Daily Labor Report® Index-Summary

SAG

SARBANES-OXLEY ACT (SOX)

– Jurisdiction, failure to appeal preliminary findings, final administrative decision (S.D.N.Y.), 201:A–3 (10/21/09)
– Retaliation, evidence, attorney-client privilege (DOL ARB), 192:A–10 (10/7/09)

SCA (SERVICE CONTRACT ACT)

See SERVICE CONTRACT ACT (SCA)

SCA (STORED COMMUNICATIONS ACT)

See STORED COMMUNICATIONS ACT (SCA)

SCREEN ACTORS GUILD (SAG)

– Video game industry, tentative accord, 191:A–7 (10/6/09)

SECURITIES

– Brokerages

See FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

– ESOPs

See EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANS (ESOPs)

– Executive compensation, incentive grant practices, 2009 Top 250 Report, 195:A–5 (10/13/09)
– Stock options

See STOCK OPTIONS

SECURITY GUARDS

– Art Inst. of Chicago, ERISA interference, §510 (N.D. Ill.), 205:A–2 (10/27/09)

SECURITY, WORKPLACE

– Background checks guidance, 190:A–18 (10/5/09)

SERVICE CONTRACT ACT (SCA)

– Computer Sciences, USCIS contractor, back pay, DOL recovery (N.D. Ill.), 194:A–14 (10/9/09)
– Overtime, SCA coverage, FLSA suit (N.D. Ill.), 194:A–12 (10/9/09)

SERVICE EMPLOYEES (SEIU)

– Local 500, child care, Md. home-based contractors pact, governor signs, 198:A–15 (10/16/09)
– Local 721, Los Angeles County employees, tentative pacts, 193:A–11 (10/8/09)
– NUHW representation petitions, status of charges, 196:A–2 (10/14/09)
– United Healthcare Workers East (1199SEIU)

– – Allegheny Gen. Hosp., RNs, ratification, 200:A–10 (10/20/09)
– – Caritas Christi Health Care, Norwood Hosp. win, 195:A–2 (10/13/09)

– United Healthcare Workers-West (UHW), Daughters of Charity Hosps., 5 pacts ratified, 207:A–9 (10/29/09)

SETTLEMENTS

– Attorney ethics, criminal fraud, restitution (C.D. Cal..), 190:A–11 (10/5/09)
– Class action, lack of notice to lawyer, putative class members invalidates (Wash. Ct. App.), 188:A–8 (10/1/09)
– Rehabilitation Act, mediation, waiver, coercion (EEOC), 204:A–5 (10/26/09)
– Res judicata, prior class accord, overtime (N.D. Okla.), 188:A–2 (10/1/09)

SEX DISCRIMINATION

– Hiring criteria, use of credit, criminal histories, EEOC class suit (D. Md.), 189:A–8 (10/2/09)
– Retaliation

– – Negative references, law firm “blackballing,” evidence (S.D.N.Y.), 207:AA–1 (10/29/09); correction, 208:A–13 (10/30/09)

– Retaliation, Wal-Mart, front pay, punitive damages (Mass.), 193:A–1 (10/8/09)

SEXUAL HARASSMENT

– Continuing violation, reassignment intervening act, untimely (5th Cir.), 203:AA–1 (10/23/09); text, 203:E–2 (10/23/09)
– Discovery order, EEOC questionnaire, cover letter, attorney-client privilege (E.D. Cal.), 203:A–3 (10/23/09)
– Dominion Correctional Servs., Corrections Corp. of Am., quid pro quo, rape, EEOC settlement (D. Colo.), 199:A–3 (10/19/09)
– Evidence, plaintiff dress, speech, conduct relevant (Mass.), 206:A–3 (10/28/09)
– Penalties, N.Y. faithless servant doctrine, forfeiture of CEO salary, bonuses (Mass.), 197:A–9 (10/15/09)
– Retaliation

– – Church chauffeur, proxy employer, tangible employment action (S.D. Fla.), 190:A–15 (10/5/09)
– – Evidence, defense document forged, answer struck (N.D. Ga.), 202:A–6 (10/22/09)
– – Opposition activity, participation in probe (M.D. Tenn.), 201:A–7 (10/21/09)
– – Punitive damages, Cal. reduction (U.S., rev den), 191:B–7 (10/6/09)
– – Verizon Pa., plastic rat, written threats, EEOC suit (E.D. Pa.), 189:A–1 (10/2/09)

