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Incipient stage fire brigades. - [1910.134; 1910.156]
The FLSA applies to the "volunteers" who wrap gifts for a private company in exchange for contributions to their respective non-profit or churgh groups, therefore they are subject to the minimum wage and overtime provisions of the act. An employment relationship exists with the private company.
Whether the Topco Associates, Inc. Pre-Tax Premium Plan, is an “employee welfare benefit plan” within the meaning of ERISA section 3(1) when Topco employees may pay the required employee contributions under the Topco Group Health Plan on a pre-tax basis.
Application of OSHA's health standards - [1910.1025; 1926.62 ]
Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard (HCS). - [1910.1200]
Interpretation of the telecommunication standard and the electrical protective equipment standard. - [1910.137; 1910.268]
Whether the Retirement Plan for Employees of Mercy Psychiatric Hospital is a “church plan” within the meaning of ERISA section 3(33) and therefore exempt from coverage under Title I of ERISA by section 4(b)(2).
Whether the Lutheran Home Care Services, Inc. Group Health Plan and the Lutheran Home Care Services, Inc. Tax- Sheltered Annuity Retirement Plan are “church plans”within the meaning of ERISA section 3(33) and therefore exempt from coverage under Title I of ERISA by section 4(b)(2).
Whether the Christian Brothers Employee Retirement Plan is a “church plan” within the meaning of ERISA section 3(33).
Examines administrative and executive exemptions for a social work director, an administrative assistant, an a facility and administrator coordinator. The criteria to meet the exemptions were not met.
Clarification of Asbestos Standard for construction. - [1926.1101]
Disinfectant products "D-125" and "Public Places" - [1910.1030(d)(4)(ii)(A)]
Whether the ERISA section 407(d)(5) definition of "qualifying employer security" applies for purposes of the prohibited transaction exemption in Internal Revenue Code section 4975(d)(13).
Masonry wall bracing requirements. - [1926.706]
Distribution of Material Safety Data Sheets. - [1910.1200(g)(6)]
This letter provides guidance on substitution of paid leave as FMLA leave.
OSHA accepts employers' use of the ANSI/IES-RP-7-1991 incorporated by reference or adopted into OSHA standards. - [1910.261; 1926.56]
Requirements for Reporting Health Hazard Information on a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS). - [1910.1200]
Fire protection during the fueling of mobile equipment. - [1926.152]
Regulations for Voluntary Rescue and Ambulance Squads. - [1975.3]
Interpretive guidance setting forth the views of the Department concerning the circumstances under which the provision of investment-related information to participants and beneficiaries in participant-directed individual account pension plans will not co
Tips received by tipped employees who are paid the full minimum wage. Tips due must be paid to the employee not later than the next payday. Where tips are not considered wages, they need not be included in the employee's regular rate for overtime purposes.
Interpretation of the electric power generation, transmission, and distribution standard. - [1910.269]
Request for variance from digester building exit requirements. - [1910.261(g)(9); 1905.11(b)(4)]
Approval for cut and puncture resistant gloves. - [1910.1030]
Consumer Products that Contain Hazardous Chemicals. - [1910.1020; 1910.1200]
OSHA's position on PROTRAC, a company's computerized fire and safety bar code management system. - [1910.157]
Glove bag use. - [1910.1001; 1926.1101; 1915.1001]
Letter requesting interpretation of the OSHA electrical standards as they apply to employees using insulated hand tools. - [1910.269; 1910.333; 1910.335]
Letter addresses two distinct fact patterns regarding applying polygraph test for missing monies from restaurant.
Electrical generators in hospitals and the control of hazardous energy. - [1910.147]
Pressure testing using compressed air. - [1926.350(c)(2); 1926.350(c)(3)]
Variance exposure level for silver metal. - [1910.134; 1910.1000]
Worker protection for employees incinerating hazardous waste on cement plant property. - [1910.119; 1910.120; 1910.1200]
Interpretation for questions related to compliance with NFPA 33 (1995 edition). - [1910.107]
Bloodborne Pathogens Standard at the Institutions. - [1910.1030]
OSHA Guidelines for Medical Practices. - [1910.1030]
Payment for travel time that is not hours worked does not convert the time into hours worked under the FLSA. The FLSA does not require the payment to be included in the regular rate for computing overtime pay.
Information on temporary workers, particularly those in the electronic assembly industry. - [1926.20; 1926.21; 1910.1200; 1926.59 ]
Permanent Variance Requirements for Self-Feed Circular Ripsaws. - [1910.213]
OSHA's Permit-required Confined Spaces Standard. - [1910.146]
This letter provides guidance on probationary employees; and FMLA as a "break in service".
The gas caddy and OSHA's Flammable and Combustible Liquids Standard. - [1910.106]
Tuberculosis: respiratory protection and complaint inspection. - [1910.134]
Training requirements under the HAZWOPER standard. - [1910.120]
Hazards of Smoke Generated from Surgical Procedures. - [1910.1030]
The Use of the Bullard "Free Air" Pump. - [1910.134]
Standards applicable to a barge-mounted stiffleg derrick engaged in the repair and maintenance of a dam site. - [1926.550; 1926.605]
Job requiring respiratory protection. - [1910.134; 1910.1025]
OSHA's Interim Final Rule of Lead in Construction. - [1926.62 ]
Doctors required to wear gloves while fitting patients with contact lenses. - [1910.1030]
The potential for the transmission of HIV from contact with urine specimens. - [1910.1030]
Flash point of cleaning solvents for spray finishing equipment. - [1910.107(g)(5)]
Confined spaces: use of rescue-type SCBAs; maintenance vs. construction - [1910.146(c); 1910.146(d); 1910.12(b); 1926.21(b)(6)]
Whether the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh is a governmental entity described in ERISA section 3(32) such that any employee benefit plans established or maintained by the Bank for its employees would be excluded from coverage under ERISA section 4(b)(1).
