Human Resources Report Index-Summary

CALIFORNIA

– Class arbitration waiver unconscionable, unenforceable (U.S., rev den), 36
– Managed care, costs shifting to workers, 14

CANADA

– Union membership data, HRSD Canada report, 54

CARS

See MOTOR VEHICLES
– Manufacturing and sales

See AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, U.S.

– Jobs creation call to action, annual State of Am. Bus. address, 39

CHILD CARE

– Michele Obama urges need for family-friendly workplaces, DOL visit, 82

CHINA

– Tort Liability Law, medical privacy provision, 54

CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES (USCIS)

– Haitian nationals, notice of temporary protected status (TPS), 70

CLASS ACTIONS

– Arbitration, class waiver unconscionable, unenforceable (U.S., rev den), 36
– ERISA, fiduciary breach, fair market value, final approval of ESOP settlement (S.D. Fla.), 11
– Litigation, annual workplace report, 2009, Seyfarth Shaw, 81
– WARN Act and wage violations, trucking firm (N.D. Okla.), 21

CLOTHES CHANGING

– Protective gear, custom or practice pay exclusion where pact silent (5th Cir.), 50

COBRA

See CONSOLIDATED OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT (COBRA)

CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS

– NIOSH, green jobs, 18

CONNECTICUT

– Privacy, GPS tracking of inspectors, remedies, statutory authority for private enforcement (Conn.), 49

CONSENT DECREES

– Ed. Note: For consent decrees other than general stories, see relevant subject headings.

CONSOLIDATED OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT (COBRA)

– Model notices, updates, 70
– Premium subsidy

– – Prior-year tax credit, IRS update, 43
– – Reduction factsheet, DOL Web posting, 40

CONTRACTORS

– Defense

See DEFENSE CONTRACTORS

– Federal

See FEDERAL CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTORS

– Independent

See INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS

CREDITS AGAINST TAXES

– COBRA premium subsidy, prior-year coverage, IRS update, 43