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Firehouse Lawyer Topical
Index
THROUGH VOLUME 7, NO. 12
The following Topical Index is designed to help readers find articles
in the back issues and current issue of the Firehouse Lawyer or to
help readers research whether an issue has been dealt with in a previous
article:
| Absenteeism |
Vol. 1, No. 3 (hereinafter
1,3) |
| ADEA |
1,2; 2,4 |
| Affirmative Action |
1,7 |
| Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) |
1,2 |
| Americans with Disabilities Act: |
|
| Accommodation |
3,5 |
| ADA and personal liability |
7,2 |
| ADA, “Regarded as” disabled |
7,4 |
| Bona Fide Occupational Qualifications |
3,2 |
| Corrective Measures |
3,4 |
| Definition of Disability |
3,4 |
| EEOC Guidelines |
3,5 |
| Essential Functions |
3,5 |
| FMLA Interface |
3,5 |
| Indefinite Leave |
1,3 |
| Obesity |
1,3 |
| Post-employment inquiries |
1,7 |
| Pre-employment inquiries |
1,7 |
| Arbitration |
2,8; 4,3 |
| Attorney General Opinion on Nonprofits |
7,10 |
| Attorney request for patient records |
6,2 |
| Background checks |
6,12 |
| Bargaining Units |
5,8 |
| Cell phones, taxability |
7,12 |
| Cellular Phone Policy |
5,4 |
| Child labor laws |
6,12 |
| Civil Action: |
|
| Discovery of e-mails |
5,8 |
| Fireman’s Rule - A Bar to Recovery |
2,3; 2,4; 5,6 |
| Invasion of Privacy |
3,3 |
| LEOFF II Suits |
1,2 |
| Negligent Investigation |
3,3 |
| Public Duty Doctrine |
2,7; Q&A 2,8 |
| Refusal to Hire – No Claim |
3,6 |
| Statute of Limitations |
2,12 |
| Wrongful Discharge |
4,1 |
| Wrongful Transfer |
1,2 |
| COBRA: |
|
| and FMLA |
1,7 |
| Other Coverage |
2,11 |
| Collective Bargaining: |
|
| Civil Service Interface |
3,12 |
| Management Rights |
1,5 |
| Pensions, Supplement -- No Duty to Bargain |
2,12 |
| Physical Fitness Standards |
1,2 |
| Commissioners Rights |
2,2 |
| Compensation of Fire Commissioners |
7,5 |
| Constitutional Law: |
|
| Free Speech |
1,2 |
| Residency Requirements |
4,2 |
| Search & Seizure – Open Burning |
3,1 |
| Continuation of Government (COG) Plans |
6,3 |
| Continuation of government and operations |
5,12 |
| Contractor Registration |
3,4 |
| Dating and the Workplace |
6,4 |
| Death Benefits |
1,2 |
| Disability Leave Supplement for Firefighters |
7,7 |
| Discipline: |
|
| Last Chance Agreements |
2,8 |
| Discrimination: |
|
| Based on gender |
6,5 |
| Civil Rights Act |
2,4 |
| Handicap |
2,11 |
| Number of Employees |
3,9 |
| Political Action |
1,1 |
| Pre-employment Inquiries |
1,7 |
| Sexual Harassment |
2,8; 3,9; 4,2 |
| Title VII |
6,1 |
| Drug abuse, off duty |
6,7 |
| Education policy for employees |
7,12 |
| Election law changes |
7,2 |
| Elections and use of public money |
6,12 |
| Elections, Public Funds – Use of |
1,4 |
| Associations of Local Governments |
3,4 |
| E-mail and internet HR policies |
7,2 |
| Emergency Medical Services: |
|
| EMS Levy Statute Changed |
3,6 |
| Reports |
Q&A.3,1 |
| Emergency Scene Searches |
7,1 |
| Emergency Scene Security |
4,5 |
| Employee Contracts: |
|
| Duration |
