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LABOR DEPARTMENT (DOL)
– Administration
– – Appointments and personnel changes, Women's Bureau director, Manzano confirmed, 202
– – Labor-management cooperation, AFGE Local 12 seeking improvement, letter to President, 1054 – – Race bias, branch manager claim for promotion denial, successful candidate had superior qualifications (6th Cir.), 215
– – EBSA
– – FECA
See 403(b) PLANS
See specific laws
– – USERRA
– – PPACA rules
– Best practices and cooperative efforts in addressing health care issues in pact talks, seminars announced, 1213
– DOE, plans for joint national education reform conference on collaboration with AFSCME, 1216 – DOL, AFGE Local 12 seeking improvement, letter to President, 1054 – Federal partnerships, E.O. 13522, Natl. Council on Labor-Management Relations, forums to promote positive relations, 175; agencies and unions must fund training and infrastructure while developing and measuring progress, report, 201; first meeting set, 203; agency plans for implementing forums, council members appointed, first meeting, 227; NCUA pact with NTEU signed, 262; second meeting set, deadlines emphasized, 397; 24 agency plans, permissive topics, agencies with rejected plans need to move forward, 422; agencies and unions should take opportunity to work together to solve common problems, speakers, 541; Council seeks extension on deadline for pilot project recommendations, Berry says, 547; meeting schedule issued, 551; Pope calls tool to help labor relations, 630; agencies and unions participating in pilot programs must submit plans, implementation timetable set, 697; FLRA and FMCS announce more joint training on implementation, 702; FEC and Armed Forces Retirement Home plans approved, SSA plan only agency not improved, 808; more administration cooperation needed, AFGE, 1021; NCUA, OPM, USDA, DOD, and VA, permissive bargaining topics approval, 1116; agencies need to be reminded to involve unions on permissive bargaining topics, union leaders say, 1176; members disagree on telework policies, administration wants mobile work day, 1296; more FLRA training sessions, 1301 – Health benefits, unions and employers want strong benefits through cooperative structures, 1335 – Model employer of 21st century, OPM 5-year strategic plan, center on training, benefits, and work-life balance, 322 – N.C., agency representatives, executive order, greater access by worker associations, 180 – PPACA, joint efforts proven to address issues, FMCS conference, 1511 – Teacher development and evaluation systems, AFT willing to develop, due process required, 69
– FLRA, Case law outline, OGC posts, 1121
– Preemption, Albuquerque city worker reassignment, protected speech, AFSCME Local 3022 pact governs (D.N.M.), 1341 – Retiree health benefits, Ohio teachers' accord for unlawfully changing benefits approved (S.D. Ohio), 204
– T-1 annual report, union elections, and labor disputes, OLMS filing date postponed, 9; recision proposed, replace with data on subsidiary organizations on LM-2, 149; OLMS rescinds, replaces with duty to report on LM-2 forms, clarifies public sector exclusion from LMRDA, 1425
– LM-30, proposed rule, unions want provisions imposing top-down reporting changes, right to work groups oppose, 1501
– LMRDA enforcement
– CPI-U and CPI-W
– Payroll additions, BLS report, April, 669 – State and local government workers, access to health and retirement benefits, survey, 885 – Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, 2008, 234 – Union membership, 2009, report, 119 – Wage and earnings statistics
– Arizona
– – Maricopa, detention officers and sergeants get back pay for uncompensated pre-shift meeting, DOL accord, 674
– – Mesa, police officer pay for time spent putting uniforms and protective gear on and off, not required to do at station (9th Cir.), 430
– – Fort Smith, affirmative defense to officer's whistleblower claim, firing justified if rules and policies violated (Ark.), 344
– – Spring County, sheriff liability for failure to train deputy on sexually assaulting private citizens (8th Cir.), 274
– – Highway Patrolmen, pact attained, pension contributions and benefits, 744; ratified, 909; bills enacting pacts signed, 1025
– – Los Angeles
– – – Disability bias, attorneys' fees for police officer's claim where recovery modest (Cal.), 134
– – – Overtime, former police officer fired after FLSA case testimony, retaliation, jury award (C.D. Cal.), 1303
– – – Overtime, failure to pay police officers, accord approval (N.D. Cal.), 233
– – – Training, police officers who leave jobs within 5 years repay costs, minimum wage (9th Cir.), 1432 – – San Francisco, age bias, promotion denials, statistical evidence of common questions, class action (N.D. Cal.), 1103 – CBP, proposed rule implementing classifications of officers with enhanced retirement benefits, 1146 – Colo., Denver, police officers, overtime for clothes changing (D.Colo.), 684 – Connecticut
– – Bridgeport, 7th Day Adventist police officer, Sabbath work, rotating schedule, religious bias, retaliation (D. Conn.), 790
– – Public Safety Dep't, state law determining who is manager not entitled to bargain, no independent judgment required (Conn.), 828 – Del., bill lets municipal governments to ensure no loss of pension benefits for mandatory furloughs signed, 233 – District of Columbia
– – CBA wage payment provisions, arbitration for violating FLSA (D.C. Cir.), 280
– – Free speech, reserve officer firing, class action for emergency rule removing organizing rights, firing appeals (D.C. Cir.), 1002 – – Race bias in discipline, evaluations, equipment, overtime, and promotions, minority police officers charge police chief (D.C. Cir.), 404
– – Air Marshals
See CONGRESS, U.S.
