The plan gives the workers the benefit of the doubt in asserting that certain illnesses are occupationally related.
But the City Council never approved the plan, so the workers who went over to the Fire Department will now go back to the Buildings Department.
Without a penalty, said the law's supporters, an asset stripper could take over a pension plan, fire the workers and pocket the surplus.
"The biggest savings for the employers, and the reason they're so devoted to the business plan, is the workers' comp and the tax stuff.
[C1.] Inquiry Into Halliburton Finds Pension Violations A federal investigation of Halliburton's pension plans has uncovered three violations, including charging some costs of Halliburton's executive pension and bonus plans to the workers' pension fund, correspondence from the Labor Department shows.
After reviewing the plans with the workers, Ms. Winsor, 50, supervised them as they laid out two-by-fours for the front and back walls and then hammered the studs and plates together with three-inch nails.
To assure a steady supply of loyal farmworkers, who are recruited from two villages in Mexico, Mr. Cole provides benefits including trips home for two or three months at a time and 401(k) plans, matching the workers' contributions.
When a child is the subject of a child protection plan, the social worker only has to see the child once every two weeks.
Originally, the plan was for the workers to return, though that idea evaporated in the 1970s when Germany allowed workers' families to move here, said Gunter Piening, an official who deals with integration and migration issues for Berlin.
A spokeswoman for the I.N.S. said there was no plan to help the workers yet because, technically, they are still employed.
