Labor Relations Reporter; News and Background Index

IAM

See MACHINISTS (IAM)

IATSE

See THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES (IATSE)

IBEW

See ELECTRICAL WORKERS (IBEW)

IBT

See TEAMSTERS (IBT)

IDAHO

– Case summaries, 346

ILLINOIS

– Case summaries, 297; 444; 463

ILLNESSES

See INJURIES AND ILLNESSES

ILO

See INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION (ILO)

IMMIGRATION

– Hurricanes, issues about the effect of immigrant workers on New Orleans recovery raised, meeting, 128
– Undocumented workers

See UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS

IMMUNITY

– Case summaries, 130; 493
– Qualified

See QUALIFIED IMMUNITY

INCOME

See WAGES AND SALARIES

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS

– Case summaries, 147

INDIANA

– Case summaries, 423

INDIANS, AMERICAN

See NATIVE AMERICANS

INFORMATION NETWORKS AND TECHNOLOGY

– Case summaries, 202; 325; 372; 469; 491; 493
– Deleting computer files, OSC workers and whistleblower groups urge firing Special Counsel, 64
– Electronic data, lack of coherent policies leads to retention of irrelevant data that must be removed, Special Report, 141
– GATX Tech. Servs., sales rep denied payment when buyer did not hire has no claim, no WARN Act violation (4th Cir.), 14
– Insider data security, nearly half of U.S. firms experienced attacks in 2007, survey, 472
– Mobile devices and file sharing, top issues for human resources professionals, 186
– Policies and security protocols, more than a third of white collar workers knowingly violate, survey, 114
– Safeguarding, corporate policies more important as workers more mobile and tools for compromising data expand, panel says, 112
– Security, workers who telecommute or work off site need to be more conscious of risks, survey, 280

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

See INFORMATION NETWORKS AND TECHNOLOGY

INFRASTRUCTURE

– School modernization, GOPs and open-shop contractors urge House panel not to add prevailing wage mandates, 300

INJUNCTIONS

– Case summaries, 3; 112; 183; 446; 470
– Threatening conduct, barring former pharmaceutical worker from harassing or threatening co-workers proper where conduct bizarre (Cal. Ct. App.), 15

INJURIES AND ILLNESSES

– AIDS

See AIDS AND HIV

– Asthma, police officer affected by cologne has no claim where breathing not limited, EEOC opinion letter, 35
– Bipolar disorder, Ky. college clerical worker failed to show disability where no substantial limit in major life activity (W.D. Ky.), 34
– Bypass surgery, service manager fired after notifying supervisor of need may pursue FMLA claim (3d Cir.), 86
– Cancer

See CANCER

– Case summaries, 83; 110; 123; 152; 202; 202; 249; 297; 299; 395; 395; 491
– Cerebral palsy, EEOC accord for denying job to applicant approved (W.D. Mo.), 492
– Diabetes

See DIABETES

– Hearing impairment

See HEARING IMPAIRMENT

– HIV

See AIDS AND HIV

– Migraines, worker unable to work when taking narcotics for pain improperly fired for doing lawn care during FMLA leave (Arb.), 258

INSURANCE INDUSTRY

– Case summaries, 155; 202; 325; 372; 391

INTERNATIONAL LABOR

See also INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION (ILO)
– Employment agreements, key aspects of pacts with U.S. workers must comply with laws of foreign countries, panel says, 16

INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION (ILO)

– Supervisory status, U.S. asked to ensure exclusion of supervisors under NLRA be limited to those workers that represent employers' interests, 388

INTERNET

– Activities at work, employers increasingly subjecting to electronic monitoring, study, 328
– Case summaries, 136; 471
– E-mail

See E-MAIL

– Hiring, EEOC approves seeking OMB approval for extension of current rules but some concerned about handling online applications, 368
– Trade secrets, policies safeguarding more important as workers more mobile and tools for compromising data expand, panel says, 112

See INFORMATION NETWORKS AND TECHNOLOGY

IUOE

See OPERATING ENGINEERS (IUOE)