See ARMED SERVICES
See SECRET SERVICE
See CONGRESS, U.S.
See U.S. Marshals Service, this heading
– – Lee County, military service and disability bias, hiring, court bailiff, PTSD (11th Cir.), 47
– – Orange County, SLUSA preemption, sheriff's suit challenging revenue-sharing scheme by insurer (6th Cir.), 238 – – Panama City, sex bias
– – – Retaliation, police corporal failure to identify male officers treated more favorably, no showing comparators' misconduct identical (11th Cir.), 922
– – – Sexual assault, internal affairs investigation and firing after complaining about supervisor, retaliation (11th Cir.), 589 – Illinois
– – Chicago
– – – FOP Lodge No. 7, pact attained (Arb.), 539
– – – Sex bias, degree of adversity in doubt, no retaliation in denying special security detail request (7th Cir.), 72 – – Cook County and Chicago, unfunded liability for pensions for public workers escalated in last decade, report, 294; governor urges lawmakers to stabilize, budget address, 295 – – Cook County Sheriff's Dep't
– – – Due process, deputy sheriff liberty interest, resignation in lieu of discipline, hearing right, promised retirement and firearm credentials (7th Cir.), 1306
– – – Sexual harassment, equal protection, supervisor profanities, transfers and discipline without cause, accusation of misconduct with inmate, hostile environment (N.D. Ill.), 1280 – – – Sexual misconduct, officers acquitted in related cases, race and sex bias (7th Cir.), 587 – – Kane County Forest Preserve, parks police chief fired after drunk driving accident, disability bias, qualified individual (7th Cir.), 335 – – Pensions, legislation caps benefits, stabilizes COLAs, raises age for full benefits for incoming public safety personnel, 1427 – – State Police, complaints about lead contamination at firing range, retaliation (7th Cir.), 128 – Kansas
– – Kan. City, police analyst firing for complaint about leave policies, free speech, job duties, motivation (8th Cir., rev), 1136
– – Wichita, race bias, discipline and promotions, officers' effort to piggyback on another's EEOC charge, timeliness (10th Cir.), 975
– – Jeffersontown, officer and dispatchers fired after critical report, free speech and whistleblowing claims (6th Cir.), 374
– – Lexington-Fayette Urban County, overtime for police officer's required AA meetings, personal benefit (E.D. Ky.), 75 – Louisiana
– – Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund, Mandatory Victims Restitution Act preempts IRC, U.S. may garnish monthly benefits (5th Cir.), 1126
– – Vinton, attorneys' fees, police chief applicant whose §1983 claims dismissed, state claims prevail (U.S., rev grant), 1314 – Massachusetts
– – Boston, laid off worker wrongfully less senior worker, municipal police merged with Police Dep't (Mass. App. Ct.), 1252
– – Boston, Lawrence, Lowell, Springfield, and Worcester, minority municipal police, national and race bias claims (1st Cir.), 14 – – Boston, municipal police to guard housing projects, transfer of bargaining unit work, accord (Mass. DLR), 1060 – – Framingham, overtime, public safety exemption, notice required for eligibility (1st Cir.), 402 – – Lynn, arbitrator's award ordering grant money to be applied to police pay (Mass.), 163 – – Stoughton, adverse action based on protected conduct, whether police chief knew lieutenants instigated special prosecutor's inquiry (1st Cir.), 529
– – Oakland County Sheriff's Office, sex bias, sergeant suspended and fired, questions about off-duty relationship (E.D. Mich.), 133
– – State Police, operations lieutenant regarded as disabled, forced retirement, weight bias (W.D. Mich.), 410
– – Minneapolis Police and Firefighters Relief Ass'ns, pension funds may recoup overpayments to correct miscalculations (Minn. Dist. Ct.), 641
– – Rice County, deputy fired for being medically fit after work-related back injury, free speech and due process, corporal punishment, comment about supervisor (8th Cir.), 1195 – Nebraska
– – Omaha, public safety auditor firing, released report criticizing traffic stop method, retaliation, race bias, free speech (8th Cir.), 1276
– – Richardson County, deputy sheriff firing, sexual harassment, policy violations, post-hearing charges, due process (D. Or..), 1343 – New Jersey
– – Burlington County, ability to make arrests, Weights and Measures superintendents defined as police, may join PBA (N.J. Super. Ct.), 439
– – Interest arbitration, lawmakers and governor agree on cap on pay hikes, 1453; signed, limits on property tax hikes blamed, 1494 – – Long Branch, special officer on modified duty, treatment for anxiety and depression, fitness for duty (3d Cir.), 715 – – Race bias, civil service promotion test has disparate impact on minorities, DOJ suit (D.N.J.), 65 – – State Police
