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Vol. 28, Nos. 1-50, pp. 1-1400
Jan. 11- Dec. 27, 2010

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    PAID TIME OFF
      – Bank system, increase in employers offering, 741
      – Long-term paid leave, policy perspectives from advocates, DOL, business, 658
      – Sick leave
    PAPER INDUSTRY
      – Ga.-Pac. Consumer Prods., ADA, reassignment accommodation requirement (10th Cir.), 661
      – NewPage, ERISA, delayed plant closure not fiduciary breach, severance pay denial (E.D. Wis.), 524
    PARENTAL LEAVE
    PARKING
      – Qualified tax-free benefits unchanged, 2011, 1384
    PART-TIME EMPLOYEES
      – Earnings penalty contributes to gender pay gap, JEC analysis, 462
    PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (PPACA)
      – Adult child coverage, age 26 rule
        – – College students, HHS recommendations, 461
        – – Insurance providers, interim final rule issued, 511; rules called cleared by practitioners, 545; employer implementation, questions remain, 593; premium costs low under law, 629
        – – Tax treatment, IRS guidance issued, 461
      – “Cadillac plan” excise tax effective 2018, avoidance strategies, 601
      – Caps on claims, outlook gloomy for mini-med plans, limited benefit plans, 546
      – Communication to workers about choices, challenges, 742
      – Compliance
        – – Appeals process, claims and coverage, interim final rule, 792
        – – Attorneys advise employers to comply, repeals unlikely, 584
        – – Challenges, benefit attorneys on, 341; correction, 433
        – – Collaborative rulemaking on dependent definition, grandfathered plans, 517
        – – Coverage options, employers assessing, IFEP survey, 687
        – – Deadlines, effective dates for tax provisions, chart, 489
        – – Employer-provided plans, long-term viability queried, 1049
        – – Essential health benefits, advice offered, 1330
        – – Health insurance, affordability, analysis, 490
        – – Long-term strategies regarding plan changes, ALI-ABA webcast, 769
        – – Open enrollment season
          – – – Appendix: DOL model notices, WFS 31 (8/23/10)
          – – – Challenges, WFS 5 (8/23/10)
          – – – Communications strategies, WFS 22 (8/23/10)
          – – – Coverage extension, WFS 7 (8/23/10)
          – – – Exclusions, limitations, requirements, WFS 12 (8/23/10)
          – – – Health care cost trends, WFS 15 (8/23/10)
          – – – Impact on future plans, WFS 28 (8/23/10)
          – – – Step-by-step action plan, WFS 26 (8/23/10)
        – – Penalties
          See Penalties, this heading
        – – SPD updates, notification, dependent coverage, reporting and disclosure, benefits attorney on, 434
        – – Wellness and prevention program incentives, small businesses, attorney speaker, 434
      – Cost containment tips, strategies, 964
      – Family health care costs, 2010 Milliman Medical Index, 518
      – Grandfathered plans
        – – Employer participation, 2011, Mercer survey, 960
        – – Hikes in deductibles or copayments, large benefits cuts barred, DOL, HHS, Treas. Dep't interim final rules, 654; cost-sharing flexibility, AHIP comment letter, 937; guidance, DOL releases FAQs, 1102; EBSA release of fourth set of FAQs, 1186; status retention under interim final rules, 1240; challenges for health benefit plan sponsors, Special Report, 1314
        – – Large firms' 2011 benefit changes, NBGH survey, 904
        – – Losing status, factors, attorney discussion, 1020
        – – Provisions, employer assessment on option-by-option basis, conference, 714
      – Health care spending projections, CMS report, 962
      – Highly-paid employees, 105(h) nondiscrimination rules, sanctions, 1020; reasonable interpretation of provision urged, 1132; groups express concerns, 1300
      – Implementation, HR focus, 718
      – Information collection extensions, EBSA seeks comments, 1355
      – Insurers, HMOs, 2011 cost increase, survey, 906
      – Job-based coverage declined since recession, law effects uncertain, EBRI report, 517
      – Medicare cuts could raise costs for large employers, analyst identifies offsets, grandfather effects, 629
      – MEWAs, expanded rule enforcement, Borzi comments, 1107
      – Minimum coverage requirements
        – – Health benefits packages, concepts defined, 546
        – – Liberty Univ., constitutionality under Commerce Clause (W.D. Va.), 1297
      – Nondiscrimination requirements, 1132
      – Nongrandfathered plans, preventive care services, websites list, 1386
      – Nursing mothers, breastfeeding
      – Penalties
        – – Cheaper to drop coverage and pay fines
          – – – Coverage continuation, cost issues, 770
          – – – Financial and risk implications, 804
          – – – Guidon Performance Solutions, discussion, 573
          – – – Multistate, constitution, 2 key claims (N.D. Fla.), 1102
          – – – Standing, constitutionality (U.S., rev den), 1215
        – – Employer fines summarized, CRS report, 544
        – – Health Care Mandate Cost Calculator, online tool from Natl. Retail Fed'n, 572
        – – “Tax penalty,” constitutionality challenge (N.D. Fla.), 543
      – Post-reform cost increases likely before declining, 461
      – Regulations, DOL, HHS, Treas.
