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

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    WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DOL (WHD)
      – Child labor in agriculture, revised rules, semiannual regulatory agenda, 1502
      – Clothes changing, opinion letters during prior administration inconsistent with plain meaning of act, does not excuse failure to pay for time spent, WHD opinion letter, 743
      – FMLA, definition giving rights to people who care for child clarified, legal or biological relationship unnecessary, opinion letter, 777
      – Nursing mothers at work, preliminary interpretation of FLSA amendment, PPACA requires reasonable break time and place to express breast milk, 1498
    WAGES AND SALARIES
    WASHINGTON
      – Case Notes, 412; 656
      – Fatality assessment and control evaluation, 2009, 181
      – Home health care, governor not required to include pay raises provided in SEIU pact in budget proposal (Wash.), 503
      – Vancouver, fire mechanic, privilege log, waiver of attorney-client and work product privileges, race and national origin bias (9th Cir.), 618
      – Western State Hosp., mental health technician accord for co-worker/union official harassment and prior acts (Wash. Super. Ct.), 581
    WASHINGTON, D.C.
    WASTE
      – Government Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Performance Improvement Act
        See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2142
    WEAPONS
    WEIGHT DISCRIMINATION
      – Regarded as disabled, Mich. police operations lieutenant, fitness for duty, forced retirement (W.D. Mich.), 410
    WEINGARTEN RIGHTS
      – Advance notice, whether worker's representative improperly denied reasons for adverse action before investigatory interview (Ill. App. Ct.), 1405
      – Suspensions, African Am. SSA worker suspension for approving fraudulent payments, race bias, disparate treatment (Arb.), 796
    WELLNESS PROGRAMS
      – Rising health care costs, state and local governments implementing to better control, 398
      – Smoking cessation, program among upcoming FEHBP changes, CRS report, 1392
    WHD
    WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION ACT (WPA)
      – Environmental risks, EPA specialist harassment, OSHA complaints on risks to workers participating in emergency response without training (DOL ARB), 623
      – Federal Career Intern Program, 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
      – Free speech, USPP chief statements protection, removal based on protected disclosure (Fed. Cir.), 493
      – Hiring, unsuccessful applicant rejected after reporting co-worker disclosures, hearing on whether disclosures classified (Fed. Cir.), 465
      – Jurisdiction, MSPB authority over VA nurse manager who claimed retaliation after OSC communication over inadequate staffing (Fed. Cir.), 589
      – Limitations period, timeliness of nurse appeal, constructive discharge, equitable tolling for attorney misconduct (Fed. Cir.), 1435
      – Noise levels, State Dept. manager fired for complaint during training, letter to OSC contrary to MSPB conclusion, SF-50 comments made after firing (Fed. Cir.), 716
      – Prohibited practices, MSPB reexamining, earlier findings summary, 735
      – Retaliation, protected disclosure, DEA agent complaint, no unknown data (Fed. Cir.), 1161
    WHISTLEBLOWERS
      – Affirmative defense, Ark. city showed police officer violated numerous rules and policies, firing justified (Ark.), 344
      – Alaska, city finance director reported mayor's pay hike after resignation (Alaska), 596
      – Asbestos, museum worker with asbestosis, accord approved, 94
      – Background checks, Pa. school human resources director claim for reporting, good faith, made in consideration of own personal benefit (W.D. Pa.), 534
      – Case Notes, 191; 1037
      – Clean Air Act, microbiologist complaint of retaliation after testimony and research papers criticized agency (11th Cir.), 307
      – Federal Railroad Safety Act, OSHA orders damages, corrective action for N.J. transit worker fired for reporting explosion that killed contractor, 428
      – Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Ga. inspectors fired after complaints, failure to report sanitary sewer overflows, argumentative behavior (DOL ARB), 793
      – Insider trading, SEC lawyer fired after complaining about mishandling hedge fund investigation, accord (MSPB), 811
      – Ky., police officers and dispatchers fired after report critical of department, 1st Amend. and whistleblowing claims (6th Cir.), 374
      – Or., law expansion approved, 237
      – Pornography on SEC computers, Schapiro questioned, why stronger action not taken, supervisor directed IG investigators not to pursue, 520; FOIA may not be used to compel disclosure of names of workers who accessed explicit web sites (D. Colo.), 1489