– – – Disability bias, trooper denied accommodation after reinjury, adverse action (N.J.), 1133
– – – Ethics, equal protection and due process, state rule barring state troopers from part-time law practice (3d Cir.), 1403 – – – Trooper harassment in retaliation for objecting to racial profiling in traffic stops (3d Cir.), 622
– – NYPD
– – – Alcohol testing, 4th Amend., breathalyzer policy after firing guns (2d Cir.), 13; (U.S., rev den), 1258
– – – Military leave, retiree wants overtime and night differential pay included in pension credits (S.D.N.Y.), 843 – – – Overtime, preliminary injunction barring retaliation against complainants, admissibility of hearsay (2d Cir.), 1504 – – – Random drug testing, commissioner bargaining duty, over replacing urine samples with hair samples (N.Y.), 109 – – Suffolk County, park police, pregnancy bias, retaliation, attorneys' fees (E.D.N.Y.), 50
– – Gastonia, due process, no liberty claim for false memo in personnel file, name-clearing hearing (4th Cir.), 1098
– – Zebulon, tipping off dealers, police chief willful violation of electronic surveillance law (N.C. Ct. App.), 311
– – Canton, self-incrimination, prosecutor's derivative use of police officer's statement compelled during internal investigation of bar fight (Ohio), 411
– – Cleveland, emotional harm, white officer subject to reverse bias after shooting black child (N.D. Ohio), 338 – – Erie County Sheriff's Dep't, county courthouse hiring part-time security screeners, pact only with Sheriff's Dep't (Ohio Ct. App.), 1283 – Pennsylvania
– – Burgettstown Borough, religious bias, request to remove cross pin, prior police experience insufficient for training waiver discovered 2 years after layoff (3d Cir.), 277
– – Death benefits, emergency and law enforcement personnel, attorney insights, 283 – – Duryea Borough, police chief reinstated after arbitration may get retaliation award, immunity from punitive damages (3d Cir.), 304; (U.S., rev grant), 1225 – – Elwood City, management prerogative overriding mandatory bargaining subject, tobacco usage in nonpublic work areas (Pa.), 980; interest arbitration review, relationship to employment, undue infringement on management duties (rev), 1009 – – Montgomery County, commissioners authority to enact ordinance restricting political activity by sheriff, district attorney, and staff (Pa. Commw. Ct.), 1074 – – Norwegian Twnshp., one-man police force, member 's age bias claim for job elimination (M.D. Pa..), 1339 – – Philadelphia
– – – Disability bias, police officer fired after job injury prevented shooting gun, essential function of job (E.D. Pa.), 245
– – – FOP Lodge 5 pact, binding arbitration, 38 – – – Religious bias, Philadelphia police officer converted to Islam, retaliatory for failure to keep beard trimmed (E.D. Pa.), 590 – Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act – R.I., Providence, wiretap statute, workplace telephone calls recorded (1st Cir.), 334 – Special Agent Samuel Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act
– – Memphis, city benefits specialist fired for using benefits database to call police officer at home, no business reason for accessing personal data (Tenn. Ct. App.), 381
– – Scott County, K-9 officer overtime for time spent caring for and training narcotics detection dog (E.D. Tenn.), 924
– – Beaumont, police officer more qualified than men selected as detectives, compensatory award disproportionate to attorneys' fees, specialized legal work (5th Cir.), 1101
– – Dallas, sexual harassment, retaliation, adverse actions after asking sergeant not to touch after gunshot (5th Cir.), 1071 – – Fort Worth, individual officer standing, ADR, extra points on promotion exam (Tex. Ct. App.), 1011 – – Waco, hearing examiner reduced assistant police chief's suspension, authority exceeded, new hearing required (Tex.), 379
See MASS TRANSIT
See specific unions
– USPS OIG, overtime premium – Va., bar on substituting sheriff in official capacity as defendant, sexual harassment (4th Cir.), 239 – Washington
– – Seattle, factors to analyze whether police officer discipline in good faith for just cause (Wash. Ct. App.), 689
– – Yakima, deteriorating job performance due to anxiety and depression, modified duty, fitness-for-duty testing, ADA (9th Cir.), 913 – World Trade Center
– – Acute lung damages, first responders exposed to dust and debris still have lowered lung function, study, 369
