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Steps Can Be Taken To Improve Federal Labor-Management Relations and Reduce the Number and Costs of Unfair Labor Practice Charges

FPCD-83-5 Published: Nov 05, 1982. Publicly Released: Nov 05, 1982.
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Highlights

GAO reported on the efficiency of the unfair labor practice (ULP) process under the Civil Service Reform Act to determine the nature of ULP charges and complaints and to identify ways to avoid them.

Recommendations

Recommendations for Executive Action

Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Office of Personnel Management The Director of OPM, to help prevent situations giving rise to ULP's, should develop guidelines for agencies to use in assessing managers' labor relations performance, where appropriate, and in implementing systems to monitor and evaluate the ULP process.
Closed – Implemented
OPM is developing detailed guidance for appraising employees but this guidance does not specifically address labor relations. OPM believes it is the agency's responsibility to address such specifics. No further followup is necessary since two of the three recommendations were adopted and followup on this recommendation alone would not be worthwhile.
Office of Personnel Management The Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), to help situations giving rise to ULP's, should work with the General Counsel of FLRA to determine how ULP information accumulated by FLRA can best be used to monitor and evaluate the ULP process.
Closed – Implemented
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Federal Labor Relations Authority The Federal labor Relations Authority (FLRA) should require the parties involved in alleged ULP's to hold discussions to try to informally resolve issues before having a formal ULP charge investigated by FLRA.
Closed – Implemented
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

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Topics

Government Operations
Civil serviceCollective bargainingCost controlDispute settlementsGovernment employee unionsLabor relationsWorking conditionsUnfair labor practicesPrivate sectorPersonnel management