MSPB, open meetings, proposed rules would make more consistent with Sunshine Act, 1367 – NALC 67th Biennial Convention, 996 – Natl. Council on Labor-Management Relations initial meeting, 203 – Natl. Employment Law Inst. briefing, 1383 – NELA annual convention, 831; 832 – New America Foundation, 1440 – New York Society of Security Analysts Annual Financial Reporting conference, 1304 – NTEU annual legislative conference, 315 – Society of Federal Labor and Employee Relations Professionals' 37th Annual Symposium, 540; 541 – Society of Labor and Employee Relations Professionals, D.C. Chapter meeting, 347 – Telework Exchange
– – Fall town hall meeting, 1177
– – Spring Town Hall Meeting, 423 – – Webcast, 1512; 1513 – – Webinar, 1267
– Political appointees given career jobs, majority followed procedures, upheld merit principles, bring skills and experience, GAO report, 810
– Ed. Note: This heading is used for administrative actions only. For coverage of legislation by bill number, see LEGISLATION, FEDERAL. For information on measures not yet assigned bill numbers, see relevant subject headings.
– Appointments and personnel changes, Issa to chair Oversight and Government Reform panel, other changes as GOP controls House, 1297 – Architect of the Capitol – Congressional Accountability Act
See specific subject matter
– CRA
– – Police, merger with Capitol Police, union standing to bring race bias claims, age limits for law enforcement exempt from ADEA (D.D.C.), 378
– – Sexual harassment, accord for law library head conduct for more than 20 years (D.D.C.), 1023
– Case Notes, 795
– Legislative branch, provision should be fully applicable, OSC FY2009 report, 875 – Worker safety and health hazards, 111th Congress, FY2009 annual report, 841; AOC to report on remedial actions on safety hazards by year-end, 906; capitol buildings, safety violations despite improvements, OCR report, 1148
– Reports
See specific subject matter
– Significant rules, not all agencies sending copies to GAO after notice, GAO report, 937
– Bargaining rights, state law determining who is manager not entitled to bargain, no independent judgment required (Conn.), 828
– Bridgeport, GPS tracking devices on fire inspection vehicles, electronic monitoring law (Conn.), 80 – Middlebury, unilaterally switching health insurance plans violated SEIU Local 2001 pact for administrative officers and police (Arb.), 747 – Telework, bill increasing telecommuting options for state workers signed, 748 – Wolcott, mayor has qualified immunity, not unreasonable to refuse pre-firing hearing, due process rights violation (2d Cir.), 463
– Settlements
See SETTLEMENTS
– Health benefit plan sponsors, compliance checklist, Analysis and Perspective, 1472
– Updated model notices, EBSA, 100
– Commerce Clause
See COMMERCE CLAUSE
– Due process
See DUE PROCESS
See EQUAL PROTECTION
See FIFTH AMENDMENT
See FOURTH AMENDMENT
– Search and seizure
See FOURTH AMENDMENT
– State constitutions
See specific states
– 10th Amend., U.S. barred from using MVRA to seize assets from La. sheriffs' pension funds (5th Cir.), 1126
– Sexual orientation bias, required reading book suggestions, college librarian, free speech, remarks part of job duties, academic freedom exception (S.D. Ohio), 788
– Pensions, MVRA trumps IRC, U.S. garnishment of La. sheriffs' pensions for mail fraud, law limits (5th Cir.), 1126
– Urban consumers, BLS reports, Dec., 2009, 99; Jan., 2010, 237; Feb., 332; March, 492; April, 644; May, 782; June, 912; July, 998; Aug., 1125; Sept., 1244; Oct., 1372; Nov., 1502
– Whistleblower complaints, OSHA interim final rules, 1059
– Cloud computing
See specific states
– Employment
See specific states
– Md., Prince Georges County, furlough to close budget shortfall (4th Cir.), 822
– Retiree health benefits
– – Omaha, Neb. barred from hiking premiums (D. Neb.), 827
– – R.I. reduction of contributions after AFSCME pact end (D.R.I.), 501
– BOP
– – Corr. and Rehab. Dep't, failure to re-employ former medical technician after Air Force Reserve duty, USERRA, DOJ accord (E.D. Cal.), 884
– – Fresno, forcing officer injured during active duty to take entry-level job violates USERRA, DOJ charges (E.D. Cal.), 268 – – High Desert State Prison, prison nurse with correctional officer domestic partner, defamatory memo after challenge to fraternization policy (E.D. Cal.), 789 – – Meal and rest breaks, state law does not include prison guards (Cal. Ct. App.), 1121 – – Overtime, state policy of 40 hour workweek and 8 hour day does not mandate pay for longer hours (Cal. Ct. App.), 1312 – – San Bernardino County, officer returned to former job after promotional probationary period, administrative appeal right (Cal. Ct. App.), 719
– – Bridgeport, current officers may intervene in race bias remedial order revision, had protectable interests in future promotions (2d Cir.), 558
– – Corr. Dep't, commissary worker on administrative leave after complaint, anti-Semitic cartoon, retaliation, fitness for duty (D. Conn.), 1311 – – Sex bias, fitness tests for female applicants, class certification (D. Conn.), 109 – Ga., African American probation officer fired for overtime policy violations, no comparable white worker treated more favorably (11th Cir.), 649 – Ill., Corr. Dep't, former captains suggest AFSCME Council 31 leaders conspired with state officials to retaliate for talks with state workers' union (C.D. Ill.), 218 – Iowa, age bias, denied 14 promotions in favor of younger, less-experienced applicants (N.D. Iowa), 219 – Md., officers, discipline, more due process rights and alternative appeal process, 555 – Michigan
