Workplace Law Report Index-Summary

GAMBLING AND GAMING

– Casinos

– N.Y. lottery winnings withheld to offset public welfare payments no FLSA violation (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 629
– PNGI Charles Town Gaming, overtime, no FLSA exemption for race track jobs despite state law duties, racing officials' claims revived (4th Cir.), 629

GAO

See GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO)

GAS

See OIL AND GAS

GAY EMPLOYEES

– Discrimination

See SEXUAL ORIENTATION DISCRIMINATION

– Domestic partner issues

See DOMESTIC PARTNERS

– Marriage

See SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

GCC

See GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS (GCC-IBT)

GCIU

See now GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS (GCC-IBT)

GENDER DISCRIMINATION

See SEX DISCRIMINATION

GENDER IDENTITY

– Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2981

– “Grooming standards matching gender,” transsexual employee fired under gender-neutral dress code fails to show bias, pretext (N.D. Ind.), 112

GENDER VARIANCE DISCRIMINATION

– Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2981

– Equal protection claim based on gender stereotyping proceeds for transsexual fired from Ga. legislative job (N.D. Ga.), 969
– “Grooming standards matching gender,” transsexual employee fired under gender-neutral dress code fails to show bias, pretext (N.D. Ind.), 112
– Sex stereotyping, withdrawal of job offer to transsexual was bias “because of sex” triggering award nearing $500K (D.D.C.), 631

GENETIC INFORMATION NONDISCRIMINATION ACT (GINA)

– EEOC clears GINA rule for OMB review, In Brief, 1141
– EEOC releases proposed regulations to implement bias ban, summary, comments sought, 279
– EEOC semiannual regulatory agenda, 675
– Implementation, interim rules, 1398
– Law requires employer changes, promises work for attorneys, but outcomes uncertain, conferees warned, 482
– Posting notices, EEOC, 1459
– Title VII, ADA, EEOC seeks comments on proposal to add GINA references to existing rules, 711

GEORGIA

– Civil Rights Attorneys' Fees Awards Act, enhancement, lodestar amount properly increased by 75 percent for superior representation, results (U.S., rev grant), 519; (U.S., oral arg), 1381
– Combustible dust, OSHA inspections trigger citations, 976
– Constitutionality, city ordinance struck down, under-21 strippers can dance but not drink in Atlanta clubs (Ga.), 1321
– DeKalb County, race bias, hostile environment, officials who conspired to drive out white managers and replace with African Americans denied qualified immunity (11th Cir.), 1167
– Gender stereotyping, equal protection claim proceeds for transsexual fired from state legislative job (N.D. Ga.), 969
– Labor legislation, 2008, DOL reports, 236
– Negligent failure to obtain liquor license, appear in court, Pizza Hut manager jailed for her own failure to appear in court has no claim against company (Ga. Ct. App.), 989
– Noncompete agreements, strict scrutiny, overbroad covenant unenforceable, solicitation, confidentiality clauses not breached (Ga. Ct. App.), 1029
– State actions summary, 716; 783; 1433
– Whistleblowing, county sewer inspectors fired after noncompliance complaints to supervisors not protected under CWA or 1st Amend. (11th Cir.), 745

GINA

See GENETIC INFORMATION NONDISCRIMINATION ACT (GINA)

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO)

– OSHA voluntary compliance program, GAO criticism spurs improvements outlined in Barab memo, 1201
– OSHA, whistleblower laws inadequately enforced, more resources, tracking needed, report to lawmakers, DOL agrees, 331
– Wage and Hour Div., wage theft, child labor complaints botched during secret audit, report slams slow, ineffective processes, inadequate tools during Bush era, 439; 466

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES (AFGE)

– Retirement benefits

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2647, S 1390

GRANTS

– RFRA, DOL guidance clarifies funding exemption for faith-based groups, 53

GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS (GCC-IBT)

– ERISA, promised post-retirement increases not “accrued benefits” under anti-cutback rule, lawfully canceled by multiemployer fund (6th Cir.), 708
– Local 65-B, oral pact to extend contract authorized firm to exercise management rights, alter discipline policy, NLRB upheld (7th Cir.), 995
– ULPs, newspaper that agreed to dues checkoff after pact expiration cannot unilaterally reverse decision without bargaining (D.C. Cir.), 602

GROCERY STORES

– Buonnadonna ShopRite, sell-by policies, fair representation, fired deli manager's grievance meritless (E.D.N.Y.), 1386
– Cal. Grocers Ass'n, city ordinance requiring successor employers to retain workers for 90 days after purchase preempted by Cal. code, NLRA (Cal. Ct. App.), 1094
– Family Express, transsexual employee fired under gender-neutral dress code fails to show bias, pretext (N.D. Ind.), 112

GUEST WORKERS

– Northern Mariana Islands, DHS delays application of federal immigration laws, 474

GUNS

See FIREARMS