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Whether the New Jersey Licensed Beverage Association Employee Benefit Plan (the Plan) a/k/a the New Jersey Licensed Beverage Association Group Health Benefits Program is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) within the meaning of section 3(40) of title I of ERISA and whether the Plan is subject to the applicable regulatory authority of the State of New Jersey or saved from such authority under the general preemption provision of section 514(a) of title I of ERISA.
Whether the Texas Panhandle Medical Group, Inc. (TPMG) is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) within the meaning of section 3(40) of title I of ERISA. Whether any action by the State of Texas to enforce its requirement that TPMG obtain a certificate of authority to transact insurance business would be deemed inconsistent with ERISA section 514(b)(6)(A)(ii).
Whether the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce Medical Benefits Trust (the Trust) is subject to state regulation of the Trust at least to the extent provided in section 514(b)(6)(A).
Full time contract personnel at plant facility considered "workplace employees" - [1910.120(q)(11)]
CPL 02-00-080 [CPL 2.80] - National - Handling of Cases To Be Proposed for Violation-By-Violation Penalties - 10/21/1990
Hazard communication program on site and standard covering electrical installation, maintenance or repair. - [1910.1200(e); 1910.331; 1910.332]
Whether the TAHA Employee Medical Trust (the Trust) sponsored by the Texas Association of Homes for the Aging (TAHA) is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) and, if so, whether the State of Texas can require the Trust under section 514(b)(6)(A)(ii) of that title to obtain a certificate of authority, and whether the preemption provisions of ERISA do not preclude state regulation of the Trust at least to the extent provided in section 514(b)(6)(A), regardless of whether it is an employee benefit plan covered by title I of ERISA, because it is a MEWA within the meaning of section 3(40) of that title.
Control systems used for emergency evacuation are required to be listed by Underwriter's Laboratories. - [1910.303; 1910.303(a)]
Point-of-operation guards for drill presses and lathes. - [1910.212(a)(1)]
Requirements for providing MSDS information for carcinogens which are a residue in a mixture - [1910.1200(d)(5)]
Quality control laboratories are not expected to be covered under the Laboratory Standard - [1910.1450]
Emergency eye and face wash products. - [1910.133]
The definition of a public service agency as contained in 203(x) of the FLSA is not applied to a contract fire service disticts.
Enforcement policy of not citing employees for violations for the safety and health standards.
Material Safety Data Sheets for methanol, windshield washer concentrate, and windshield washer solvent. - [1910.1200]
Ionizing radiation hazards in the workplace - [1910.1096; 1926.53]
Whether the International Health Care Benefits Trust (the Trust) is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) within the meaning of section 3(40) of title I of ERISA, and whether the preemption provisions of ERISA do not preclude state regulation of the Trust at least to the extent provided in section 514(b)(6)(A), regardless of whether it is an employee benefit plan covered by title I of ERISA, because it is a MEWA within the meaning of section 3(40) of that title.
Driver training and seat belt use. - [1975.1]
Fall Protection Standards for Pole Climbing. - [1926.501]
Blasters Circuit Testers. - [1926.906; 1910.109(e)(4)]
Hazard Communication Standard, pertinent to distributors of hazardous chemicals. - [1910.1200]
Whether the Kansas Independent Banker's Association, Inc. Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association Trust (the KIBA Trust) is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(1) of title I of ERISA and whether the KIBA Trust is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) within the meaning of section 3(40) of that title and whether the preemption provisions of ERISA do not preclude state regulation of the Trust at least to the extent provided in section 514(b)(6)(A), regardless of whether it is an employee benefit plan covered by title I of ERISA, because it is a MEWA within the meaning of section 3(40) of that title.
Incorporation of the Chemical Hygiene Plan (CHP) into current Hazard Communication and/or other related manuals - [1910.1450]
Clarification for Employee Alarm Systems. - [1910.165]
Coke Oven Emissions. - [1910.1029]
High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) Filters for Vacuum Cleaning. - [1910.1001; 1926.1101]
Interpretation of Standards. - [1910.252]
Training not required if employees not likely to be exposed to or participate in emergency response activities. - [1910.120]
Smoking and occupational exposure to asbestos - [1910.1001(i)(4); 1926.1101(j)(4)]
Whether the Kansas Society of Architects AIA Benefit Program Trust (the KSA Trust) is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(1) of title I of ERISA and whether the KSA Trust is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) within the meaning of section 3(40) of that title, and whether preemption provisions of ERISA preclude state regulation of the Trust at least to the extent provided in section 514(b)(6)(A).
Whether the Georgia Independent Automobile Dealers Association Employee Welfare Benefit Plan (the Plan) is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(1) of title I of ERISA and whether the Plan is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) within the meaning of section 3(40) of that title and therefore subject to regulation by the Georgia Insurance Commission, and whether preemption provisions of ERISA preclude state regulation of the Plan at least to the extent provided in section 514(b)(6)(A).
