Ensuring Transparency, Accountability, and Efficiency in Taxpayer-Funded Union Time Use
Agencies Must Limit and Track Taxpayer-Funded Union Time
What it does
Agencies must require advance authorization, monitor and report taxpayer-funded union time, and enforce limits and discipline for unauthorized use.
Real-world impact
- Requires agencies to publicly report employees' job titles, pay, and union time hours.
- Targets a bargaining-unit average of one hour or less of union time.
- Allows agencies to discipline employees who use union time without prior authorization.
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Summary
This order requires federal agencies to restrict, monitor, and publicly report the use of taxpayer-funded union time so such paid union activities are reasonable, necessary, and in the public interest. Agencies must require advance written authorization for union time, track hours and costs, and publish annual summaries through the Office of Personnel Management.
The order also sets employee rules: employees must spend at least 75% of paid time on agency work, may not lobby during paid time, and can face discipline for unauthorized union time.
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