– – 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 – Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act
See ATTORNEYS
– Age bias, Va. county school board, involuntary transfer before RIF, discovery of e-mail and other personnel data (E.D. Va.), 1166; superintendent's comments and adverse actions sufficient (dec), 1375
– Bumping rights, limitations in AFSCME pact with Columbus, Ohio do not override law specifically incorporated into CWA Local 4502 pact (Ohio Ct. App.), 829 – Due process, RIF of tenured Chicago teachers rescinded, must bargain rules with teachers' union, school code provides property right (N.D. Ill.), 1212 – Education
– – Keep Our Educators Working Act
See FURLOUGHS
– Ill., Chicago Transit Auth., layoff of bus and rail workers, no ATU pact (Arb.), 151 – National origin bias, Nigerian Houston city planner, all other African planners rehired (5th Cir.), 1218 – N.J., FY2011 plan for scaling back government to balance budget includes RIFs and attrition, 328 – N.Y., temporary early retirement incentive for teachers over 55 signed, avoids teacher RIFs, 462 – P.R., public law, constitutionality (D.P.R.), 108 – Religious bias, request to remove cross pin, prior police experience insufficient for training waiver discovered 2 years after layoff (3d Cir.), 277 – RIFs – Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010
– Disability
See SICK LEAVE
See HOLIDAYS
See SICK LEAVE
See MILITARY LEAVE
– Specific types
See specific types of leave
See VACATION PAY
See ANNUAL LEAVE
– Back pay, USPS failure to follow procedure, ready, willing, and able to work (Fed. Cir.), 1012
– Excessive absences, leave procedures, and rudeness, warnings and suspensions before removal, timeliness (Fed. Cir.), 1219
– Ed. Note: This heading covers bills with assigned numbers. For information on measures not yet assigned numbers, see specific subject headings.
– House
– – HR 12, Paycheck Fairness Act, House passed as part of Ledbetter bill package, Senate has not voted, could be considered this spring, 413
– – HR 413, Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act, extends bargaining rights to police and firefighters, 70; witnesses disagree on whether federal government should require state and local governments to allow bargaining, 292; stand-alone bill, witnesses disagree on federal standards for state and local bargaining, 292 – – HR 847, Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, energy and commerce panel, pay, treatment, and monitoring to first responders in World Trade Center attacks, 673; failed to pass, 943; passed along party lines, 1153; New York delegation promotes, 1398; defeated in Senate, 1452; signed, 1492 – – HR 949, Bargaining decisions interfering with VA patient care and clinical competence, deputy chief opposes, 396 – – HR 1507, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, Van Hollen bill strengthens federal workers' rights, 94 – – HR 1586, Teacher layoff prevention, funding for school districts to rehire laid off teachers and prevent more layoffs signed, 967 – – HR 1722, Telework Improvements Act, panel advances by voice vote, 363; members concerned about misuse, oversight panel approves, 451; majority needed to pass on suspension of rules fails despite bipartisan support, 548; passed, exemption for employees disciplined for serious offenses, moves to Senate, 840; Voinovich calls passage a priority, BNA Interview, 927; Senate passes, 1147; Berry notes passage, telework town hall meeting, 1177; House passes Senate-approved bill, 1362; signed, 1451; for further action, see TELEWORK IMPROVEMENTS ACT – – HR 1881, Transp. Sec, Workforce Enhancement Act, sponsors urged to sign letter asking Pistole to review bargaining policies, 880 – – HR 2067, Protecting America's Workers Act, ASSE urges including public workers, 126; OSHA supports whistleblower provisions, 523 – – HR 2142, Government Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Performance Improvement Act, passed, improve government performance by increasing reporting, 774 – – HR 2273, National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act, NNU supports, minim staffing ratios modeled after Cal., 580 – – HR 2381, Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act, Solis applauds introduction, requires OSHA standard for mechanical lifts, 580 – – HR 2517, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act, current benefits for same-sex partners and cost on pending bills, CRS report, 324; President urges passage, 665; steps taken to make more benefits available, conflicting laws factors for more expansive coverage, CRS report, 