Whether the Kansas Dental Association Voluntary Employees’ Beneficiary Association Trust (the KDA Trust) is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(1) of title I of ERISA and whether the KDA Trust is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) within the meaning of section 3(40) of that title and whether preemption provisions of ERISA preclude state regulation of the KDA Trust at least to the extent provided in section 514(b)(6)(A).
Construction multi-employer worksites. - [1910.12(c); 1926; 1926.13; 1926.16]
Public sector performing outside employment for a private employer and section 7(p)(1) as applicable to public agencies.
Product endorsement policy and telephone headsets. - [1910.95; 1910.7]
Portam Process asbestos abatement equipment use for asbestos removal. - [1926.1101; 1926.1101(e); 1926.1101(g)(5)(i)]
Trailer mounted vacuum system and bagging station used in asbestos abatement. - [1926.1101(e)]
Laboratory Standard does not cover routine tests supporting production but non-routine, non-production-related tests are covered - [1910.1450]
Medical surveillance requirements of the formaldehyde standard - [1910.1048(l)]
Whether the Employee Benefit Trust (the Trust) a/k/a Georgia Health Care Association Trust is an employee welfare benefit plan covered under title I of ERISA, whether the Trust is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) within the meaning of section 3(40) of that title, and whether the State of Georgia is preempted under section 514 of that title from regulating the Trust.
Whether the Independent Contractors Association Welfare Benefit Trust (the Trust) is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) within the meaning of section 3(40) of title I of ERISA, and whether the Trust is subject to state regulation at least to the extent provided in section 514(b)(6)(A), regardless of whether it is an employee benefit plan covered by title I of ERISA, because it is a MEWA within the meaning of section 3(40) of that title.
Whether the Virginia Automobile Dealers Association Employee Welfare Benefits Plan (the VADA Program) is a multiple employer welfare arrangement within the meaning of section 3(40) of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and whether the VADA Program is subject to state regulation at least to the extent provided in section 514(b)(6)(A), regardless of whether it is an employee benefit plan covered by title I of ERISA, because it is a MEWA within the meaning of section 3(40) of that title.
Whether Consumer Association for Security and Health Medical Benefit Trust (the Trust) is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) within the meaning of section 3(40) of title of ERISA, and whether the Trust is subject to state regulation at least to the extent provided in section 514(b)(6)(A), regardless of whether it is an employee benefit plan covered by title I of ERISA, because it is a MEWA within the meaning of section 3(40) of that title.
Limitation on Enforcement of Certain Subsections of the Excavation Standard. - [1975.1; 1926.651(g)(1)(iii); 1926.651(g)(2)(i)]
OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard. - [1910.1200]
Considerations for "incidental" spills cleaned up by maintenance personnel to satisfy the definition of "emergency response" - [1910.120(a)(3)]
Applicability of Field Sanitation Standard to Reforestation Activities. - [1928.110]
Interpretation of "high degree of acute toxicity" under the laboratory standard - [1910.1450(e)(3)(viii); 1910.1450(b)]
Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code Handbook. - [1910.106; 1910.110]
Application of the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard to Specific Operations - [1910.120(q)]
OSHA acceptance and treatment of abatement methods specified in the proposed standard 1910.28, Fall Protection Systems. - [1910.28]
Regarding the application of the OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard to the labeling of fabricated products. - [1910.1200]
Use of a strobe light in lieu of an audible backup alarm. - [1926.602]
Training requirements for employees doing occasional maintenance or repair work on a disposal site - [1910.120(p)(7)]
Hazard Communication Standard - [1910.1200]
Where employees of a state or local government agency are performing activities that carry out the ongoing mission and day-to-day functions of the agency, rather than its management policies or the management policies of the state or political subdivision, such activities cannot be viewed as the type of duties contemplated by the 541 resgulations for exemption.
Clarification of 1910.184, Wire Rope Slings and their inspection. - [1910.184]
Radial saw guards and table saw guarding systems. - [1910.212]
A roofing company has questions regarding Travel time; Portal to portal; Travel all in a days work; Travel away from home; payment of overtime for two different rates of pay
Interpretation on whether "an equivalent electronic information system" could be used in lieu of MSDSs to satisfy the HCS. - [1910.1200(g)]
Interpretation of Substances With High Acute Toxicity as Used in the Occupational Exposures to Hazardous Chemicals in the Laboratory Standard - [1910.1450]
Repair/Rebuilding of UL Listed Equipment for Hazardous Locations. - [1910.303(a); 1910.399]
Fire brigades and portable fire extinguishers standards. - [1910.156; 1910.38; 1910.39]
Whether the proposed investment by two self-directed IRAs in a condominium unit violates the prohibited transaction provision of section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code.
