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Vol. 46, Nos. 2335-2383, pp. 1-1514 Jan. 5 -Dec. 28, 2010 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
H1N1 VIRUS
– Health care workers, vaccinations and respirators, CDC revised guidance proposal, 781
– Medical students and residents, most work while sick, infection control practices, study, 1027
– Policies
– Political opinions, OSC guidance on how federal workers and agencies may use social media to express, 995
– Furloughs, complaints before state labor relations board, bargaining duty (Haw.), 1103
– Retiree health benefits, retired state and county workers have accrued benefits, state constitution protects (Haw.), 438
– Asbestos
See ASBESTOS
– Permissible exposure limits in federal agencies, advisory panel to meet to set priorities, new appointees announced, 1210
– CDC
– EEOICPA – PPACA rules
– Occupational
– Ariz., Cal., Ill., N.Y., and Fla., most residents would pay higher taxes to maintain funding, poll, 1214
– Assuring Quality Care for Veterans Act – Doctors
See PHYSICIANS
See H1N1 VIRUS
See HOME HEALTH CARE
See HOSPITALS
See HEALTH INSURANCE
– Medical school hospitals
See HOSPITALS
– N95 respirators, Pub. Health Dep't recommends use by health care workers caring for flu patients, 1334 – National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act – Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act
See NURSES
See NURSING HOMES
– Federal task force, HHS, OMB, DOD, VA, USDA, SSA, and Commerce Dept. to designate senior official to head task force, 262
– Labor-management cooperation, unions and employers want strong benefits through cooperative structures, 1335
– Best practices and cooperative efforts in addressing health care issues in pact talks, seminars announced, 1213
– CHIP
– – COBRA rights
– Federal employees – Initial employee contributions, prorated refund for mid-month termination, and employer contributions during strike, IUOE health fund trustees challenge (N.D. Ill.), 651 – Long-term care – N.Y., local governments and school districts should require larger share paid by workers and retirees, report, 1336 – Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – Race bias, disparate treatment and retaliation, white Ala. city prosecutor denied health benefits black judge got, employee status (M.D. Ala.), 858 – Retirees
– – Cost cutting, survey, 124
– – Generally
See specific states or types of public employees
– Workplace, most employers find negative impact on health care costs, attendance, and performance, 846
See MEDICAL RECORDS
– Doctors Med. Center, recognition recommended, incumbent SEIU rejected in election (Cal. PERB ALJ), 296
– California
– – Pattern and practice of disability bias, no interpreters or emergency procedures, proposed class action (Cal. Super. Ct.), 642
– – Ventura County, deaf applicant performing as social worker in LA, ADA, DOJ accord (C.D. Cal.), 883 – Targeted disabilities, SSA, class administrative action, preventing advancement (EEOC), 1054
See EVIDENCE
See INFRASTRUCTURE
– Age bias
– Citizenship bias, college required non-citizen applicants to produce documents not required of citizens, DOJ accord (OCAHO), 643 – Contracting out, GAO plan has initiated a process to increase capacity and capability of civilian agencies' acquisition staff, 516 – Criminal conduct, accord for DHS immigration officer ban for law enforcement jobs, consideration in failure to hire (Fed. Cir.), 183 – Criminal history, Mass. guidance on advising applicants of state bar on requesting records, 1430 – Criminal records, many cities encouraging considering applicants, maximize applicant pool, cut crime, report, 847 – Disability bias
– – ADA
– English-only rules, rejecting applicants with accents, take care that action appropriate for job, 508 – Federal workers – Incentives, agencies spending too much despite value, Berry memo to agency CHCOs, 202; FDA programs strong, room for improvement, GAO report, 230 – Internet, data give employers sense of candidates' personalities, accuracy of online data, 569 – IRS
– – Job opportunities, YouTube playlist, help students and others learn of careers, 842
