Labor Relations Reporter; News and Background Index

LABOR DEPARTMENT (DOL)

– Administration

– – Appointments and personnel changes, Romano nominated assistant Sec'y, disability employment policy, 35; confirmed, 396
– – FY2009 budget, Chao recommends consolidating WIA services, cutting training budgets, House hearing, 356; administration proposal would cut funding for programs helping workers while boosting money to audit, investigate, and prosecute unions, 366

– Enforcement

– – BLS

See LABOR STATISTICS BUREAU (BLS)

– – Case summaries, 37
– – Child labor

See CHILD LABOR

– – CPSC Reform Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 2663

– – Disabled workers, new job candidates seeking work added to existing database, 396
– – FLSA

See MINIMUM WAGE; OVERTIME

– – FMLA, proposed changes should be scrapped, Congress should expand benefits, witnesses tell House panel, 495
– – Freedom Initiative Award, nominations sought, 206
– – LMRDA

See LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT (LMRDA)

– – OLMS

See LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT (LMRDA)

– – Science, technology, engineering, and math training, grant applications sought, 257

– Rules and regulations

– – FMLA, DOL published proposal suggesting changes to serious health condition and medical certification process, 253

LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS ACT (LMRA)

– Case summaries, 28; 28; 51; 51; 123; 147; 171; 195; 196; 219; 339; 363; 363; 364; 411
– ULPs

See UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES (ULPS)

LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT (LMRDA)

– Case summaries, 27; 339; 483
– T-1, DOL proposed rule would require unions to file annual financial reports for trusts formed for members' benefit, 340

LABOR PEACE AGREEMENTS

See RECOGNITION OF UNION

LABOR STATISTICS BUREAU (BLS)

– CPI-U and CPI-W

See CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (CPI)

– FY2008 funding, hiring frozen, reports eliminated or scaled back, and CPI improvement postponed to address shortfall, 160; correction, 190
– Pay rates

See WAGES AND SALARIES

– Payroll survey

See UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

– PPI

See PRODUCER PRICE INDEX (PPI)

– Work experience of the population, annual report, 2006, 116

LABORERS (LIUNA)

– Case summaries, 339

LANDSCAPING

– Case summaries, 208

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

– English-only rules

See ENGLISH-ONLY RULES

LANHAM ACT

– Case summaries, 472

LAW ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYEES

– Case summaries, 75; 111; 135; 228; 297; 315; 324; 325; 423; 446; 463
– 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
– Tex., Houston, police officer has no 5th Amend. right to refuse to answer internal affairs questions (Arb.), 162

LAWYERS AND LAW FIRMS

See ATTORNEYS

LAYOFFS

– Case summaries, 130; 135; 148; 171; 196; 325
– Mass layoffs, BLS data, Oct., 2007, 22
– N.J., bill requiring 60 days notice signed, 137
– WARN Act

See WORKER ADJUSTMENT AND RETRAINING NOTIFICATION (WARN) ACT

LEADING ECONOMIC INDICATORS

See ECONOMIC INDICATORS

LEAVE

– Case summaries, 398
– FMLA

See FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT (FMLA)

– Holiday

See HOLIDAYS

– Military leave

See MILITARY LEAVE

– Parental leave

See FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE

– Sick leave

See FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT (FMLA); SICK LEAVE

LEGISLATION, FEDERAL

– Ed. Note: This heading covers bills with assigned numbers. For information on measures not yet assigned numbers, see specific subject headings.
– House

– – HR 493, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, passed, added to mental health parity bill, 347; may move to Senate floor, has widespread support but subject to hold by Coburn (R-Okla), 466
– – HR 1424, Mental Health Parity Act extension, business groups warning Pelosi (D-Cal) that bill would threaten ability to offer mental health benefits, 250; approved, provisions of genetic bias bill added after passage, 347
– – HR 1614, Aviation security pilot project, passed, would screen airport workers with access to secure areas, 64
– – HR 3195, ADA Restoration Act, amendments needed to address unwarranted exclusion from coverage but some warn of unintended consequences, 203
– – HR 4343, Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act, bill raising mandatory retirement for pilots to 65 signed, 79
– – HR 4987, National Defense Authorization Act, signed, amends FMLA to require leave for family of military injured during service, 307
– – HR 5228, Employee Changing Room Privacy Act, Andrews (D-NJ) bill bars monitoring areas on premises where workers change clothes, 279
– – HR 5781, Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act, oversight panel approves, would provide paid parental leave and right to use accred sick leave, 497

– Senate

– – S 274, Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act, bill to strengthen protections for workers who disclose government waste, fraud, and abuse approved, 114
– – S 1577, Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act, amendment reserving funds to create national background check system for long-term care workers approved, 425
– – S 1782, Arbitration Fairness Act, witnesses tell judiciary panel that limit on predispute pacts important to reform unfair system, 87
– – S 1843, Fair Pay Restoration Act, witnesses urge labor panel to approve after Supreme Court ruling limits time for filing bias charges, 199
– – S 1881, ADA Restoration Act, amendments needed to address unwarranted coverage exclusions but some warn of unintended consequences, 203
– – S 2663, CPSC Reform Act, bill providing whistleblower protection to staff and industry employees passed, waiting for conference with House bill, 374

LESBIAN EMPLOYEES

See SAME-SEX HARASSMENT

LIMITATIONS PERIODS

See STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS

LIMOUSINE SERVICES

– Air Brooke Limo., service manager fired after notifying supervisor of need for bypass surgery may pursue FMLA claim (3d Cir.), 86

LIVING WAGE

See MINIMUM WAGE

LMRA

See LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS ACT (LMRA)

LMRDA

See LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT (LMRDA)