Human Resources Report Index-Summary

WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION (WHD)

– Administrator interpretations, efficiency over opinion letters, developments, 582
– Appointments and personnel changes, administrator, Rodriguez nomination, 1299
– Donning and doffing of protective gear, FLSA compensability, WHD Interpretation, 653
– Enforcement

– – Aggressive approach to, conference, 1368
– – Collaboration, DOL Smith on agenda under Obama, 723
– – “Smart enforcement” strategy, NELP report, 444

– FLSA reform, HR Policy Ass'n letter, 1059
– FMLA §101(12), “son or daughter,” DOL clarification (Interpretation Letter), 681
– Guidance, general interpretations of laws and rules to replace opinion letters, 317
– Internships, for-profit, private sector, fact sheet clarifies FLSA pay rules, 431
– PPACA, DOL Solis enforcement orders issued, 962

WAGES AND SALARIES

– Annual budget survey, 2010, Conf. Bd., 149; 2011 projections, 770
– BLS reports

– – Average earnings, 2009 annual report, 1079
– – Hourly private sector costs, 2010 2d quarter, 994
– – Occupational employment and wages, 2009 annual report, 574
– – Real weekly earnings, Dec., 2009, 73; Apr. 2010, 575; May, 689; Aug., 1022; Sept., 1134; Nov., 1387
– – Total compensation costs, private sector, 2009, 294
– – Usual weekly earnings, 2010 2d quarter, 798

– Bonuses

See BONUSES

– College graduates salary offers down, 2010, NACE report, 405
– Earnings gap

– – Gender

See PAY EQUITY

– – Married couples, comparison, 66

– Final wage payments

See TERMINATION PAY

– Global pay decline, 2008 and 2009, ILO report, 1395
– HR professionals, IOMA survey, 938
– Internships, top 10 employers, Vault 2010 Guide, 72
– Median pay hikes, 2009-2010 U.S. Compensation Planning Survey, 42
– Minimum wage

See MINIMUM WAGE

– Paycheck Fairness Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 12, S 182

– Personal income, BEA data, monthly report, 2010, July, 939; Aug., 1080
– Prevailing wages

See PREVAILING WAGES

– Tips

See TIPS

– Trends, 2010, list, 509
– Wage trend indicator (WTI), 2009 final 4th quarter, BNA report, 44; 2010 1st quarter, preliminary, 183; revised, 295; final, 407; 2d quarter, preliminary, 547; revised, 660; final, 771; 3d quarter, preliminary, 908; revised, 995; final, 1108; 4th quarter, 1247; revised, 1359
– Wal-Mart suits

See RETAIL INDUSTRY

– Wives' share of family earnings, 2009, fact sheet, 1101

WAITERS AND WAITRESSES

See generally FOOD SERVICES
– Tips

See TIPS

WAIVERS

– Arbitration, class release unconscionable, unenforceable (U.S., rev den), 36
– ERISA, erroneous lump-sum estimate, fiduciary liability, waiver of past and future claims (N.D. Tex.), 301
– FCA, severance pay exchange, release bars claim (U.S., rev den), 1100
– Mandatory arbitration

– – ADR denials not waiver, no bypass (D. Colo.), 218
– – Right to sue not knowing or voluntary, claim revived (6th Cir.), 468
– – Sexual harassment, release renders agreement enforceable (2d Cir.), 187

– Reportable events, PBGC 2011 guidance, 1328
– USERRA, release in exchange for severance pay knowing, voluntary, valid (6th Cir.), 665

WANT ADS

See HELP-WANTED ADVERTISEMENTS

WAREHOUSES AND DISTRIBUTION CENTERS

See also RETAIL INDUSTRY
– Des Moines Bolt Supply, sexual harassment, prompt remedial action precludes liability (8th Cir.), 1273
– Sam's Club, job cuts

– – Product demo outsourcing, 97
– – Store closures, 41

WARN ACT

See WORKER ADJUSTMENT AND RETRAINING NOTIFICATION (WARN) ACT

WASHINGTON

– Minimum wage, 2010, 12; hike in 2011, 1131
– Negligence, breach of implied contract claims against Starbucks (9th Cir.), 1352
– Overtime, hourly bank tellers file consolidated FLSA, Cal., Wash. law complaint, seek class status (D. Kan.), 625
– Yakima Police Dep't, business necessity, ADA permits fitness-for-duty exam (9th Cir.), 855

WASTE MANAGEMENT

– Athens Disposal, class arbitration waiver unconscionable, unenforceable (U.S., rev den), 36
– Eagle Waste & Recycling, FLSA “combination” exemptions (7th Cir.), 328

WEAPONS

– Firearms

See FIREARMS

WEIGHT DISCRIMINATION

– NY, state law firing claim revived (2d Cir.), 521

WELLNESS PROGRAMS

– Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles, NGBH awards, 687
– Blood clot disorder, risk factors, prevention strategies, 222
– Financial incentives, penalties, employers' use to motivate worker participation, survey, 323
– TrekDesk, health and productivity benefits, 959