Definition of a "floor," "building official," and "plates of approved design." - [1910.22; 1910.22(d)]
Motor wiring connects. - [1910.303(g)(2)]
Revised Grain Handling Standard: Guidance to Compliance Officers. - [1910.272]
Training requirements of the competent person for class II roofing work. - [1926.1101]
Voluntary/reserve/apprentice firefighters who are not paid. - [1975.3]
Machine Guarding Standard. - [1910.212; 1910.217]
An interpretation for the Bakery Equipment Standard, 29 CFR 1910.263. - [1910.263]
Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution standard. - [1910.269]
Relationship between owners and loggers. - [1975.3]
Requirements of the Occupational Noise Exposure Standard with regards to hearing protectors. - [1910.95]
Whether the OSHA HAZWOPER standard applies to the remediation of unexploded conventional ordnance at military sites. - [1910.120; 1926.65 ]
Whether the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, California Health & Safety Code Section 1340 et seq., would be preempted by ERISA section 514(a) if applied to prohibit a welfare benefit plan from providing participants with incentives to influence their choices among alternative benefits under the plan.
Information Letter to Honorable Eugene A. Ludwig.
Guidance regarding DOL's views with respect to the utilization of derivatives in the management of a portfolio of assets of a pension plan which is subject to ERISA.
In multi-story buildings "employee notice" requirement of asbestos standard. - [1926.1101]
OSHA first aid standard. - [1910.151; 1910.151(b)]
The relationship between OSHA standards and the usage of particulate respirators. - [1910.1001(g)(3); 1926.1101(h)(3)(iv); 1910.134(d)]
Fire prevention and protection requirements applicable to underground construction. - [1926.800]
Spray Finishing. - [1910.107]
Request for Interpretation - 29 CFR 1910.213(f)(2). - [1910.213]
OSHA's requirements for locking type snaphooks on pole strap systems. - [1910.23; 1910.67; 1910.269; 1926.502; 1926.556; 1926.959]
Grounding requirements with respect to a battery charger used with rechargeable power tools. - [1910.304; 1910.307; 1910.399]
Scope of logging standard -- 1910.266. - [1910.132; 1910.138; 1910.242; 1910.266; 1910.269]
Request for reconsideration or clarification of AO 95-06A, which held that the group health benefits program offered by Mid-Continent Medical Benefits Trust is a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” within the meaning of ERISA section 3(40), and not an employee benefit plan, and that ERISA section 514(a) would not preempt state regulation of the Trust, Profession Administration Group, or "the pooled custodial account" maintained by these entities.
The conditions for the exemption from the minimum wage an dovertime were satisfied.
Determination on whether the "Line Journeyman Changing out Trasformer" activities are within the intent of the OSHA standards. - [1910.269]
Low urinary creatinine levels. - [1910.1027]
Fit testing and fit factors for the N-95 respirators for protection against TB exposure. - [1910.134]
OSHA Asbestos Standard. - [1910.1001]
The biological monitoring requirements under the Final Rule for Lead. - [1926.62 ; 1910.1025]
Hazard Communications Standard. - [1910.1200]
The situations under which dry cleaning establishments would be covered by the bloodborne pathogens standard. - [1910.1030]
Information Letter to Lewis A. Siegel.
Guidance regarding the application of Title I of ERISA to IRS Procedure No. 95-24, which establishes the TVC Program. Specifically, whether an employer that corrects defects in the tax-qualified status of a tax sheltered annuity program will be considered to have "established" and to "maintain" an employee benefit plan that is covered under Title I of ERISA, based solely on its activities in connection with the TVC Program.
Clarification of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations. - [1910.269]
Clarification of Section 1910.268 Telecommunications. - [1910.27; 1910.268]
Minimum approach distances. - [1910.269; 1910.333]
Component evaluation and UL's MOU Third Party Test Data Program. - [1910.7]
The requirement for change rooms whenever employees are required to wear personal protective clothing. - [1910.120; 1910.141]
Whether Connecticut General Statutes section 38a-537 is preempted by ERISA section 514(a) or whether section 38a-537 is saved from preemption under ERISA section 514(b) as a law regulating insurance.
Building and/or facility owner notification requirements. - [1910.1001; 1926.1101]
Whether Minnesota Statutes section 61A.092 is preempted by ERISA section 514(a) or whether section 61A.092 is saved from preemption under ERISA section 514(b) as a law regulating insurance.
The coverage of the Hazard Communications Standard (HCS) to crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas condensate. - [1910.1200]
The requirements of a building owner for conducting a survey and the labeling of asbestos materials under the OSHA asbestos standard. - [1910.1001]
Classification of saliva in dental procedures under the bloodborne pathogens standard. - [1910.1030]
The activation of hoisting or dumping devices on haulage vehicles used in the construction industry. - [1926.601]
OSHA's policy regarding the use of scaffolds as fall arrest system anchors. - [1926.502]
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