        – – Claims and appeals procedures
          – – – External reviews, self-insured plans, interim guidance, 931
          – – – Grace period, safe harbor for internal processes, 1016
          – – – Time limits for employers, 825
        – – “Group health plans” and “pre-existing condition exclusion” interim final rules revise, 684; proposed Treas. and IRS rules, notice, 713; open enrollment for children's pre-existing condition policies, 826
        – – Information collection extensions, EBSA seeks comments, 1047
        – – Preventive services, interim final rules, 765
      – Retirees
        – – Drug subsidy tax, ABC urges repeal, 349
        – – Early Retiree Reinsurance Program
        – – Health insurance, compliance advise to employers, 405
      – Small businesses
        – – Cost-related anxiety, Chamber survey, 1051
        – – Eligibility, tax credits, calculations, claims, IRS guidance, 543; final guidance issued, 1294
        – – Nonelective contributions, IRS guidance, 486
        – – Paying fines over buying health care coverage, Chamber forum, 825
        – – Reporting requirements, critique, Senate hearing, 1271
        – – Transition relief, IRS FAQ, 376
      – Social Security, excise tax, trustees' report, 891
      – Strategic questions for employer consideration, list, 1106
      – Va., constitutional challenge granted (E.D. Va.), 1355
    PAY EQUITY
      – Colo., gender fairness law creates commission, 600
      – Discrimination
        See specific types of discrimination or harassment
      – Gender gap
        – – Earnings less than men in same job, survey, 917
        – – JEC report, 948
        – – Managers, 2007, GAO report, 1079
        – – Median earnings, occupation, analysis of BLS data, 435
        – – Part-time earnings penalty factor, JEC analysis, 462
        – – Spain, survey, 753
      – Natl. Equal Pay Day, Obama proclamation, 443
      – OFCCP's Shiu on new initiative, partnering with EEOC, 881
      – Paycheck Fairness Act
        – – Bills
          See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 12, S 182, S 3772
        – – Lilly Ledbetter
        – – Obama administration enforcement will continue despite failure to pass bill, 1396
      – Sex bias in hiring, pay and promotions, pharmaceutical firm settlement (S.D.N.Y.), 878
    PBGC
    PDA
    PENALTIES
      – BP refinery explosion, record fine, OSHA accord, 876
      – Hiring illegal aliens
        See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4627
      – Independent contractor misclassifications, Neb., bill signed, 404
      – Minimum wage
        See specific states
      – Multiemployer plans, underfunding, DOL final rule, 207
      – PBGC, premium relief, technical update, 657
      – PPACA
      – Religious bias, prison head scarf ban upheld (3d Cir.), 848
      – Safety and health
        – – Child labor, DOL, 657
        – – Combustible dust, sugar refinery settlements (OSHRC), 738
        – – Mine safety reform
          See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5663, S 3671
        – – OSHA
          – – – Egregious citations, labor, industry offer differing views on use, 215
          – – – Increase for serious violations, states support/nonsupport, 1305
          – – – Training, PPE violations, per-employee fines authorized (D.C. Cir.), 439
        – – Protecting Am.'s Workers Act
          See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2067, S 1580
      – U.K., data security breaches, reporting, sanctions, 194
    PENNSYLVANIA
      – ADEA
        – – HR manager firing for botched incidents, claim not bias or retaliation (3d Cir.), 1389
        – – Phil., atty. failure to file charge within 300 days (3d Cir.), 1082
      – Breach of contract, indefinite agreement terminable at will (E.D. Pa.), 79
      – FLSA collective actions, state wage law class actions, brief filed (3d Cir.), 95