      – Retaliation, medication dispensing policy change, Tenn. nurse (Tenn. Ct. App.), 53
      – SEC, Grassley questions commitment to pursuing retaliation claims in Ft. Worth Reg'l Ofc., 1056
      – State workers, statutory protections for reporting government waste, fraud, and abuse bolstered, 2009, analysis, 644
      – Tex., city manager delivery of city attorney report, mayor's misconduct, acceptance of county job, implied resignation (Tex.), 1281
      – Transp. Sec. Workforce Enhancement Act
        See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1881
      – Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act
        See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1507; LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 372
      – WPA
    WHITE HOUSE
      – Executive Cyberspace Authorities Act
        See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5247
    WIRETAPPING
    WISCONSIN
      – Federal Wage Sys., OPM to redefine counties from SW region, 1368
      – Home health care workers, workers who care for elderly and disabled people vote to be represented by SEIU, 583
      – Madison, Civil Center and Overture Center for the Arts, sexual harassment, hostile environment, limitations period (W.D. Wis.), 52
      – Organizing, bill banning using taxpayer money to hire outside firm to discourage unions signed, 583
      – Sheboygan County, FMLA claims for interference and retaliation, firing for taking repeated leave (7th Cir.), 621
      – Workforce Development Dep't, sex bias in discretionary pay award denial, common core of tasks (W.D. Wis.), 1342
    WOMEN
    WORK ASSIGNMENTS
      – Case Notes, 1037
      – Disability bias, DFAS technician claim, retirement for loss of eyesight, depression, and other illnesses approved (Fed. Cir.), 1340
      – Involuntary reassignment, sex bias, no adverse action (D.C. Cir.), 71
      – Pre-employment medical inquiry, attorney insights, 283
      – Pregnancy bias, retaliation, N.Y. park police, light duty assignments, attorneys' fees (E.D.N.Y.), 50
      – Race bias
        – – Reassignment and firing after funding expiration, black Pa. school administrator (M.D. Pa.), 51
        – – Removal from AP classes and promotion denial, award to Boston teacher reversed, insufficient evidence (Mass. Super. Ct.), 330
      – Race bias, Secret Service in charge of Lady Bird Johnson detail reassigned for poor performance, adverse action, no cut in pay, benefits, or duties (D.D.C.), 685
      – Religious bias, DOI tractor operator reassigned to weekend work after allergic reaction, retaliation, suit after administrative final order (D.C. Cir.), 1129
      – USPS, deferential standard of judicial review of arbitration decisions (D.C. Cir.), 43
    WORK/LIFE ISSUES
      – Diversity, OPM releases report on efforts to improve diversity by providing programs to White House Council, 700
      – Family and medical leave, policies and political debates must include roles of men, panel, 1123
      – Federal workers, flexible programs, EAP to help resolve problems, and health and wellness training emphasizing fitness, report, 389
      – OPM guidance, agencies satisfied, more data tracking and sharing would be helpful, GAO report, 1486
      – SES, negative impact on balance, primary detractor to GS workers seeking upward mobility, survey, 486
      – Training programs, Grassley letters to OPM and training institutes on costs of training federal workers, 668
      – Work-Life Balance Award Act
        See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4855
    WORK SCHEDULES
    WORK STOPPAGES
    WORKER CLASSIFICATION
      See JOB CLASSIFICATION
      – Family and Independent Business Protection Act
        See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5176
    WORKERS' COMPENSATION
    WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS OFFICE (OWCP)
      – Disability bias, retaliation, letter carrier on light duty sent home without pay after reinjury claim, no work week guarantee (7th Cir.), 1158
      – FECA
        – – Death gratuity for survivors of federal workers killed in contingency operation, final rule, 149
        – – Lost wages, medical care, vocational rehabilitation, and death benefits, proposed rules update, 996
    WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT (WIA)
      – Cal., N. Central Counties Consortium, worker fired after reporting supervisor noncompliance with reporting rules, 1st Amend. (9th Cir.), 676
    WORKING CONDITIONS
    WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
    WPA
    WRONGFUL DISCHARGE
      – Case Notes, 656

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