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	Labor-Management Relations Glossary Index A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W          Download PDF version of this glossary.     Download Adobe Acrobat Reader . This page contains a complete list of the Labor-Management Relations terms defined in this glossary. You may jump directly to the specific page you are looking for by using the alphabet shortcut bar above, or you may browse the remainder of ths page for specific terms. Throughout the glossary, links have been provided to specific FLRA cases, U.S. Code, and the Code of Federal Regulations. Additional information on FLRA cases and U.S. Code can be found on FLRA's Web site at www.flra.gov; and on the Code of Federal Regulations at www/access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.aspl. A Abrogation Test Accretation Actions During Emergencies Agency Agency Head Review Agency Shop Agreement, Negotiated Amendment of Certification Petition American Arbitration Association (AAA) Applicable Laws Appropriate Arrangement Appropriate Unit (Bargaining Unit) Arbitration Arbitrator Assign Employees Assign Work Authority Automatic Renewal Clause B Back Pay Bargaining (Negotiating) Bargaining Agent Bargaining Impasse Bargaining Unit Bargaining Unit Structure BEP Test Binding Arbitration Budget Bypass C Carveout Certification Certification Bar Challenged Ballots Chief Steward Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA) Clarification of Unit Petition Classification Act Employees Collective Bargaining Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) Compelling Need Conciliation Conditions of Employment (COE) Confidential Employee Consultation Contract Bar Contracting Out "Covered By" Doctrine D Decertification Decertification Petition Direct Employees Discipline Discretion Dues Withholding (Checkoff) Dues Withholding Recognition Duration Clause (Term of Agreement Duty of Fair Representation Duty to Bargain E Election Agreement Election Bar Employee Equivalent Status Exceptions to Arbitration Awards Excessive Interference Exclusive Recognition Exclusive Representative Executive Order 12871 Executive Order 13201 External Limitations on the Exercise of Management's Rights F Fair Representation, Duty of Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) Federal Service Impasses Panel (FSIP or Panel) Federal Service Labor- Management Relations Statute (FSLMRS) Final-Offer Interest Arbitration Formal Discussion Free Speech G General Counsel Good Faith Bargaining Governmentwide Regulations Grievance Grievance Arbitration Grievance Procedure H Hire Employees I Impasse I&I (Impact and Implementation) Bargaining Information Interest Interest Arbitration Interest-Based Bargaining (IBB) Internal Security Practices Intervention/Intervenor Investigatory Examination L Labor Organization Layoff Employees M Management Official Management Rights Mediation Med-Arb Methods and Means Midterm Bargaining Mission of the Agency N National Consultation Rights (NCR) Negotiability Disputes Negotiated Grievance Procedure (NGP) Number of Employees of an Agency O Objections to Election Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Official Time Open Period Organization P Panel Particularized Need Past Practice (Established Practice) Partnership Pay Permissive Subjects of Bargaining Personnel by which Agency Operations are Conducted Procedures Q Question Concerning Representation (QCR) R Reopener Clause Representation Election Representational Functions Representation Issues Repudiation of Agreement Retain Employees S Scope of Bargaining Security Work Select (With Respect to Filling Positions) Shifts Showing of Interest (SOI) Staffing Patterns Standards of Conduct for Labor Organizations Steward Successorship Supervisor T Technology, Methods and Means of Performing Work U Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Union Union-Initiated Midterm Bargaining on New Matters Unit Unit Consolidation Unit Determination Election V "Vitally Affects Test" W Weingarten Right Working Conditions [back to top] Last revised June 2003. For copies of cited FLRA decisions, contact the Authority and/or go to its webpage at http://www.flra.gov/. Next Page   |   Labor Management Relations

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