804; Human Rts. Campaign objects to pet insurance where federal workers have no domestic partner benefits, 1239 – – HR 2600, Telecommuter Fairness Act, removes double tax penalty for interstate telecommuters, 1227 – – HR 2646, General Accountability Office Improvement Act, allows greater access to other agencies' data, passed but no Senate action, 96 – – HR 2711, Special Agent Samuel Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act, sent for President's signature, lets U.S. law enforcement agencies help families of slain officers relocate, 638 – – HR 2847, Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, Senate expected to act, extends Highway Trust Fund through year, 291 – – HR 3017, Employment Nondiscrimination Act, passage on short list of bills Congress could consider before mid-term election, 413 – – HR 3082, FY2011 continuing resolution, includes 2 year federal pay freeze, passed, continues FY2010 spending, widely criticized, 1447; signed, 1479 – – HR 3243, Federal firefighters, overtime, restrictions on trade of time waiver, Oversight and Government Reform panel approved, amendment adds USPS OIG premium pay, retroactivity, 1118; House approves under suspension of rules, work/life issue, 1151 – – HR 3497. VA, health care professionals' bargaining rights, panel approves, eligible for floor action, 935 – – HR 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, administration and unions' pact on taxation of high-cost benefit plans, 61; amendment delaying tax application needed, Hoyer says, 90; law adds to FEHBP changes over last few years, CRS report, 261; IRS would need more staff to comply with mandates, FOP says, 328; for further action, see PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (PPACA) – – HR 3721, Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act, overturning Sup. Ct. decision undermining standards of proof urged, DOJ attorney, hearing, 703 – – HR 4115, Open Access to Courts Act, coalition working on bill to overrule heightened pleading standard under Sup Ct.. decisions, 444 – – HR 4173, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, awaiting President's signature, more SEC staff, 871 – – HR 4213, Tax Extenders Act, AFSCME campaign to convince Senate to restore Medicaid and other health care subsidies, extend jobless benefits, 675; Cardin amendment giving OPM authority to extend FEHBP coverage to dependents under 26 defeated, 702 – – HR 4489, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act, Lynch bill, OPM gets more tools for oversight, 121; drug provider managers oppose, 173; OPM urges lawmakers to hold off, better addressed in contracting process, 228; panel advances by voice vote, gives OPM more authority over pharmacy benefit managers in FEHBP, amendment removes pricing cap, 363 – – HR 4567, Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act, Price bill ensures U.S. workers and contractors not immune for crimes overseas, 174 – – HR 4691, Highway Trust Fund Temporary Extension Act, Bunning help up state action, caused DOT furloughs, 291 – – HR 4735, Tax delinquencies, effect on federal employment, Democrats and most witnesses oppose firing and refusing to hire, 323 – – HR 4786, DOT furloughs for Highway Trust Fund lapse, bill ensuring pay passed by voice vote, 291 – – HR 4812, Local Jobs for America Act, provides funding to support teacher and other education jobs, ensures appropriate training, 553; Trumka urges immediate action, conference, 707; passage would provide fiscal relief to local governments, avert some job losses, 908 – – HR 4851, Continuing Extension Act, DOT workers furloughed when funding expired, back pay, 457 – – HR 4855, Work-Life Balance Award Act, annual award for public and private firms with exemplary work-life policies, 527 – – HR 4865, Federal Employees and Uniformed Services Retirement Equity Act, federal, postal, and military workers able to deposit payment for unused leave into TSP, 328; advanced without amendment, 363; oversight panel approves, amendment gives FRTIB a year to implement, 451; unions on advisory panel express opinions, hearing, 770 – – HR 4869, Restroom Gender Parity in Federal Buildings Act, quick passages needed to reflect workplace demographics, hearing, 577 – – HR 4899, Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010, federal workers pay raises, COLAs, and bonuses tabled, could hike disaster relief funding, 637; language providing states with emergency funding to avoid education budget cuts and teacher layoffs included, 640; approved, minimum standards for state and local public safety labor relations, jobs