Labor Relations Reporter; News and Background Index

VACATION PAY

– Calendar year, retiring workers not eligible to be paid for unused time where unable to work required number of hours to qualify (Arb.), 191
– Case summaries, 444

VACATIONS

See ANNUAL LEAVE

VETERANS

– Case summaries, 243
– Disabled, EEOC posts data on protections for service-connected disabilities on Web site, 349
– Hiring, federal government saw increase despite decrease in number of workers overall, OPM report, 2006, 20
– National Defense Authorization Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4987

– USERRA

See UNIFORMED SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT (USERRA)

VETERINARIANS

– Case summaries, 444

VIOLENCE

– Case summaries, 342
– Contractor rape in Iraq, House members seeking explanation of agency actions and data on contractor training, 224
– Sexual assault, waitress's suit for rape by supervisor not covered by arbitration clause in application (U.S., rev den), Special Report, 381
– Threatening conduct, injunction barring former pharmaceutical worker from harassing or threatening co-workers appropriate where conduct bizarre (Cal. Ct. App.), 15

VISAS

– Case summaries, 208

VISION IMPAIRMENT

– Federal workers, agencies fall short, percentage of people with targeted disabilities declined in FY2006, EEOC report, 153