– Same-sex conduct bullying, not “because of sex” (5th Cir.), 206:A–2 (10/28/09)

SEXUAL ORIENTATION DISCRIMINATION

– State law bias bans, GAO report, 194:A–4 (10/9/09)

SHEET METAL WORKERS (SMWIA)

– Local 73 pension fund, service credits, contributing employer, trade school instructors (7th Cir.), 206:A–9 (10/28/09)

SMALL BUSINESSES

– Free enterprise, job creation, Chamber of Commerce campaign, 197:A–13 (10/15/09)
– Health Care Reform and Small Business, CRS report, 191:A–10 (10/6/09)

SMWIA

See SHEET METAL WORKERS (SMWIA)

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (SSA)

– 2010 benefits, no COLA, 198:A–13 (10/16/09)

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS

– No-match regulation

See EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION

SOX

See SARBANES-OXLEY ACT (SOX)

STANDING TO SUE

– ADA, Rehabilitation Act, retaliation, 3d party complaint (9th Cir.), 205:AA–1 (10/27/09)

STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

– Police

See LAW ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYEES

STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

– Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3548, S 1699

STATE AND LOCAL LAWS

– Sexual orientation, gender identity bias bans, state laws, GAO report, 194:A–4 (10/9/09)
– State OSH programs, penalty disparities, OSHA plans review, 208:A–2 (10/30/09)

STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (AFSCME)

– Long Island Head Start Child Dev. Servs., management rights, automatic renewal (NLRB), 192:A–12 (10/7/09); text, 192:E–1 (10/7/09)
– Race bias, locus of decision, organizer working elsewhere may sue under local law (D.C.), 189:A–5 (10/2/09)

STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS

– ADEA, Texas, sovereign immunity, waiver (U.S., rev den), 201:A–4 (10/21/09)
– Race bias, timeliness of test-based hiring claims (U.S., rev grant), 188:AA–1 (10/1/09)
– Res judicata, §1981 claim, Title VII dismissal precludes (3d Cir.), 194:AA–1 (10/9/09); text, 194:E–1 (10/9/09)
– Sexual harassment, continuing violation, reassignment intervening act, untimely (5th Cir.), 203:AA–1 (10/23/09); text, 203:E–2 (10/23/09)
– SOX, jurisdiction, failure to appeal preliminary findings, final administrative decision (S.D.N.Y.), 201:A–3 (10/21/09)
– U.S. Supreme Court docket, 2009-2010 term, 189:AA–1 (10/2/09)

STEEL INDUSTRY

– U.S. Steel, overtime, walking to and from work stations, FLSA collective action (N.D. Ind.), 202:A–7 (10/22/09)

STEELWORKERS (USW)

– Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, master pact ratification, 191:A–6 (10/6/09)
– Cal. car washes, intimidation, interference with organizing, NLRB enforcement (Cal. Super. Ct.), 196:A–10 (10/14/09)
– Climate change legislation, economic policy report, 189:A–9 (10/2/09)
– Kennecott Utah Copper, pact ratified, 190:A–12 (10/5/09)
– Local 1123, Timken tentative pact, 200:A–2 (10/20/09)
– Local 2635-06, AmeriServ Fin. Bank pact ratified, 205:A–10 (10/27/09)
– Manufacturing business model, worker-owned cooperatives, USW-Mondragon Internacional accord, 206:A–1 (10/28/09)
– MeadWestvaco, representation, runoff between USW, independent, 193:A–2 (10/8/09); independent wins, 198:A–11 (10/16/09); NLRB certification, 207:A–12 (10/29/09)

STIMULUS PLANS

– ARRA

See AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA)

– Job creation tax credit, partisan rift, 194:A–2 (10/9/09); would create 5 million jobs, policy brief, 201:A–7 (10/21/09)
– Joblessness, federal “safety net” improvements, new stimulus, House hearing, 194:A–10 (10/9/09)
– Third program unlikely, House Speaker eyes job-boosting options, 202:A–11 (10/22/09)

