Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: October 10, 2024) |
Title 5 - Administrative Personnel |
Chapter XIV - Federal Labor Relations Authority, General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority and Federal Service Impasses Panel |
SubChapter C - Federal Labor Relations Authority and General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority |
Part 2424 - Negotiability Proceedings |
Subpart C - Filing and Responding to a Petition for Review; Conferences |
§ 2424.23 - Post-petition conferences; conduct and record.
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§ 2424.23 Post-petition conferences; conduct and record.
(a) Timing of Scheduling a post-petition conference. On receipt of a petition for review involving a proposal or a provision, a representative of the The FLRA will, where appropriatein its discretion, schedule a post-petition conference to be conducted by an FLRA representative by telephone or , in person. All reasonable efforts will be made to schedule and conduct the conference within ten (10) days after receipt of the petition for review, or through other means. Unless the Authority or an FLRA representative directs otherwise, parties must observe all time limits in this part, regardless of whether a post-petition conference is conducted or may be conducted.
(b) Conduct of conference. The post-petition conference will be conducted with representatives of the exclusive representative and the agency, who must be prepared and authorized to discuss, clarify, and resolve matters including the following:
(1) The meaning of the proposal or provision in dispute;
(2) Any disputed factual issue(s);
(3) Negotiability dispute objections and bargaining obligation claims regarding the proposal or provision; and
(5) Whether an extension of the time limits for filing the agency's statement of position and any subsequent filings is requested(4) Whether the proposal or provision is also involved in Status of any proceedings—including an unfair labor practice charge under part 2423 of this subchapter, in a grievance under the parties' negotiated grievance procedure, or an impasse procedure under part 2470 of this subchapter; and
—that are directly related to the negotiability petition.
such(c) Discretionary extension of time limits. The FLRA representative may, on determining that it will effectuate the purposes of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute, 5 U.S.C. 7101 et seq., and this part, extend
the time limits for filing the agency's statement of position and any subsequent filings.
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Atd)Record of the conference.
, or after itAfter the post-petition conference
ofhas been completed, the FLRA representative
prepare andwill prepare, and the FLRA will
statementserve on the parties, a written
matters.record that includes whether the parties agree on the meaning of the disputed proposal or provision, the resolution of any disputed factual issues, and any other appropriate
matter.
(e) Hearings. Instead of, or in addition to, conducting a post-petition conference, the Authority may exercise its discretion under § 2424.31 to hold a hearing or take other appropriate action to aid in decision making.
[88 FR 62457, Sept. 12, 2023; 88 FR 69873, Oct. 10, 2023]