2,10 |
| Employee Handbooks: |
|
| Statute of Limitations |
2,8 |
| Employment, conditional offers |
6,12 |
| Ethics: |
|
| Conflicts Statute Amended |
3,6 |
| Excessive Absenteeism |
2,1 |
| Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) |
|
| Background Checks |
3,11 |
| Inventory Reports |
3,11 |
| Federal Flag Code |
7,6 |
| Female firefighters |
6,5 |
| FICA for paid employees |
7,5 |
| Fire Protection Authority |
5,1 |
| Fire Protection District – Formation |
Q&A.2,2;4,5 |
| Firefighters, Occupational Disease |
6,4 |
| FLSA: |
|
| Administrative Exemption |
4,4 |
| Comp Time |
1,5; 2,10 |
| Comp Time – Use it or Lose It |
3,10; 3,11;4,5 |
| Computer Pros Exempt |
2,2 |
| Delay = Damages |
3,8 |
| Does Not Require |
1,3 |
| Exempt Employees: |
|
| 207(k) Exemption |
1,3; Q&A.2,2; 2,4; 2,8; 3,1; 3,2; 3,8 Q&A; 3,12; |
| 207(k) Exemption – Amended |
4,1 |
| 207(k) Exemption – Clarification |
3,12 |
| Deductions |
2,2 |
| Pay Docking |
3,5; 4,2 |
| Exemptions – Executive |
3,11 |
| FLSA web site |
7,6 |
| Fluctuating Workweek |
2,2 |
| OT – On-call |
1,1; 2,10; Q&A.2,12;4,4 |
| Preemption |
2,11 |
| Salary Basis |
1,1 |
| Salary/Hourly |
2,1 |
| Sick leave buyback |
6,5 |
| Sleep Time Excluded |
4,2 |
| State Employees – No Action |
3,9 Q&A |
| Volunteer compensation |
6,8; 6,11 |
| Volunteerism |
1,6 |
| Window of Correction |
3,3 |
| Work Period |
3,12 |
| FMLA: |
6,3; 6,11 |
| ADA Interface |
3,5 |
| Eligibility |
2,12; 3,2;4,5 |
| Equivalent Position |
3,2 |
| FMLA, rights not waivable |
7,10 |
| Jurisdiction |
2,12; 3,2;4,5 |
| Medical Necessity |
2,4 |
| Notification of Rights |
3,9 |
| Physical Certification |
1,7 |
| Serious Health Condition |
1,7; 3,2 |
| Free speech for public employees |
6,6; 6,12 |
| HAZMAT Liability |
Q&A.2,2 |
| Healthcare Legislation |
2,1 |
| HIPAA |
2,1; 5,2;
5,8; 6,1;
6,2 |
| HIPAA & Ride alongs |
6,9 |
| HIPAA and RCW 70.02 |
7,4 |
| Hydrants, utility charge to use |
7,3 |
| Impact fees not for fire districts |
7,11 |
| Incident Command System |
Q&A.2,5 |
| Independent Contractor |
2,9 |
| Initiative – Taxes |
3,8 |
| Initiative 747 litigation |
6,6E |
| Initiatives, 1% tax limit case |
7,3 |
| Initiatives, I-747 ruling by Supreme Ct. |
7,11 |
| Interest arbitration and comparables |
7,6 |
| Interlocal agreements |
6,5 |
| Interlocal Agreements and audits |
7,1 |
| Interlocal agreements and web posting |
6,6 |
| Job Descriptions |
Q&A.2,2 |
| Job Interviews |
5,6 |
| Labor Negotiations |
6,11 |
| Layoff/Termination for Cause |
2,2 |
| Legislation: |
|
| 2006 |
6,3 |
| Death Benefits. |
1,2 |
| Decreasing Fire Commissioners |
1,5 |
| Highlights for 1999 |
3,6 |
| Highlights for 2005 |
5,3; 5,5 |
| Session Laws of 2007 |
7,8 |
| Meals, Travel and Lodging |
7,12 |
| Medical Records |
6,2 |
| Merger and Consolidation, Annexation of city |
5,11 |
| MHPA |
2,1 |
| Military Leave |
3,3 |
| Minutes of Meetings |
5,8 |
| Negligence, duty owed to bystanders |
7,1 |
| Nepotism |
1,2 |
| NFPA – Standards 1710 and 1720 |
3,12 |
| NMHPA |
2,1 |
