Government Employee Relations Report Index-Summary

TAXATION

– Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3590

TEACHERS

– Elementary schools

See PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS

– High schools

See PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS

– Principals

See PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS

– Unions

See specific unions

TEACHERS (AFT)

– Teacher development and evaluation systems, AFT willing to develop, due process required, 69

TEACHERS (NEA)

– AFL-CIO affiliation, labor solidarity pact extended, 209

TEACHERS (UFT)

– Free speech, N.Y.C. teacher retaliation for using grievance procedure to challenge unruly student discipline, official capacity (2d Cir.), 213

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

– Labor law cases pending before Sup. Ct., 99

TELECONFERENCES

See CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS

TENNESSEE

– Middle Tenn. Mental Health Inst., whistleblowing, medication dispensing policy change, retaliation (Tenn. Ct. App.), 53

TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

See specific causes for discharges

TESTING

– Drugs and alcohol

See DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING

– Fitness for duty

See FITNESS-FOR-DUTY TESTING

– Promotions, N.J., civil service test, disparate impact on minorities, DOJ suit (D.N.J.), 65
– Race bias, written exams to screen N.Y.C. firefighter candidates, pattern and practice of intentional bias (E.D.N.Y.), 134; remedial phase, city pays damages, fills jobs with minorities, grant retroactive seniority, develop new exam, 184
– Reverse bias, no proof New Haven Fire Dept. underfilling practice favored nonminorities (Conn.), 12

TEXAS

– Houston, barring SEIU Local 5 from holding outdoor events to support strike violates free speech (5th Cir.), 214

TEXT MESSAGES

– Labor law cases pending before Sup. Ct., 99
– Okla., state workers ban while driving, executive order, 126

THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN (TSP)

– Automatic enrollment, FRTIB targeting mailings to workers getting agency contributions but not own funds, report, 199
– Investments, increased returns at year-end, assets climb above 2008 high, FRTIB report, 89
– Subpoenas, proposed rules allow administrative subpoenas, delegate authority to general counsel, 97

TIME LIMITS

See STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS

TIMELINESS

– Limitations periods

See STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS

TITLE VII DISCRIMINATION

– PDA

See PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION

– Types of bias

See specific types of discrimination

TORTS

– Defamation

See DEFAMATION

– Miss., age bias, sovereign immunity, 11th Amend., patient abuse by nurse (5th Cir.), 49

TRAINING

– Tuition assistance

See EDUCATION ASSISTANCE

TRANSFER OF EMPLOYEES

– Disability bias, hospital housekeeping aide, accommodation for mental health strain (D.C. Cir.), 101
– Sex bias

– – Retaliation, Cal. public defender involuntarily transferred, promotion denial complaint (S.D. Cal.), 77
– – Senior FAA official, no adverse action (D.C. Cir.), 71

TRANSGENDERED INDIVIDUALS

– Discrimination

See GENDER VARIANCE DISCRIMINATION

TRANSIT UNION (ATU)

– Local 19, DOL certification of pact with Colorado Springs, Colo. pact for UMTA grant (10th Cir.), 165
– Locals 241 and 308, Chicago Transit Auth. layoff of bus and rail workers, no pact (Arb.), 151

TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY

– Air

See AIR TRANSPORTATION

– Mass transit

See MASS TRANSIT

TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (TSA)

– Airport screeners, AFGE files FLRA recognition petition, NTEU will seek election, 199
– Appointments and personnel changes, Southers approval stalled, 5

TRANSSEXUALS

– Discrimination

See GENDER VARIANCE DISCRIMINATION

TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES

– Auto mileage rate for privately owned vehicles used on business, rate set, 38

TREASURY DEPARTMENT

– Appointments and personnel changes, Labo and Miller confirmed as assistant secretaries, Coolyns to be deputy undersecretary, 202
– Inspector Gen. for Tax Admin., merits of claim for fraud in accord, whether newly discovered evidence excuses late filing (Fed. Cir.), 156

TREASURY EMPLOYEES (NTEU)

– Airport screeners, AFGE files FLRA recognition petition, union will seek election, 199

TSA

See TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (TSA)

TSP

See THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN (TSP)

TUITION ASSISTANCE

See EDUCATION ASSISTANCE