Workplace Law Report Index-Summary

CALIFORNIA

– Class arbitration waiver unconscionable, unenforceable (U.S., rev den), 80
– FEHA, low-recovery cases, denial of attorneys fees, application of state civil procedure rule (Cal.), 101
– State actions summary, 24; 87; 194

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, U.S.

– Captive-audience meetings, 1st Amend., NLRA challenge to Ore. ban (D. Ore.), 5

CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD (CSB)

– Transparency, voting records and board orders on website, 110

CHEMICALS INDUSTRY

– BASF, campaign finance violations, duty to collect payroll contributions for union PAC, FEC deadlock, 109

CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES (USCIS)

– E-Verify program, evaluation survey, 55
– Haitian nationals, notice of temporary protected status (TPS), 110
– Realignment of offices, 110
– Visa program enforcement

See VISAS

CLASS ACTIONS

– Arbitration, class waiver unconscionable, unenforceable (U.S., rev den), 80
– Breaks, certification under Rule 23, success on merits inquiry, abuse of discretion (9th Cir.), 65
– Overtime

– – Dual actions, incompatibility of Rule 23 opt-out and FLSA opt-in, DOL brief (3d Cir.), 179
– – Retail, Mass. settlement (Mass. Super. Ct.), 9

– Sex bias, promotions, female restaurant employees, EEOC settlement (D. Colo.), 10

CLOTHES CHANGING

– Protective gear, custom or practice pay exclusion where pacts silent (5th Cir.), 63

COBRA

See CONSOLIDATED OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT (COBRA)

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS

– Tortious interference with contract, scope of NLRA §301, arbitrability of claims (U.S., oral arg), 111

COLORADO

– State actions summary, 24

COMMISSIONS

– Mandatory arbitration procedurally and substantively unconscionable, unenforceable (E.D. Cal.), 7

COMPENSATION

– Overtime

See OVERTIME

CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS

– Calendar, 30

CONNECTICUT

– New Haven, race bias, firefighter promotions tests, underfilling, stockpiling, equal protection reversal (Conn.), 12
– Privacy, secret GPS tracking of city fire inspectors, remedies, statutory authority for private enforcement (Conn.), 74
– State actions summary, 194

CONSOLIDATED OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT (COBRA)

– Model notices, release of updates, 110
– Premium subsidy reduction factsheet, FAQs, DOL Web posting, 79

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

– Allied Elec. Contractors, delinquent benefits contributions, liability for increased rate absent signature (7th Cir.), 75
– Barnickel Enters., workers' compensation coverage of off-site accident enroute to delicatessen (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div.), 100
– Granite Rock, tortious interference with contract, scope of NLRA §301 (U.S., oral arg), 111
– Jersey Constr., ERISA interference, fired mechanic, wife's chemotherapy costs (D.N.J.), 187

CSB

See CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD (CSB)