Labor Relations Reporter; News and Background Index

PAPER, ALLIED-INDUSTRIAL, CHEMICAL, AND ENERGY EMPLOYEES (PACE)

– Case summaries, 291

PAPER INDUSTRY

– Case summaries, 57; 464

PARENTAL LEAVE

– Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5781

PAY

See WAGES AND SALARIES
– Back pay

See BACK PAY

PAY EQUITY

– Affirmative action, OFCCP plans more uniform approach to pay equity, guidance on accessibility of online applications and electronic recordkeeping, 344
– Case summaries, 79
– Fair Pay Restoration Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 1843

– Race bias

– – Class of black and Hispanic N.Y.C. Parks Dep't workers, accord reached (S.D.N.Y.), 322
– – Unions, members earn more and more likely to have health benefits, study, 414

PENALTIES

– Case summaries, 39

PENSIONS

– Case summaries, 148; 267; 291; 315; 324; 387; 436
– Fiduciaries and fiduciary breach

See FIDUCIARY DUTY

PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS

– Recognition, clause in Ill. Bell Telephone pact could trigger arbitration (U.S., rev den), Special Report, 381

PERSONAL APPEARANCE

See DRESS CODES AND GROOMING

PERSONAL INCOME

See WAGES AND SALARIES

PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT OFFICE (OPM)

See FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

PET FOODS

See FOOD PRODUCTS

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY

See OIL AND GAS

PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY

– Case summaries, 110; 320; 469
– Outside sales exemptions, suits part of trend in wage and hour litigation involving highly compensated white collar professional, Special Report, 451
– Scios, injunction barring former worker from harassing or threatening co-workers appropriate where conduct bizarre (Cal. Ct. App.), 15

PHARMACIES

– Walgreen, class race bias accord for assignments and promotions approved (S.D. Ill.), 417

PHYSICIANS

– Case summaries, 223; 246; 423; 423

PIPELINE SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT

– Case summaries, 110

PLANT CLOSINGS

See LAYOFFS
– WARN Act

See WORKER ADJUSTMENT AND RETRAINING NOTIFICATION (WARN) ACT

PLUMBERS AND PIPE FITTERS (PPF)

– Case summaries, 124

PODIATRY

See PHYSICIANS

POLICE

See LAW ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYEES

POLITICAL ACTIVITY

– Case summaries, 3; 459
– Presidential election, AFL-CIO Executive Council urges candidates to produce credible economic policies, 315

POSTAL SERVICE (USPS)

– Age bias, Congressional intent to protect limits on hours after complaint among issues in current term (U.S.), Special Report, 211; question of whether federal workers can bring retaliation claims gives Sup. Ct. chance to study increasing significance, 274; justices likely to rule no implied individual right to sue, practitioner tells ABA, Special Report, 429
– Case summaries, 75; 219; 491; 493

POULTRY PROCESSING

– Cagle's, consent forms signed by workers who opted-in to class action for doffing and donning do not include subsequent suits (11th Cir.), 86
– Maple Leaf Farms, no ULP in processor moving duck parts cutting to nearby facility where supported by legitimate business reason and past practice (Arb.), 234

POWER PLANTS

See UTILITIES

PPF

See PLUMBERS AND PIPE FITTERS (PPF)

PPI

See PRODUCER PRICE INDEX (PPI)

PREEMPTION

– Case summaries, 27; 38; 291; 435
– Federal Arbitration Act, arbitrator may not determine applicability of Cal. law granting Labor Comm'r exclusive jurisdiction (U.S.), 326
– NLRA, Cal. law barring using state funds to help or deter organizing is exercise of sovereign power (U.S., rev grant), 4; case among issues to be addressed in 2007-8 term, Special Report, 211; practitioners predict justices will find state law preempted, Special Report, 429
– SOX, claim by cable sales supervisor fired for complaining about financial practices not barred (D. Or.), 16

PREFERENCES

See AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION

– Case summaries, 176

PREGNANCY LEAVE

See FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT (FMLA)

PRELIMINARY AND POSTLIMINARY ACTIVITIES

– Donning and doffing

See CLOTHES CHANGING

PREVAILING WAGES

See also DAVIS-BACON ACT
– Del., law cutting time to make determinations signed, 255
– N.Y., law guaranteeing to laborers on public works contracts, makes violations felonies signed, 301

PRISONS

See CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES

PRIVACY

See also DISCLOSURE
– Canada, public comment on use of radio frequency identification systems in workplace sought, 374
– Case summaries, 75; 183; 423; 423; 469; 470
– Employee Changing Room Privacy Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5228

– Mobile devices and file sharing, concerns among top issues for human resources professionals, 186
– Monitoring, U.S. agencies and courts increasing limits and regulation of company freedom, speakers say, 424
– Social Security numbers, OPM proposed rule places greater restrictions on use to protect workers and combat identity theft, 229
– Telecommuting, letting workers work from home has positive effects but firms fail to extend controls to offsite work, 426
– Video surveillance, Canada Privacy Comm'n issues guidelines requiring steps to minimize impact on privacy, 375

PRIVACY ACT

– Case summaries, 227

PRIVATE CLUBS

– Case summaries, 28

PRIVILEGE

– Case summaries, 111

PRODUCER PRICE INDEX (PPI)

– BLS data, Nov., 2007, 93; Dec., 161; Jan., 330; Feb., 378; March, 476

PRODUCTIVITY

– National and regional innovation, foundation would encourage, raise U.S. competitiveness and keep domestic jobs, report, 500
– Nonfarm businesses, BLS report, third quarter 2007, 69; fourth quarter, 2007, 256; 2006, 401

PROFESSIONAL SPORTS

– N.Y. Knicks, accord reached after jury award to marketing official for sexual harassment (S.D.N.Y.), 59

PROMOTIONS

– Case summaries, 31; 75; 79; 105; 176; 367; 367; 438; 441; 463
– Race bias

See RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

– Testing, staking engineer test did not meet minimum standards for assessing applicant's ability to do job (Arb.), 428

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

See BUILDING SERVICES

PROTECTED ACTIVITIES

See RETALIATION; WHISTLEBLOWERS
– ULPs

See UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES (ULPs)

PROTECTED SPEECH