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Vol. 7, Nos. 1-43, pp. 1-1462
Jan. 2 - Oct. 30, 2009

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    RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
      – Biracial candidate rejected for Urban League CEO position failed to show board chair's “not black enough” comments, attitude influenced other voters (E.D. Mich.), 575
      – Civil Rights Act of 1866, §1981 does not grant implied right to sue public employer, §1983 of 1871 Act only recourse (3d Cir.), 193
      – Discipline, Latino police officers' contempt claims against NYPD fail where “substantial steps” taken, statistics lacking (2d Cir.), 316
      – Disparate treatment, service tech fired for excessive personal use of company phone lacked comparator evidence (6th Cir.), 570
      – EEO, women, racial minorities still underrepresented, but reasons complex, attorneys say, Earp gauges progress, 526
      – Employment testing after Ricci, attorney analysis indicates guidance, support for employers making hiring, promotions decisions, 1268
      – Evidence, fax confirmation of timely EEOC filing sufficient to revive fired truck driver's claim (7th Cir,), 1191
      – Fair Pay Act
        See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2151, S 904
      – Hiring criteria, use of credit, criminal histories, EEOC class suit (D. Md.), 1354
      – Hostile environment, county officials who conspired to drive out white managers and replace with African Americans denied qualified immunity (11th Cir.), 1167
      – Independent contractor status no bar to §1981 claim for bias occurring within scope of relationship, sales rep fired after arguing with hiring recruiter may sue (3d Cir.), 1256
      – Ind., mixed-motive jury instruction allowable based on direct or circumstantial proof of bias (Ind.), 767
      – Mandatory arbitration clause requiring $500 deposit fee from employee to begin process upheld (6th Cir.), 740
      – Mixed motive, summary judgment properly granted to claimant upon showing that race was a motivating factor for adverse action (U.S., rev den), 714
      – Neb., arbitrator's reinstatement of state trooper fired for joining Ku Klux Klan offends public policy against race bias, vacated (Neb.), 325; (U.S., rev den), 886
      – N.Y., disparate impact, written exams for NYC firefighter applicants not adequately job-related, no business necessity shown (E.D.N.Y.), 1056
      – Nursing home laundry aide fired for insubordination, profanity, threats to co-workers, not bias (S.D.N.Y.), 1023
      – OFCCP regional officials answer questions, discuss racial identity and Ricci effects, other current issues, 1109
      – Pattern or practice, EEOC authorized to investigate independent of resolution by parties, subpoena enforceable (7th Cir.), 146
      – Promotions
        – – Equal protection, reverse bias, disparate impact clash, firefighters' test results twice scrapped because too few minorities passed (U.S., rev grant), 67; (oral arg), 565; discarding test results without strong basis in evidence that rejected minority candidates could prevail on disparate impact claim was reverse bias (U.S., rvs), 903; Ricci decision unlikely to change opinions on Sotomayor Supreme Court nomination, speakers comment, 920; text, 928; Sotomayor confirmation hearings, role in New Haven firefighters case attacked, defended, 1005
        – – Failure to post vacancy, constructive discharge (S.D. Ill.), 1417
        – – Failure to timely file charges on denial of training opportunities dooms city worker's claim (7th Cir.), 107
      – Res judicata, §1981 claim, Title VII dismissal precludes (3d Cir.), 1388
      – Retaliation
        – – Bank employee who signed four separate arbitration agreements must arbitrate state, federal firing claims (S.D.N.Y.), 223
        – – Class action participation tolls statute on individual Title VII claims, UPS retiree's pay and promotions claims revived (5th Cir.), 72
        – – County nurse who resigned due to driving anxiety after car accident lacks race bias, ADA claims (7th Cir.), 598
