Construction Labor Report Index-Summary

TAFT-HARTLEY ACT

– ULPs

TAXATION

– Employer-sponsored health insurance, changing benefits could raise complexity and cut effectiveness, ABA white paper, 336
– Fraudulent Tax Relief Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1389

– IRS

See INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS)

– Legislative and regulatory roundup, 194
– Motor fuel tax, Congressional leaders and administration urge changes in policy and funding, Hutchinson (R-Tex) advocates letting states opt-out to keep tax revenues in-state, 290
– Payroll

See PAYROLL TAXES

– State and local

See specific states

TEAMSTERS (IBT)

– Central States, SE and SW Areas Pension Fund, employer duty to contribute to fund did not extend beyond pact expiration (U.S., rev den), 152
– Local 445 welfare funds, trustees may not get late fees or damages for failure to make timely payments where contractors paid delinquencies before suit (S.D.N.Y.), 57
– Local 456 Annuity Fund, Wis. county retirement system made lead plaintiff in class suit against mortgage insurer for failure to disclose subprime loans (E.D. Wis.), 221
– Local 705 pension funds, failure to make actuarial adjustment for time between retirement and pension checks start violated ERISA nonforfeiture rules (7th Cir.), 122
– Local 716, no abuse of discretion in enjoining concrete firm from retaliating, unilaterally changing working conditions, and bad faith bargaining (NLRB), 214

TENNESSEE

– Economic development, bill expanding program launched in 2007 expected to be signed, would develop regional industrial megasites to attract jobs and investments, 310
– Shelby Cty., ABC willing to pay prevailing wages, but opposes union scale for benefits for county contracts, 226

TESTING

– Substance abuse

See DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING

TEXAS

– Cranes, hearing on annual operator certification requirement set, 129
– Legislative and regulatory roundup, 157; 227
– Solar energy, incentive fund and loan program bill approved, 308
– Undocumented workers, lawmakers have authority to enact law sanctioning firms for knowingly hiring, Atty. Gen. opinion letter, 61
– Workers' compensation

– – Owner controlled insurance program, contractor that provides coverage for subcontractors immune from negligence claim for job injury (Tex.), 187
– – Torts, premises owner may be considered general contractor but exclusive remedy protection makes immune from injury claims (Tex.), 186

TITLE VII DISCRIMINATION

See specific forms of discrimination

TOP HAT PLANS

– Exhaustion, worker has no claim for reduced benefits and lost investment chances where plan appeal procedures followed (D. Colo.), 89

TORTS

– Negligence

See NEGLIGENCE

– Personal injury

See PERSONAL INJURY

– Workers' compensation, premises owner who was also general contractor protected from liability (Tex.), 186

TRADE, INTERNATIONAL

See INTERNATIONAL TRADE

TRAFFIC WORK ZONES

– Legislative and regulatory roundup, 486
– Nat'l Work Zone Awareness Week, deaths and injuries fell 17% in 2007, more in last decade, LaHood says, 182

TRAINING

– Alaska, bill making experimental trades training worker program helping unemployed and underemployed workers permanent passed, 348
– American Clean Energy and Security Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2454

– Apprenticeships

See APPRENTICES

– Fall protection, school-based training seems effective but should be hands-on and in real-world situation, researcher says, 24
– Green Jobs

See GREEN JOBS

– Green Jobs Improvement Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2026

– Legislative and regulatory roundup, 31; 63; 94; 157; 194; 227; 267
– Mich., report identifies kinds of jobs in demand in alternative-energy sector and types of training needed, 381
– Nev., bill requiring safety training for construction workers and supervisors passed, sent to governor after deaths on Las Vegas Strip sites, 484
– Outreach Training program, OSHA develops procedure for investigating complaints against independent trainers, 472
– Pneumatic nail safety, Advisory Comm. on Constr. and Health work group resolves to improve methods and examine OSHA standards, 293
– Single-industry, program that collaborates with employers to identify and teach needed skills leads to longer-lasting, higher paying jobs for trainees, report, 336

TRANSPORTATION

– Federal Surface Transportation Policy and Planning Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 1036

– Infrastructure

See INFRASTRUCTURE

– Mass transit

See MASS TRANSIT

– Railroads

See RAILROADS

– Road construction

See HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION

TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (DOT)

– Grants, program will put emphasis on project's long-term benefits and job creation potential, 408
– Highway Trust Fund Fairness Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2391

– Highway trust Fund, GAO report outlines recommendations for preventing further decline and strengthening infrastructure, 51; LaHood rules out gas tax hike, other revenue streams needed as Highway Trust Fund nears bankruptcy, 289; rewrite should address infrastructure sustainability, cement official says, 408
– STAA reauthorization

See SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE ACT (STAA)

– Transit security grant programs, DOT official assures House panel that references to Davis-Bacon Act rules included in FY2009 guidance, 147

TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (TSA)

– Highway infrastructure, agencies tasked with monitoring security lack coordination, GAO report, 51
– Transit security grant programs, DOT official assures House panel that references to Davis-Bacon Act rules included in FY2009 guidance, 147

TREASURY DEPARTMENT

– Ilbiasa Solar, building of concentrating solar power plant in Ariz. starts, seeking public and private financing, agency must issue guidelines before stimulus funds available, 305

TRENCHING AND SHORING

– Excavation damages, OSHA cites Texas firm for serious and repeat violations, proposes fines, 116
– Failure to train workers about unsafe conditions and failure to have cave-in protection system, OSHA cited contractor for willful violations that killed 4, fines proposed, 84
– Irrigation system installation, installer pleads guilty to violating OSHA rules and fined for collapse that killed worker (D. Neb), 213
– LandCoast Insulation, OSHA cites contractor for willful violations that caused injuries and death, penalties proposed, 180

TSA

See TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (TSA)