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– Henkels & McCoy, IBEW Local 42 entitled to install fiber optic communication network and not LIUNA, based on preference and past practice (NLRB), 998
– Apprentices, public works contractors will have to exhaust local committees to comply with amended rules, council says, 687
– ARRA, ground broken on highway resurfacing and repair project using stimulus funding, 346; state has more funding for highway projects than any other state, governor announces, 974 – Brentwood, city to continue studying whether to adopt PLA for planned city hall project, 156; PLA for civic center project approved, 419 – Build Am., state will be able to restart infrastructure projects after selling bonds backed by stimulus package, 308 – Caltrans
– – Bonding Assistance Initiative, partnership with SBA to boost number of surety bond firms to increase chances for small contractors to bid, 450
– – Design-build contracting, bill letting transit agencies use through 2014 signed, 1126 – – Equal protection, AGC suit charges DBE program violates 14th Amend. and state constitution (E.D. Cal.), 644; civil rights groups join small business owners trying to intervene in U.S. suit, 941 – Carson, city to require private developer to negotiate PLA with unionized building trades, 1095 – Chula Vista, proposal to put initiative on June 2010 ballot requiring open competition on publicly funded construction rejected, 418; enough signatures submitted to put on ballot, city clerk says, 823; open competition contracting provision on June ballot, 900 – Economic outlook, UCLA Anderson quarterly forecast, 2009, 128 – El Centro, voters to decide whether to change from general law city to one with charter in Nov. election, 858 – Electricity, bill requiring one third to come from renewable sources passed but governor threatening veto, 942 – Environment, bill lifting air quality permit moratorium passed after ruling that air quality district unlawfully adopted rules, 974 – Failure to pay for hours worked, insulation firm accord with class of mostly Latino workers approved, undocumented workers may share in damages (C.D. Cal.), 80 – Failure to pay prevailing wages and deducting for but pocketing benefit payments, electrical contractor debarred, 1125 – General obligation bonds, state ends absence with deal in late March, state Treasurer announced, 91; infrastructure loans will be unfrozen if issuance goes well, 125; $6.54B bonds sold despite credit rating downgrade, 154 – Heat illness and injury prevention compliance, state OSHA shuts down 2 farms for prevention violations, meeting on proposed standards upcoming, 1069 – Heat illness prevention, proposed emergency amendments to standard for outdoor workers failed to win sufficient support, 688 – Industry, bill exempting proposed NFL stadium from environmental review signed, 1128 – Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank, stimulus funds have given new tools to help cities and counties fund infrastructure projects, 1032 – Labor-related laws, bills on E-Verify, alignment with FLSA, falsified payroll records, consumer credit reports, garnishment, and maternity leave vetoed, 1093 – Legislative and regulatory roundup, 31; 94; 157; 194; 267; 486; 688; 728; 795; 823; 861; 904 – Lodi, N. Cal. Power Auth. officials deadlocked on whether to approve PLA for construction and operation of power plant project, 1125 – Los Angeles Cty., Transit Auth. passes long-range transportation plan to guide infrastructure development, approves financing, 1127 – Mojave and Colo. deserts, state and EPA pact expediting renewable energy projects signed, 1096 – Murrieta, city council examining change to charter status after workshop, 578 – Oakland, Port to sign concession pact for capital improvements to container seaport, includes prevailing wage terms, 153 – Occupational safety and health, roofing contractor sentenced, fined for failure to protect workers from falls from unprotected skylights, 345 – Orange Cty., measure barring PLAs on public projects except where required by U.S. or state law approved, 1129 – Palo Alto, consideration of prevailing wage policy for municipal projects postponed, current policy requires paying on when federal or state funding