fund for schools, 813 – – HR 5136, National Defense Authorization Act, language barring quotas for insourcing for DOD and other agencies, 701; passed after adding provision mandating compliance with information security law, creates cybersecurity office, 702 – – HR 5145, Assuring Quality Care for Veterans Act, increases reimbursement for continuing education for health care professionals, 579 – – HR 5176, Family and Independent Business Protection Act, bans classification of self-employed as public workers based on receipt or eligibility for public subsidies, 585 – – HR 5200, FEHBP Dependent Coverage Extension Act, conforms current law with future requirements of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 548 – – HR 5247, Executive Cyberspace Authorities Act, establishes office to provide authority over agency information security policies, 550; provisions in National Defense Authorization Act, see LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5136 – – HR 5281, Removal Clarification Act, measure letting U.S. officials, law enforcement, and members of Congress remove state civil suits to U.S. court, 639; passed, 907 – – HR 5522, Federal Supervisor Training Act, Moran, mentoring for new supervisors, mentoring, whistleblowing, bargaining, and bias rights training, 742; panel approves by voice vote, 879 – – HR 5746, CSRS Obligation Modification Act, provides repayment of USPS overpayment, panel approves, 879 – – HR 5987, Seniors Protection Act, $250 payment in lieu of COLAs, union coalition urges passage, 1332 – – HR 6523, Ike Skelton Nat'l Defense Auth. Act for FY2011, passed, review procedures for defense contractors, insourcing initiative, 1485
– – S 182, Paycheck Fairness Act, House passed as part of Ledbetter bill package, Senate has not voted, could be considered this spring, 413
– – S 372, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, Akaka bill enhances protections, 187; including FBI in provisions exempting national security will mean no protection for FBI workers, 289; passed unanimously, 1448; House modifications fail, 1491 – – S 674, Federal Supervisor Training Act, Akaka (D-Haw) bill requires training first-year managers, panels clear, awaiting floor action, 879 – – S 707, Telework Enhancement Act, passed, all federal workers eligible, agency policies needed, 637; must reconcile with House version, 840; Voinovich calls passage a priority, BNA Interview, 927 – – S 736, Federal Hiring Process Improvement Act, Akaka bill streamlines recruitment and hiring passed, witnesses concerned about insourcing, 609; would require strategic plans, make applications easier, Voinovich, BNA Interview, 927 – – S 896, Federal Executive Board Authorization Act, House panel approved without changes, 451 – – S 1031, National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act, NNU supports, minim staffing ratios modeled after Cal., 580 – – S 1102, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act, current benefits for same-sex partners and cost on pending bills, CRS report, 324; President urges passage, 665; panel approves, conflicting laws factors for more expansive coverage, CRS report, 804; Human Rts. Campaign objects to pet insurance where federal workers have no domestic partner benefits, 1239 – – S 1504, Open Access to Courts Act, coalition working on bill to overrule heightened pleading standard under Sup Ct.. decisions, 444 – – S 1510, U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Div. Modernization Act, transfers authority U.S., new salary table, hiring flexibility, 451 – – S 1580, Protecting America's Workers Act, OSHA supports whistleblower provisions in reform bill, 523 – – S 1584, Employment Nondiscrimination Act, passage on short list of bills Congress could consider before mid-term election, 413 – – S 1586, Safety for Our Schoolchildren Act, approved, funding to stave off teacher layoffs, 940 – – S 1611, Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act, extends bargaining rights to police and firefighters, 70 – – S 1756, Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act, EEOC chair urges passage, hearing, 551 – – S 1788, Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act, Solis applauds introduction, requires OSHA standard for mechanical lifts, 580 – – S 2979, Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act, Leahy bill ensures U.S. workers and contractors not immune for crimes overseas, 174 – – S 3066, Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act, panel aproves technical fix, 614 – – S 3206, Keep Our Educators Working Act, Harkin