CPL 02-00-088 [CPL 2.88] - National - Information Dissemination System for Ergonomic Inspections and Consultative Visits Resulting in Significant Benefits. - 07/02/1990
Guidelines for the preparation of warning labels for carbon and graphite electrical products. - [1910.1200]
Whether the Employee Stock Purchase Plan provides retirement income or result in a deferral of income to termination of employment or beyond, and would be considered a pension plan within the meaning of section 3(2)(A) of ERISA.
The letter analyses whether a provider may charge a fee to disabled employees to support training programs. The letter concludes that a provider may charge clients for services that are unrelated to their employment in a work program.
Application of the formaldehyde standard, 1910.1048, to private medical school personnel. - [1910.1048]
The laboratory standard does not apply to a pharmacy operation mixing cytotoxic drugs. - [1910.1450(a)(1)]
Brake drawbar drag requirements for forklifts. - [1910.178(a)(2)]
Whether the Alarm Association of Florida Health and Welfare Benefit Plan (the Plan) is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(1) of title I of ERISA and whether the preemption provisions of section 514 of that title preempt state regulation of the Plan.
Whether purchases of stock of the Regis Group Incorporated (Regis) by various self-directed individual retirement accounts for which Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated (Baird), a wholly owned subsidiary of Regis, is the prototype sponsor is prohibited under the prohibited transaction provisions of section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code).
Whether The Derby Association Trust, Inc. (the Trust) is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) within the meaning of section 3(40) of title I of ERISA, and whether the preemption provisions of section 514 of that title preempt state regulation of the Trust.
Whether the Group Rental Insurance Plan Medical Trust (the Trust) is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) within the meaning of section 3(40) of title I of ERISA.
Whether MDPEBP is an employee benefit plan covered by title I of ERISA and whether the ability of the State of Texas to regulate MDPEBP is preempted by ERISA section 514(b)(6)(A).
Concerning the conditions under which material data safety sheets are required. - [1910.1200]
Interpretation of OSHA standards 1910.261(a)(1) and 1910.261(a)(4)(ii). - [1910.261; 1910.261(a)(1); 1910.261(a)(4)(ii)]
OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard. - [1910.1200]
First Aid treatment required within 3 to 4 minutes of injury. - [1926.106(d)]
Ventilation for an anhydrous ammonia refrigeration system. - [1910.134; 1910.307(b); 1910.1000; 1910.1200]
Crane equipped with a torque converter. - [1926.550(g)(3)(ii)(D)]
Respirator rules as applied to open hatch gauging of sour crude oil storage tanks. - [1910.134]
Use of NFPA 1124-1988 when inspecting Fireworks Manufacturing Facilities. - [1910.109]
Provision of computer generated or FAX transmission MSDSs - [1910.1200(g)(9); 1910.1200(g)(10)]
Enforcement Guidance - 29 CFR 1910.272(i)(2) - Standard for Grain Handling Facilities - [1910.272(i)(2)]
Whether a plan administrator, under certain circumstances, can be relieved of the notification requirements of the health care continuation provisions of Part 6 of title I, which were originally enacted by title X of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA).
Orthodontics wires considered as "sharps" under CPL 2-2.69 - [1910.141]
Inspecting and maintaining fire extinguishers. - [1910.157(e)(1); 1910.157(e)(3)]
Application of the HCS MSDS requirements to distributors selling hazardous chemicals to consumers and employers. - [1910.1200]
Availability of MSDSs on Construction Sites - [1926.59 ; 1910.1200(e)(2); 1910.1200(g)(8)]
Formaldehyde standard and private medical school personnel - [1910.1048]
Regarding labeling requirements order the OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard. - [1910.1200]
Whether the Continental Association of Resolute Employers Trust (CARE Trust) is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(1) of title I of ERISA and whether the CARE Trust is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) within the meaning of section 3(40) of that title.
Whether the Uihleen Mercy Center's three employee benefit plans are church plans within the meaning of section 3(33) of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and thereby excluded from the jurisdiction of the Department of Labor (the Department) by section 4(b)(2) of title I of ERISA.
Whether several employee benefit plans for individuals employed at the Gwynedd Mercy College constitute church plans within the meaning of section 3(33) of title I of ERISA and, accordingly, whether the plans are excluded from the requirements of title I of ERISA by section 4(b)(2) thereof.
Public sector employee substitution of workdays under section 7(p)(3) and public agencies, overtime pay, and 207K work period for law enforcement
Whether Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) applies to a nonqualified plan of deferred compensation which CSX proposes to adopt and maintain primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees.
OSHA requires a minimum of 2 and at least 10% blanks be taken for all samples regardless of purpose. - [1910.1001 App A; 1926.1101 App A; 1915.1001 App A]
Flammable and Combustible liquids. - [1910.106]
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