requires, 649 – Personal injury, plaintiff may not recover Prejudgment interest from each defendant found jointly liable for asbestos exposure (Cal. Ct. App.), 262 – Prevailing wages, bill allowing firms who fail to pay on more than once to face debarment amended, 514; signed, 1093 – Proposition 209, opinions on whether bar on preferences for minorities and women violates equal protection sought (Cal.), 191; Att'y Gen. argues Proposition 209 creates unequal political burden for groups traditionally submitted to bias, 379 – Public Infrastructure Advisory Comm'n, new group to advise state on projects in public-private partnerships, draft plan, 514 – San Diego
– – Balboa Park, plan for leveraging stimulus funds and existing power purchase pact to finance solar panel installation proposed, 420
– – Ballpark Village, developer ends hotel project, cites interference by local groups and UNITE HERE, 973 – – Civic center complex, city council aproves exclusive pact with developer to build, BCTD confirms PLA, 1071 – – DBEs, low levels of minority contractor participation in municipal projects led councilman to seek disparity study, 973 – – Disclosure, Councilwoman forms panel to draft law subjecting private contractors on public projects to requirements, 156 – – Reg'l Airport Auth., staff report on PLAs accepted but terminal expansion proceeds without one, 517 – – Unified Port Bd. of Comm'rs, PLAs and card check neutrality among pre-vote discussions at hearing to fill vacant seat, labor-backed candidate defeated, 546 – Shop floor injuries, uninsured workers, and unhealthy workers, issues must be addressed before new public investments to help industry recover start, report, 193 – So. Cal. Edison, collaboration with solar firm to build and operate solar power projects announced, 859 – Stimulus funds, state to use to fund training for green jobs, 91 – Transp. Dep't
See Caltrans, this heading
– Vista, city has no duty to pay prevailing wages on public projects (Cal. Ct. App.), 277; BCTD argues impact of policy letting charter cities avoid prevailing wages on public projects (Cal., briefs filed), 686; prevailing wages on city projects matter of statewide concern (rev grant), 854 – Workers' compensation
– – Benefit costs, Worker's Compensation Ins. Rating Bureau survey, April, 347
– – Filing false tax returns to avoid paying premium, plastering contractor sentenced, ordered to pay restitution (E.D. Cal.), 925 – – Fraud, suspects charged with making intentional and material misrepresentation to carrier to misclassify work, 483 – – Insurance and tax fraud, petition for rehearing by carpentry firm owners who underreported payroll to insurance providers rejected, no custody credit for electronic monitoring (Cal. Ct. App.), 847 – – Insurance fraud, contractor charged with lying about payroll to avoid workers' premiums (Cal. Super. Ct.), 347 – – Marketing scheme to assist contractors in opting out, consultant charges (Cal. Super. Ct.), 27 – – Premiums, Ins. Comm'r to hold hearing to investigate cost increases after rate hike recommended, 124; Comm'r rejects hike request until medical costs contained, 645
– Bilateral friction, Obama reassures Prime Minister that solution to Buy America provisions possible, 960
– Brain injuries in construction industry, study confirms peak in October, 1098 – Buy America provisions of ARRA, officials meet with U.S. lawmakers to protest destructive effect on trade and investment, 498; Chamber of Commerce urges OMB to clarify application to state and local governments, costing jobs now, 530; Int'l Trade Minister meets with Commerce Sec'y and USTR to discuss Canadian proposal to ease restrictions, 919 – Detroit River Int'l Crossing, state DOT may spend funds on planned bridge linking Detroit with Windsor, Ontario, no further funding for FY2010 budget, 1032 – Employment law roundup, 34; 36; 66; 98; 163; 196; 232; 312; 387; 423; 452; 518; 548; 613; 690; 691; 732; 770; 797; 829; 864; 906; 945; 976; 1034; 1072; 1098; 1130 – Saskatchewan, Constr. Indus. Labor Relations Act, proposed amendments address restrictions barring unions and firms from participating, 100 – Unemployment rates, Constr. Sector Council report, 2009-2012, 693
– Asbestos-related
See ASBESTOS