        – – Mandatory arbitration, unconscionability under state law is for court to decide, not arbitrator (9th Cir.), 1253
        – – Nurse's aide lawfully fired for providing unredacted patient records to EEOC as proof of bias (U.S., rev den), 333
        – – Peace officers, Cal. DDS ordered to halt witness intimidation, interference with EEOC probe (E.D. Cal.), 910
        – – Rejected for failure to exhaust administrative remedies, but retaliation claim based on earlier complaint revived (4th Cir.), 37
        – – VA, claim reinstated for temporary worker denied promised extension or permanent job after filing bias claims (3d Cir.), 388
      – Testing, disparate impact, continuing violation rejected, firefighter applicants' EEOC charge untimely, judgment vacated (U.S., brief invited), 713; (U.S., rev grant), 1317
      – U.S. Supreme Court docket, 2009-2010 term, 1336
      – Voice of America, equal protection suit proceeds for Iran-born translator fired after criticizing Iraq war (D.D.C.), 1262
    RACIAL HARASSMENT
      – Affirmative defense, nooses, environment hostile, but action to weed out harassers prompt, serious and diligent, firm not liable (7th Cir.), 1130
      – Attorneys, officials address issues raised when perpetrators anonymous or hard to identify, 523
      – Retaliation, whites who objected to anti-black slurs against co-workers failed to show requisite harassment against themselves, claims rejected (6th Cir.), 313
    RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS (RICO) ACT
      – Cintas suit against UNITE HERE, IBT rejected, “corporate campaign” to coerce neutrality/card check pact not attempted extortion (S.D.N.Y.), 352
      – Immigration status irrelevant to Indian guestworkers' right to sue shipyard alleging visa fraud, forced labor, human trafficking (E.D. La.), 549
      – Intentional hire of illegal workers to drive down wages of legal workers, class certified (E.D. Cal.), 749
      – Landscaping firm qualifies as “employer” under FLSA, RICO, fired workers seeking class status may sue (C.D. Cal.), 540
    RACKETEERING
      – Freedom From Union Violence Act
        See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2537
    RAILROADS
      – BNSF Railway
        – – Disability bias, federal trial court had diversity jurisdiction to conduct on-the-record review of Mont. agency ruling (9th Cir.), 1025
        – – Drug testing, return-to-work and follow-up, DOT observed urination rule for safety-sensitive jobs upheld (D.C. Cir.), 707; DOT reinstates rule (D.C. Cir.), 1065
      – CSX Transp., FELA, fear of developing cancer valid basis for damages only where shown to be “genuine and serious,” $5M award overturned due to improper jury instruction (U.S., rvs), 777; text, 789
      – FRA rulemaking
        – – Hours of work, recordkeeping and reporting requirements, procedures, final rule issued, 748
        – – Rest periods, interruptions barred under proposed interpretation, summary, 883
      – Norfolk Southern Rwy., USERRA liability upheld, but damages miscalculated, remanded (6th Cir.), 962
      – Union Pacific Railroad
        – – RLA, due process violated when arbitration panel dismissed grievances for lack of union evidence on conferencing (U.S., rev grant), 291; (U.S., oral arg), 1401
        – – SOX, fired repair manager's complaints of credit card abuses not related to shareholder fraud, not protected (DOL ARB), 1118
        – – Whistleblowing, federal preemption, FELA, RLA, FRSA (E.D. Cal.), 1453
    RAILWAY LABOR ACT (RLA)
      – Cal. whistleblowing, preemption (E.D. Cal.), 1453
      – Due process violated when arbitration panel dismissed grievances for lack of union evidence on conferencing (U.S., rev grant), 291; (U.S., oral arg), 1401
      – Federal Aviation Act reauthorization
        See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 915, S 1451
      – Ore. wage law class action not preempted, revived, “ordinary,” “complete” preemption distinguished (9th Cir.), 143
      – Rest break policies, flight attendant scheduling issues constitute “minor dispute” under RLA, arbitration required (9th Cir.), 770
