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This letter provides guidance on the 12 weeks of leave; and the FMLA leave running concurrently with workers' compensation.
This letter provides guidance on the relationship of FMLA to Workers' Compensation; and "Light Duty" jobs.
This letter provides guidance on the effective date of FMLA for employers with CBA's.
Whether PTE 80-26 is applicable to a loan to a plan which is used solely for the payment of benefits to a beneficiary of such plan in accordance with the terms of a QDRO, provided all of the other conditions of the exemption are met.
Whether the Screen Actors Guild, Inc. (SAG) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) Industry Advancement and Cooperative Fund provides benefits to its participants and beneficiaries and is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(1) of Title I of ERISA.
Clarification of electric power generators, transmission and distribution standard. - [1910.269]
OSHA's policy for inspections related to the Process Safety Management standard. - [1910.119]
Process Safety Management - Threshold quantity is determined on the amount of HHC in the process. - [1910.119]
The coverage of household products in a small group home. - [1910.1200]
Whether New York Labor Law section 193 (McKinney 1986) (Section 193) is preempted by section 514(a) of Title I of ERISA to the extent that Section 193 requires employee benefit plans covered by Title I of ERISA to secure written authorization for employee elective deferrals from their wages.
Order of testing for permit spaces. - [1910.146]
The Process Safety Management (PSM) of Highly Hazardous Chemicals (HHC) standard. - [1910.119]
Whether the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) Group Legal Expense Insurance Plan is an "employee welfare benefit plan" within the meaning of section 3(1) of ERISA.
Whether the Air Line Pilots Association, International Group Loss of License Disability Income and the ALPA Group Extended Total Disability Income Insurance Plan are "employee welfare benefit plans" within the meaning of section 3(1) of ERISA.
Rollover protective structures for the Cary-Lift model. - [1910]
Management and supervisors' training required in paragraph (e)(4) of the standard. - [1910.120]
This letter provides guidance on hours worked as a temporary employee counted for employee eligibility; joint employment; and the relationship to Tennessee state family leave law.
Carbon Monoxide or High Temperature Alarm Requirement for Portable Breathing Air Compressors. - [1910.134(i)(7)]
Appropriate quality standards for PPE. - [1910.1030]
Whether the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) Group Term Life Insurance Plan is an "employee welfare benefit plan" within the meaning of section 3(1) of ERISA.
Whether the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA), Group Accident and Sickness Insurance Plan is an "employee welfare benefit plan" within the meaning of section 3(1) of ERISA.
Whether the Air Line Pilots Association, International Group Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance Plan is an "employee welfare benefit plan" within the meaning of section 3(1) of ERISA.
HHC's as it applies to employer obligation to obtain and evaluate information regarding the contract employer's safety performance and programs. - [1910.119]
An employee-employer relationship will not exist between the students and the school in cases where graduate students in a graduate school are engaged in research in the course of obtaining advanced degrees and research is performed under the supervision of a faculty member in a research environment provided by the institution under a grant or contract.
MSDSs must be distributed to customer with shipment of chemical. - [1910.1200]
Process Safety Management Standard (PSM) of Highly Hazardous Chemicals (HHCs) standard. - [1910.119]
HHC's as it applies to pulp and paper industry processes that contain chlorine dioxide. - [1910.119]
Applicability of 1910.1030 to establish human cell lines. - [1910.1030]
Whether the Freedom Spirit program offered by Unitec Association which is insured by The Centennial Life Insurance Company is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) within the meaning of section 3(40) of Title I of ERISA.
Whether inclusion of employees of The Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning in the County Employees Retirement Systems (CERS), a retirement system administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems to provide retirement benefits to employees of counties and school boards in the State of Kentucky, would affect the status of CERS as a governmental plan within the meaning of section 3(32) of Title I of ERISA.
The 13(a)(1) exemption is not affected in any workween when employees perform no work and they are not paid their full salaries.
Rest and break periods are for the benefit of the employer and fully compensable under the FLSA.
Clarifications of the OSHA standards 1910.109 and 1910.119. - [1910.109; 1910.119]
Cadmium biological monitoring. - [1910.1027; 1915.1027; 1926.1127]
Spray finishing using flammable and combustible materials. - [1910.107]
Clarification of the terms "direct staring" and "incidental observing". - [1926.54(j)]
Whether the Appalachian Regional Commission Pension Plan is a governmental plan within the meaning of Title I of ERISA and thus is excluded by section 4(b)(1) from coverage by the requirements of Title I of ERISA.
Decontamination of a plush carpet surface after a spill. - [1910.1030; 1910.1030(d)(4)(ii)(A)]
HHC's as it applies to exterior, interior tanks. - [1910.119]
Highly Hazardous Chemical's anhydrous ammonia (NH(3)). - [1910.119]
Applicability of OSHA's PRCS standard to gas industry. - [1910.146; 1975.1]
HHC standard as it applies to threshold quantity. - [1910.119]
A profit-sharing plan that provides incentives for increases in production must be included in the regular rate of pay under nondiscretionary bonuses according to 29 CFR §§778.208, 778.208, and 778.211.
Applied the hours worked criteria for training contained in 29 CFR §§ 785.27-785.32 and found there was insufficient information provided to determine that the off duty physical training was compensable.
Where employee is required to accept a meal provided the employer, WHD will take no enforcement position, provided that the employer takes 3m credit for no more than the actual cost incurred.
Highly Hazardous Chemicals, types of hardware that see contact with explosives. - [1910.119]
Respirator Exhalation Valve Leakage. - [1910.134]
OSHA's does not enforce the physical qualification requirements of ANSI standards. - [1910.6]
Whether certain benefit arrangements for the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) a/k/a Princeton Theological Seminary's employees are church plans within the meaning of section 3(33) of Title I of ERISA.
