Workplace Law Report Index-Summary

VA (VETERANS ADMINISTRATION)

See now VETERANS AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT (VA)

VERMONT

– Overtime, mortgage underwriter exempt administrative employee despite quarterly salary adjustments (2d Cir.), 1391
– State actions summary, 29; 229; 319; 384; 451; 644; 1011; 1232; 1353; 1414

VETERANS

– America's Heroes at Work, DOL launches Web site for hiring candidates with brain injuries, stress disorder, 1169
– Good-Faith Initiative for Veterans Employment (G-FIVE), OFCCP will recognize contractors for hiring, promoting veterans, 1062
– Jobs for Veterans Act, annual reports, DOL issues final rule on contractor filing duties, 699
– Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3023

– VETS, veterans, some spouses given priority for DOL services under proposed rule, 1168
– Vietnam-era veterans, OFCCP issues final rule on contractors' nondiscrimination duties, 507

VETERANS AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT (VA)

– Improper acceptance of drug samples, discipline lawful for pharmacist who was notified of Garrity immunity yet remained silent during investigation (U.S., rev den), 545
– Privacy Act, VA physician lawfully disclosed claimant's HIV, marijuana use to union representative, personal knowledge key factor (8th Cir.), 378
– Sex bias, retaliation, VA doctor's promotion claim rejected for failure to exhaust EEOC remedies (1st Cir.), 184

VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING AND VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT

– Signal Intl., Indian guestworkers sue shipyard alleging fraud, forced labor, human trafficking (E.D. La.), 410
– U visas certified, undocumented workers detained by ICE after demanding wages will aid civil abuse probe (E.D. La.), 609

VIOLENCE

– Auto plant shooting spree case remanded to state court, no LMRA preemption of Ohio negligence claims not based on CBA (6th Cir.), 502
– Background checks, workplace violence policies, litigation, liability discussed at ABA forum, 1290
– Crime Victims Employment Leave Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5845

– Gun laws

See FIREARMS

– N.J., prevention plans bill enacted to protect health care workers, 100
– Transfer denial violated CBA, despite restraining order, public policy against sexual harassment, violence (Conn.), 804

VIRGINIA

– State actions summary, 165; 319; 384; 644; 703; 783; 948; 1066; 1232; 1291; 1414
– Virginia Beach City Public Schs., national origin bias, Russian rejected for Russian teacher position in favor of Russian substitute teacher has no claim (E.D. Va.), 495

VISAS

– EB-5 “investor visas” bill

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2642, HR 5569

– H-1A/H-1C program, INRA pay violations, DOL jurisdiction upheld, ARB's $1M back pay award to 119 Filipino nurses affirmed (7th Cir.), 940
– H-1B program

– – Applications exempt from numerical statutory cap, USCIS special unit will ensure smoother processing, 195
– – Cap reached for FY2009, DHS announces, 508
– – Deportation, visa holder who changed jobs before new employer filed petition deportable (7th Cir.), 1255
– – Multiple petition requests for same worker banned under new USCIS rule, duplicate fees forfeited, 414
– – Optional practical training for foreign students extended, cap-gap problem addressed, DHS interim final rule, 507

– H-2A program

– – Colo., lawmakers send governor bill promoting recruitment of seasonal agricultural workers, 676; enacted, 815
– – Regulations, DOL amendments will streamline processing, protect workers, 194
– – U.S. recruitment rule inadequate, abused, more oversight needed to ensure compliance, House panel told, 637

– H-2B program

– – Brickman Group, FLSA, deduction of travel and other expenses reduced seasonal workers' wages below minimum (E.D. Pa.), 44
– – Cap reached for 2d half of FY2008, DHS says, 54
– – DOL proposed switch to attestation-based applications would reduce bureaucracy, Chao explains, 726
– – Extension

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2642

– – Giving Relief to Our Small Businesses Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5233

– – Green cards for highly skilled foreign graduates

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 6039

– – Improvements, protections, DOL issues proposed rule to streamline program, 1168
– – Negative impact, U.S. worker recruitment rule inadequate, abused, more oversight needed to ensure compliance, House panel told, 637
– – Signal Intl., Indian guestworkers sue shipyard alleging fraud, forced labor, human trafficking (E.D. La.), 410
– – State court should rule on subpoenas in probe of N.Y. labor code violations, remanded (S.D.N.Y.), 1316

– J-1 program, exchange visitors, staffing firm is sponsor, not employer, lifeguards' overtime claims rejected (D.D.C.), 1050
– L-1A program, denial of extension to self-employed CEO not abuse of discretion, managerial or executive capacity not shown (9th Cir.), 1007
– Labor certification reviews, DOL authority, OIG's semiannual report to Congress, overview, 808
– Recapture

– – Lofgren (D-Cal) bill

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5882

– – Visa Efficiency and E-Verify Extension Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3414

– Religious Worker Visa Extension Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5570; LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5570, S 3606

– U visas certified, undocumented workers detained by ICE after demanding wages will aid civil abuse investigation (E.D. La.), 609

VOTING

– Leave allowance, most states require by law, but provisions vary widely, Special Report, 1445