– – Veterans, Grassley commends efforts, includes disabled veterans, 774 – National origin bias, Russian language teacher, Va. Beach, Va. public schools (4th Cir.), 221 – Negligence, violence escalation during economic crisis, trends, government responses, employer liability and policies to limit, BNA Insights, 956 – Pre-employment medical inquiry, attorney insights, 283 – Prohibited practices, MSPB reexamination, earlier findings summary, 735 – Race bias – Security clearances, DOD – Senior civilian leaders, DOD, improvement in studies and job requests needed, GAO report, 1331 – Sex bias
– – Bridge painters, N.Y.C. pattern-or-practice of hiring only men (S.D.N.Y.), 682; N.Y.C. pays $1M in accord, approved, 1153
– – Fitness tests, female applicants failure rate, class certification (D. Conn.), 109 – Student loans, more federal workers got repayment benefits, 2009, OPM report, 996 – Tax delinquencies, effect on federal employment – USAJOBS, bias ban posting includes gender identity bias, 36; OPM announces major redesign to make more efficient, user-friendly, 149 – Veterans Employment Initiative, new OPM office, 1333 – Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA)
– Federal workers, room for employment despite President's record on appointments, OPM report, 517
– National origin bias
See AIDS AND HIV
– Cal., elimination of paid days off for state attorneys (Cal. Super. Ct.), 152
– California
– – Fresno County, In-Home Supportive Servs., TRO bars cutting pay and benefits of SEIU members (N.D. Cal.), 844
– – Sacramento, SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West pact approved, 152 – – 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 – Mo., workers who care for elderly and disabled people under Medicaid program chose Mo. Home Care Union, 554 – Or., bill expanding number of providers eligible to bargain collectively signed, 399 – Wash., governor not required to include SEIU contractual pay raises in budget proposal (Wash.), 503
– Wis., workers who care for elderly and disabled people vote to be represented by SEIU, 583
– Clearances
– Airport screeners
– Appointments and personnel changes
– – Assistant Secretary for intelligence, Wagner confirmed, 202
– – Secretary, Southers withdraws nomination to head, 90 – Criminal conduct, accord for immigration officer ban for law enforcement jobs, consideration in failure to hire (Fed. Cir.), 183 – Customs and Border Patrol – FEMA, Nat'l Council onf Federal Labor-Management Relations permissive bargaining topics approval, 1116 – FPS – Hiring, whistleblowing, unsuccessful applicant rejected after reporting co-worker disclosing classified data, hearing on whether disclosures protected (Fed. Cir.), 465 – Privacy Act, proposal to create, update, and reissue systems of records, exemptions from disclosure, 231 – Race bias, sanctions for discovery violations, promotion of Secret Service special agents (D.D.C.), 977 – TSA
– Bias
– California
– – Kern County Med. Ctr., FMLA and disability bias, pathologist removed after leave for depression, liquidated damages calculations (E.D. Cal.), 469
– – Psychiatric Techs., pact attained, pension contributions and benefits, 744; ratified, 909; bills enacting pacts signed, 1025 – Doctors Med. Center, NUHW recognition recommended, incumbent SEIU rejected in election (Cal. PERB ALJ), 296 – Fla., S. Broward Hosp., trauma surgeon, sex bias in contract nonrenewal, pay disparity (S.D. Fla.), 106 – Middle Tenn. Mental Health Inst., whistleblowing, medication dispensing policy change, retaliation (Tenn. Ct. App.), 53 – N.Y., Harlem Hosp., Doctors Council SEIU pact ratified, strike averted, 1496 – St. Elizabeth's Hosp., housekeeping, disability bias, prompt action after requesting transfer (D.C. Cir.), 101 – State Univ. of N.Y. at Stony Brook, doctor criticized pediatric program, free speech, retaliation (2d Cir.), 1309 – Temple Univ. Health Sys., unilateral discontinuation of tuition assistance for offspring of nurses and professional staff, ULP (PLRB), 122 – Texas
– – SW Med. Ctr., Egyptian-born Muslim doctor, damages for severe race and religious bias, job offer after resignation rescinded after negative recommendation (N.D. Tex.), 671