– ABC Boston area chapter, members of 13 locals ratify pacts, 937
– AFL-CIO, McCarron optimistic about reunification after meetings with Ayers, 464; McCarron complimentary to BCTD officials but will not commit to reunification, Green Book should be replaced with system to assign work and resolve jurisdictional disputes, 701; AFL-CIO delegates approve resolution urging UBC to reaffiliate or face new union formed to compete, IUOE official opposes, 913; resolution will only be acted on if affiliated union told BCTD to do it, 953; correction, 986 – AGC R.I. chapter, Local 94 and New England Reg'l Council pacts ratified, 609 – Chicago Reg'l Council
– – Fireproofing, union may do work on Wis. hospital jobsite based on employer preference, practice, and job loss (NLRB), 894
– – Most favored nation, arbitrator award to roofing contractor for clause violations upheld but may not award damages after pact expired (N.D. Ill.), 355 – Detroit Fringe Benefit Funds, subcontractor and general contractor are alter egos responsible for making contributions (6th Cir.), 963 – Empire St. Welfare Funds, multiemployer plans class action for Madoff-related investments
See FIDUCIARY DUTY
– Health and Welfare Fund of Philadelphia
– – Divorce, failure to give timely notice to plan administrator bars fund duty to extend COBRA coverage (E.D. Pa.), 999
– – Race bias, African-Am. contractor may not pursue claim for union suit for delinquent welfare fund contributions (E.D. Pa.), 788
– – Building Contractors Ass'n of NE Ind., strike starts after pact talks stall, 509; strike to continue as long as it takes, members picketing, talks slow, 573; pact attained, 608
– – Participation loan, bankruptcy does not relieve apprentice of duty to repay union (S.D. Ill.), 298 – Local 85, member may not pursue claim for failure to file grievance for firing where administrative remedies on union decision not exhausted (W.D.N.Y.), 674 – Local 94, contractor who created 3 alter-egos to evade pact duties for benefit fund contributions and union wages personally liable (NLRB), 188 – Local 283, LIUNA pact does not require contractor that had also had union pact for caisson fabrication to arbitrate dispute (2d Cir.), 928 – Local 289
– – Door work, LIUNA local enjoined from enforcing finding that assigning door work to union violated pact, grievance may not resolve jurisdictional dispute (E.D.N.Y.), 506
– – Window installation, contractor may not bar LIUNA local from grieving use of union workers on school renovation (W.D.N.Y.), 675 – Local 608, RICO charges against officials for taking bribes to let contractors skirt payment of pact wages and benefits filed (S.D.N.Y.), 778 – Local 1506, drywall contractor improperly threatened workers with loss of work to get UBC representation despite IUPAT pact (NLRB), 1089 – Locals 311 and 978, drywall contractor's coercive statements, no-talking rules, and imposing drug tests to discourage union activity were ULPs (D.C. Cir.), 299 – Mass. State Pension Fund, wrong standard used in determining Flowserve not liable for misrepresenting financial condition (5th Cir.), 606 – Metro. Reg'l Council, NLRB properly directed union to stop secondary boycott against neutral firms after repeated NLRA violations (3d Cir.), 87 – Metro Reg'l Council of Philadelphia, Gen. Building Contractors Ass'n and Contractors Ass'n of E. Pa. pacts attained, 343 – Mich. Reg'l Council
– – Annuity Fund, DOL and SEC pursuing suits against investment manager for excessive fees and using plan assets for personal benefit (N.D. Ill.), 465; DOL requires investment firm official to restore fund losses, consent decree, 779
– – Detroit I-85 project, LIUNA Dist. Council entitled to do work on mechanically stabilized earth walls, not union, 217 – Millwrights affiliate
See MILLWRIGHTS
– N.J. Reg'l Council
– – Benefit fund, arbitrator exceeded power in finding furniture firm not required to make contributions for nonmembers in bargaining unit (D.N.J.), 19
– – Local 455, business manager indicted for using union credit card to buy goods and services for personal use and use of others (D.N.J.), 559 – – Subcontracting, general contractor that used another firm to avoid pact duties must pay lost wages and benefit fund contributions (D.N.J.), 150