WEST VIRGINIA

– At-will employment, termination for report of perceived criminal misconduct outside “substantial public policy” exception (W. Va.), 524

WHD

See WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION (WHD)

WHISTLEBLOWERS

– ERISA §510, retaliatory discharge for reporting plan contribution violations (E.D. Mich.), 1084
– FCA

See FALSE CLAIMS ACT (FCA)

– FCPA, would-be whistleblower failed to show RIF was pretext (N.D. Ohio), 637
– Financial system regulatory reform

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4173

– Michigan

– – Internal protests without proof of intent to report to public body (6th Cir.), 104
– – Medicaid fraud report linked to resignation (W.D. Mich.), 442

– Miner Safety and Health Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5663, S 3671

– OSHA, “top-to-bottom review,” program changes, 522; website unveiled, 768
– Protecting Am.'s Workers Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2067, S 1580

– Retaliation

– – Litigation developments, risks, discussion, conference, 1369
– – Scope of official duties (10th Cir.), 219

– SOX

See SARBANES-OXLEY ACT (SOX)

– STAA

See SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE ACT (STAA)

WIA

See WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT (WIA)

WIRETAP ACT

– Privacy, no liability without knowledge of illegality (7th Cir.), 1027

WISCONSIN

– Donning and doffing, compensable time and state wage and hour law (7th Cir.), 861
– FMLA leave substitution law, insurer ERISA preemption challenge (S.D. Ohio), 1056
– Religious or political meetings, attendance, anti-bias bill, 516
– Sheboygan County, FMLA interference, competing accounts of employer motive (7th Cir.), 523

WOMEN

– Affirmative action, OFCCP enforcement goals, priorities, 220
– Career advancement, networking insufficiencies, study, 932
– Corporate boards, underrepresentation, report, 1198
– Dual-earner households, effect of spousal overwork, 429
– Executives, reasons for resignations, survey, 358
– Housework benefit as productivity boost for female scientists, study, 110
– Income gap, married couples, comparison, 66
– Law firms, representation decline, report, 1255
– Nursing mothers

See BREASTFEEDING AT WORK

– Recession, focus on “mancession” ignores plight in downturn, report, 162
– Wage gap

See PAY EQUITY

– Workforce participation, need for family-friendly policies, report, 275
– Working mothers, one-third sole jobholders in household in 2009, JEC analysis, 527

WORK ASSIGNMENTS

– Leadership, “mineful” approach urged, 1268

WORK/LIFE ISSUES

– Caregiving, flexibility, pay cuts in exchange for, survey, 1058
– Conflicts affecting workers across income spectrum, report, 107
– Dual-earner households, effect of spousal overwork, 429
– Family-friendly workplaces, Michele Obama urges need, 82
– Family security insurance system proposals, 1339
– Financial stress during holidays, poll, 1366
– Long-term paid leave, policy perspectives from advocates, DOL, business, 658
– Recession, career-related sacrifices questioned, survey, 1157
– Religious practices as workplace flexibility, speakers on accommodation issue, 413
– Telecommuting option desired by most workers, survey, 611
– Women

– – Family-friendly policies, need, report, 275
– – Mothers as sole jobholders in 2009, JEC analysis, 527
– – Nursing mothers

See BREASTFEEDING AT WORK

– – Scientists, employer-paid housework benefit as productivity boost, study, 110
– – Wives' share of family earnings, 2009, fact sheet, 1101

– Work-Life Balance Award Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4855

– Workaholics, health, family issues, survey, 1381

WORK SCHEDULES

– Flexible

See FLEXIBLE WORK SCHEDULES

WORKER ADJUSTMENT AND RETRAINING NOTIFICATION (WARN) ACT

– Class actions, annual workplace litigation report, 2009, Seyfarth Shaw, 81
– N.Y., implementing rules revised, 264
– Plant closing, adequacy of class counsel, recertification denial remanded (3d Cir.), 608
– Shutdown without notice, wage violations, trucking firm, class claims (N.D. Okla.), 21

WORKERS' COMPENSATION

– Illinois

– – ADA, policy barring return to work, settlement fund distribution (N.D. Ill.), 151
– – Discharge for lying and insubordination, retaliation verdict reversed (7th Cir.), 887
– – Retaliatory discharge, causation standard clarified (7th Cir.), 801

– Kan., retaliation, safety violations pretext for bias (D. Kan.), 189
– Ohio, calculations, moonlighting pay inclusive (Ohio), 665

WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS OFFICE (OWCP)

– Administrative separation, USPS, no breach of settlement (8th Cir.), 888

WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT (WIA)

– On-the-Job Training Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3459

– President's Council of Econ. Advisors, annual report to Congress, 190

WORKFORCE REDUCTIONS

– Electronically stored information, discovery, legal holds, preservation, analysis, 388
– Layoffs

See LAYOFFS

– RIFs

See REDUCTIONS IN FORCE (RIFs)

WRONGFUL DISCHARGE

– Discriminatory basis

See specific types of discrimination

– Retaliation

See RETALIATION