| Nonprofit corporation for municipal Functions |
7,10 |
| Open Public Meetings Act |
6,11 |
| Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA) |
5,1; 5,6;
5,9 |
| Open Public Meetings Act issues |
7,9 |
| Open Public Records Act (OPRA) |
5,8; 5,9 |
| Patient Privacy |
7,4 |
| PERC cases |
6,10 |
| Piggybacking on other bids |
6,5 |
| Planning and Professionalism |
2,6 |
| Policies |
2,5 |
| Preventive Law (Risk Management) |
2,11 |
| Privacy in Workplace |
1,7; 2,2; 6,12 |
| Personnel Files and Salaries |
3,5 |
| Recording Private Conversations |
3,4 |
| Professional Rescuer Doctrine |
7,10 |
| Property Tax issues |
6,12 |
| Property Taxes |
1,6; 1,8;
4,3 |
| Property Taxes, City annexations Of fire district territory |
7,6 |
| Property Taxes, I-747 case |
7,3 |
| Property Taxes, Multi-year lid lifts |
7,3 |
| Property Taxes, Multi-year lid lifts |
7,5 |
| Psych evaluations |
6,12 |
| Psychological Fitness |
2,8 |
| Public Bid Laws |
2,6; 5,8 |
| Public Duty Doctrine |
7,1 |
| Public Funds and Use of, and PDC |
5,5; 5,10 |
| Public Records: |
|
| Personnel Files and FMLA Records |
3,5 |
| Records Retention Schedules |
2,3 |
| Timeliness |
3,12 |
| Public Works Contracts: |
|
| Notice provisions |
5,1 |
| Oral Contract |
3,10 |
| Performance Bonds |
5,8 |
| Qualified Nonpersonal Use Vehicle |
7,12 |
| Random Drug Testing |
5,5 |
| Recall of Public Officials |
5,4 |
| Regional Fire Protection Authority |
6,7 |
| Registered agent for agency |
6,5 |
| Relationships in the Workplace |
6,4 |
| Response Standards |
6,1 |
| Response Standards-career departments |
6,9 |
| Retaliation Claims |
6,1 |
| Retroactive Pay Raises |
4,4 |
| Ridealong programs |
6,9 |
| Safety: |
|
| OSHA-Respiratory Standard |
2,1 |
| OSHA-“Two In, One Out” Rule |
2,3; 2,5; Q&A.2,9 |
| Training Requirements |
Q&A 2,11 |
| WAC 296-305 Amendments |
3,2 |
| Weight of Fire Trucks |
4,5 |
| SEPA mitigation measures |
7,11 |
| Sexual harassment, guidelines |
7,10 |
| Smoking Initiative |
6,1 |
| Smoking Regulations |
5,12 |
| Social Security and Medicare |
7,5 |
| SOPs and Resolutions |
|
| Supreme Court – Review |
2,7 |
| Surplus Property |
2,9 |
| Take-home vehicles |
7,12 |
| Taxation, taxability of fringe benefits |
7,12 |
| Taxation, taxability of leave supplement |
7,7 |
| U.S. Flag, protocols |
7,6 |
| Unemployment Compensation |
1,5 |
| Unfair Labor Practices |
6,10 |
| Unfair Labor Practices-change in Working conditions |
7,2 |
| Union Activity at Workplace |
5,7 |
| Union Business in workplace |
7,2 |
| Utilities, charging for hydrant use |
7,3 |
| Veteran’s Preference (Scoring Criteria) |
3,12; 5,2 |
| Violence Prevention Policy at Workplace |
5,4 |
| Volunteer compensation |
6,8; 6,11 |
| Volunteer Firefighter Issues |
Q&A 2,12; 5,2; 5,11; 5,12 |
| Vouchers and Claims |
6,4 |
| Wage Claims |
6,4 |
| Weingarten rights |
5,2 |
| WFCA Conference 2007 |
7,11 |
| Workers Comp classifications |
6,9 |
| Wrongful discharge-violation of public Policy |
6,5 |
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