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Interim response to the intent of "advance first-aid" mentioned in 1910.120(q)(3)(vi). - [1910.120(q)(3)(vi)]
Red Baron Negative Air Enclosure System - [1926.58(e)(6)]
Whether the MDPhysicians & Associates, Inc. Employee Benefit Plan (MDPEBP) is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(1) of title I of ERISA and whether MDPEBP is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) within the meaning of section 3(40) of that title. Whether MDPEBP 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.
Clarification of 29 CFR 1910.1047(h)(2) Requirements for Emergency EtO Limit - [1910.1047]
The use of flammable and combustible liquids in dip tanks. - [1910.106; 1910.123; 1910.124; 1910.125; 1910.126]
Whether the Washington Convention Center Employees' Retirement Plan (the "Plan") is a "governmental plan" within the meaning of section 3(32) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), and whether the Plan is excluded from ERISA title I coverage by reason of section 4(b)(l) of ERISA.
Whether the Missouri Pacific Employees' Health Association (MPEHA) is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(1) of title I of ERISA.
Training requirements in 29 CFR 1910.120 concerning hazardous waste cleanup operations. - [1910.120; 1910.120(e)]
Drivers of school buses owned and operated by school districts do not qualify for the 13(b)(1) exemption and are entitled to overtime compensation as provided by the FLSA.
Whether Plan No. 506, Employee Accident and Sickness Program (Plan 506), which Blue Cross/Blue Shield of West Virginia (Blue Cross) offers to employees whose employers will make it available through payroll deductions, is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(1) of title I of ERISA.
Interpretation of OSHA's Fire Brigade Standard concerning the use of SCBAs by incipient stage fire brigade members - [1910.155(c)(26); 1910.156]
Whether the Affiliated Food Stores, Inc. Group 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 (a) the proposed Flat Top Coal Benefits Trust (the Trust), if established, will be an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(1) of title I of ERISA, (b) the Trust will be a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) within the meaning of section 3(40) of title I of ERISA, (c) any ERISA obligations will be applicable to the Trust; and (d) any ERISA obligations will apply to either the Flat Top Insurance Agency (the Agency) or the Flat Top National Bank of Bluefield (the Bank).
Application of 1910.120 to cleanup of nuclear and hazardous waste - [1910.120]
Effectiveness of the Glove Box for removal of asbestos-containing pipe insulation. - [1926.1101(g)(5)(iv)]
Letter to Diesel Fuel Manufacturers - [1910.1200]
Hazard Communication Standard. - [1910.1200]
Underground Storage Tanks - [1910.120]
Whether a contribution by an employer of real property to an employee stock ownership plan violates the prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
Whether: (1) the acquisition or sale of G & O common stock by the Plan from or to parties in interest will not violate the provisions of sections 406 and 407 of ERISA by reason of section 408(e) of ERISA, and (2) an acquisition or sale of G & O common stock by the Plan that otherwise satisfies the requirements of section 408(e) will not constitute a prohibited transaction by reason of purchases and sales of G & O common stock by persons other than the Plan at the formula price described in the Stockholder’s Agreement.
Machine guarding for drilling operations. - [1910 Subpart O; 1910.212(a)(1)]
HCS on Hazard warnings required on product labels - [1910.1200(f)]
DOL advised agencies fo FLSA Amendments raising the minimum wage and its effect on DBA and SCA contracts
Clarification explaining that chest X-rays be retained in their original form. - [1910.1020(c)(6)(i)(B); 1910.1020(d)(2)]
Clarification of OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) as it applies to independent contractors operating in beauty salons. - [1910.1200]
Mechanical power-transmission apparatus: compliance with current consensus standards. - [1910.219]
Specification for Lower Blade Guards for Radial Arm Saws - [1910.213(h)(1)]
An engine overhaul work station being developed. - [1910.179(n)(3)(vi)]
Observation of monitoring requirement at 1910.95(f) in the occupational noise exposure standard - [1910.95(f)]
Requirements relating to spirometry contained in the cotton dust standard at 1910.1043 Appendix D. - [1910.1043]
Dole v. Steelworkers, Supreme Court decision - [1910.1200]
The listing requirements in the U.S. for Industrial Packaging equipment. - [1910.302; 1910.303(b)(2); 1910.308; 1910.399]
The employees of the street department who also worked as volunteer firefighters did not do so on an occasional or sporadic basis as required in section 7(p)(2), so their hours of work for the city as firefighters must be combined with their hours worked for the street department in computing proper FLSA overtime.
