U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Assignments
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Preparation Time To Top of Page

1. Providing employee with a one-time-only period of preparation to do work to which they are assigned for the first time. Patent and Trademark Office, 25 F 29 [N]

2. Management to allocate time during the regular workday for employees to prepare for additional work prescribed by the Compensatory Education Manual. Department of Defense Dependents Schools, 28 F 88 [NN]. Reversed and remanded in Overseas Education Association v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, 876 F.2d 960 (D.C. Circuit, 1989)

3. Authorizing additional preparation time or extra compensation (if performed after duty hours) when employees are required to consult with other personnel and/or prepare reporting materials. Department of Defense Dependents Schools, 29 F 49 [NN]

4. Prescribing the amount of paid duty time to be devoted to preparation time. Department of Defense Dependents Schools, 29 F 49 [NN]

5. Agency to make every reasonable effort to set aside adequate preparation time on examination days. Department of Defense Dependents Schools, 29 F 56 [NN]. Reversed and remanded in Overseas Education Association v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, 876 F.2d 960 (D.C. Cir 1989).

6. Any part-time employee be granted a daily preparation period. Department of Defense Dependents Schools, 29 F 61 [NN]

7. Agency, whenever possible, to allocate a specific amount of time for planning and preparation periods. Department of Defense Dependents Schools, 29 F 61 [NN]

8. Requiring the agency only to make reasonable effort to assign work in an manner that would accomplish the results specified in each of those proposals, for example, a reasonable amount of preparation time, a duty-free lunch period, etc. Department of Defense Dependents Schools and Overseas Education Association, 39 F 10 [N]

9. Requiring that the agency make every reasonable effort to provide adequate preparation time during the instructional day of exams to prepare, administer, and grade examinations. Department of Defense Dependents Schools and Overseas Education Association, 39 F 10 [N]

10. Requiring that additional time for preparation be allotted for additional work resulting from the Compensatory Education Manual. Department of Defense Dependents Schools and Overseas Education Association, 39 F 10 [N]

Reassignment To Top of Page

1. Reassigning employees to unit positions on the basis of seniority. Labor, 3 F 44 [NN]

2. Exempting employees from the agency's reassignment policy. Defense Contract Audit Agency, 3 F 46 [NN]

3. Proposing guidelines for the lateral transfer of employees. Marshals Service, 4 F 52 [N]

4. Seniority be used in making involuntary reassignments from one post of duty to another to correct staffing imbalances, where the proposal applies to situations not involving changes in duties, responsibilities or relative location within the organizational structure. Internal Revenue Service, 6 F 97 [N]

5. Prohibiting involuntary reassignments for reasons other than to promote the efficiency of the service. Marshals Service, 11 F 113 [N]

6. Limiting a change in duty stations to situations involving a lateral or promotional reassignment. Angeles National Forest, 12 F 114 [NN]

7. Requiring reassignments in inverse seniority order when required by a staffing imbalance. Internal Revenue Service, 14 F 45 [N]

8. Prohibiting management from reassigning work assigned to a position while a classification appeal concerning the position is pending. Internal Revenue Service, 14 F 45 [N]

9. Requiring the use of seniority when reassigning employees within the bargaining unit. Fort Bliss, 15 F 4 [NN]

10. Requiring the use of reduction in force procedures for reassignments not involving a reduction in force. Kansas City District Corps of Engineers, 15 F 49 [NN]

11. Agency to ask for volunteers and, in the absence of enough volunteers, to use reverse seniority if it becomes necessary to reassign employees due to staffing imbalance, lack of work, shortage of funds, reorganization, or other reasons. Kansas City District Corps of Engineers, 16 F 18 [NN]

12. Giving unit members who have been involuntarily reassigned prior consideration. Fort Knox, 19 F 103 [N]

13. Agency to honor requests for voluntary reassignment and/or transfer to the extent that the transfer does not conflict with the instruction requirements of the school system. Fort Knox, 19 F 103 [NN]

