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Vol. 46, Nos. 2335-2383, pp. 1-1514
Jan. 5 -Dec. 28, 2010

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    VA
    VACATION PAY
      – Same-sex domestic partners, Obama memo, benefits for federal workers' partners and children, 665
    VACATIONS
    VBA
    VENUE
      – Appeals, Tex. Ed. Comm'r not required to consent, not party to dispute (Tex.), 628
    VEOA
    VERMONT
      – Overtime, executive exemption, affirmative defense unavailable at pleadings, detailed job description (D. Vt.), 1035
      – Pay cut, state workers' union pact ratified, 41
    VESTING
      – Retiree health benefits
        – – Cal., Orange County, Retired Employees Ass'n, implied contract and state law on subsidizing premiums (9th Cir., rev sought), 887
        – – Ill., school board cannot change benefits of teachers who retired under prior pacts (Ill. App. Ct.), 473
    VETERANS
      – America's Heroes At Work initiative, DOL online toolkit for hiring, 1305
      – Federal Career Intern Program
        – – NTEU, FCIP rules violate veterans preferences (D.D.C.), 576
        – – SSA, use to hire for jobs veteran sought to retaliate for prior preferences (MSPB), 166
      – Federal Employees and Uniformed Services Retirement Equity Act
        See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4865
      – Hiring
        – – IRS, Grassley commends for hiring, including disabled veterans, 774
        – – OPM web site, 122; hard OPM target goals for FY2011, ending use of rule of 3 will help, unions urge ending FCIP, 611
        – – Preferences
          See Preferences, this heading
      – Preferences
        – – FAA personnel system, air marshal applicant appeal, no MSPB rights (Fed. Cir.), 1157
        – – Federal agencies, thousands more hired since E.O. 13518, OPM statement, 1087
        – – Hiring, CDC (Fed. Cir.), 17
        – – Manager's job evaluations, making part most efficient, Voinovich, BNA Interview, 927
        – – USERRA
      – Prohibited practices, MSPB reexamining, earlier findings summary, 735
      – SSA, use to hire for jobs veteran sought to retaliate for prior preferences (MSPB), 166; hiring process reconstruction, would not have been selected if preferences properly applied (Fed. Cir.), 373
      – USERRA
      – Veterans Affairs Department
      – Veterans Employment Initiative, new OPM office, 1333
      – Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA)
    VETERANS AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT (VA)
      – Advisory Cmte. on Occupational Safety and Health, Sepulveda appointed, 1210
      – Age and disability bias, boiler operator, uncontrolled diabetes, transfer to lower pay job after physical exam, otherwise qualified (10th Cir.), 753
      – Appointments and personnel changes, Petzel confirmed as undersecretary for health, 202
      – Assuring Quality Care for Veterans Act
        See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5145
      – Bargaining decisions interfering with agency's ability to provide patient care and clinical competence
        See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 949
      – Benefits
      – Boston Healthcare Sys., AFGE Local 221 proposals on tuberculosis testing, excessive impact on ability to carry out security policies (FLRA), 1038
      – Collective bargaining, health care professionals' rights
        See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3486
      – Disability bias
        – – Retaliation, medical center worker denied job, improper VA benefits, remedy stage (D. Me.), 1034
        – – Standard of proof, similarilarity, claim improperly added during trial (4th Cir.), 531
      – Exhaustion, no jurisdictional requirement for race bias claim, changing performance standards pretext for retaliation after charge (6th Cir.), 853
      – Federal Career Intern Program, hiring another applicant violated VEOA rights (MSPB, briefs sought), 576; OPM rules for passing over preference-eligible veterans violate VEOA (dec), 1347
      – FEGLI, OPM proposed rules, 33; guidance on final rule, 1240
      – Garnishment, agencies propose uniform procedure for protecting payments from garnishment, 484
      – Inadequate staffing, MSPB jurisdiction over nurse manager who claimed retaliation after OSC communication (Fed. Cir.), 589
      – Inappropriate contact with veteran under care, vocational rehabilitation counselor, transporting off premises, daughter as advocate after rape (Fed. Cir.), 1006
      – Labor-management relations, Nat'l Council permissive bargaining topics approval, 1116
      – Pay equity, nurse practitioners sex bias claim for pay differential (Fed. Cir.), 131; (U.S., rev den), 1198
      – Retaliation, medical technologist failed to show adverse action, evidence from separate case in different court (5th Cir.), 826
      – Whistleblowing, timeliness of nurse appeal, constructive discharge, equitable tolling for attorney misconduct (Fed. Cir.), 1435
    VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION (VBA)
      – Claims processors, inability to meet required amount of training, no focus on useful material, better oversight needed, GAO report, 549
    VETERANS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ACT (VEOA)
      – FCIP, VA job applicant, hiring another applicant violated rights (MSPB, briefs sought), 576; OPM rules for passing over preference-eligible veterans unlawful (dec), 1347
      – FedsHireVets.gov, OPM launches, 122
      – Hiring, veterans' preferences
        – – CDC (Fed. Cir.), 17
        – – Exhaustion, IRS assigning tentative rating before interview. Act leaves process to agencies (Fed. Cir.), 1307
      – Legislative branch, provision should be fully applicable, OSC FY2009 report, 875
      – Outstanding Scholar Program, GSA refusal to hire veteran for negative recommendation (Fed. Cir.), 186
    VIOLENCE
      – Emergency nurses, abuse high, more than half physically attacked in any week, study, 1214
      – Escalation during economic crisis, trends, government responses, employer liability and policies to limit, BNA Insights, 956
      – Federal ALJs, more security needed at administrative hearings, threats escalating, caseloads increasing, 1055
      – IRS threats and assaults, workers most targeted, guidance on requesting armed escort when contacting taxpayer, 457
      – NPS and USFS, attacks and threats, Public Employees for Envt'l Responsibility data, 2009, 638
      – Sexual assault
      – Wash., fatality assessment and control evaluation, 2009, 181
    VIRGINIA
      – Budget proposal, state workers would get bonus in lieu of pay hike, 5 day furlough in FY2011, 207; General Assembly removes furlough days from budget package, 331
      – Sexual orientation bias, executive order banning bias but removing clause for sexual orientation signed, 208; nonbinding executive directive to state agencies, bans sexual orientation or parental status bias, 297
    VISION BENEFITS
      – 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
    VISION IMPAIRMENTS
      – Case Notes, 1037
      – Monocular vision, duty to reassign Ohio Workers' Compensation worker, CBA seniority trumps disability bias law (Ohio Ct. App.), 688
      – Targeted disabilities, percentage of federal workers steady, FY2009, less than 1% of workforce, EEOC report, 903
    VOICE OF AMERICA (VOA)
      – Promotions, CSRA exclusive avenue for claims for denial (D.C. Cir.), 128
    VOLUNTEERS
      – Employee status, former Fla. teacher, mentoring program, retaliatory post-employment actions (Fla. Dist. Ct. App.), 1036
      – Firefighters, sexual harassment and retaliation, Title VII coverage (N.D. Ohio), 78
      – Golf coach, overtime for school security officer (E.D. Va.), 79

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