Human Resources Report Index-Summary

UFCW

See FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS (UFCW)

UHW (UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS)

See generally SERVICE EMPLOYEES (SEIU)

ULPs

UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS

– Economic recovery efforts must include immigration reforms, path to legalization, speakers say, 414
– Employment verification

– – E-Verify program

See EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION

– – SSA “no-match” rule

See SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS

– Identity theft, aggravated offense requires knowledge that identification belonged to another, conviction overturned (U.S.), 489
– Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 98

– Immigration reform, guestworker programs, transnational labor visa, 1171
– Intentional hire of illegal workers to depress wages of legal workers, RICO class certified (E.D. Cal.), 581
– Legalization paired with guestworker program, economic benefits discussed, study, 919
– Overtime, identity fraud (S.D. Tex), 190
– Penalties, EU Parliament backs criminal sanctions against hiring firms, repeat offenders, 164
– State laws

See also specific states
– – Employment-related immigration bills, 150 introduced in 2009 1st quarter, report, 470
– – Labor legislation, 2008, DOL reports, 145

– Witness intimidation, whistleblower fired for refusing to recant illegal hiring allegations, motion to compel discovery upheld (U.S., rev grant), 96

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

– Am. Recovery and Reinvestment Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1

– DOL extends eligibility in 5 states based on high jobless rates, 879
– Extended benefits

– – Assistance for Unemployed Workers Extension Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 1647

– – Budget, FY2010, Obama releases outline, summary, 207; House panel approves $3.5T resolution with UI reform provision, In Brief, 320; DOL request, overview, 488
– – Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3404

– – Funds for over 1.1 million workers will exhaust by June, NELP projects, 153
– – Mich., gov. signs bill, 400
– – Unemployment Compensation Extension Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3548

– Independent contractor misclassification, FUTA, consequences, Viewpoint, 837
– Modernization Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 290

– Multi-state combined-wage claims, ETA guidance letter explains new rule, 97
– State claims filed, ETA weekly data, In Brief, 12; 41; 68; 98; 125; 152; 181; 208; 236; 264; 320; 348; 374; 404; 432; 460; 490; 518; 572; 601; 628; 684; 714; 741; 797; 824; 852; 880; 908; 936; 964; 993; 1020; 1079; 1105; 1160
– State laws

See also specific states
– – Immigration, 150 employment-related bills introduced in 2009 1st quarter, report, 470

– Supplemental Assistance Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 291

– Voters' views, EPI survey, 1087
– Women impacted by recession, speakers urge changes to UI system, stimulus-funded training to help, 275
– Work-share program with short-time compensation avoids layoffs, report urges expansion, more federal support, 385

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

– Am. Recovery and Reinvestment Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1

– Behavioral and health effects, suicide, murder, alcohol abuse fueled by rapid rise in joblessness, study finds, 779
– BLS reports, nonfarm payroll data

– – Civilians, Dec., 7; Jan., 120; Feb., 231; March, 343; April, 485; May, 596; June, 709; July, 847; Sept., 1043
– – Metropolitan areas, N.Y., Detroit hit hardest by job losses in 2008 among major U.S. cities, 163
– – State and regional data, 2008, Nov., 15; Feb. 2009, 351; April, 575; June, 800; Aug., 1023; Sept., 1163

– Canada, employment and unemployment rates, StatCan report, Jan., 2009, 164
– DOL extends UI benefit period in 5 states, 879
– Geographic mobility data, share of workers who recently moved declined in 2008, Census Bureau reports, 471
– Health insurance coverage varies by age, employment status, demographic analysis, Census Bureau report, 1022
– High-tech industry now shedding jobs but fewer than in 2001 slump, trade group reports, 358
– ILO Global Trends Report predicts “dramatic” increase in 2009, summary, 137
– Immigration link to native-born unemployment “debunked” in Immigration Policy Center reports, 582
– Long-term joblessness increasing despite easing of recession, EPI analysis, 861
– Multinational firms, loss of U.S. jobs tied to recession, productivity, not offshoring, Business Roundtable report, 303
– Opportunity.gov Web site offers training, education assistance for workers receiving UI benefits, 517
– Voters' views, EPI survey, 1087
– Women

– – Global financial crisis, 22 million threatened with job losses, ILO warns, 278
– – Recession, severe impact of economic downturn noted in Congressional forum, more attention needed, 556

UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES (ULPs)