– – Colgate Scaffolding and Equip., union certified for bargaining unit of carpenters and laborers even though NLRB agent supervising election opened polls late (NLRB), 929
– – Emergency supervision, McCarron announces after RICO indictment of top officials for bribery scheme to let contractors skirt pact requirements, 778; officials, benefit fund trustee, and contractor charged with taking bribes to let contractors skirt payment of pact wages and benefits (S.D.N.Y.), 778 – – Limitations period, flooring firm may not argue pact unenforceable where no stay requested when fringe benefit contribution arbitration started (S.D.N.Y.), 681 – – Pension Fund, drywall contractor liable for contributions evaded through operating double-breasted (S.D.N.Y.), 891 – – Use of nonunion labor, builder failed to satisfy requirements for claim against unions for picketing (S.D.N.Y.), 601
– – Alpha Delta Pi Bldg. Ass'n, restraining order barring union from picketing sorority for using nonunion contractor overly broad (W.D. Wash.), 1027
– – Arbitration award against union for scaffolding work on Wash. project, LIUNA may transfer to D.C. court where both unions' headquarters in D.C. (D.D.C.), 673 – – NW Reg'l Council of the Nat'l Constr. Alliance II, council and IUOE locals separate from state BCTD, establishes conduit for relationship with signatory contractors, reduce strikes, maximize leverage on pay and benefits, 808 – – ULP, hotel contractor has no LMRA claim against UNION for secondary boycott but may have defamation claim for arsenic poisoning claims (W.D. Wash.), 932 – SW Reg'l Council
– – No ULP in asking worker about whether card signed to switch from IUPAT where choice of union related to health benefits (NLRB), 338
– – ULPs, jury award to nonunion subcontractor for attempts to threaten, coerce, and restrain third parties upheld, evidence supports damages and instruction proper (N.D. Ga.), 815
– Fontainebleau Las Vegas, developer suit against lenders for refusal to provide prearranged funding due to unspecified defaults (Nev. Dist. Ct.), 305
– Forced labor trafficking, identity theft, harboring illegal aliens, money laundering, visa fraud, extortion, and racketeering, labor leasing firm owner arrested (W.D. Mo.), 467; participant pleads guilty, 1146
– Premier Caulking, officer charged with failure to pay prevailing wages and to submit payroll records (Mass. Super. Ct.), 943
– Legislative and regulatory roundup, 31
– Wash., new rule planned, would require equipment certification and more experience before operator certification, 128
– AFL-CIO, Sweeney confident that labor movement will continue to overcome boundaries, 397; McCarron complimentary to BCTD officials but will not commit to reunification, says Green Book should be replaced with system to assign work and resolve jurisdictional disputes, 701; AFL-CIO delegates approve resolution urging UBC to reaffiliate or face new union formed to compete, IUOE official opposes, 913; UBC reaffirms decision to end affiliation, 916; resolution will only be acted on if affiliated union told BCTD to do it, 953; correction, 986
– Immigration reform, comprehensive bill including citizenship for undocumented workers, joint plan with AFL-CIO unveiled, 206 – UBC reunification
See CARPENTERS (UBC)
– Union Carbide, release signed by pipe fitter and wife extinguished wrongful death claim for asbestos exposure (Tex. Ct. App.), 935
– Hazardous occupations, demolition contractor fined for teen death, penalties enhanced under GINA, 333
– Workplace abuse, DOL routinely mishandled claims on construction sites, GAO report, 144
– Comprehensive reform and mandatory E-Verify, agency preparing for increased duties, director launches new office to involve communities it serves, 920
– E-Verify
– – Audit initiative to crack down on hiring undocumented workers, notices of inspection served to businesses nationwide, 626; efforts have undermined efforts to protect workers' rights, report, 1111
– – Employment eligibility form, employers should continue using despite stated expiration of June 30, agency says, 597 – Visas
See VISAS
– Title VII
See specific forms of discrimination
– Ed. Note: This heading covers issues of class composition and certification. For all other class claims, see specific subjects.