– – UMC Health Sys., failure to catch underpayment and other poor performance, pretext for retaliation or race bias (5th Cir.), 534 – Univ. of Colo. Hospital Auth., organ transplant coordinator fired in retaliation for quality of care complaints, free speech (10th Cir.), 282 – Univ. of Ill., medical malpractice accords, state and federal rules for filing notices, free speech, equal protection, due process (7th Cir.), 1067 – Univ. of Md. Med. Sys., intern misdiagnosed patients, prescribed wrong medication, erroneously identified patient as deceased, disability bias, ability to do job (4th Cir.), 377 – Univ. of Miss. Med. Ctr., age bias, 11th Amend., patient abuse by nurse (5th Cir.), 49 – Univ. of Tex. SW Med. Center, tenured physician/professor demotion, due process, property interest in chair positions after complaints about care (5th Cir.), 1505 – Univ. of Va., due process, claims by doctor removed from administrative functions (4th Cir.), 241 – VA
– Sex bias
– Breastfeeding at work
See CLOTHES CHANGING
– Overtime
See OVERTIME
– Uncompensated pre-shift meeting, Ariz. detention officers and sergeants get back pay, DOL accord, 674
– Accommodation, worker with lower back pain may not get appropriated funds to pay for local lodging (GAO), 176
– Disability and national origin bias, Cuban ALJ claims accommodation denial and retaliation (D.D.C.), 174 – National origin bias, transferring attorney into international affairs office sufficiently adverse, non-legal duties retaliatory (D.C. Cir.), 528
– Aging and shrinking workforce, flexible work schedule programs started for one reason continued for others, strengthened commitment, 1440
– Cal., mandated nursing staff ratios, patient mortality cut, increased staff retention, study, union reports similar result, 525 – Contracting out, GAO plan has initiated a process to increase capacity and capability of civilian agencies' acquisition staff, 516 – Federal employees
– – DHS, employees committed to work and how it related to agency mission but still problems with leadership and fairness, annual employee survey, 2009, 519
– – DOD, Business rules for estimating and comparing full costs of civilian and military and contract support, memo, 203 – – DOD, Manpower Data Center Status of Forces, guidelines for nonresponse analysis of survey results, GAO report, 842; civilian workforce plan, senior leader workforce plan, and acquisition workforce plan, only some addressed, GAO report, 1151 – – FAA, more comprehensive workforce strategy needed, ensure skilled people hired and trained, GAO report, 1269 – – Federal Executive Board Authorization Act – – Incentives, agencies spending too much despite value, Berry memo to agency CHCOs, 202; FDA programs strong, room for improvement, GAO report, 230; leaders concerned about federal HR specialists' skills to allow reforms, report, 993; too many new hires lost, report, 1299 – – Linking workforce planning to strategic plans and budget allocation, DOI, EPA, and USFS could improve in evaluating, GAO report, 394 – – Political appointees, conversion to career jobs, GAO report, 263 – – Satisfaction survey, 2010, 1052 – – Second session of 111th Congress, returning DOD to GS, staffing flexibility, pay compression, and paid parental leave, CRS report, 92 – – U.S. and Foreign Commercial Serv., better planning for workforce increases, implementing Nat'l Export Initiative, GAO report, 1058 – – Work-Life Balance Award Act – Federal workforce, restraint needed, cuts or freeze pay, overhaul benefits, downsize, Cato Inst. report, 737; Berry disputes reports workers paid twice what private sector counterparts make, 994; pay still lagging private sector workers, BLS data, 1301; NTEU, AFGE, and OPM dispute report on high earners, 1329; pay freeze and workforce cuts, Nat'l Commn. on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform draft proposal, 1364; President proposes 2-year pay freeze, 1391; pay comparability irrelevant, finding talent critical, agency heads not making recruitment priority, BNA Interview, 1411; cuts in federal pay, health, and retirement benefits needed, unions criticize, final report, 1419; Presidential authority to set alternative locality pay rates, 1424; catchall spending bill, see LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3082; agencies with discretion to implement pay adjustments must implement freeze, Obama memo, 1480 – R.I., Central Falls Sch. Dist., reform plans moving forward, union must understand, AFL-CIO criticizes, 263; pact ratified, includes reform plan to improve student performance, 615 Contact the Webmaster at webmaster@bna.com Copyright © The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