      – U.S. Supreme Court docket, 2009-2010 term, 1336
    REAL ESTATE
      – Archstone-Smith, SOX, bonus offer linked to confidentiality pledge was adverse action, executive's challenge late-filed, 90-day clock ran from time of offer (10th Cir.), 806
      – Clear Title of Ark., FLSA, retaliation, closing agent fired for overtime demands can pursue pay claim, punitive damages (E.D. Ark.), 1252
      – Current Development (CDC), ERISA, fiduciary breach, undervaluing real estate created windfall for trustee/participant at expense of other participants (7th Cir.), 357
    RECOGNITION OF UNIONS
      – Absence of vote preceding merger of IATSE locals no basis for employer's withdrawal, bargaining order upheld (D.C. Cir.), 47
      – ADT Security Servs., recognition withdrawn when reassignment combined represented and unrepresented workers, bargaining unit analysis faulty, injunction denied (W.D. Mich.), 705
      – Card check authorization
        – – Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA)
          – – – ABA speakers debate need for reform, arbitration proposal, effect on bargaining discussed, 1114
          – – – AFL-CIO convention, Specter (D-Pa) says compromise reached without card check recognition but Trumka says no deal yet, 1266
          – – – Alternative proposals emerge with Senate passage uncertain, options analyzed, 677
          – – – American Rights at Work, pro-union group sets up $3M lobbying campaign to push for EFCA approval, 74
          – – – Bill
            See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 800, S 1041
          – – – First contract arbitration could revolutionize labor relations, attorneys explain provision, similar schemes, implications, 1102; correction, 1140
          – – – Labor secretary, Solis (D-Cal) confirmation hearings dominated by card-check issues, support for EFCA, 123
          – – – Passage promises full employment for attorneys, but bill controversial, outcomes uncertain, conferees warned, 482
          – – – Political, economic realities create climate for labor law overhaul, attorneys agree, need for EFCA debated, 54
          – – – Professor/arbitrator urges substantive, procedural fixes for “sick” NLRA, speakers debate need for reforms, Special Report, 846
          – – – Senator Arlen Specter (D-Pa) reiterates opposition, 610
        – – Freightliner, LMRA §302, agreement allowing UAW access to plant workers lacks tangible value required for bribery or extortion (4th Cir.), 13; (U.S., rev den), 1364
        – – RICO, Cintas suit against UNITE HERE, IBT rejected, “corporate campaign” to coerce neutrality/card check pact not attempted extortion (S.D.N.Y.), 352
        – – Secret Ballot Protection Act
          See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1176, S 478
        – – State and local laws
          – – – Cal. Senate clears bill modeled on EFCA creating card check procedures for farmworkers, 615; vetoed for third time, In Brief, 1241
          – – – Hawaii legislature passes card check bill similar to EFCA, veto expected, override possible, 687; legislature overrides veto, 1042
          – – – Ill. statute requires one form of proof, win upheld for county workers despite failure to submit dues authorizations, access to cards denied (Ill.), 15
          – – – San Francisco experience touted as progressive blueprint for labor standards, city's reforms, advances discussed, 54
      – Dean Transp., successor employer cannot install new union, ordered to recognize, bargain with union representing predecessor's employees (D.C. Cir.), 115
      – Fremont-Rideout Health Group, withdrawal of recognition from CNA based on minority petition was ULP, ordered to recognize, bargain (NLRB), 1227
      – Majority status presumed, first bargaining session starts clock, withdrawal of recognition during certification year was ULP (9th Cir.), 322
      – RiteAid of Pa., company not bound to arbitrate UFCW organizers' access to newly-acquired nonunion stores (M.D. Pa.), 546
      – ULPs, decertification petition tainted by unlawful employer assistance, order to recognize, bargain justified (NLRB), 197
    RECORDKEEPING