– Loss causation, wrong standard used in finding firm not liable to multiemployer pension funds for misrepresenting financial condition (5th Cir.), 606
– Asbestos handling and notice, demolition contractor pleads guilty to criminal charge for demolishing textile plant without adequately removing asbestos (E.D. Tenn.), 1026
– Asbestos work practice standards, retrial San Diego utility starts, key evidence of asbestos-containing material inadmissible (S.D. Cal.), 926; criminal charges dismissed, pipe wrap inadmissible due to collection, documentation, and testing errors, 1092 – Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe, firm fined, submits to monitoring for multiple environmental and safety law violations after managers convicted of conspiracy (D.N.J.), 289 – Clean Air Task Force, pact with AGC on emissions reductions for diesel-powered equipment at federally funded projects announced, 1083 – Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act – Federal Surface Transportation Policy and Planning Act
– Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe, firm fined, submits to monitoring for multiple environmental and safety law violations after managers convicted of conspiracy (D.N.J.), 289
– County J/Highway 164 corridor, Wis. and U.S. must reconsider project because Clean Water Act permits wrongly issued (E.D. Wis.), 967 – Stormwater discharges from construction activities in Mass., N.H., N.M., Idaho, Alaska, and Wash., D.C., EPA proposing to extend expiration date for general permit, 1088 – Water Infrastructure Financing Act
– Job-targeting, government has allowed subsidizing union contractor wages while forcing nonunion firms to comply with prevailing wages, ABC study, 213
See FOOD SERVICES
See CLASS ACTIONS
– Contract wage data
– Saskatchewan, Constr. Indus. Labor Relations Act, proposed amendments address restrictions, lets firms negotiate union pact for specific projects, 100
– Ed. Note: This heading covers CBAs generally. For issues involving CBAs, see specific union, industry or issue.
– Bankruptcy, judges continue to grant most applications for rejecting pacts despite major differences, 10 – Card check provisions
– – Arbitration, contractor bound by successor UBC pact must arbitrate grievance where clause in prior AGC pact binding (E.D. Wis.), 641
– – Multiemployer fringe benefit fund contributions, plumbing and heating contractor who participated in 11 rounds of bargaining bound by provisions of expired SMWIA pact (D. Minn.), 670; dispute over amount owed will go to trial, 787 – Legislative and regulatory roundup, 267
– Legislative and regulatory roundup, 194; 486
– Solar thermal systems, Colo. bill creating sales and use tax exemption signed, 420 – Worker misclassification, bill letting individuals file complaints with state signed, 516
– Census Bureau Survey of Constr. Industry
See NEW CONSTRUCTION
– AFL-CIO, top affiliates despite membership decrease, report, 1021
– Failure to pay for hours worked, insulation firm accord with class of mostly Latino workers approved, undocumented workers may share in damages (C.D. Cal.), 80
– Bonuses
See BONUSES
See EXECUTIVES
See MINIMUM WAGE
See OVERTIME
See WORKERS' COMPENSATION; specific states
– Advanced Micro Devices, N.Y. BCTD PLA with M + W Zander for computer chip plant announced, state providing tax breaks and economic development incentives, 512
– IT
– Aggregate Indus., former managers plead guilty to supplying substandard concrete on Big Dig project, agreed to testify against other employees (D. Mass.), 632; jury convicts managers after trial, 755