– Duty to bargain

– – FedEx Home drivers independent contractors not covered by NLRA, refusal to bargain with IBT lawful, NLRB reversed (D.C. Cir.), 441
– – Post-merger decision to move IBEW bargaining unit into larger CWA unit was NLRA-exempt “core business decision” (9th Cir.), 469

– Hot cargo pacts, IW local coerced employers to avoid nonunion subcontractors (D. Mass.), 1002
– State labor legislation, 2008, DOL reports, 145
– Threats, harassment, employer opposition to organizing activities has intensified since 1999, EPI report, 583

UNIFORMED SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT (USERRA)

– 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
– Full-time National Guard duty

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1879

– Harassment, National Guard member ineligible for remedies lacks standing to sue (M.D. Ala.), 384
– Pension forfeitures, plan terminations, PBGC proposed rule would protect benefits in trusteed plans, 819
– Retaliation

– – Jurisdiction, statutory scope (U.S., rev den), 369
– – Rescission of offer to rehire flight dispatcher valid basis for Navy reservist's claim (M.D. Fla.), 693
– – Suspicion of wrongdoing, reinstatement of police officer delayed (U.S., rev den), 369

– Subcontractor not a successor in interest to former subcontractor/employer, no duty to hire therapist (S.D. Iowa), 21
– Work schedule policy rescinded, deprivation of benefits not proved (7th Cir.), 608
– Wounded Veteran Job Security Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 466, S 1607

UNIONS

See also specific unions
– Card check authorization

See RECOGNITION OF UNIONS

– Elections

See REPRESENTATION ELECTIONS

– Federal contractors

– – Right not to join union, OLMS rescinds employee notification rule, 346
– – Workers' rights, Obama issues 3 labor-friendly executive orders, summary, 117

– Freedom From Union Violence Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2537

– LMRDA, financial disclosure forms

See FORMS

– Membership data for 2008 by industry, gender, BLS report, comments summarized, 136
– Organizing

See ORGANIZING

– RAISE Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2732, S 1184

– Recognition

See RECOGNITION OF UNIONS

– Representation

See REPRESENTATION ELECTIONS

UNITE HERE

– Cintas, DPPA, union unlawfully accessed motor vehicle records to obtain workers' home addresses for organizing drive (U.S., rev den), 316

UNITED KINGDOM (UK)

– Disabled employees, nonbias protection expanded, 809
– Flexible work schedules, more parents may request arrangements under new law, 371
– Medical leave, employees on extended sick leave must be paid for accumulated annual leave (E.C.R.), 137
– Recession, report finds employers squandering talents of workers, 316

UNIVERSITIES

See EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

USCIS

See CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES (USCIS)

USERRA

See UNIFORMED SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT (USERRA)

USW (UNITED STEELWORKERS)

See STEELWORKERS (USW)

UTAH

– E-Verify, enacted bill clarifies scope of 2008 mandate, 348
– Labor legislation, 2008, DOL reports, 145

UTILITIES

– Am. Elec. Power, ERISA, stock drop, former employee's motion granted to intervene as lead plaintiff in fiduciary breach class action (S.D. Ohio), 301
– D.C. Water and Sewer Auth. (WASA), ADA, damages properly denied, claimant not disabled under pre-ADAAA standards, and ADAAA not retroactive (D.C. Cir.), 829
– Duke Energy Retirement Cash Balance Plan, ERISA whipsaw, interest claims certified as class actions, but not fiduciary breach (D.S.C.), 973
– Exelon, ERISA, whipsaw calculation properly omitted, cash balance plan lawfully defines “normal retirement age” by years of vested service rather than specific age (7th Cir.), 749
– Niagara Mohawk Power, coordinating retiree health benefits with Medicare no ADEA violation (N.D.N.Y.), 439
– Pac. Gas & Elec., overtime, $17.25M settles state law class action (Cal. Super. Ct.), 851
– Progress Energy, FMLA, employer may rely on medical documents saying pregnant claimant could work despite evidence of qualifying condition, claim rejected (M.D. Fla.), 243
– RGS Energy Group, SOX, notice of firing triggers 90-day filing window, HR director's complaint untimely (DOL ARB), 48
– Salt River Project Agric. Improvement & Power Distr., ADA, accommodation claim revived for diabetic metallurgist assigned to out-of-town project (9th Cir.), 212
– Xcel Energy, sex bias, interview questions lawfully gauged to identify preselected competencies, no pretext shown (10th Cir.), 494