14. Requiring the agency to reassign an employee prior to terminating or demoting that employee. Social Security Administration, 21 F 28 [NN]

15. Providing that a reassigned employee be permitted to assume his new duties within two weeks, unless there was a compelling need to delay the reassignment. Salisbury Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 27 F 13 [NN]

16. Preventing the transfer of full time employees to another facility before 181 negotiations are completed. Martinsburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 27 F 37 [N]

17. Enabling employees to request reassignment to other areas and giving them priority for vacancies in those areas. North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 27 F 77 [N]

18. Preventing the reassignment of certain nurses to perform duties on daytime shifts. Hines Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 28 F 35 [NN]

19. Reassignment of nurses according to a roster where management is unsuccessful in finding volunteers. Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 28 F 65 [NN]

20. Agency to reassign employees returning from family leave to their former positions and duty stations. Fort Bragg Schools, 28 F 66 [NN]

21. Qualified employees will be considered for temporary reassignment from a unit on a rotational and equitable bases. Wood Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 29 F 62 [N]

22. Probationary employees would be rotated between shifts quarterly although management was free to change their post or assignments as needed. Justice, 29 F 73 [NN]

23. Management to make reasonable effort to reassign the employees whose positions are eliminated. East Machias Naval Communications Unit, 30 F 11 [N]

24. Agency to make a reasonable effort to train employees who have the aptitude for vacant positions and to reassign them to those positions when they are trained. East Machias Naval Communications Unit, 30 F 11 [N]

25. Management to rescind the reassignments and retain the employees in their original positions because there is no security problem. Leavenworth Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 32 F 36 [NN]

26. Agency to maintain the reassigned employees' previous work schedule in their newly assigned position. Leavenworth Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 32 F 36 [NN]

27. Preventing the agency from assigning any one of the employees involved in this dispute to his or her original position unless the agency reassigns all three of the employees back to their original positions. Leavenworth Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 32 F 36 [NN]

28. Reassignments will be made only for mission-related reasons. Energy, 32 F 85 [NN]

29. Requiring the supervisor to explore opportunities for reassigning a career-ladder employee, if there is insufficient higher level work available in a unit. Education, 34 F 167 [N]

30. Requiring the agency to reassign volunteers or, if there are too many or not enough volunteers, to use seniority as the criterion for reassignment. Warner Robins Air Force Base, 35 F 32 [NN]

31. The length of an assignment to telephone duty be for no more than 1 day and employees not be reassigned to telephone duty until all employees in the duty officer pool had their turn as telephone duty officers. Labor, 37 F 68 [NN]

32. Requiring reassignment of certain employees whose performance had been identified as "Unacceptable." Newport Naval Underwater Systems Center, 38 F 46 [NN]

33. Employees designated as surplus will have the opportunity to remain on the Employee Information Sharing System list, a Forest Service-wide surplus employee list, for a period of not less than 120 days before being directly reassigned. Further, the employees will receive at least 60 days' notice before the effective date of a directed reassignment. Forest Service and National Federation of Federal Employees. 45 F No. 21 [N]

34. The agency's decision to reassign resident inspectors at nuclear power plants to another work site before the end of their tours of duty where there is a question concerning those inspectors' objectivity in the performance of their duties. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and National Treasury Employees Union, 47 F 29 [N]. Reversed in Nuclear Regulatory Commission v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, 25 F.3d 229 (4th Circuit, 1994).

