Labor Relations Reporter; News and Background Index

HAIR SALONS

– Case summaries, 156

HANDBILLING

See also SOLICITING
– Case summaries, 123; 267

HANDBOOKS, EMPLOYEE

– Work rules, Okla. Police Dep't that implemented during stalled pact talks made unilateral changes in working conditions (Arb.), 23

HARASSMENT

– Racial

See RACIAL HARASSMENT

– Same-sex

See SAME-SEX HARASSMENT

– Sexual

See SEXUAL HARASSMENT

HAWAII

– Case summaries, 3

HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY

– Case summaries, 51; 83; 135; 208; 243; 339; 483
– Doctors

See PHYSICIANS

– Hospitals

See HOSPITALS

– Medical schools

See EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

– Nurses

See NURSES

– Nursing homes

See NURSING HOMES

– South Jersey Healthcare, Health and Allied Professionals ratify first pact, 7

HEALTH INSURANCE

– Case summaries, 99; 346
– Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 493

– Medicare

See MEDICARE

– Mental Health Parity Act extension

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1424

– Race bias, union members earn more and more likely to have benefits, study, 414
– Retirees

See RETIREE HEALTH BENEFITS

HEALTH, OCCUPATIONAL

See OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

HEARING IMPAIRMENT

– Case summaries, 152; 249
– Federal workers, agencies fall short, percentage of people with targeted disabilities declined in FY2006, EEOC report, 153
– Sign language interpreters, federal agencies sending workers to private training sessions must provide, EEOC opinion letter, 36

HEARING PROCEDURES

– Exhaustion

See EXHAUSTION

HELICOPTERS

See AIR TRANSPORTATION

HERE (HOTEL EMPLOYEES AND RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES)

See now UNITE HERE

HIRING

– Affirmative action, OFCCP plans more uniform approach to pay equity, guidance on accessibility of online applications and electronic recordkeeping, 344
– Age bias, ALJ improperly dismissed claims by air traffic controllers where recruitment had adverse impact on older workers (EEOC), 133
– Case summaries, 228; 267; 364; 372; 422; 435
– Disability bias, EEOC accord for denying job to applicant with cerebal palsy approved (W.D. Mo.), 492
– Disabled workers, DOL adds new job candidates seeking work to existing database, 396
– Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 493

– Hispanics, number of federal workers rose in past year but agencies need to use recruitment and retention strategies to ensure diversity, OPM report, 81
– Outlook, BNA survey, first quarter 2008, 92
– Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 1577

– Race bias

See RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

– Recordkeeping, EEOC approves seeking OMB approval for extension of current rules but some concerned about handling Internet applications, 368
– Salting

See SALTING

– Veterans, federal government saw increase despite decrease in number of workers overall, OPM report, 2006, 20
– Written tests, employers must take steps to ensure validity, OFCCP and EEOC officials say, 393; more written tests, criminal background checks, and credit checks to screen applicants causing more EEOC and OFCCP scrutiny for bias, 420

HIRING HALLS

– Case summaries, 243

HISPANICS

– Federal workers, number rose in past year but agencies need to use recruitment and retention strategies to ensure diversity, OPM report, 81

HIV

See AIDS AND HIV

HOLIDAYS

– Case summaries, 272
– Christmas Eve, E.O. gives federal workers paid holiday, 56

HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT (DHS)

– Employees

See FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

– TSA

See TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (TSA)

HOMOSEXUALITY

See SAME-SEX HARASSMENT

HOSPITALS

– Case summaries, 123; 184; 202; 223; 297; 346; 363; 397; 469
– Mount Sinai Hosp., N.Y.S. Nurses Ass'n pact ratified, 389
– Stanford Hosp., reprimanded union stewards have no claim for disruptive confrontation with supervisor unresponsive to technician's complaints (Arb.), 334

HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT

See specific types of discrimination

HOT CARGO

– Case summaries, 339

HOTEL EMPLOYEES (HERE)

See now UNITE HERE

HOTELS

See also CASINOS
– Case summaries, 436
– Los Angeles, workers at hotels near airport lost millions from legal actions in fight to delay implementation of living wage law, 399

HOURS OF WORK

See also TELECOMMUTING
– Case summaries, 198; 202; 395; 444; 493; 494
– Donning and doffing

See CLOTHES CHANGING

– Joint employers, police officers who work for another city entity while off-duty not entitled to include time in overtime calculations, DOL opinion letter, 351
– On-call time

See ON-CALL TIME

– Overtime

See OVERTIME

HUMAN RESOURCES

– Privacy and security of mobile devices and file sharing and employment eligibility verification top issues for professionals, 186

HURRICANES

See NATURAL DISASTERS