discusses emergency education jobs fund to prevent massive layoffs, 458 – – S 3250, Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act, passed, ensures saving energy and funds, 1425; signed, 1485 – – S 3267, Fire Grants Reauthorization Act, panel approves, would continue programs funding firefighters', fire and emergency response, and fire prevention and safety grant programs, 522 – – S 3268, Motor Vehicle Safety Integrity Employment Act, closing revolving door between exiting NHTSA staff and automakers, 520 – – S 3341, FEHBP Dependent Coverage Extension Act, needed to comply with Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 578 – – S 3445, Tax Equity for School Teachers (TEST) Act, Hatch, teachers tax deduction for school supplies, professional development, 708 – – S 3480, Protecting Cyberspace as a Nat'l Asset Act, panel approves amended version to beef up cybersecurity in government and private sector, 813 – – S 3486, VA health care professionals' rights, VA panel approves, gives bargaining rights, 935; could hike personnel costs, CBO report, 1058 – – S 3500, Local Jobs for America Act, passage would give local governments fiscal relief, avert some job losses, 908 – – S 3607, DHS FY2011 appropriations, appropriations panel approves, mandates continuing cuts in contractor use, 905 – – S 3611, Intelligence Authorization Act, FY2010, intelligence panel approves, requires reporting on cuts to contractor workforce, 905 – – S 3677, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, appropriations panel approves pay hike for civilians, 939; GOP opposes plans to finish omnibus bill in lame duck session, 1397 – – S 3772, Paycheck Fairness Act, Reid puts on legislative calendar, 1093; cloture vote unsuccessful, 1371 – – S 3790, Tax delinquencies, effect on federal employment, Coburn bill provides ineligibility for seriously delinquent debts, 1088 – – S 3806, SECURE Facilities Act, FPS, improve resources, require employing not contracting guards, 1119; Homeland Security and Gov'tl Affairs panel approves, 1150 – – S 3831, POST Act, USPS budget, easing pension and retiree health costs, wages and benefits in labor disputes, state and local partnerships, service changes, 1118; use pension overpayment to meet financial obligations, hearing, 1420 – – S 3991, Public Safety Officers Collective Bargaining Act, fails to gain cloture, IAFF vows to continue to try to get Senate action, 1457
– Bias
– Appointments and personnel changes, Rolando re-elected president, biennial convention, 996
– Local 825, no fair representation duty breach where appeal withdrawn, member fired for failure to report band earnings during leave (7th Cir.), 559 – Rural Letter Carriers
See DEFAMATION
See CONGRESS, U.S.
– Cal., teacher's credentials suspended for 3 drunk driving convictions, no per se suspension but proper factors cause same result (Cal. App. Ct.), 689
– Expired credentials, N.Y. Children & Family Servs. Office, arbitrability of pact violation, no discipline (N.Y.), 536
– Federal employees
– Same-sex domestic partners, Obama memo, benefits for federal workers' partners and children, 665; HRC partnership to launch educational campaign about lack of benefits, 1368
– Age and disability bias, Interior Dept. timeliness with retroactive application (2d Cir.), 73
– National origin bias, Tex. law applies federal law, definition of each paycheck as unlawful practice, professor's claim timely (Tex. Ct. App.), 472 – Pensions, time limit tolling does not apply to distributions (EEOC), 1469
– FMLA and disability bias, hospital pathologist removed after leave for depression, only back pay eligible for inclusion in calculations (E.D. Cal.), 469
See RAILROADS
– Ed. Note: For lower and state court cases, see specific subject matter headings. For Supreme Court cases and actions, see SUPREME COURT, U.S.
– Burden of proof
See BURDEN OF PROOF
See CLASS ACTIONS
See ATTORNEYS' FEES
See EVIDENCE
See JURIES
See PLEADINGS
See CONGRESS, U.S.
– Alaska, Haw., and territories
– Jan., 2010, rates set, 5
See STRIKES
– Due process and equal protection, Cal. same-sex couples sue, state and U.S. laws bar same-sex partner participation (N.D. Cal.), 460
– Federal program
– Disability bias, leave without pay for back pain, refusal to cooperate with performance remediation, validity of claims (5th Cir.), 183
– State worker retirement and workers' compensation benefits, constitutional amendment approved, supermajority of legislature to approve changes, 1303 Contact the Webmaster at webmaster@bna.com Copyright © The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