Opines that those nonexempt employees who work this schedule must be paid one and one-half times their regular rate of pay for hours worked over 40 in a workweek. Also notes that section 207(o) authorizes a public agency to provide compensatory time off within certain limintations.
Training requirements under 1910.120 for General firefighters and police officers - [1910.120(a)(3); 1910.120(q)(6)]
CPL 02-00-087 [CPL 2.87] - National - Inspection Procedures for Enforcing the Excavation Standard, 29 CFR 1926, Subpart P - 02/20/1990
Application of the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to Independent beauty salon Contractors - [1975.3; 1910.1200(b)]
Whether the voluntary unemployment compensation disability plan (the Plan) of the Measurex Corporation, Measurex Systems, Inc., and Measurex Automation Systems, Inc., is excluded from coverage under title I of ERISA by section 4(b)(3) of ERISA.
Whether the F/V Inshore Group Health Plan (the Plan) is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(1) of title I of ERISA and therefore must comply with that title, and the Plan is subject to state regulation at least to the extent provided in section 514(b)(6)(A) regardless of whether the Plan is an employee benefit plan covered by title I of ERISA.
Whether the Physicians and Hospitals Benefits Trust (PHBT) is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(1) of title I of ERISA and whether PHBT is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) within the meaning of section 3(40) of that title, and whether PHBT 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 13(40) of that title.
The transmittal of material safety data sheets (MSDS). - [1910.1200]
29 CFR 1910.1020 Application to Workplace Drug Testing Results. - [1910.1020; 1910.1020(c)]
Jurisdiction over Tank Car Drivers and Helpers. - [1975.1]
Clarification of whether employee emergency action or fire prevention plans need to be in written form. - [1910.38; 1910.39; 1910.38(b); 1910.39(b)]
OSHA requirements for cleaning chemicals. - [1910.1200]
The hazard communication standard requirements for food or food additives. - [1910.1200(b)(5)(ii); 1910.1200(b)(6)(v)]
The issuance of citations by OSHA to A. Gustaf Bryngelson of Rupert, Idaho. - [1928.110; 1928.110(c)(4); 1928.110(c)(4)(i); 1928.110(c)(4)(ii); 1928.110(c)(4)(iii); 1928.110(c)(4)(iv); 1928.110(c)(4)(v)]
Compensable hours worked by trooper recruits attenting trainings at training academy and 29 CFR 553.226(c)
Regarding HO 17 excavation operations and Student learners exception; child labor occupations
Employees paid under incentive compensation system due addtional half-time premium for overtime hours worked.
Hazard Communication Standard. - [1910.1200(g); 1910.1200(g)(6)(i); 1910.1200(f); 1910.1200(h)]
Use of Air-Purifying Respirators In Dangerous Concentrations of Gases Or Vapors - [1910.134; 1910.134(c); 1910.134(d); 1910.134(g); 1910.134(h); 1910.134(k)]
Application of certain provisions of 1910.120 in light of specific emergency response requirements under RCRA. - [1910.120]
Procedures a demolition and salvage constructor could employ in lieu of providing material safety data sheets for specific metals. - [1910.1200(g); 1910.1200(h)]
Provision of MSDSs for consumer products used in the workplace - [1910.1200(g)(7)]
Use of horizontal members of the end frames of metal scaffolds as safe access. - [1910.28; 1910.29]
Definition of "article" under the HCS in reference to medical supplies and devices. - [1910.1200]
Certification of Nurse Call Systems - [1910.303(a)]
Clarification on OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard. - [1910.1200]
Exemption of employees who work at the perimeter of a hazardous waste site from training requirements of 1910.120(e). - [1910.120(e)]
Retention requirements for x-rays. - [1910.1020]
Policy determination on military and uniquely military exemptions for the U. S. Coast Guard. - [1960.2]
Asbestos and the Hazard Communication Standard - [1926.59 ; 1926.58]
Benzene Standard - Clarification of scope as pertains to Gasoline operations. - [1910.1028(a)(2)(i)]
Whether the Indian River Association of Free Will Baptists, Inc. Employee Benefit Trust is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) within the meaning of section 3(40) of title I of ERISA and therefore subject to state regulation to the extent provided in section 514(b)(6)(A) of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
CPL 02-00-086 [CPL 2.86] - National - Memorandum of Understanding Between the OSHA and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission - 12/22/1989
Respiratory Protection Tables - [1910.1028; 1910.1025]
Village zoning inspector is not subject to civil service laws and excluded from coverage under FLSA section 3(e)(2)(c).