      – Ill. wage and hour, class settlement (N.D. Ill.), 1387
      – Injuries and illnesses, underreporting, OSHA emphasis program, 1399
      – Privacy Act, PBGC-17, new system proposed to protect records for law enforcement, 518
    RECRUITING
      – Am. Staffing Grp., Del Monte Fresh Produce, clothes changing, breaks, compensation of minimum wage workers (Ore. Cir. Ct.), 1386
      – Global Horizons Manpower, H-2A visa workers, breach of contract (Cal. Super. Ct.), 1332
      – Retaining staff, recruiting new year's focus for four in 10 CEOs, also productivity, morale, 9
      – Vintage Health Resources, foreign nurse employment agreement fair and favorable to employee, not unconscionable, resignation was breach (Tenn. Ct. App.), 1234
    REDUCTIONS IN FORCE (RIFs)
      – Disparate impact, attorneys discuss impact of Ricci holding on employers planning RIFs, other large scale actions, Special Report, 1038
      – First Natl. of Nebraska, ADA, unattainable production quota, failure to rehire employee with voice disorder suggest RIF was pretext, claim revived (8th Cir.), 385
      – Knolls Atomic Power Labs. a/k/a KAPL, ADEA, waiver of RFOA affirmative defense not excused, RIFd employees' $4M class award reinstated (N.D.N.Y.), 700
    REHABILITATION ACT
      – Failure to transfer has 4-year limit, hospital housekeeper's claim timely filed, factually sufficient, revived (3d Cir.), 1165
      – Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
        – – Bill
          See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 11
        – – Passage promises work for attorneys, but outcomes uncertain, conferees warned, 482
      – Ore., public defender office not a program receiving federal financial aid under Section 504, accommodation claim properly rejected (9th Cir.), 1289
      – Standing to sue, retaliation, 3d party complaint (9th Cir.), 1441
    RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION
      – Celestica, Muslim workers' varied prayer beliefs, accommodation requests lack commonality, class certification denied (D. Minn.), 836
      – Engineer who alternated 3 different identities in work communications fired for legitimate business reasons, not bias (7th Cir.), 429
      – First Amend., workers fired for exorcism of “demonically oppressed” co-worker's cubicle may have free exercise claim, but not free speech (N.D. Texas), 468
      – Harassment claim revived where hostile environment claim was improperly treated as constructive discharge (8th Cir.), 1085
      – Law enforcement, Philadelphia need not allow female Muslim officer to wear head scarf, accommodation undue hardship (3d Cir.), 543
      – Objector to UAW dues, fees under union security clause failed to show adverse action, accommodation violation (6th Cir.), 667
      – Ore. accommodation bill enacted, In Brief, 1042
      – Prayer notes, harassment claim rejected, but gay worker's sex bias gender stereotyping claim revived (3d Cir.), 1223
      – Res judicata, §1981 claim, Title VII dismissal precludes (3d Cir.), 1388
      – Retaliation
        – – Bank employee who signed four separate arbitration agreements must arbitrate state, federal firing claims (S.D.N.Y.), 223
        – – Non-Mormon property management executive fired during FMLA leave raises pretext issue for jury, but religious bias rejected (10th Cir.), 1162
        – – VA, claim reinstated for temporary worker denied promised extension or permanent job after filing bias claims (3d Cir.), 388
    RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RESTORATION ACT (RFRA)
      – DOL guidance clarifies funding exemption for faith-based groups, 53
    RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
      – Carroll College affiliated with Presbyterian Church, exempt from NLRB jurisdiction, bargaining order not enforceable (D.C. Cir.), 389
      – Heritage Christian Schs., ADA, ADEA, agreement to “Christian conciliation” of claims with Bible as “supreme authority” enforceable under FAA, lawsuit barred (S.D. Ind.), 1226
      – Non-Minister Religious Worker Visa Program
        See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1127
