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Firehouse Lawyer Topical
Index
THROUGH VOLUME 9, NO. 7
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) |
| Affirmative Action |
1,7 |
| Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) |
1,2; 2,4;
8,3 |
| Americans with Disabilities Act: |
|
| Accommodation |
3,5 |
| ADA and personal liability |
7,2 |
| ADA, “Regarded as” disabled |
7,4 |
| Amendments |
8,10 |
| Bona Fide Occupational Qualifications |
3,2 |
| Corrective Measures |
3,4 |
| Counting number of employees |
8,3 |
| 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 |
| Audits |
9,6 |
| Background checks |
6,12 |
| Ballot Titles, counting words |
8,5 |
| Bargaining Units |
5,8 |
| Cell Phones |
|
| Policy |
5,4 |
| Taxability |
7,12 |
| Child Abuse, EMS |
8,3 |
| 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 |
| Client (Fire District) Profiles |
8,2 |
| COBRA: |
|
| and FMLA |
1,7 |
| Other Coverage |
2,11 |
| COG (Continuation of Government) |
|
| Operations |
5,12 |
| Plans |
6,3 |
| Collective Bargaining: |
|
| Civil Service Interface |
3,12 |
| Management Rights |
1,5 |
| Pensions, Supplement -- No Duty to Bargain |
2,12 |
| Physical Fitness Standards |
1,2 |
| Union use of email |
8,2 |
| Commissioners |
|
| Meetings |
8,1 |
| Rights |
2,2 |
| Ethics |
8,6 |
| Compensation |
|
| Fire Commissioners |
7,5 |
| Volunteers |
8,4 |
| Constitutional Law: |
|
| Free Speech |
1,2 |
| Residency Requirements |
4,2 |
| Search & Seizure – Open Burning |
3,1 |
| Contractor Registration |
3,4; 8,4 |
| Contracts, signing |
8,1 |
| Dating and the Workplace |
6,4 |
| Death Benefits |
1,2 |
| Defamation Claims |
8,11 |
| 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; 9,2 |
| Title VII |
6,1 |
| Drug abuse, off duty |
6,7 |
| Education policy for employees |
7,12 |
| Election law changes |
7,2 |
| Elections, Public Funds – Use of |
1,4; 6,12 |
| Associations of Local Governments |
3,4 |
| E-mail and internet HR policies |
7,2 |
| Union use of Employer facilities |
8,2 |
| Emergency Medical Services: |
|
| EMS Levy Statute Changed |
3,6 |
| Reports |
Q&A 3,1; 8,5 |
| Emergency Scene |
|
| Searches |
7,1 |
| Security |
4,5 |
| Employee Contracts: |
|
| Duration |
2,10 |
| Employee Handbooks: |
|
| Statute of Limitations |
2,8 |
| Employment |
|
| Conditional offers |
6,12 |
| Employee Rights |
9,7 |
| Public employee strikes |
8,1 |
| 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 |
| Amendments to regs |
8,9 |
| Comp Time |
1,5; 2,10;
8,4; 8,10;
8,11 |
| 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;
Q&A 3,8; 3,12;
9,2; 9,4 |
| 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 |
Q&A 3,9 |
| Training Time Compensability |
8,4 |
| Volunteer compensation |
6,8; 6,11 |
| Volunteerism |
1,6; 9,3 |
| Volunteers called back to work |
8,11 |
| 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 |
| Military Family Leave |
9,1 |
| 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 |
| Identity Theft |
|
| Red Flag Rules-FTC |
9,3; 9,4;
9,5 |
| Impact fees not for fire districts |
7,11 |
| Incident Command System |
Q&A 2,5 |
| Income taxation |
|
| Exclusion from earnings |
8,1 |
| Volunteers |
8,4 |
| Independent Contractor |
2,9; 8,9 |
| Initiatives |
|
| 1% tax limit case |
7,3 |
| I-747 litigation |
6,6E |
| I-747 ruling by Supreme Ct. |
7,11 |
| Taxes |
3,8 |
| Interest arbitration and comparables |
7,6 |
| Interlocal agreements |
6,5 |
| Audits |
7,1 |
| 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 |
| 2008 Bills |
8,2 |
| 2009 Bills |
9,5 |
| 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 |
| Mandatory Reporting, of Child Abuse |
8,3 |
| Meals, Travel and Lodging |
7,12 |
| Medical Records |
6,2; 9,7 |
| Medicare, Patients information |
8,1 |
| Merger and Consolidation, Annexation of city |
5,11 |
| Military Leave |
3,3; 8,7 |
| 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 (OPMA) |
5,1; 5,6;
5,9; 6,11 |
| Issues |
7,9 |
| Open Public Records Act (OPRA) |
5,8; 5,9 |
| Attorney-Client and Work Product privileges |
8,1 |
| Outside Columnists |
|
| Sue Mackey |
9,5 |
| Patient Privacy |
7,4 |
| PERC cases |
6,10 |
| Photos, Release and control |
8,7; 8,9 |
| Piggybacking on other bids |
6,5 |
| Planning and Professionalism |
2,6 |
| Policies |
2,5 |
| Policy on Photos |
8,9; 8,10 |
| Response to Claims |
9,4 |
| Witness Protocol |
9,4 |
| Powers, of fire district |
8,4 |
| 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 |
| Privacy, of patient information |
8,7; 8,9 |
| Privilege, of internal investigation |
8,11 |
| Professional Rescuer Doctrine |
7,10 |
| Property Taxes |
1,6; 1,8;
4,3 |
| City annexations of fire district territory |
7,6 |
| Deflation |
9,5 |
| I-747 case |
7,3 |
| Issues |
6,12 |
| Multi-year lid lifts |
7,3; 7,5 |
| Psych evaluations |
6,12 |
| Psychological Fitness |
2,8 |
| Public Bid Laws |
2,6; 5,8;
8,4; 8,5 |
| Public Duty Doctrine |
7,1 |
| Public Funds and Use of, and PDC |
5,5; 5,10 |
| Public Policy and Terminations |
8,11 |
| Public Records: |
|
| Charges/Fees |
9,7 |
| Information requests |
9,7 |
| Penalties for noncompliance |
9,7 |
| 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; 9,3 |
| Registered agent for agency |
6,5 |
| Relationships in the Workplace |
6,4 |
| Response Standards |
6,1 |
| 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 |
2,6 |
| State Auditor’s Office, Findings |
8,5 |
| Supreme Court – Review |
2,7 |
| Surplus Property |
2,9 |
| Take-home vehicles |
7,12 |
| Taxation |
|
| Taxability of fringe benefits |
7,12 |
| Taxability of leave supplement |
7,7 |
| U.S. Flag, protocols |
7,6 |
| Unemployment Compensation |
1,5; 8,9 |
| Unfair Labor Practices |
6,10 |
| Change in Working conditions |
7,2 |
| Union Activity at Workplace |
5,7 |
| Union Business in workplace |
7,2 |
| USERRA |
|
| Veterans Rights |
9,1 |
| Utilities, charging for hydrant use |
7,3 |
| Veteran’s Preference (Scoring Criteria) |
3,12; 5,2;
9,1 |
| Violence Prevention Policy at Workplace |
5,4 |
| Volunteer compensation |
6,8; 6,11;
8,1; 8,4 |
| Volunteer Firefighter Issues |
Q&A 2,12; 5,2;
5,11; 5,12 |
| Volunteering |
|
| At Athletic Event |
9,6 |
| 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; 8,11 |
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