– Broadway Concrete, firm to pay pealties for fall hazards, OSHA accord, 13 – Cement kilns, EPA proposal to curb mercury and other hazardous emissions could put plants out of business, trade association comments on proposed rule, 885 – Cemex, administrative assistant fired after complaining about racially derogatory comments by co-worker may pursue retaliation claim, complaint to supervisor protected (M.D. Fla.), 637 – Central Masonry, contractor liable for liquidated damages even though foreman never reported hours worked (D. Colo.), 679 – Crom, EEOC charges racially hostile environment and retaliation against African Am. worker for complaints (N.D. Fla.), 499 – F & M Concrete, general contractor pay restitution after guilty plea for failure to pay prevailing wages on school addition, prosecutors say, 725 – Farror Concrete Specialties, memo binding nonunion contractor to future master pacts with LIUNA and OP&CMIA in exchange for temporary participation not contracts, LMRA inapplicable (W.D. Wash.), 671 – Granite Rock, no LMRA claim against IBT for continuing to strike after members ratified pact but must arbitrate failure to sign (U.S., rev grant), 600 – Highway Trust Fund, rewrite should address infrastructure sustainability, Portland cement official says, 408; House panel calls best job-creating bill that could come before Congress, criticize administration call for delay, 661; small businesses urge Congress to pass reauthorization, say jobs for construction would be created, 663; bill, see LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3617 – Post Tension of Nev., barring workers from filling vehicles or cashing paychecks at gas station frequented by IW member was ULP (D.C. Cir.), 411 – Rain City Contractors, hotel contractor has no LMRA claim for UBC secondary boycott to force firm to unionize but may be defamation (W.D. Wash.), 932 – Spurlino Materials, no abuse of discretion in issuing injunction for retaliating against IBT, unilaterally changing conditions, and bad faith bargaining (NLRB), 214 – Standard Ready Mix Concrete, group of defined benefit plan participants claims for amendment violating anti-cutback rule consolidated for settlement purposes (N.D. Iowa), 21 – Tinney Rebar Servs., no ULP where nonunion firm fired at-well worker who planned to work for IW Local 3 (NLRB ALJ), 477 – U.S. Rebar, former president who pled guilty of conspiracy to launder money and paying worker in cash to avoid union duties not personally liable for restitution (E.D.N.Y.), 439; Metal Lathers Local 46 not crime victim, may not get restitution (2d Cir., per curium), 505
– Ed. Note: A list of upcoming events appears in the Journal section of selected issues.
– ABA
– – Annual meeting, 781
– – Forum on Construction Industry, 1081 – – Labor law conference, 10 – – Taxation section panel on Madoff developments, 361 – – Teleconference on impact of E-Verify and no-match rules, 1112 – Advisory Comm. on Constr. Safety and Health, 285; 668 – AFL-CIO
– – Annual convention, 913; 914; correction, 986
– – Executive Council community town hall meeting, 7 – – Quadrennial convention, 1021 – – Summer meeting, 750 – Am. Council of Engineering Companies annual conference, 289 – Am. Indus. Hygiene Ass'n annual conference, 598 – Am. Road & Transp. Builders Ass'n Public Private Ventures conference, 988 – Am. Soc'y of Safety Engineers annual convention, 629 – Ass'n of Union Constructors' annual leadership conference, 464 – BCTD 2009 annual legislative conference, 397; 623 – Campaign for America's Future conference, 461 – Coalition for a Democratic Workplace teleconference, 706 – Commerce and Transp. Dep'ts conference on supply chain infrastructure, 407; 409 – Constr. Business Forum, 534 – Constr. Indus. Serv. Corp. annual conference, 436 – Constr. Safety Council, 19th annual conference, 24; 24; 25; 25; 26 – Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities' Federal Policy Conf., 248 – Employee benefits conference sponsored by DOL and Am. Soc'y of Pension Professionals and Actuaries, 916 – ERISA Advisory Council, 957 – Industry Liaison Grp. 27th Annual Nat'l Conf., 746; 748 – Labor and Employment Relations Ass'n
– – D.C. chapter meeting, 994