      – Human Rights Act, FMLA retaliation, firing after invoking rights (M.D. Pa.), 105
      – Minimum Wage Act, domestic services exemption (Pa. Comm. Ct.), 1278
      – Sex bias, retaliation, arbitration compelled for retail worker, may litigate state tortious (E.D. Pa.), 1392
      – Trade secrets misappropriation, bakery executive bar to competitor employment (3d Cir.), 860
    PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION (PBGC)
      – Debt collection method rules, 1218
      – Defined benefit plans
      – ERISA §4062(e), plant closings, reporting and liability requirements, proposed clarification rule, 877
      – Multiemployer plans, extension of notice and reporting rules, comments sought, 1244
      – Premium filings
        – – Instructions, 2011, 1384
        – – Relief, technical update, 657
      – Underfunded plan takeovers, News-Journal, 907
      – Waivers and reporting requirements, 2011 guidance, 1328
    PENSION PROTECTION ACT (PPA)
      – Liability-driven investing strategies to avoid risks, 43
    PENSIONS
      – Assets, 2009 3d quarter, report, 152
      – Communication strategies, trends and changes, 229
      – Contribution limits, 2011, 1161
      – Defined benefit plans
      – Defined contribution plans
      – ERISA
      – Fee disclosure, proposal amending qualified default investment alternative, 1300
      – Fiduciary breach
      – Financial success, personality traits, predictors, 876
      – Financial system regulatory reform bill
        See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4173
      – Form 5500 reporting rules
        – – Comments sought, 963
        – – Election of funding relief, IRS notice, 850
      – 401(k) plans
      – France, reform bill ratified, constitutional challenge, 1158
      – Funding relief
        – – Administration endorsement carries four qualifications, 400
        – – Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act
          See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3962
      – Funding status
        – – Large corporate plans, 2009 gains, Towers Watson analysis, 406
        – – Milliman 100 index, Dec., 2009, 99
        – – S&P 1500 firms, Aug., 2010, 965
      – Income adequacy, Hewitt study, 518
      – Investment advice, class exemption, DOL proposed rule, 237
      – Liability-driven investing strategies to avoid risks, 43
      – Middle Class Task Force report, 238
      – Multiemployer plans
      – Older workers postponing retirement, report, 211
      – Participation rates, 1977-2007, report, 1021
      – PPA
      – Public vs. private sector, access, BLS survey, 797
      – Reform, legislative analysis, 415
      – Retirement confidence survey, 293
      – Retirement income gap, $6.6T projection, 1021
      – Retirement security, Obama policies, legislative proposals, 349
      – Savings for Am. Families' Future Act
        See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1961, S 3090
      – Small businesses
        – – Boost from health care taxes, 378
        – – Contributions, safe harbor, DOL final rule, 71
        – – Options, DOL and AICPA website launched, 1131
      – Spain, reform plan, proposed retirement age extension, 194
    PEOs (PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATIONS)
    PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS
      – USERRA, PIP extension during military leave (1st Cir.), 1195
    PERSONAL LEAVE
      – “Use it or lose it policy” illegal, damages retroactive (Cal. Super. Ct.), 935
    PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)
    PETROLEUM
    PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
      – Astra USA, sexual harassment, CEO libel claims dismissed (U.S., rev den), 542
      – Boehringer Ingelheim Pharms., age bias, sales rep firing nondiscriminatory (7th Cir.), 1304
