Labor Relations Reporter; News and Background Index

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

See also INJURIES AND ILLNESSES
– Accidents, fired driver who failed to control truck, adjust to road conditions, or maintain control has no claim (Arb.), 502
– ADA, EEOC official addresses ADA provisions on potential safety risks, 442
– Case summaries, 110; 325; 373; 395

OFCCP

See FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS OFFICE (OFCCP)

OFF-DUTY CONDUCT

– Case summaries, 295; 484
– Romance

See OFFICE ROMANCE

OFFICE CLEANING

See BUILDING SERVICES

OFFICE OF

See specific office

OFFICE ROMANCE

– Case summaries, 391

OHIO

– Case summaries, 135; 171; 278; 483
– Lottery Comm'n, salesperson who threw keys on boss's desk after meeting to complain about transfer voluntarily quit (Arb.), 140

OIL AND GAS

– Alternative energy production, losses of manufacturing U.S. jobs could be turned into chance to meet growing need, EPI forum, 303
– Case summaries, 367
– Murphy Oil, worker who transferred from operations to maintenance cannot get seniority from time of hire upon return (Arb.), 403

OKLAHOMA

– Case summaries, 422

OLDER WORKERS

See AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT (ADEA)

OLDER WORKERS BENEFIT PROTECTION ACT (OWBPA)

See also AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT (ADEA)
– Future, demographic changes and economic shifts may impact, ADEA 40th anniversary conference speakers say, Special Report, 45

ON-CALL TIME

– Case summaries, 299

OPERATING ENGINEERS (IUOE)

– Case summaries, 267

OPM (OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT)

See FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

OREGON

– Ag. Dep't, equal protection, class of one theory barred, jury award improper (U.S., rev grant), 185; case among issues to be addressed in 2007-8 term, Special Report, 211
– Case summaries, 57; 422

ORGANIZING

– Case summaries, 27; 363
– Preemption, Cal. law barring employers from using state funds to assist or deter is proper exercise of sovereign power (U.S., rev grant), 4; practitioners predict justices will find state law preempted, Special Report, 429
– Salting

See SALTING

– Workers rights, House panel criticizes NLRB for issuing decisions undermining, Batista defends, 76

OVERTIME

– Case summaries, 37; 38; 40; 155; 208; 209; 251; 251; 251; 252; 252; 298; 298; 299; 350; 397; 446; 493; 494
– Donning and doffing

See CLOTHES CHANGING

– Executives, store managers may not pursue claims for misclassification as exempt where individual issues predominate (Cal. Ct. App.), 87
– Joint employers, police officers who work for another city entity while off-duty not entitled to include time in calculations, DOL opinion letter, 351
– Outside sales, pharmaceutical industry suits part of trend in wage and hour litigation involving highly compensated white collar professional, Special Report, 451

OWBPA

See OLDER WORKERS BENEFIT PROTECTION ACT (OWBPA)