– – Corr. Dept., res judicata, claims by fired Mich. corrections officer with history of bias complaints (6th Cir.), 467
– – Thumb Corr. Facility, officer complaint for transfer after complaint about inmate rap music competition, free speech (E.D. Mich.), 279 – Neb., Lincoln, prison guard, 4th Amend. claim, random search policy (8th Cir.), 945 – Nev. Corr. Dep't, policy of considering only female guards for promotions at female state prison is sex bias (9th Cir.), 944 – N.H., Rockingham County Corr. Dep't, automatically deducting from earned leave when workers leave office not salary cut (N.H.), 1403 – New Jersey
– – Disability benefits, officer, inmate rumored to be infected, PTSD, horror-inducing (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div.), 1168
– – Essex County, corrections officer suspended and fired for wearing religious head scarf gets damages, DOJ accord (D.N.J.), 1370
– – Monroe County, officers not CSEA members, 1st Amend., duty to pay agency fees for private sector organizing (2d Cir.), 886
– – N.Y.C., Army Reserve officer denied promotion after military deployment, DOJ accord (S.D.N.Y.), 268 – – Parole Bd., religious bias, hostile environment for Jewish worker, whether reasonable worker would find working conditions altered (2d. Cir.), 1098 – – Residential facilities for troubled youth, workers suffered adverse action after cooperation in race bias investigation, retaliation (2d Cir.), 272 – Pennsylvania
– – Corr. Dept., white officer, excessive force against black inmate, race and age bias (M.D. Pa.), 717
– – Luzerne County, corrections officer failed breathalyzer, refusal to sign last chance agreement (3d Cir.), 436
– – Corr. Dep't, disability bias, doctor under contract was independent contractor (1st Cir.), 1433
– – Health Dep't, medical director, prison hospital, conflict with supervisor, contract nonrenewal, insufficient evidence of sex or national origin bias (1st Cir.), 1131 – Tex., Reeves County, sufficiency of fired probation officer's evidence of pretext for race bias (5th Cir.), 160 – Va. Corr. Dep't, race and religious bias, prison superintendents sued as individuals, privity in grievances, res judicata (4th Cir.), 1460 – Wash., sex bias, whether sex may be BFOQ for women's prison (Wash. Ct. App.), 983
– Colo., public retirees class action challenges limits (Colo. Dist. Ct.), 234; suit charges COLA cuts unconstitutional, impairs retirees' rights to pensions (Colo. Dist. Ct.), 265
– Federal judges, claim for failure to provide COLAs violates Compensation Clause (Fed. Cir., en banc rev den), 211 – Federal pay, replace non-foreign COLAs with locality pay system – Seniors Protection Act
– AFGE
– Grand jury service, paid court leave, Navy AWOL and firing during OPM appeal, CSRA, back pay (Fed. Cir.), 1094
– Appointments and personnel changes, Fed. Cir., Michel retires, Obama nominates DuMont, 457
– California
– – Los Angeles, court system laying off workers and closing courtrooms, 331
– – State workers not paid with general funds, state appeals rulings ending furloughs (Cal. Super. Ct.), 40; no authority to furlough by executive order but enacting budget cutting wages validated (Cal.), 1181; SEIU pact ratified, 1333 – Judges
See JUDGES
– Military service or disability bias, hiring, Fla. court bailiff, PTSD (11th Cir.), 47 – N.Y., Onondaga County Family Court, chief clerk claims hostile environment, demotion, refusal to participate in partisan activities (2d Cir.), 1459 – Ohio, Erie County courthouse hiring part-time security screeners, pact only with Sheriff's Dep't (Ohio Ct. App.), 1283 – Open Access to Courts Act
– Cal., statute banning employer use, background checks, job applicants, 1062; bill barring use vetoed, 1154
– Hiring and other employment decisions, EEOC public meeting, fairness, adverse impact on minorities, women, and disabled people, 1260 – Ill., law barring employer use of history signed, 972
– Arson, lead ATF agent considered suspect after home destroyed, failure to protect after undercover operation (Fed. Cl.), 244
– Assault
See VIOLENCE
– False pretenses, accord for DHS immigration officer ban for law enforcement jobs, consideration in failure to hire (Fed. Cir.), 183 – Felony convictions, Detroit law eliminating questions on job applications approved, 1185 – Hiring, many cities encouraging considering applicants with criminal records, maximize pool, cut crime, report, 847 – Homicides, Wash., fatality assessment and control evaluation, 2009, 181 – Mass., guidance on advising applicants of state bar on requesting criminal records, 1430 – Misappropriation, N.Y., private business use of state property, bill signed, 237 – Sexual assault
See SEXUAL ASSAULT
– Violence
See VIOLENCE
– Reports
See specific subject matter
– Law enforcement classification, OPM rule implementing classification of officers with enhanced retirement benefits, 1146
– Misconduct, officer fired for marrying illegal alien, knowingly association (Fed. Cir.), 276 – Outside political activity, CBP officer denied service on Tex. city council, exhaustion for 1st Amend. claim (D.D.C.), 681 – Religious bias, Jewish officer subjected to anti-Semitic harassment, Nazi swastikas and SS lightening bolts on locker, removal after complaints (N.D.N.Y.), 1102
– Federal Information Security Amendments Act incorporation into DOD budget bill
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