      – Bristol-Myers Squibb Mfg., opposition, assistance to sexually harassed subordinate protected activity (1st Cir.), 884
      – GlaxoSmithKline
        – – FMLA, demotion after pregnancy leave based on poor performance (11th Cir.), 384
        – – Overtime, sales reps' appeal to outside sales exemption (9th Cir., brief filed), 901
      – Johnson & Johnson, overtime administrative exemption, sales representative, duties (3d Cir.), 131
      – Merck, job cuts, restructuring, 740
      – Novartis
        – – Overtime, drug reps, FLSA “outside sales” or administrative exemption application (2d Cir.), 746
        – – Sex bias in pay and promotions, sales reps' class action, punitive damages (S.D.N.Y.), 539; settlement, preliminary approval, 763; oral approval, 1267; final approval, 1299
      – Pfizer
        – – Plant closings, job cuts, 544
        – – Race bias, “monkey” remark about project, not plaintiff (6th Cir.), 352; (U.S., rev den), 1184
        – – Stock options inquiry, no fiduciary breach for misstatements (2d Cir.), 946
      – PharMethod, noncompete agreements, preliminary injunction vacated, remanded with guidance (3d Cir.), 635
      – Purdue Pharma, FCA, severance pay exchange, waiver bars claim (U.S., rev den), 1100
      – Sales reps' overtime class actions, trends, cost avoidance, BNA Insights, 1087
      – Sanofi-Aventis, sex bias in hiring, pay and promotions, settlement (S.D.N.Y.), 878
      – Schering-Plough, ERISA stock drop, class certification requirement (3d Cir.), 20
      – Wyeth Pharm., PIP extension during military leave (1st Cir.), 1195
    PHARMACIES
      – Giant, disability bias, reasonable accommodation (4th Cir.), 885
      – RiteAid, ADA, night driving impairment, day shift accommodation revived (3d Cir.), 408
      – Walgreens, race bias, retaliation, threatening phone message not adverse action (11th Cir.), 548
    PHYSICIANS
      – Fit-tested respirators, Cal. Pub. Health Dept. guidance, 1222
      – H1N1, CDC revised guidance, 685; groups offer differing views, 831
      – HIV/AIDS and TB, United Nations issues guidelines, 1305
      – Hospital residents work hours, OSHA regulation, 970
      – Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act
        See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3962
      – Sexual harassment, retaliation, totality of the circumstances standard, clinic (5th Cir.), 17
    PILOTS
      – Safety and training improvements
        – – Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement Act
          See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3371
        – – Antidepressant usage, FAA lifts flying ban, 376
        – – Fatigue rule, FAA flight and duty time limits and rest requirements, updates, 991; rejection of extension requests, 1137; differing views over cost estimates, 1276
    PLANT CLOSINGS
      – Electronically stored information, discovery, analysis of legal holds, preservation, other critical issues, 388
      – ERISA
        – – Adequacy of class counsel, recertification denial remanded (3d Cir.), 608
        – – Delayed closure not fiduciary breach, severance pay denial (E.D. Wis.), 524
        – – §4062(e), reporting and liability requirements, PBGC clarification rule, 877
      – Lockheed Martin, Minn. facility, 1269
      – Pfizer, 544
      – Solo Cup, Md., Mass., Mo. facilities, 628
      – WARN Act
    POLICE
    POLITICAL ACTIVITIES
      – Campaign finance restrictions, PAC funding, Citizenship United
        – – Censorship, 1st Amend. challenge to FEC rule on corporate and union PAC funding (U.S., rev den), 68
        – – Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act (DISCLOSE Act)
          See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5175, S 3295
      – HR departments, challenges, hot topics, 929
      – Midterm elections, Obama on bipartisanship message, 1188