35. Prescribing certain conditions governing the reassignment of a resident inspector to another work site based on a determination as to the inspector's loss of objectivity. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and National Treasury Employees Union, 47 F 29 [N]

36. Requiring the agency to reassign an employee to one of the five work sites designated by the employee. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and National Treasury Employees Union, 47 F 29 [NN]

37. Preventing reassignment of employees from the Educational Department to other organizational elements. Agriculture, Forest Service and National Federation of Federal Employees, 49 F 34 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]

38. If the reason for involuntarily reassigning an employee no longer exists, the employee will, at the start of the following school year, have the option of returning to the school location/grade/subject area from which the employee was involuntarily reassigned. Department of Defense Dependents Schools and Overseas Education Association, 49 F 64 [NN, (a)(2)(C)]

Reward/penalty To Top of Page

1. Prohibiting arbitrary and capricious assignments or assignment made as a reward or penalty. Marshals Service, 8 F 62 [N]

2. Prohibiting involuntary assignments to discriminate against or punish employees, or for any reason that would violate law, regulation, or the agreement. Marshals Service, 11 F 113 [N]

Rotation To Top of Page

1. Rotating supervisory duties on the basis of seniority and prescribing the duration of such assignments. Air Force Logistics Command, 2 F 77 [NN]

2. Rotating employees through the positions of an organizational element. Denver Mint, 3 F 7 [NN]

3. Employee be rotated through the duties of his/her position. Denver Mint, 3 F 7 [NN]

4. Precluding the agency from rotating the assignments of auditors who are members of the bargaining unit. Defense Contract Audit Agency, 3 F 46 [NN]

5. Rotation of certain temporary duty assignments. Fort Polk, 8 F 89 [NN]

6. Permitting local agreements covering rotation of work assignments, fair and equitable distribution of overtime and day care centers. Marshals Service, 11 F 113 [N]

7. Equal rotation of review work among staff members. Office of Personnel Management, 17 F 48 [NN]

8. Prohibiting rotation of assignments solely to avoid temporary promotion. Treasury, 21 F 123 [NN]

9. Management to make a reasonable effort to rotate personnel designated as mission essential when less than full work force is required. Interior, Blue Ridge Parkway, 24 F 7 [N]

10. Agency to negotiate on changes it will make in the system it uses to rotate employees among various work locations during an emergency. Office of Personnel Management, 25 F 61 [NN]

11. Management rotate the schedules of nurses. North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 27 F 77 [NN]

12. Agency to rotate certain nurses from the day shift to the evening or night shift, where nurses are all equally qualified to perform the duties on those shifts. Hines Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 28 F 35 [NN]

13. Precluding the agency from rotating assignments of employees, who are temporarily assigned to higher graded position, solely to avoid compensating them at a higher rate. Treasury, 29 F 41 [NN]

14. Administrative details of thirty days or less to perform duties of a higher level or in a different line of work shall be rotated to the fullest extent practicable. Interior, 29 F 122 [N]

15. Rotation be distributed on equitable basis. Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 30 F 89 [N]

16. Management shall limit rotations of registered nurses to evening and night work to maintaining the basic patient care needs. Wood Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 29 F 62 [NN]

17. On-call status be equally rotated among all employees in a department. Wood Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 29 F 62 [N]

18. Prescribing the manner in which all qualified Claims Representatives would be rotated through the Reviewer Position. Social Security Administration and American Federation of Government Employees, 46 F 147 [NN]

19. Specifying the qualification for eligibility for rotation into the Reviewer Position. Social Security Administration and American Federation of Government Employees, 46 F 147 [NN]

20. Addressing the rotation of interviewing assignments. Social Security Administration and American Federation of Government Employees, 46 F 147 [NN]

21. Claim representatives will rotate into the Disability Unit approximately every twelve months. Social Security Administration and American Federation of Government Employees, 48 F 47 [NN, (a)(2)(A)]

Seniority To Top of Page

1. Assignment of certain pilot control duties on the basis of seniority, permitting pilots to refuse certain assignments, and requiring management to assign specific work to a specific employee or position. Panama Canal Commission, 11 F 29 [NN]

2. Establishing seniority as the criterion for selecting on which shift or in which section the employees will perform the duties already assigned to their positions. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 25 F 9 [N]

