Human Resources Report Index-Summary

VACATION

VACATION PAY

– Ill., accruals, class settlement (N.D. Ill.), 1103
– Mass., due as part of “earned wages,” denial illegal despite company policy that vacation pay not an earned benefit (Mass.), 665
– Paid Vacation Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2564

VERMONT

– Independent contractors misclassification, FedEx, payroll taxes, worker protections, 713
– Labor legislation, 2008, DOL reports, 145
– Same-sex marriage, state law developments may affect employer policies, attorneys discuss impact on benefits, taxes, Analysis & Perspective, 472

VETERANS

– ADA, fired bank employee's regarded-as claim improperly dismissed where personnel records, treatment indicated bias, revived (3d Cir.), 409
– Apprenticeships, internships, on-the-job training

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1098

– Good Faith Initiative for Veterans Employment (G-FIVE) award, OFCCP recognizes 5 recipients, In Brief, 40
– Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Data Collection and Effectiveness Study, DOL seeks comments, In Brief, 151
– USERRA

See UNIFORMED SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT (USERRA)

– Wounded Veteran Job Security Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 466, S 1607

– Wounded Warrior job program extension

– – Continuing resolution

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2918

– – DOL stopgap funding

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2996

VETERANS AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT (VA)

– Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3234

VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICE (VETS)

– Appointments and personnel changes, assistant secretary nominee Jefferson confirmed, In Brief, 880
– DOL budget request, FY2010, overview, 488; for further action, see LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3293

VETS

See VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICE (VETS)

VEVRAA

See VIETNAM ERA VETERANS READJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE ACT (VEVRAA)

VIETNAM ERA VETERANS READJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE ACT (VEVRAA)

– Compliance, House panel examines OFCCP efforts to enforce contractor duties to veterans, hearing summary, 556

VIOLENCE

– Domestic

See DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

– Freedom From Union Violence Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2537

– General duty clause will be used to cite violations, OSHA official tells AFSCME nurses, 496
– Murder, suicide fueled by rapid rise in unemployment, study finds, 779
– Workplace bullying, employers advised to keep abreast of jurisdictional legal developments, Viewpoint, 948

VIRGINIA

– COBRA notice required despite provision of other coverage to early retirees, claim for statutory penalties may be time-barred (W.D. Va.), 22
– Labor legislation, 2008, DOL reports, 145

VISAS

– EB-5 extensions

– – Continuing resolution

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2918

– – DHS appropriations

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2892

– – DOL stopgap funding

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2996

– – Omnibus spending bill

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1105

– Employee Verification Amendment Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2679

– Employment-based immigration, reforms, commission to determine future flows based on market needs suggested, report, 557
– “Extraordinary ability” first-tier visa properly denied to Armenian physicist with second-tier “exceptional ability” and no job offer (9th Cir.), 971
– H-1B, temporary visas for highly-skilled foreign workers

– – Applications for FY2010, fewer expected due to recession, speakers say program drives high-tech innovation, cite high OPT demand, 385
– – Cap not met, petitions still accepted, 373
– – Certification

– – – ETA introduces iCERT portal system for electronic applications, 399
– – – TARP recipients subject to new USCIS rules, forms to insure no U.S. workers displaced, 315

– – CIS reports 20,000 visas still available under FY2010 cap, In Brief, 908
– – H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 887

– – High-skilled immigration system broken with no clear fix, speakers debate options for change, 471
– – STEM, science, tech sector shortages call for immigrant workers, but visa program improvements needed, speakers say, 586
– – Temporary guestworker admissions, FY2008, DHS data released, 400

– H-2A, temporary agricultural program

– – Relocation reimbursement, ETA withdraws Bush era interpretation, FLSA may require payment, 319
– – Seasonal agricultural worker admissions, FY2008, DHS data released, 400

– H-2B, nonagricultural program

– – Admissions, FY2008, DHS data released, 400
– – Compliance education, DOL to hold meetings explaining new rule, In Brief, 908
– – FLSA, hotel not required to pay recruitment, travel, visa expenses of temporary guest workers hired after Katrina (5th Cir.), 188
– – Relocation reimbursement, ETA withdraws Bush era interpretation, FLSA may require payment, 319
– – Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 388

– I-140 visa improperly granted, validly revoked by USCIS despite portability provision (9th Cir.), 775
– Immigration reform, guestworker programs, transnational labor visa, 1171
– Labor certifications, DOL amended rule limiting expiration dates in support of visa petition upheld (7th Cir.), 905
– PERM program certification, ETA introduces iCERT portal system for electronic applications, 399
– R-1, Non-Minister Religious Worker Visa Program

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1127

– State laws, 150 employment-related immigration bills introduced in 2009 1st quarter, report, 470
– USCIS, carpenter properly denied visa where small firm failed to show ability to pay salary (7th Cir.), 468