      – “Tokenism,” Trumka warning on political fallout from Hill handling of health care, jobs, 52
    PORTAL-TO-PORTAL ACT
    POSTAL SERVICE (USPS)
      – Administrative separation, no breach of settlement or retaliation (8th Cir.), 888
      – Sex bias, retaliation, breaks policy, vacated (1st Cir.), 549
      – Sexual harassment, retaliation, untimely internal complaint, denial of equitable tolling (5th Cir.), 75
    POSTING NOTICES
      – Electronic, policy adopted (NLRB), 1157
      – NLRA rights
        – – All employees under NLRB jurisdiction, comments, 1382
        – – DOD, GSA, NASA rule for federal contractors, 1351
        – – OLMS final rule, 539; OFCCP enforcement directive issued, 683
    POSTLIMINARY ACTIVITIES
    POULTRY PROCESSING
      – Allen Family Food, donning and doffing (U.S., rev den), 1075
      – Donning and doffing of protective gear, compensable time, WHD Interpretation, 653
      – Pilgrim's Pride, illegal hiring practices, accord, 11
      – Tyson Foods
        – – Clothes changing, injunction for back overtime pay (N.D. Ala.), 595; accord indicates trend for DOL systemic enforcement, 640
        – – Sexual harassment, response to complaint inadequate (6th Cir.), 438
    PPA
    PPACA
    PPE
    PREEMPTION
      – Controlled Substances Act, medical marijuana, federal drug law preempts Or. accommodation law (Or.), 433
      – ERISA
        – – Breach of contract
          – – – Incentives, profit-sharing, 401(k) matching contributions (S.D.N.Y.), 106
          – – – N.H., severance-related (D.N.H.), 245
        – – Play or pay, San Francisco health care ordinance, solicitor gen. brief filed (U.S.), 596; employer mandates upheld (rev den), 710
        – – Wis. FMLA leave substitution law, insurer challenge (S.D. Ohio), 1056
      – FAA
        – – Cal. law invalidation of class arbitration waiver (U.S., rev grant), 569; Supreme Court docket, 1069; (oral arg), 1213
        – – Ky., state bar on enforcement of mandatory arbitration clauses (W.D. Ky.), 133
      – IRCA
        – – Ariz. law revoking business license for illegal hiring (U.S., brief filed), 626; preemption key issue, split of authority cited (rev grant), 708; Supreme Court docket, 1069; (U.S., oral arg), 1325
        – – Okla. immigration law, application of E-Verify rules to state contractors (10th Cir.), 122
      – MHPAEA, stricter state laws, no bar, pointers from Treas. Dep't official, 265
      – RLA, N.Y. law challenges to validity of APFA concessions pact barred, no right to sue air carrier (U.S., rev den), 711
    PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION
      – Attorneys offer advise for reducing claims, 1257
      – Cal., janitorial service contractor charged (N.D. Cal.), 991
      – Ky., ADA, transfer claim revived, not discharge (6th Cir.), 909
      – Limited leave options, return to work, male replacement less qualified (E.D. Ark.), 1193
      – Training, HR specialist pretext claim insufficient (D. Kan.), 1334
    PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION ACT (PDA)
      – Pleadings, proof deficient, bank teller's failed claims (8th Cir.), 464
      – Transfer for business reasons, employer unaware of condition, no adverse action (7th Cir.), 102
    PRELIMINARY AND POSTLIMINARY ACTIVITIES
      – Donning and doffing
      – Off-the-clock work
      – Technicians, company-issued vehicles, wage-hour class settlement (W.D. Wis.), 628
    PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS
      – Cost trend rates for 2011, report, 1107
      – Health care reform effects, Medicare-eligible retirees, report, 13
      – Price hikes between 2000-2008, GAO report, 42
    PRESERVATION OF ACCESS TO CARE FOR MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES AND PENSION RELIEF ACT
      – Form 5500 reporting rules, funding relief for single and multiemployer plans, IRS notices, 850; guidance released, 1296
    PRESIDENT, U.S.