– – National policy forum, 528 – Making It in Am: Building the New Economy, sponsored by Inst. for America's Future and Alliance for Am. Mfg., 1143 – Mich. State Univ. conference for union and industry representatives, 1114 – Middle Class Task Force, 13; 431; 469 – Nat'l Advisory Cmte. on Occupational Safety and Health, 715; 716 – Nat'l Employment Law Inst. forum, 1138 – New Am. Foundation conference, The Jobs Deficit: The Challenge of Putting America Back to Work, 1084 – NLRB Regions 21 and 31 27th Annual Labor and Emp. Law Conf., 712 – OSHA
– – Action summit on Latino workers in the construction industry, 876
– – Advisory Cmte. on Constr. Safety and Health, 181; 785 – Securities Indus. and Financial Marketers Ass'n, 994 – SHRM conference, 53 – Tenth annual National Work Zone Awareness Week, 182 – Urban Institute, New Safety Net for Working Families: Green Jobs and Low-Wage Workers, 252 – Worldwide Employee Benefits Network meeting, 884
– Ed. Note: This heading is used for administrative actions only. For coverage of legislation by bill number, see LEGISLATION, FEDERAL. For information on measures not yet assigned bill numbers, see relevant subject headings.
– Congressional Hispanic Caucus, immigration reform
See IMMIGRATION
– Green buildings, corporate tax credit for building energy efficient buildings enacted, 1096; passed, 1126
– Highway improvements, bonding bill letting state get immediate start on resurfacing and other projects signed, 309 – Legislative and regulatory roundup, 157
– Claims preclusion, laid-off worker's claim against IUOE local for bias in manipulating job referrals barred where final orders dismissing same claims issued (W.D. Wis.), 786
– Divorce, failure to give timely notice to plan administrator bars UBC welfare fund duty to extend coverage (E.D. Pa.), 999
– Making and receiving payments from employers to union, R.I. LIUNA organizer and contractor plead guilty to conspiracy to make and receive unlawful payments (D.R.I.), 766
– RICO
– Due process
See DUE PROCESS
See EQUAL PROTECTION
See FIRST AMENDMENT
– CH2M Hill, worker has no claim for reduced benefits and lost investment chances where plan appeal procedures not exhausted (D. Colo.), 89
– Monthly reports, BLS, Feb., 2009, 118; April, 405; May, 566; July, 813
– Chinese drywall, health and safety concerns about use in Fla. homes being investigated, 247; health complaints being investigated, information sheet posted on web site, 330; Senators and state officials sicken after visiting contaminated homes, 436
– Day laborers
See DAY LABORERS
See LEASED WORKERS
– Part-time
– Economic price adjustment, contractor request form payment to provide increased payments to subcontractor workers denied where it failed to certify price-adjustment request (Fed. Cl.), 442
– Davis-Bacon Repeal Act
See DAVIS-BACON ACT
See specific states
– CBAs
See specific unions and industries
– Alter ego status
See ALTER EGOS
– Pa. Gen. Servs. Dep't, open shop contractors challenge provision requiring contractor and subcontractors to execute PLAs, state agrees to reissue RFPs (Pa. Commw. Ct.), 899
– Hobart Crane Rental, nonunion firm formed after bankruptcy liable but arbitrator calculation of damages drew from essence of IUOE pact, must be enforced (N.D. Ind.), 441
– N.C., new safety standard issued, include certification requirements for crane operators and signal operators, 903 – OSHA standard, proposed rule could increase risks by preempting local laws and displacing local inspectors, N.Y.C. building commissioner says, hearing, 190; OSHA panel should have considered national consensus in developing proposed rule, engineer says, hearing, 148; final rule to be issued next year, Barab tells advisory board, 715 – Tex., hearing on annual operator certification set, 129 – United Crane and Rigging, IUOE Local 37 pact ratified, 792 – Wash., new rule planned, would require equipment certification and more experience before operator certification, 128