STOCK OPTIONS

– Contractual rights, forfeiture, revenue goals (7th Cir.), 207:A–7 (10/29/09)
– Executive compensation, incentive grant practices, 2009 Top 250 Report, 195:A–5 (10/13/09)

STORED COMMUNICATIONS ACT (SCA)

– Privacy, MySpace postings (D.N.J.), 189:A–10 (10/2/09)

STRIKE REPLACEMENTS

– Secrecy, failure to reinstate, ULPs (U.S., rev den), 196:AA–4 (10/14/09)

STRIKES

– CNA/NNOC, H1N1 pandemic, poor readiness, one-day protest, 200:A–10 (10/20/09); canceled, talks resume, 208:A–11 (10/30/09)

SUBJECTS FOR BARGAINING

– Influenza, mandatory vaccination, LMRA challenge (W.D. Wash.), 190:A–14 (10/5/09)

SUBPOENAS

– NLRB, revocation petitions, e-filing, 204:A–14 (10/26/09); text, 204:E–6 (10/26/09)

SUCCESSOR EMPLOYERS

– Horizons Youth Servs., successor contractor, duty to recognize, bargain (NLRB), 199:A–10 (10/19/09)
– Massey Energy, Mammoth Coal ULPs (NLRB), 190:A–1 (10/5/09); text, 190:E–22 (10/5/09)
– Meridian Mgt., subcontractor pact, arbitration (2d Cir.), 195:A–1 (10/13/09); text, 195:E–1 (10/13/09)
– Parksite Group, ULPs (NLRB), 190:A–9 (10/5/09); text, 190:E–67 (10/5/09)

SUPREME COURT, U.S.

– ADEA, sovereign immunity, waiver, timing (rev den), 201:A–4 (10/21/09)
– Attorney-client privilege, waiver, appealability of discovery order (oral arg), 191:AA–1 (10/6/09)
– Civil Rights Attorneys' Fees Awards Act, enhancement beyond lodestar, scope of federal courts' discretion (oral arg), 197:AA–1 (10/15/09)
– Docket overview, 2009-2010 term, 189:AA–1 (10/2/09)
– ERISA

– – Coverage denials, disclosure of internal guidelines (rev den), 191:B–9 (10/6/09)
– – Preemption, San Francisco play or pay health care law (brief invited), 191:B–1 (10/6/09)

– FLSA, overtime, executive exemption (U.S., rev den), 191:B–4 (10/6/09)
– FMLA

– – Interference, retaliation, adoption-related leave (rev den), 191:B–10 (10/6/09)
– – Service time shortfall (rev den), 191:B–6 (10/6/09)

– Health insurance benefits denial, extent of FEHBA preemption, FEHBP jurisdiction (rev grant), 196:AA–1 (10/14/09)
– LMRA §302, neutrality/card check agreements, access during organizing (rev den), 191:B–2 (10/6/09)
– LMRDA, fiduciary breach, implied right of action by union against former officer (rev den), 196:AA–2 (10/14/09)
– NLRA

– – NLRB quorum, §3(b) challenge, authority of 2-member Board to issue rulings, Circuits split (briefs filed), 197:A–15 (10/15/09)
– – Preemption, meal and rest breaks, Ill. law (rev den), 191:B–5 (10/6/09)
– – Secret strike replacements, failure to reinstate (rev den), 196:AA–4 (10/14/09)

– Race bias, test-based hiring, disparate impact, timeliness of firefighters claims (rev grant), 188:AA–1 (10/1/09)
– Review denied, case summaries, 191:E–1 (10/6/09); 196:E–1 (10/14/09); 201:E–1 (10/21/09)
– RLA, due process, arbitration, valid grounds for dismissal of grievances (oral arg), 193:AA–1 (10/8/09)
– Sexual harassment, retaliation, Cal. reduction of punitive damages (rev den), 191:B–7 (10/6/09)
– Title VII, choice of remedies grievance arbitration, administrative, or judicial (rev den), 191:B–8 (10/6/09)

SWINE FLU

See H1N1 VIRUS