      – Agency actions
        See specific agencies and departments
      – Appointments, Senate approves package of nominees, 179
      – Bill signings
      – Meetings with Congressional leaders, bid for bipartisan accord on jobs, health care, deficit controls, 148
      – Natl. Comm'n on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, appointments unveiled, 236
    PREVAILING WAGES
      – Determination requests, mailings, DOL on zip code changes, 264
      – H-1B program, law firm disqualification for violations (DOL ALJ), 1365
    PRINTING INDUSTRY
      – Nahan Printing, religious bias, headwear ban for safety (8th Cir.), 352
      – Wet Ink d/b/a AlphaGraphics, worksharing accord, state agency's loss of jurisdiction not binding on EEOC, timely suit revived (10th Cir.), 464
    PRIVACY
      – Background checks, NASA contractors constitutional right to privacy (U.S., rev grant), 260; Supreme Court docket, 1069
      – China, Tort Liability Law, medical privacy provision, 54
      – Company electronics, clear policies urged, 803
      – Credit history checks for employment
      – Cross-border data transfers, EU and U.S. firms, 445
      – E-mail on company laptop, communication policy vague (N.J.), 355
      – Electronic monitoring
      – Laptop theft, viability of negligence, breach of implied contract claims under Wash. law (9th Cir.), 1352
      – Smoking, employer no-hire policies, bias issues, att'y discussion, 1338
      – Wiretap Act, no liability without knowledge of illegality (7th Cir.), 1027
    PRIVACY ACT
      – Background checks for low-risk NASA contractors (U.S., rev grant), 260; Supreme Court docket, 1069
    PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEES
      – Race bias, fire department Internet policies violated (11th Cir.), 241
    PRODUCTIVITY
      – Abusive supervisors, impact on workplace, 148
      – CFOs, checking in during vacation, survey, 708
      – Coffee dependency, link to, survey, 1044
      – Employer-paid household benefit for female scientists, effect, study, 110
      – Gambling, impact of office pools, workplace policies survey, 161
      – Gardening-at-work, effectiveness, benefits, 873
      – Idle time, link with creative individuals, 456
      – Nonfarm business sector, BLS, 2009 4th quarter, revised, 239; 2010 1st quarter, 603; 3d quarter, revised, 1302
      – Online shopping during workday, Black Fri., Cyber Mon., tips offered, 1202
      – Performance bonuses, incentive to cheat, study, 596
      – Take Back Your Lunch campaign kick off, 651
      – Tax filing deadline, distraction to workers, 373
      – Team performance affected by superior competitive attitudes, 176
      – World Cup Soccer, impact, Challenger report, 681
    PROFESSIONAL SPORTS
      – World Cup Soccer, impact on workplace productivity, Challenger report, 681
    PROFIT-SHARING PLANS
      – Wal-Mart, 2011 automatic contributions end, 1130
    PROMOTIONS
      – Discrimination
        See specific types of discrimination
      – Women, networking insufficiencies, study, 932
    PROOF
    PROPERTY OF EMPLOYER
      – ULPs, nonemployee union reps access to (NLRB), 1242
    PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT
      – Rosa's Law
        See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4544, S 2781
    PUBLISHING INDUSTRY
      – Newspapers
      – Universal Commc'ns of Miami, advertising sales, application of FLSA administrative exemption (2d Cir.), 78
    PUERTO RICO
      – E-Verify, birth certificate, document validity, 992; validity period extension, 1077
      – National origin and sex bias, doctor's award voided (1st Cir.), 1024
    PUNITIVE DAMAGES
      – Sex bias
        – – Pay and promotions, Wal-Mart class action, damages claims remanded (9th Cir., en banc), 455; (U.S., rev sought), 931; Supreme Court docket, 1069; opposition brief filed (U.S., brief filed), 1156; (U.S., rev grant), 1324
        – – Pharmaceutical sales reps' class action, record verdict (S.D.N.Y.), 539; settlement, preliminary approval, 763; final approval, 1267
      – Sexual harassment
        – – Battery, reduced award (11th Cir.), 46; (U.S., rev den), 1076
        – – Failure to investigate, reckless indifference (6th Cir.), 438

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