Noise inspection conducted at Robben's Roost, Louisville, Kentucky. - [1910.95]
Audiometric earphones to be reviewed for acceptability for audiometric testing. - [1910.95(h)(2)]
Interpretation of 1926.1101, training and medical surveillance as condition of employment. - [1926.1101]
Requirements under the formaldehyde standard for quick drench showers, eye wash facilities, emergency plans and sampling. - [1910.1048]
Whether the National Business Association Trust (NBAT) is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) within the meaning of section 3(40) of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and whether it is subject to state regulation at least to the extent provided in section 514(b)(6)(A)).
Whether the Associated Benefits Trust (ABT) is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) within the meaning of section 3(40) of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and whether it is subject to state regulation at least to the extent provided in section 514(b)(6)(A).
Carcinogen labeling requirements of the Hazard Communication Standard. - [1910.1200(f)]
Retention requirements for orthopedic x-rays. - [1910.1020(b)]
Application for permanent variance from 1926.451(a)(4) and 1926.451(b)(11) - [1926.451(a)(4); 1926.451(b)(4); 1905.11(b)(4)]
Temperature control devices for use in the grain elevator industry. - [1910.272]
Training requirements of 1910.120 - [1910.120]
Identification of a standard threshold shift (STS) for individuals with a very poor sense of hearing. - [1910.95(g)(10)]
OSHA standards that may apply to one-man radio-controlled locomotives in the steel industry. - [1910.261]
Monitoring employee exposures to airborne benzene. - [1910.1028]
Applicability of the Field Sanitation Standard. - [1928.110]
Whether the Hinds County General Hospital's welfare benefit plans for employees are governmental plans within the meaning of section 3(32) of title I of ERISA.
Whether the payment of performance-based compensation to Alliance Capital Management L.P. by employee benefit plans will result in a violation of section 406(b) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) or section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. This letter supersedes ERISA Opinion No. 89-28A, which contained a misstatement of fact, which had no bearing on the opinion expressed therein.
Interpretation on the application of 1910.120 to clean-up of water-borne releases of hazardous substances. - [1910.120]
Two different design requirements for handrail and scaffolding. - [1926.451(a)(1); 1926.451(g)(4)(vii)]
Whether the Department's regulations at 29 CFR §2550.408b-1 requires that loans be made available to plan participants and beneficiaries who are not "parties in interest'' with respect to the plan.
Whether the United Company Profit-Sharing and Retirement Plan Investment Committee may retain the United Investment Corporation (UIC) as investment manager for the Plan, and that the Plan may pay UIC for such services, without violating sections 404 and 406 of title I of ERISA or section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Whether certain loan transactions will affect the character of the Quanex Corporation Supplemental Benefit Plan under sections 201(2), 301(a)(3), and 401(a)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA" or the "Act").
Whether the payment of performance-based compensation to Alliance Capital Management Corporation by employee benefit plans will result in a violation of section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) or section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Whether the proposed merger of three multiemployer pension plans sponsored by the Textile Workers Pension Fund would violate sections 403( c)(1) and 404(a)(1) of ERISA and whether it is a prohibited transaction under section 406 of ERISA.
Whether the operation of the Walgreen Co. Irrevocable Grantor Trust causes the Walgreen Co. Supplemental Profit-Sharing Plan to be other than "unfunded" under section 4(b)(5) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
Whether the Connecticut Association of Residential Facilities (CARF) Employees' Benefit Trust is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(1) of title I of ERISA. Whether the CARF which maintains the Trust is an employee organization or employer under sections 3(4) and 3(5) of ERISA.
Cumulative trauma disorder risk factor abatement
Whether the Home Builders Association of New Hampshire Benefits Trust is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(1) of Title I of ERISA. Whether the Association is an employee organization or employer under sections 3(4) and 3(5) of ERISA.
29 CFR 1910.120 Application to Underground Storage Tanks at Service Stations - [1910.120]
OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard. - [1926.59 ; 1910.1200(h)]
Policy change regarding the scope of coverage of the field sanitation standard. - [1928.110]
Hospital technicians required to attend HCS training and a clarification of coverage of pharmaceuticals under the HCS. - [1910.1200(h)]
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