Human Resources Report Index-Summary

JAILS

See CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES

JANITORS

See BUILDING SERVICES

JOB CREATION

– American Jobs Matter Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5637

– ARRA

– – CBO report, 2010 2d quarter, 947
– – CEA, quarterly report, 1279
– – Funding, 2009 4th quarter, recipients, 135

– Chamber call to action, annual State of Am. Bus. address, 39
– Creating Am. Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3816

– CWA convention address, Congressional goals, Pelosi on hopes for EFCA passage, 824
– DOL strategic plan released, 1075; midterm election's impact, 1308
– Fears of Buy Am. problems realized, Chamber report, 220
– HIRE Act

See HIRING INCENTIVES TO RESTORE EMPLOYMENT (HIRE) ACT

– HIRING Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4437

– Local Jobs for Am.

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4812

– Obama bid for bipartisan accord, 148
– SECTORS Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1855

– Small firms

See SMALL BUSINESSES

– State of the Union

– – Priorities, Obama bill, fiscal responsibility, 91
– – Reaction by labor, business, Congress, 91

– Tax credits

See CREDITS AGAINST TAXES

– Tax Relief, UI Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4853

– 2010 HR Outlook, 61

JOB LOSSES

– Layoffs

See LAYOFFS
– – Announcements

See LAYOFF ANNOUNCEMENTS

– Plant closings

See PLANT CLOSINGS
– – WARN Act

See WORKER ADJUSTMENT AND RETRAINING NOTIFICATION (WARN) ACT

– Rates

See UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

– RIFs

See REDUCTIONS IN FORCE (RIFs)

JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER SURVEY (JOLTS)

See TURNOVER, EMPLOYEE

JOB SATISFACTION

– Levels low, Conf. Bd. survey, 22
– Pet ownership link to job choices, CareerBuilding survey, 1295
– Women executives, reasons for resignations, survey, 358

JOB SECURITY

– Holidays, stress over gift-giving, impact, survey, 1309

JOBS FOR VETERANS ACT

– VEVRAA, EEO for military veterans, DOL interim rule, 1044

JOINT EMPLOYERS

– Comcast, overtime, status clarification (D. Md.), 1056
– FLSA, home theater installers' claims (S.D. Tex.), 1197

JURIES

– Instructions

– – ADEA, “motivating factor” rather than “but-for” causation proper in pre-Gross case (11th Cir.), 492
– – FMLA, new trial requires showing of notice to employer, reasonable belief leave granted (8th Cir.), 944
– – Pretext, judge refusal to advise not reversible error (U.S., rev den), 432
– – Race bias, challenge rejected (1st Cir.), 799

– National origin bias, discriminatory juror strikes, verdict reversal (9th Cir.), 381
– Wage and hour, joint employer determination proper, affirmed (2d Cir.), 915

JURISDICTION

– Diversity, corporate citizenship, “nerve center” test defines “principal place of business” (U.S., rvs and rem), 204
– SOX, amendment to whistleblower complaint does not restart 180-day clock (D. Conn.), 411
– Title VII

– – Subject matter, civil suit for attorneys' fees incurred in EEOC administrative proceeding (9th Cir.), 521
– – Worksharing accord, state agency's loss of jurisdiction not binding on EEOC, timely suit revived (10th Cir.), 464

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT (DOJ)

– Civil Rights Div., enforcement, collaboration, DOL Smith on agenda under Obama, 723
– Immigration, information sharing accord with USCIS to combat bias, improve E-Verify, 289