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Vehicle-mounted elevating and rotating work platforms standard. - [1910]
Information Letter to Cary Hammond, Esq.
Guidance regarding DOL's 03/13/97 Federal Register announcement in which we requested public comments on a proposed enforcement policy for annual reports of multiemployer welfare plans. Under the proposal, the department would not reject the annual report of a multiemployer welfare plan solely because the accountant's opinion accompanying the report was qualified or adverse due to a failure to account and report for postretirement benefit obligations in accordance with the AICPA Statement of Position 92-6. To allow the department enough time to consider public comments on the proposal, the announcement also provided that we will not reject 1996 and 1997 plan year annual reports due to such qualified or adverse accountant's opinions.
Whether the proposed decision by the A.T. & S.F. Employees Benefit Association to serve as a "point-of-service" provider of health care services under a managed care program sponsored by the Railroad Employees National Health Care Plan effects the status of the Association and the health benefit program the Association sponsors for its own members under ERISA.
Means of Egress. - [1910]
Roll-over protective structures for agricultural wheeled tractors. - [1928.51]
Service workers in the heating, plumbing and air-conditioning industries. - [1910; 1910.12; 1926.13]
OSHA's standard for exposure to bloodborne pathogens. - [1910.1030]
This letter provides guidance on the deduction of salaries of employees exempt under the FLSA while on FMLA leave.
This letter is under review. This letter provides guidance on intermittent leave; and the employer's notification requirements.
NIOSH approved respirator during the period of an employee's escape from a chemical release of phosgene. - [1910.134(d)(1)(ii)]
Sodium Azide as Used in the Manufacturing Process of Automobile Air Bags. - [1910.109; 1910.119]
Whether licensed veterinary technicians (LVTs) are exempt professional employees under section 13(a) (1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Hydrogen fuel that is contained in fuel storage cylinders. - [1910.103]
OSHA's Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard. - [1910.120]
OSHA's position on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-approved disinfectants. - [1910.1030]
OSHA's Fixed Ladders and Safety Cages standard. - [1910.27]
Requirements for negative pressure rooms.
Clarification o-f the electric power generation, transmission, and distribution standard. - [1910.269]
Provisions of the Hazard Communication Standard. - [1910.1200]
SCBA cylinder interchangeability. - [1910.134(d)(1)(ii); 1910.156(f)(1)(iv); 1910.120(q)(3)(x)]
Association between toluene and Pierre Robin Syndrome. - [1915.1000]
Internet use for posting Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs). - [1910.1020]
Scaffolds used in the Construction Industry. - [1926; 1926.451]
Appropriateness of computer-based interactive training programs to satisfy required OSHA training. - [1910.1030]
OSHA regulation on "piped" potable water supply. - [1910.141; 1928.110]
A hazardous chemical is any chemical which is a physical hazard or a health standard. - [1910.132; 1910.1200]
Mushroom Style Plastic Rebar Covers Used For Impalement Protection. - [1926.701]
Reporting over-the-road fatalities; Refusing entry and employee interviews to an OSHA inspector; and OSHA's policy associated with seat belts on forklift trucks. - [1903.10 ; 1903.3 ; 1903.4 ]
Whether the payment of certain 12b-1 or subtransfer agent fees by a mutual fund in which an employee pension benefit plan has invested to Frost National Bank, serving as the plan's trustee, would violate ERISA sections 406(b)(1) and 406(b)(3).
Whether the receipt of fees by Aetna Life Insurance and Annuity Company, an indirect subsidiary of Aetna Insurance Company, Inc., from unrelated mutual funds for recordkeeping and other services in connection with investments by employee benefit plans in the unrelated funds violates ERISA section 406(b)(3).
