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59 FLRA No. 169
AFGE, Local 2006 and Social Security Administration (Phelan, Arbitrator) 0-AR-3775 (Decided May 13, 2004)
The Arbitrator sustained a grievance claiming that the grievant's suggestion for lowering the Agency's energy costs was improperly evaluated under the Agency's Employee Suggestion Program (ESP), and that the Agency violated the parties' agreement by denying the grievant's request for a monetary award. Pursuant to the ESP, the Arbitrator ordered the Agency to pay the grievant $8,995. The Authority denied the Union's exceptions rejecting the allegations that the award was contrary to law, rule or regulation, that it failed to draws its essence from the parties' agreement, or that it was based on nonfacts.