Labor Relations Reporter; News and Background Index

WAGE TREND INDICATOR (WTI)

WAGES AND SALARIES

– BLS reports

– – CPI-U and CPI-W

– – PPI

– Case summaries, 156; 171; 267; 315; 339; 398
– Collective bargaining, average first year wage increases, BNA data, 2007, 19; deferred 2008 wage hikes, 19; 2007 revised, 68; year-to-date, 117; 189; 233; 331
– Commissions

See COMMISSIONS

– CPI-U and CPI-W, BLS data

See CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (CPI)

– FLSA

See FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT (FLSA)

– Living wage

See MINIMUM WAGE

– Minimum wage

See MINIMUM WAGE

– Overtime

See OVERTIME

– Personal income, BEA data, Oct., 43
– Prevailing wages

See DAVIS-BACON ACT; PREVAILING WAGES

– Tips

See TIPS

– Vacation pay

See VACATION PAY

– Wage trend indicator (WTI), BNA report, fourth quarter 2007, 94; fourth quarter finalized, 188; first quarter revised, 379; first quarter final, 477

WAIVERS

– ADEA, demographic changes and economic shifts may impact, 40th anniversary conference speakers say, Special Report, 45
– Age bias, mandatory arbitration clause in SEIU pact unenforceable to waive right to sue for bias (U.S., rev grant), 284; case could be most significant in 2008-9 term, practitioners tell ABA, Special Report, 429
– Case summaries, 422; 444
– Pre-charge, NLRB regional offices directed to submit meritorious cases to Advice Division, 54

WALKOUTS

See STRIKES

WARN ACT

See WORKER ADJUSTMENT AND RETRAINING NOTIFICATION (WARN) ACT

WASHINGTON, D.C.

See DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

WEAPONS

– Firearms

See FIREARMS

WEB SITES

See INTERNET

WHISTLEBLOWERS

See also RETALIATION; SARBANES-OXLEY ACT (SOX)
– Airport screeners, retaliation complaints may be appealed to MSPB, MOU with TSA announced, 327
– Case summaries, 110; 110; 111; 112; 135; 136; 136; 183; 227; 277; 324; 372; 469
– CPSC Reform Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 2663

– Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 274

– OSC, workers and groups urge president to fire Special Counsel for deleting computer files, 64

WHOLESALERS

– Books for Less, book seller to pay damages and provide training for owner's racial and sexual harassment and retaliation (E.D.N.Y.), 370

WISCONSIN

– Case summaries, 184

WOMEN

– Gender bias

See SEX DISCRIMINATION

– Pregnancy

See PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION

– Wage gap

See EQUAL PAY ACT (EPA)

WORK ASSIGNMENTS

– Case summaries, 28; 272; 342; 415
– Disability bias, EEOC official says courts disagree on whether and/or when employer must offer reassignment as accommodation, 442
– Sales territories, race bias accord with sales representatives gets preliminary approval (E.D.N.Y.), 488

WORK STOPPAGES

See STRIKES

WORKER ADJUSTMENT AND RETRAINING NOTIFICATION (WARN) ACT

– Case summaries, 422
– Limitations period, laid-off workers have no claim where complaint filed 14 months after layoff untimely (N.D. Miss.), 15
– Mobile worker, sales rep has no claim where rules intended to provide protection to traveling workers with no fixed business address (4th Cir.), 14

WORKER CLASSIFICATION

See EMPLOYEE STATUS

WORKERS' COMPENSATION

– Case summaries, 373; 444; 444
– Entitlement, firefighter fired after exhausting leave and unable to work due to respiratory problems may not grieve denial (Arb.), 358

WORKFORCE REDUCTIONS

See LAYOFFS; REDUCTIONS IN FORCE (RIFs)

WORKING CONDITIONS

– Case summaries, 171

WORKPLACE VIOLENCE

See VIOLENCE

WTI (WAGE TREND INDICATOR)

See WAGES AND SALARIES