Chapter 15 Labor and Employment Law Issues for the Construction Industry

Index

Section 15.1 Introduction
Section 15.2 Employment Discrimination
Section 15.3 Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Section 15.4 Race Discrimination Under Title VII and § 1981
Section 15.5 Gender Discrimination
Section 15.6 Equal Pay Act
Section 15.7 “Sex Plus” Discrimination
Section 15.8 Disparate Impact
Section 15.9 Bona Fide Occupational Qualifications (BFOQ)
Section 15.10 Sexual Harassment
Section 15.11 Harassment by Nonsupervisory Coworkers
Section 15.12 Harassment Must Be Severe and Pervasive
Section 15.13 What Constitutes Prompt Remedial Action?
Section 15.14 Harassment by Supervisory Employees
Section 15.15 Harassment by Third Party
Section 15.16 Elements of an Effective Nonharassment Policy
Section 15.17 Enforcing the Nonharassment Policy
Section 15.18 Religious Discrimination
Section 15.19 National Origin Discrimination
Section 15.20 Remedies and Enforcement
Section 15.21 Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
Section 15.22 Covered Disabilities
Section 15.23 Medical Inquiries and Exams
Section 15.24 Discrimination Under the ADA
Section 15.25 Reasonable Accommodation
Section 15.26 Undue Hardship
Section 15.27 Remedies and Enforcement
Section 15.28 Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA)
Section 15.29 Mandatory Retirement
Section 15.30 Age as a Bona Fide Occupational Qualification
Section 15.31 Reasonable Factor Other Than Age (RFOTA) Defense
Section 15.32 Waivers of ADEA Claims
Section 15.33 ADEA Remedies
Section 15.34 Discrimination Under Missouri Human Rights Act
Section 15.35 Retaliation
Section 15.36 Affirmative Action—Executive Order 11246
Section 15.37 Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA)
Section 15.38 Which Employees Are Eligible for FMLA Leave?
Section 15.39 What Is a “Serious Health Condition” Under the FMLA?
Section 15.40 How Much Leave Is Allowed?
Section 15.41 Common Questions
Section 15.42 What if an Employer Violates the FMLA?
Section 15.43 Management Strategies for FMLA Compliance
Section 15.44 Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA)
Section 15.45 Exemptions From the FLSA
Section 15.46 How to Determine Who Is Exempt
Section 15.47 Overtime Pay and the Administrative Exemption
Section 15.48 Remedies for Violation of the FLSA
Section 15.49 Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)
Section 15.50 Introduction and Overview of the NLRA
Section 15.51 Enforcement of the NLRA
Section 15.52 Section 7 of the NLRA
Section 15.53 Exceptions
Section 15.54 Employee Rights Under § 7
Section 15.55 Weingarten Rights
Section 15.56 Remedies for Violation of the NLRA
Section 15.57 Certification Process—Bargaining Units
Section 15.58 Certification of Representative (RC)
Section 15.59 Decertification (RD)
Section 15.60 Withdrawal of Union-Security Authority (UD)
Section 15.61 Employer Petition (RM)
Section 15.62 Unit Clarification (UC)
Section 15.63 Amendment of Certification (AC)
Section 15.64 Postpetition Process
Section 15.65 Representation Hearing
Section 15.66 Regional Director’s Decision
Section 15.67 Appeal of the Decision to the National Labor Relations Board
Section 15.68 Election Process
Section 15.69 Definition of Picketing
Section 15.70 Threats of Picketing
Section 15.71 Patrolling or Use of Signs
Section 15.72 Hand Billing
Section 15.73 Picketing Rights in General
Section 15.74 Secondary Strikes/Boycott
Section 15.75 Picketing at a Joint Worksite
Section 15.76 Union Organizational/Recognitional Picketing
Section 15.77 Picketing Prohibited by § 8(b)(7)
Section 15.78 What Constitutes Recognitional or Organizational Picketing?
Section 15.79 Videotaping of Picketing and Other Labor Activity
Section 15.80 Unfair Labor Practice Picketing
Section 15.81 Employee Discharge
Section 15.82 Refusal to Bargain
Section 15.83 Successor Employer
Section 15.84 Area Standards
Section 15.85 Pre-Hire Agreements and Recognitional Picketing in the Construction Industry
Section 15.86 Double Breasting
Section 15.87 Town & Country Decision
Section 15.88 Recent Salting Cases Since Town & Country
Section 15.89 Missouri Prevailing Wage Law
Section 15.90 Federal Prevailing Wage Law
Section 15.91 Missouri Wage Payment Law
Section 15.92 Missouri Service Letter Statute