– Asbestos
– – Accepting cash bribes for helping landlord avoid enforcement, DOJ complaint against Chicago environmental compliance inspector (N.D. Ill.), 1146
– – Handling and notice, demolition contractor pleads guilty to criminal charge for demolishing textile plant without adequately removing asbestos (E.D. Tenn.), 1026 – Bid-rigging, salesman for firm that provides backfill to excavated areas of Superfund site pleads guilty, landscaping firm owner sentenced for kickback and fraud conspiracy, DOJ announces (D.N.J.), 1154 – Big Dig
– – DBEs, minority business pleads guilty to submitting bid for work done by another firm (D. Mass.), 378; subcontractor sentenced, ordered to pay fine, 926
– – Making false statement, maker of epoxy used in tunnel that collapsed pleads guilty (D. Mass.), 961 – – Supplying substandard concrete for 10 years, former managers plead guilty, agree to testify against others (D. Mass.), 632; jury convicts managers after trial, 755
See BRIBES
– Disadvantaged business contracts, electrical contractor official who set up front companies to win sentenced (11th Cir.), 879 – Embezzlement
See EMBEZZLEMENT
– Felony theft of sales taxes and workers' compensation fraud, drywall contractor to pay restitution, plea agreement (Wash. Super. Ct.), 1156 – Forced labor trafficking, identity theft, harboring illegal aliens, money laundering, visa fraud, extortion, and racketeering, labor leasing firm owner arrested (W.D. Mo.), 467; participant pleads guilty, 1146 – Fraud
See FRAUD
– Harboring and knowingly employing illegal aliens, contractor sentenced, ordered to forfeit profits (N.D. Ala.), 781 – Hiring undocumented workers and money laundering, Md. painting contractor pleads guilty after ICE raid (D. Md.), 341 – Independent contractors, Pa. law providing for civil and criminal penalties for intentionally misclassifying or paying under the table passed, 376 – Knowingly hiring undocumented workers, drywall contractor sentenced for hiring despite no-match letters, 115 – Legislative and regulatory roundup, 31; 63 – LMRDA, IBT local officials sentenced for conspiracy to steal union elections from reform candidates (N.D. Ill.), 880 – Madoff Investment Securities criminal trial – Money laundering and fraud, contractor indicted for scheme to submit bogus invoices to bill financing firm (M.D. Fla.), 715; guilty plea, mail and wire fraud, 1117 – Murder, robbery, conspiracy, and extortion from contractor, organized crime figure convicted (S.D.N.Y.), 284; sentenced to life in prison, 809 – Off-the-books wages, contractor pleads guilty to conspiracy to evade payroll taxes (S.D.N.Y.), 209; contractor sentenced, prosecutors announce, 992 – OSH Act violations, Barab says OSHA to look at whether potentially cases being referred to DOJ, IG finds failure to implement Enhanced Enforcement program, 334 – Payroll taxes, N.Y.C. contractor pleads guilty to paying workers off the books in cash and issuing false currency transaction reports to evade (S.D.N.Y.), 1144 – Prevailing wages
– – Mass., N.H. caulking contractor charged with failure to pay and to submit payroll records (Mass. Super. Ct.), 943
– – Mo., charges filed against plumbing subcontractor for failing to pay on school facility and rebating worker's wage (Mo. Cir. Ct.), 575 – Supplying substandard concrete on Mass. Big Dig project, former managers plead guilty, agree to testify against others (D. Mass.), 632; jury convicts managers after trial, 755 – Tex., lawmakers have authority to enact law sanctioning firms for knowingly hiring undocumented workers, Atty. Gen. opinion letter, 61 – Underpaying income tax and workers' compensation premiums, drywall firm owners plead guilty to paying workers in cash and off-the-books (S.D. Fla.), 142 – Undocumented workers – Workers' compensation fraud Contact the Webmaster at webmaster@bna.com Copyright © The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
