Daily Labor Report® Index-Summary

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

– Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3371

– American Red Cross, labor practices, donor safety, security of blood supply, report, 194:A–9 (10/9/09)
– H1N1 virus (Swine Flu)

See H1N1 VIRUS

– State initiatives

See specific states

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (OSHA)

– Appointments and personnel changes, Michaels nomination draws conservative fire, 194:A–3 (10/9/09); vote postponed, 203:A–2 (10/23/09)
– Combustible dust rulemaking, advance notice, 201:A–11 (10/21/09)
– Ergonomics rulemaking, Chamber strategy to discredit science, 199:A–8 (10/19/09)
– Fines

See PENALTIES

– Hexavalent chromium hazards, product substitutions, 195:A–4 (10/13/09)
– Injuries and illnesses, underreporting, recordkeeping emphasis program, 189:A–3 (10/2/09)
– Nev. construction fatalities, OSH program review, 205:A–9 (10/27/09); discussed, 208:A–2 (10/30/09)
– Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2381

– Nurse Protection Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 1788

– Particle accelerators, radiation exposure, guidance, 201:A–13 (10/21/09)
– State OSH programs, penalty disparities, review planned, 208:A–2 (10/30/09)
– Steel erection rule, fall protection policy revisions, 194:A–6 (10/9/09)

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION (OSHRC)

– Poultry plant fatality, evidence (5th Cir.), 199:A–5 (10/19/09)

ODEP

See DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY OFFICE (ODEP)

OFF-THE-CLOCK WORK

– Building Materials Holding, SelectBuild, FLSA, state law claims (C.D. Cal.), 199:A–13 (10/19/09)
– U.S. Steel, overtime, walking to and from workstations, FLSA collective action (N.D. Ind.), 202:A–7 (10/22/09)

OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING

– TAA grants

See TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE (TAA)

OHIO

– Flood cleanup, DOL grant, 189:A–19 (10/2/09)

OIG

See INSPECTORS GENERAL (OIG)

OIL AND GAS

– Alon USA, safety violations, OSHA fines, 194:A–6 (10/9/09)
– American Clean Energy Security Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2454, S 1733

– BP, ERISA, cash balance plans, interest rates, statutory interpretation, administrative exhaustion (E.D. Ky.), 203:A–7 (10/23/09)

OLDER WORKERS

– ADEA

See AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT (ADEA)

– Phased retirement, flexible work arrangements, 204:A–13 (10/26/09)
– Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3721, S 1756

OPERATING ENGINEERS (IUOE)

– Kennecott Utah Copper, pact ratified, 190:A–12 (10/5/09)
– Local 150, LMRDA, fiduciary breach, implied right of action by union against former officer (U.S., rev den), 196:AA–2 (10/14/09)

OREGON

– Aircraft, RV manufacturing layoffs, DOL grant, 204:A–15 (10/26/09)

ORGANIZING

– Campaigns

See specific unions

– Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA)

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1409, S 560

OSHA

See OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (OSHA)

OSHRC

See OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION (OSHRC)

OVERTIME

– Building Materials Holding, SelectBuild, FLSA, state law claims (C.D. Cal.), 199:A–13 (10/19/09)
– Cal. car washes, criminal arraignment (Cal. Super. Ct.), 196:A–10 (10/14/09)
– Domestic worker, spoliation of evidence, wage and hour settlement (N.D. Cal.), 199:A–7 (10/19/09)
– Family Dollar, FLSA, executive exemption (U.S., rev den), 191:B–4 (10/6/09)
– Independent contractor misclassifications, FLSA economic reality test (5th Cir.), 196:A–9 (10/14/09)
– Off-the-clock work

See OFF-THE-CLOCK WORK

– Recordkeeping, FLSA violations, DOL suit (E.D.N.Y.), 198:A–4 (10/16/09)
– Regular rate of pay, hourly base rates vary for 8-hour, 12-hour shifts, FLSA (9th Cir.), 204:AA–1 (10/26/09); text, 204:E–1 (10/26/09)
– Res judicata, prior class settlement (N.D. Okla.), 188:A–2 (10/1/09)
– Retaliation, fair distribution, UNITE HERE (W.D.N.Y.), 199:AA–1 (10/19/09)
– SCA coverage, FLSA suit (N.D. Ill.), 194:A–12 (10/9/09)
– Stone and Webster Constr., computations, bonuses, back pay, DOL, 195:A–11 (10/13/09)
– United Renovations, FLSA, back pay, DOL, 205:A–11 (10/27/09)
– Wells Fargo, FLSA overtime, IT worker misclassifications, class certification (N.D. Cal.), 207:A–9 (10/29/09)