OSHA regulation requiring foot protection for employees exposed to falling object hazards. - [1926.95]
Highly Hazardous Chemicals as it applies to aqueous solutions of hydrofluoric acid. - [1910.119]
This letter provides guidance on the substitution of paid leave as FMLA leave.
Bloodborne pathogens standard applies to employees performing maintenance activities which involve making or keeping a structure, fixture, or foundation. - [1910.1030]
Informing BAT staff of guidelines for completing certificates
Hearing conservation standard questions. - [1910.95]
Permit Required Confined Space Standard as it relates to rescue services. - [1910.146]
Alternative procedures for the non-entry rescue provision. - [1910.146]
Recapping of contaminated needles. - [1910.1030]
Whether, in complying with the notice requirement imposed by section 606(a)(1) of ERISA, with respect to the continuation of coverage provisions, such group health plans must provide the required notice not only to the covered employee, but also, in all cases, to the spouse of such employee, regardless of whether the spouse is covered under the group health plan.
Highly Hazardous Chemicals as it applies to what constitutes the boundaries of a process. - [1910.119]
Format change/consolidation of WDs. Also, emphasizes use of SCA Directory of Occupations and contractor responsibility for properly matching work performed to WD classifications
Occupational health hazards to veterinarians. - [1910.1000; 1910.1200; 1910.1030; 1910.101]
Bags for collecting and disposing of asbestos waste. - [1910.1001(k)(6); 1926.1101(l)(2)]
HAZWOPER and Asbestos standards apply to any emergency response to an uncontrolled hazardous substance release involving the presence of asbestos. - [1910.120; 1926.1101]
Is a physician's order required before performing blood testing on a source individual after consent is obtained. - [1910.1030]
Labeling required if the content of cadmium is 0.1 percent or greater. - [1910.1027]
Breathing air: testing and carbon monoxide alarm. - [1910.134(i)]
The employer should make the determination whether the reusable or the disposable device better satisfies requirements of Bloodborne Pathogens standard. - [1910.1030]
Highly Hazardous Chemicals as it applies to threshold quantity (TQ) of HHCs. - [1910.119]
Mechanical power press brake system monitoring requirements. - [1910.217]
Whether the Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers Joint Apprenticeship Trust or the Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers Maintenance and Hazardous Waste Agreements Trust are employee welfare benefit plans within the meaning of section 3(1) of Title I of ERISA, and if so, whether any ERISA reporting requirements are applicable to the plans.
Whether certain benefit arrangements for employees of the Presbyterian Homes of the Presbytery of Huntingdon are church plans within the meaning of section 3(33) of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
Whether St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida, a medical facility of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, New York, benefit arrangements are church plans within the meaning of section 3(33) of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
This letter provides guidance on the FMLA and reasonable accommodations.
This letter provides guidance on the use of accrued compensatory time off for public employees while of FMLA leave.
Boat captain be considered the employer of divers if the captian had the power to exercise control over the divers. - [1905.11]
Whether containers which meet the criteria of the U.S. Department of Transportation Infectious Substance Regulations. - [1910.1030]
Wet floors due to weather conditions or the entry of vehicles containing melting snow. - [1910.22]
Whether benefit arrangements for employees of Morningside Ministries, an institution organized by the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas, the Southwest Conference of the United Methodist Church, and the Southwest Presbyterian Church of San Antonio, are church plans within the meaning of section 3(33) of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
Whether benefit arrangements for the Lutheran Social Services--East Region (LSSER) in Lititz, Pennsylvania, an institution of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America employees are church plans within the meaning of section 3(33) of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
The wearing of gloves during routine vena punctures. - [1910.1030]
Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) requirements. - [1910.1200]
Highly Hazardous Chemicals standard, Tertiary Butyl Hydroperoxide (TBHP). - [1910.119]
Secondary container for a specimen. - [1910.1030]
Standard requirements for eyewash and shower equipment, personnel and other protective equipment and air circulation fans, used in an automotive battery charging area. - [1910.132; 1910.133; 1910.151; 1910.178; 1910.303; 1910.307]
Toeboard requirements on walkways over interior of a water tank. - [1910.23]
Application of the 13(b)(1) exemption to employees engaged in activities directly affecting the safe operation of motor vehicles on public highways in interstate commerce.
This letter provides guidance on the substitution of paid leave as FMLA leave.
Proper procedures for stacking materials at construction sites. - [1910.176; 1926.250]
Safety Procedures During Gunite and Shotcrete Pool Construction. - [1926.652]
This letter provides guidance on the FMLA and maternity leave.
Reinforcing steel of any diameter and any length must be guarded. - [1926.701(b)]
Whether certain benefit arrangements for employees of Lancaster-Mennonite Hospitals, a mental health facility in Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania, which is an institution of the Mennonite Church, are church plans within the meaning of section 3(33) of Title I of ERISA.
This letter provides guidance on multi-employer health plans.
Permit-Required Confined Spaces standard. - [1910.146]
Removal from service criteria for wire rope slings. - [1910.184]
Stair units manufactured to be used as an integral part of the welded frame scaffolds system. - [1926 Subpart X]
Whether benefit arrangements for employees of The Nazareth Hospital, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which is an institution of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, Immaculate Conception Province, are church plans within the meaning of section 3(33) of Title I of ERISA.
Whether benefit arrangements for employees of the St. Peter's Hospital, an institution of the Religious Sisters of Mercy, and of other related institutions of the Order are church plans within the meaning of section 3(33) of Title I of ERISA.
Whether the benefit arrangements for Messiah Home, a retirement community located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, that is an institution of the Brethren in Christ Church, employees are church plans within the meaning of section 3(33) of Title I of ERISA.
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