New methodology for determining health & welfare fringe benefits. Guidance explains the creation of wage determinations that are "odd" and "even" number and two different rates for H&W for SCA contracts
1910.119 does not apply to public displays of flame effects. - [1910.119]
Clarification of the definition of a hazardous chemical and the requirements for Material Safety Data Sheets. - [1910.1200]
Permissible Exposure Limits for Nuisance dust. - [1910; 1910.134; 1910.1000]
Requirements for labeling portable fire extinguishers. - [1910.1200]
Coverage of Stored Flammables Under the Process Safety Management Standard. - [1910.119(a)(1)(ii)(B); 1926.64(a)(1)(ii)(B); 1910.106]
Electrical standards and the application to electrically-powered medical devices. - [1910 Subpart S]
Introduction of electrical welding equipment into a non-permit confined space. - [1910.146; 1910.252; 1910.252(a)(4)(i); 1910.252(b)(4)(i); 1910.252(b)(4)(vii); 1910.252(c)(4); 1910.252(c)(9); 1910.252(c)(10); 1910 Subpart Q]
Whether the health benefit program offered by the Federation of American Consumers and Travelers to its members is a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” within the meaning of ERISA section 3(40).
Requirements for dual purpose mechanical equipment (digger derrick and aerial lift). - [1910.67; 1926.453]
Credit toward the minimum wage for meals whether the employee chooses to eat at the facility or not.
Classification of asbestos work for employees performing asbestos inspections and obtaining bulk samples. - [1926.1101]
Sheetrock and joint compound. - [1910.1001; 1915; 1926.1101]
Emergency response training requirements for hospital staff. - [1910.120]
Concern over the quality of care given to patients by dentists. - [1975.1]
Whether the Saint Dominic Academy Pension Plan is a “church plan” within the meaning of ERISA section 3(33).
Whether the Pacific Telesis Group outplacement assistance program is an “employee welfare benefit plan” as defined in ERISA section 3(1).
Lack of public awareness of the limitations of eyewashes; review of new product, The Eye Irrigator(TM). - [1910.133; 1910.151(c)]
Applicability of the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard for employees who work as companion-sitters in private homes. - [1910.1030]
Citations for the wearing of short pants by employees engaged in hot tar and asphalt construction work. - [1926.28; 1926.95]
OSHA's asbestos standard regulates working with materials containing less than 1 percent asbestos. - [1926.1101(b); 1926.1101(f); 1926.1101(g)]
Fall protection in a situation regarding floor/roofing openings. - [1926.501; 1926.502]
Powered industrial truck modifications and approval. - [1910.178(a)(4)]
Whether a plan administrator is required under ERISA section 104(b)(4) to furnish a participant with a copy of the contract between an employee benefit plan and a third party administrator.
Requirements for electrical wiring in supply and disposal function warehouses containing hazardous materials. - [1910.38; 1910.106(d); 1910.106(e)(7); 1910.106(e)(7)(i)]
The airflow rate required for a spray painting area. - [1910.94(c); 1910.107; 1910.38; 1910.39]
Whether the pension and health plans sponsored by the Homewood Retirement Centers of the United Church of Christ, Inc. are “church plans” within the meaning of ERISA section 3(33).
Appropriate protective clothing for aircraft firefighting. - [1910.120; 1910.156]
OSHA standard for rung spacing on fixed industrial ladders and PPE in powered industrial vehicle battery changing. - [1910.27; 1910.132(d); 1910.133]
Disinfectants claiming efficacy against the Hepatitis B virus. - [1910.1030]
Employee safety and the laundering of contaminated clothing. - [1910.1025]
The requirements for disposal of contaminated waste once the needle has been destroyed. - [1910.1030]
The use of telephones in training to meet the requirements of the Bloodborne Pathogens standard. - [1910.1030]
Fall protection in lieu of personal fall arrest systems and the need for a rescue skiff. - [1926.106; 1926.502]
Longitudinal bracing across the inner and outer rows of posts on tube and coupler scaffolds. - [1926.452]
Whether benefit plans sponsored by Tressler Lutheran Services are “church plans” within the meaning of ERISA section 3(33) and therefore excluded from coverage by ERISA section 4(b)(2).
OSHA Lead Standards, both General Industry and Construction. - [1926.62 ; 1910.1025]
Whether the Board of Trustees of the Pipe Fitters Union Local No. 392 Drug Free Workplace Trust Fund, which pays for annual drug testing of union members, is an “employee welfare benefit plan” within the meaning of ERISA section 3(1).
