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Vol. 55, Nos. 2710-2743 pp. 1-1158 March 5, 2009 - Nov. 5, 2009 A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
TAFT-HARTLEY ACT
– LMRA
– Employer-sponsored health insurance, changing benefits could raise complexity and cut effectiveness, ABA white paper, 336
– Fraud, N.Y.C. contractor pleads guilty to paying workers off the books in cash and issuing false currency transaction reports to evade payroll taxes (S.D.N.Y.), 1144 – Fraudulent Tax Relief Act – Mass., task force to crack down on employers collects $1.4M in first year of operations, 577 – 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
– 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
– Joint Council #43 Pension Fund, DOL requires investment firm official to restore fund losses, consent decree (N.D. Ill.), 779 – Local 282 (Building Materials), AGC of N.Y. pact ratified, 970 – Local 287, concrete firm has no LMRA claim for continuing strike after members ratified pact but must arbitrate failure to sign (U.S., rev grant), 600 – 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 682, paving contractor failure to provide medical benefits as required by pact was ULP (NLRB), 964 – Local 703, no ULP in threats to picket if RWAW members used on green roof installation where landscaping contractor has no CBA (NLRB), 1057 – 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 – Local 743, officials sentenced for conspiracy to steal union elections from reform candidates (N.D. Ill.), 880 – Local 853, NLRB approves accord with Granite Rock over ULP charges for picketing and trying to force workers to organize (NLRB), 889
– IT
– Leased workers
See LEASED WORKERS
– Leased workers
See LEASED WORKERS
See INJUNCTIONS
– 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 – Workers' compensation, award for partial hearing loss from workplace exposure to loud noise upheld, notice of injury timely, evidence supported, and amount not excessive (Tenn.), 904
– Cherokee, Fort Loudoun, Telico, and Watts Bar dams, plans to install temporary structures to cut risk of flooding announced, 1025
– 9/11 effects on World Trade Center
See NEW YORK
– Substance abuse
– Austin
– – Best value bid process, change will include preference for local firms, mayor announces, 941
– – Economy, building remains major industry but construction workers not getting rewarded, cutting worksite deaths urged, report, 578 – – Safety at private construction sites, city council approves resolution instructing city manager to develop options addressing, 1071 – Legislative and regulatory roundup, 157; 227; 688 – McGregor Act, state law barring liens on public buildings not only remedy for unpaid claims (Tex.), 677 – 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
See specific forms of discrimination
– Exhaustion, worker has no claim for reduced benefits and lost investment chances where plan appeal procedures followed (D. Colo.), 89
– Defamation
See DEFAMATION
– Interference with business relations, NRLA preempts nonunion excavator's claims against LIUNA for acts barred by §§7 and 8 (Ohio Ct. App.), 1059 – Negligence
See NEGLIGENCE
See PERSONAL INJURY
– 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
– Am. Recovery and Reinvestment Act
See APPRENTICES
– Construction safety, OSHA posts internet watch list of trainers who may not be authorized, 784 – Fall protection, school-based training seems effective but should be hands-on and in real-world situation, researcher says, 24 – Grants
See GRANTS
See GREEN JOBS
– Legislative and regulatory roundup, 31; 63; 94; 157; 194; 227; 267; 688 – Outreach Training program, OSHA develops procedure for investigating complaints against independent trainers, 472 – Pensions, no abuse of discretion in refusing to give service credit for years served as trade school instructors (7th Cir.), 1121 – Pneumatic nail safety, Advisory Comm. on Constr. and Health work group resolves to improve methods and examine OSHA standards, 293 – Race bias, shipyard workers failed to show reasons for not giving training on pieces of equipment were pretext and no animus (3d Cir.), 722 – Single-industry, program that collaborates with employers to identify and teach needed skills leads to longer-lasting, higher paying jobs for trainees, report, 336 – State and local initiatives
See specific states
– Working well under pressure, revolving conflicts, and mitigating negative impacts on costs, Nat'l Ctr. for Constr. Education and Research releases instructional DVD, 718
– Federal Surface Transportation Policy and Planning Act
See INFRASTRUCTURE
See MASS TRANSIT
See RAILROADS
See specific states
– FRA
– Highway Trust Fund
– – Fairness Act
– – Recommendations for preventing further decline and strengthening infrastructure, GAO report outlines, 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; draft bill creates national infrastructure bank to fund highway, transit, rail, and intermodal freight projects, Oberstar (D-Minn) to push for 6 year extension, 555; Congress preparing for vote on extension before expiration, 623; 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; Senators continue to garner support for swift passage of 6-month extension, House would support, 1107 – Transit security grant programs, DOT official assures House panel that references to Davis-Bacon Act rules included in FY2009 guidance, 147 – Transp. Preservation and Improvement Act
– 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
– SMWIA merger, UTU president says proposal dead despite appeal, enjoined after members complained about inadequate notice of referendum, 666
– Daily inspections, electrical contractor willfully violated state OSH Act in death of workers in trench collapse (U.S., rev den), 538
– Egress, workers must be able to exit safely at all times, OSHA interpretation letter, 844 – Excavation damages, OSHA cites firm for serious and repeat violations, proposes fines, 116 – Failure to establish protective system to guard against cave-ins, OSHA cites Mo. general contractor for willful and serious violations, 784 – 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 citation contractor for willful violations that caused injuries and death, penalties proposed, 180 – Safe means of escape and worker protection system to prevent cave-ins, OSHA proposes fines against Ga. contractor, 812 – Unprotected trench, Wash. excavation safety rules violated when subcontractor's worker died in trench collapse (Wash. Ct. App.), 678 – Work next to foundation without adequate support or supervision, fines against subcontractor for failure to exercise reasonable diligence upheld (OSHRC), 818
– Limitations
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