      – RFRA, DOL guidance clarifies funding exemption for faith-based groups, 53
    REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
      – Davis-Bacon construction payroll reports, privacy, DOL final rule reduces personal data, requires partial identifier, 22
      – ERISA, commonly controlled firms with single pension plan, DOL describes methods to identify “employer” in registration statement, 50
      – LMRDA
        – – Form LM-2 revisions, large union financial disclosure, OLMS issues final rule, 122; 180-day delay proposed, comments sought, 395; LM-2/LM-3 rule revising Form LM-2 delayed until Oct., DOL proposes to rescind, 581
        – – LM-2/LM-3, union financial disclosure, DOL reviews comments on proposed withdrawal of Bush-era rule, Special Report, 1237; rule rescinded, 1429
        – – LM-30 form, pre-2007 version, OLMS seeks extension on data collection, In Brief, 1236
      – PBGC, financial/actuarial reporting requirements amended, final rule released, summary, 395
      – Railroads, hours of work, FRA recordkeeping and reporting requirements, procedures, final rule issued, 748
      – W. Va., industrial accident reporting rule adopted, In Brief, 823
    REPRESENTATION ELECTIONS
      – Card check recognition
      – Colgate Scaffolding, 10 to 9 win for UBC valid, delay in opening polls did not disenfranchise voter in Mexico (NLRB), 1257
      – Community Med. Ctr., ULPs trigger new NYSNA election for RNs (NLRB), 804
      – Internet voting policy, NMB mulls allowing hyperlinks, seeks comments, 1335
      – Secret Ballot Protection Act
        See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1176, S 478
    RES JUDICATA
      – FMLA, retaliation, arbitration not expressly required in USW pact, and prior award upholding termination does not preclude litigation (N.D. Ill.), 963
      – Full and voluntary participation in grievance arbitration of bias and retaliation claims under union pact precludes subsequent litigation (D. Colo.), 699
      – Overtime, prior class settlement precludes (N.D. Okla.), 1321
      – Sales rep fired for falsifying reports, preclusive effect of administrative ruling bars subsequent challenges alleging bias, pretext (3d Cir.), 541
      – §1981 claim, Title VII dismissal precludes (3d Cir.), 1388
      – SOX, DOL ALJ's rejection of claim before suit filed precludes lawsuit despite exceeding 180-day limit (D.D.C.), 1135
    RESIDENTIAL CARE
      – Hillsides, electronic monitoring, hidden camera in office was privacy intrusion, but employer had legitimate reasons, tort liability rejected (Cal.), 1096
    REST PERIODS
    RESTAURANTS
    RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS
    RETAIL INDUSTRY
      – Baby Zack's, FLSA overtime law applies to tribal land sundries store that employs nonmembers, engages in interstate commerce, treaty no bar (9th Cir.), 568
      – Dollar General, FMLA retaliation, verdict favoring employee fired 4 days after taking protected leave consistent with Act, upheld (U.S., rev den), 132
      – Family Dollar, overtime, store managers not exempt executives under FLSA, $35.6M judgment affirmed (11th Cir.), 8; (U.S., rev den), 1365
      – Fred's Stores of Ark., ADA, essential job functions impossible with or without accommodation and return date uncertain, firing claim properly dismissed (8th Cir.), 537
      – Home Depot, EPA, sex bias, pay scale gender-neutral, male comparators paid more due to qualifications, experience (N.D. Ohio), 350
      – J.C. Penney Puerto Rico, ADEA, negligence, relatives' derivative tort claims mostly time-barred, but 1-year limit tolled until son reaches 21 (1st Cir.), 834
      – Lock Shop of Cheyenne, ERISA, retroactive reinstatement of health care coverage after snowstorm delayed payment is allowable equitable remedy, applicable to all (10th Cir.), 1098
      – Rent-A-Center West, race bias, mandatory arbitration, unconscionability is for court to decide, not arbitrator (9th Cir.), 1253
      – Staples
        – – Overtime, misclassification, unanimous jury awards $2.48M to assistant store managers, FLSA class action (D.N.J.), 316