Ridge hook-supported ladders. - [1926.451(e)(2); 1926.1053]
Akzo-Nobel Chemicals - Limits of a Process - [1910.119]
EPA-Registered disinfectants for HIV/HBV. - [1910.1030]
Hard-line communication equipment for use in the PRCS standard. - [1910.146]
Credit toward the minimum wage for tuition and medical insurance.
CPL 02-02-067 [CPL 2-2.67] - National - Brass and Bronze Ingot Manufacturing Industry Compliance Requirements and Dates Under the Lead Standard (29 CFR 1910.1025). - 02/27/1997
Clarification on entitlement of a copy of energy control program documentation at meat packing plant. - [1910.147; 1910.1020]
Evaluation of an employee's ability to perform servicing of multi-piece or single piece rim wheels. - [1910.177]
Whether a pension and two welfare plans maintained by Mercy Hospital of Watertown are “church plans” within the meaning of ERISA section 3(33) and, therefore excluded from coverage by ERISA section 4(b)(2).
Duties of the competent person during the erecting, dismantling and moving of scaffolds. - [1926.451]
Placement of the noise dosimeter microphone for measuring the noise exposure of an employee using an airline respirator equipped with a shroud. - [1910.95]
Scaffolds used in the Construction Industry. - [1926]
OSHA does not have regulations that apply to residential properties. - [1926.10]
Manufacturers' use of the Internet for distribution of MSDSs to downstream users. - [1910.1200(g)(6); 1910.1200(g)(7); 1910.1200(g)(8)]
An interpretation of the electric power generation standard. - [1910.269]
CPL 02-01-025 [CPL 2-1.25] - National - Guidelines for Point of Operation Guarding of Power Press Brakes - 02/14/1997
Whether the Sheriff's Youth Programs of Minnesota 403(b) Annuity Program is a “governmental plan” within the meaning of ERISA section 3(32) and, therefore, is excluded from coverage by ERISA section 4(b), or, alternatively, whether it operates within the 29 C.F.R. 2510.3-2(f),"safe harbor" criteria.
Request for guidance concerning the application of section 9345(a)(3) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 to the proposed amendment of two defined benefit plans to provide that all eligible employees receive certain minimum benefits. The defined benefit plans and an employee stock ownership plan together make up a floor-offset arrangement established prior to December 17, 1987.
Employment standards for 14 and 15 year olds do not permit minors to operate pizza broilers as they are ovens which bake pizzas. They also may not operate NEICO broilers because they operate at extremely high temperatures posing significant potential exposure to burns. Denies variances for Work Experience and Career Exploration programs to use the NEICO broilers.
Whether the St. Margaret Mercy Healthcare Centers, Inc. Medical and Dental Plan for Employees and Amended Employees Retirement Plan are "church plans," as defined in ERISA section 3(33), and therefore excluded from coverage by ERISA section 4(b)(2).
Compliance with OSHA's Asbestos Standard - Composite Bulk Samples. - [1926.1101]
Hazard Communication Standard. - [1910.1200(g)(6)]
The dental industry's concerns regarding compliance with certain provisions of the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS). - [1910.1200]
OSHA Asbestos standard. - [1926.1101]
Information required on Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs). - [1910.1200]
Material Safety Data Sheets. - [1910.1200; 1910.1200(g)(1); 1910.1200(g)(8)]
Fall protection for the entertainment industry under the OSH Act of 1970. - [1910 Subpart D; 1910.132; 1910.12]
Determines under which circumstances an emergency medical services employee volunteering for the volunteer fire service of the same public employer would be considered to be providing "similar type of services" that he or she is employed to perform by the employer.
No impact on an employer's ability to claim a tip credit when the employer requires employees to report their tips for tax withholding purposes as the employer does not exercise dominion over those tips.
Cross-view back-up mirrors on delivery trucks. - [1910]
Calculation methods used under the air contaminants standard for extended work shifts. - [1910.1025; 1926.62 ]
Training time spent by public safety trainees at bona fide police or fire fighter academies is compensable. Trainees may be covered by the 207(k) partial exemption from overtime.
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