Human Resources Report Index-Summary

JANITORS

JAPAN

– Economic crisis, automakers threaten to offshore operations if yen remains at current appreciated levels, 166
– Pension agency launched, 1145

JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER SURVEY (JOLTS)

See TURNOVER, EMPLOYEE

JOB SATISFACTION

– Workplace Watch, 2009 1st quarter, survey, 611

JOINT EMPLOYERS

– Minimum wage, overtime, garment pieceworkers fired after filing N.Y., FLSA wage claims against intertwined firms have standing to sue, but plant closure precludes reinstatement (E.D.N.Y.), 636
– Wal-Mart, labor law violations, foreign workers' suit alleging failure to monitor suppliers rejected, no contractual duty (9th Cir.), 776

JURIES

– ADEA, mixed-motive instruction requires direct proof, executive's award reversed, new trial ordered (U.S., oral arg), 341; disparate treatment requires but-for causation, burden-shifting to employer rejected (rev, rem), 651
– Ala., jury duty firing, state law claim revived, factual dispute on call-in efforts precludes summary judgment (11th Cir.), 944
– Cat's paw theory of liability, judgment favoring USERRA claimant reversed, submission to jury without proof of biased individual's singular influence on decisionmaker was error (7th Cir.), 327
– FELA, fear of cancer valid basis for damages where shown to be “genuine and serious,” $5M award overturned due to improper jury instruction (U.S., rvs), 598
– Race bias, essential elements of proof required, refusal to instruct on pretext not reversible error (9th Cir.), 606
– Wis., sick leave, no statutory or constitutional right to jury trial for damage suits under state law (Wis.), 804

JURISDICTION

– USERRA, statutory scope (U.S., rev den), 369