        – – SOX claim fails for employee who opposed return policies, no fraud on shareholders (1st Cir.), 217
      – Store managers, attendance at 7-week training program for area manager positions does not alter FLSA-exempt executive status, Wage and Hour Op. Letter, 83; text, 100
      – Wal-Mart
        – – Corporate-owned life insurance (COLI), Fla. law, retroactivity (11th Cir.), 1426
        – – Labor law violations, foreign workers' suit alleging failure to monitor suppliers rejected, no contractual duty (9th Cir.), 985
        – – Off-the-clock work
          – – – Breaks, overtime, payment of up to $640M settles 63 pending state and federal suits, 5; $65M - $85M settlement of over 30 claims wins preliminary approval (D. Nev.), 764
          – – – Minn. class action, settlement of $54.25M, civil penalty approved (Minn. Dist. Ct.), 800
          – – – Wash. workers' class claims settled for $35M, approved (Wash. Super. Ct.), 1053
        – – Sex bias, pay and promotions, en banc review ordered on certification of class potentially including over one million claimants (9th Cir.), 254; oral argument, attorneys clash over class certification, individual mini-trials (9th Cir., en banc), 428
        – – Sex bias, retaliation, front pay, punitive damages (Mass.), 1390
        – – Whistleblowing, retaliation claim advances for optician fired after reporting unlicensed sales (M.D. Tenn.), 282
    RETALIATION
      – ADA, compensatory damages available despite no specific mention in 1991 Act (W.D. Tenn.), 993
      – ADA, Rehabilitation Act, standing to sue, 3d party complaint (9th Cir.), 1441
      – ADEA
        – – Ageist comments, attorney fired at age 51 for poor performance fails to show pretext, ADEA retaliation (D.D.C.), 348
        – – Exclusive remedy barring suit under §1983, but sovereign immunity bars ADEA suit, bid to amend complaint properly rejected (9th Cir.), 281
        – – Forest Serv. firefighter who failed required test failed to show disparate impact, treatment, but retaliation claim viable (Ore.), 768
        – – “Other duties as assigned” not demeaning bias, refusal triggered lawful firing (3d Cir.), 1445
        – – Promotion claims against Federal Reserve Board of Governors properly rejected, but retaliation claim revived on vel non issue (D.C. Cir.), 346
        – – Rejected for failure to exhaust administrative remedies, but retaliation claim based on earlier complaint revived (4th Cir.), 37
      – Age bias, last chance pact's prospective waiver of right to sue under Ky. law invalid without arbitration option, claim revived (6th Cir.), 255
      – ERISA, §510 pertains to formal “inquiry or hearing,” does not protect informal complaint, firing lawful (E.D. Pa.), 1099
      – FLSA
        – – Landscaper fired after filing wage/benefit form with state DOL has viable claim (D. Vt.), 1054
        – – Minimum wage, baseless counterclaims accusing ex-housekeeper of child abuse unlawful retaliation (S.D. Fla.), 1022
        – – Peruvian wage claimants accused of terrorism by employer's father prevail, ownership, agency not required (W.D.N.Y.), 1128
        – – Real estate closing agent fired for overtime demands can pursue pay claim, punitive damages (E.D. Ark.), 1252
        – – TRO barring NYPD internal affairs department from investigation or discipline related to plaintiff officers' FLSA suit at issue, remanded for explanation (2d Cir.), 192
        – – Written complaint required, oral reports of time clock irregularities not protected (7th Cir.), 907; rehearing denied (7th Cir.), 1413
      – FMLA
        – – Airline flight instructor with sleep apnea failed to link pursuit of leave to discharge, claim rejected (U.S., rev den), 584
        – – Arbitration not expressly required in USW pact, and prior award upholding termination does not preclude litigation (N.D. Ill.), 963
        – – Firing 3 weeks after adoption-related leave proved interference, retaliation, but denial of mandatory prejudgment interest was error (4th Cir.), 343
        – – Firing after valid request for leave sufficient basis for interference, retaliation claims (3d Cir.), 1319
