Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs
Excludes Many Federal Agencies From Collective Bargaining Coverage
What it does
Agency heads must implement exclusions by reassigning affected employees, ending grievance and arbitration participation, and submitting reports identifying additional security-related subdivisions.
Real-world impact
- Removes collective bargaining coverage for many federal agency subdivisions.
- Agency heads must reassign certain employees to only agency business.
- Ends agency involvement in pending grievances, arbitrations, and unfair labor cases.
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Summary
This order removes many federal departments and subdivisions from the government’s federal labor-management programs because they perform intelligence, investigative, or national security work. It amends a prior executive order to list specific agencies and offices now excluded from collective bargaining coverage.
Agency leaders must reassign affected employees to perform only agency business and stop participating in pending grievance, arbitration, or unfair labor proceedings. The Secretaries of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Transportation receive special authority, and agency heads must report additional security-related subdivisions within 30 days.
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