        – – Ill., state worker fired for refusal to sign performance improvement plan failed to show retaliation (7th Cir.), 505
        – – Mixed motive, claim revived for employee placed on involuntary leave for medical restrictions, excessive absences (6th Cir.), 1185
        – – PIP onerous, alcoholic manager fired after inpatient treatment program may sue under FMLA, but not ADA (10th Cir.), 219
        – – Property management executive fired during leave raises pretext issue for jury, but religious bias rejected (10th Cir.), 1162
        – – Retroactive termination of health benefits, $85K judgment confirmed for nursing home worker who gave birth to triplets (7th Cir.), 661
        – – Verdict favoring claimant fired 4 days after taking protected leave consistent with Act, upheld (U.S., rev den), 132
      – Free speech
        – – County employee's complaints prior to discharge about boss's extramarital affair not protected speech, no public concern (M.D. Fla.), 509
        – – Independent investigation, firing decision by higher-up precludes biased subordinate's personal liability, verdict favoring claimant vacated (9th Cir.), 260
        – – Police officer's “unauthorized” memo referenced matter of public concern, press leak not part of job duties, retaliatory firing claim revived (4th Cir.), 513
        – – Prosecutor's blog related to police shooting probe protected speech, but suspension upheld on other grounds (S.D. Fla.), 879
        – – University department head properly fired for changing grades, violating academic code, claim rejected (3d Cir.), 471
        – – Voice of America, suit proceeds for Iran-born translator fired after criticizing Iraq war (D.D.C.), 1262
      – Jurisdiction, Ill., circuit courts have subject matter authority over federal civil rights claims, beyond parameters of Ill. Human Rights Act (Ill.), 147
      – National origin bias
        – – Harassment, Mexican-born teacher reassigned to teach lower grade with no loss of pay, benefits failed to show adverse action (7th Cir.), 766
        – – Mexico-born box packer warned to “speak American” fired for poor performance, claims revived (10th Cir.), 469
      – N.Y., wage and hour penalties hiked, liquidated damages available under new law, 1242
      – Race and religious bias, bank employee who signed four separate arbitration agreements must arbitrate state, federal firing claims (S.D.N.Y.), 223
      – Race bias
        – – Cal. DDS peace officers, agency ordered to halt witness intimidation, interference with EEOC probe (E.D. Cal.), 910
        – – Class action participation tolls statute on individual Title VII claims, retiree's pay and promotions claims revived (5th Cir.), 72
        – – County nurse who resigned due to driving anxiety after car accident lacks ADA, bias claims (7th Cir.), 598
        – – Mandatory arbitration, unconscionability under state law is for court to decide, not arbitrator (9th Cir.), 1253
        – – Nurse's aide lawfully fired for providing unredacted patient records to EEOC as proof of bias (U.S., rev den), 333
      – Racial harassment, whites who objected to anti-black slurs against co-workers failed to show requisite harassment against themselves, claims rejected (6th Cir.), 313
      – Sex bias
        – – Arbitration, no FAA exemption, claimant subject to valid accord, employer's participation in EEOC proceedings no waiver (8th Cir.), 967
        – – Associational, no proof that employee who defended co-worker from sexual harassment fired “because of sex,” but protected activity saves retaliation claim (E.D. Pa.), 1166
        – – Gender stereotyping claim revived for gay machine operator, but religious bias properly rejected (3d Cir.), 1223
        – – Supervisor's affair and related favoritism not gender-based bias against RIFd complainant, claim rejected (10th Cir.), 1192
        – – Temporal proximity, filing complaint no shield against discipline for prior insubordination, claim fails (U.S., rev den), 131
      – Sex bias, Wal-Mart, front pay, punitive damages (Mass.), 1390
      – Sexual harassment
        – – Enforcement, claimant cannot collect $222.5K judgment where harasser's ex-wife got all assets in intervening divorce (N.D. Ill.), 1089
        – – Evidence, defense document forged, answer struck (N.D. Ga.), 1451
        – – Ill., strict liability imposed on employer for harassing acts of any supervisory employee, authority over victim not required (Ill.), 570
        – – Individual liability supported under state law, contributing factor test, MHRA claim revived (Mo.), 319
        – – Scope, 3d party disclosure during HR probe protected opposition activity under Title VII, firing claim revived (U.S., rvs), 139; text, 169; remand, jury trial (M.D. Tenn.), 1415
        – – Teacher reassigned to teach lower grade with no loss of pay, benefits failed to show adverse action (7th Cir.), 766
        – – Team leaders not management-level employees, knowledge of co-worker's genital exposure not imputed to firm (3d Cir.), 797
        – – University dean acted on good faith belief program director lied and harassed co-workers, firing lawful (8th Cir.), 509
      – Title VII
        – – Choice of remedies grievance arbitration, administrative, or judicial (U.S., rev den), 1367
        – – Overtime work, fair distribution, UNITE HERE (W.D.N.Y.), 1418
      – Whistleblowers
    RETENTION OF EMPLOYEES
      – Staff retention, recruitment new year's focus for four in ten CEOs, also productivity, morale, 9
    RETIREE HEALTH BENEFITS
      – ADEA, utility did not violate by coordinating benefits with Medicare, specific exemption applies (N.D.N.Y.), 580
      – ERISA
        – – Claimants showing entitlement to retiree health benefits have standing to challenge cancellation regardless of vested status, prior ruling reversed (9th Cir.), 747
        – – Oil company workers hired through staffing agencies common law employees eligible for benefits, claim revived as timely (S.D.N.Y.), 285
        – – Right to free lifetime benefits vested, but scope, extent may be altered (6th Cir.), 1063
      – ERISA, LMRA
        – – Bemis benefit levels lawfully altered, no lifetime coverage in Hayssen agreement (E.D. Wis.), 1233
        – – Class claim for lifetime benefits rejected, rights not vested for workers who were retirement-eligible when 1988 pact expired (6th Cir.), 153
        – – Honeywell Intl., ERISA fees award premised on LMRA liability vacated, remanded for calculation under ERISA alone (2d Cir.), 881
      – GINA compliance
    REVERSE DISCRIMINATION
      – Age bias, severance denial, LMRA bars claims requiring interpretation of UAW pact, plant closing accord (6th Cir.), 11
      – Race bias
        – – Equal protection, disparate impact clash, New Haven firefighters' promotion test results twice scrapped because too few minorities passed (U.S., rev grant), 67; (oral arg), 565; discarding test results without strong basis in evidence that rejected minority candidates could prevail on disparate impact claim was reverse bias (U.S., rvs), 903; Ricci decision unlikely to change opinions on Sotomayor Supreme Court nomination, speakers comment, 920; text, 928; Sotomayor confirmation hearings, role in New Haven firefighters case attacked, defended, 1005
        – – OFCCP regional officials answer questions, discuss racial identity and Ricci effects, other current issues, 1109
    RFRA
    RHODE ISLAND
      – E-Verify, governor has executive authority to require vendors to use (R.I. Super. Ct.), 550
      – Labor legislation, 2008, DOL reports, 236
      – State actions summary, 25; 238
    RICO
    RIFs
    RIGHT TO WORK
      – Free speech
        – – Idaho ban on local government employees' political payroll deductions no 1st Amend. violation (U.S., rvs), 273; text, 298
        – – Utah ban on local government employees' political payroll deductions no 1st Amend. violation, prior holding vacated (10th Cir.), 604
    RLA
    ROOFERS, WATERPROOFERS, AND ALLIED WORKERS (RWAW)
      – Local 135, roofing supply firm must pay damages under NLRB settlement order but reinstatement not required with proper proof of unauthorized status (9th Cir.), 912
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