3. Employees will be assigned to sections and shifts according to seniority. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 25 F 9 [N]

4. Establishing procedures for assigning work locations based on seniority. Customs Service, 25 F 61 [N]

5. Establishing seniority as the criteria for selecting the piece of equipment where journeymen plate printers will perform the duties assigned to them. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 25 F 9 [N]

6. Enabling a particular employee, who had seniority privileges under the parties' collective bargaining agreement, to work specified shifts. Newington Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 26 F 63 [N]

7. Precluding management from determining the duration of work assignments. Social Security Administration and American Federation of Government Employees, 49 F 80 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]

8. Requiring the agency to place mechanics and operators on the same seniority list for purposes of bidding for permanent assignments to mechanic positions and the "realigned operator positions" established by the agency after downsizing. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and American Federation of Government Employees, 51 F 146 [NN, LAW]

Solitary Work To Top of Page

1. Preventing management from directing employees to work alone. Homestead Air Force Base, 6 F 105 [NN]

2. Requiring employees to work in pairs. Defense Logistics Agency, 12 F 19 [NN]

3. Precluding management from assigning employees to work in isolated areas unless supervisor, security person or some other employee is also assigned to the area. Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 28 F 65 [NN]

Supervisory/managerial Positions To Top of Page

1. Limiting the assignment of the Office Manager's duties to the Clerical Assistant only to those occasions when the Office Manager is absent. National Labor Relations Board, 2 F 98 [NN]

2. Barring assignment of unit work to supervisors. Federal Aviation Administration, 6 F 106 [NN]

3. Permitting the agency to assign an employee to only one supervisor. Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Center, 8 F 28 [NN]

4. Certain employees to work under the supervision and guidance of a journeyman or a supervisory officer. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 8 F 75 [NN]

5. Prohibiting management from assigning supervisors to certain assignments except when qualified bargaining unit employees are not available. Food and Quality Service, 9 F 74 [NN]

6. A specified official will respond in writing to an employee request for review of any error he receives. Social Security Administration, 9 F 142 [NN]

7. The immediate supervisor shall be responsible for assignments and for performance appraisals. Redstone Arsenal, 10 F 74 [NN]

8. Not requiring employees to carry out tasks that are not assigned by a supervisor or management official. Marshals Service, 11 F 113 [NN]

9. Modifying the assignment of work by designating which supervisor is to receive problem calls and eliminating the mandatory nature of certain duties. San Antonio Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 12 F 26 [NN]

10. Agency to station a Canal port captain at the signal station to control the movement of all unpiloted vessels. Panama Canal Commission, 13 F 87 [NN]

11. Prohibiting former pilots in management positions from working as control pilots. Panama Canal Commission, 13 F 87 [NN]

12. Supervisors to perform excess work in the event of backlogs. Farmers Home Administration, 14 F 3 [NN]

13. Shifting the financial liability for errors from the certifying officer to the agency. Internal Revenue Service, 14 F 15 [NN]

14. Restricting the performance of bargaining unit work by temporary supervisors. National Labor Relations Board, 15 F 152 [NN]

15. Requiring each employee to report to the supervisor or person in charge of the shift to which he is assigned. Patuxent River Naval Air Station, 16 F 22 [N]

16. Assigning each bargaining unit employee to a single first line supervisor. Navy, 20 F 105 [NN]

17. Public Printer to review fact-finding reports and issue the decision as to the final action to be taken. Government Printing Office, 25 F 86 [NN]

18. Requiring supervisors to counsel employees before requiring them to undergo fitness-for-duty examinations. Redstone Arsenal, 27 F 14 [NN]

19. Prohibiting supervisors from assigning to employees duties conflicting with their medical restrictions or limitations. Army General Publications Center, 28 F 22 [NN]

20. Prescribing certain responsibilities for supervisors. Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 28 F 65 [NN]

21. Specifying a particular management official to serve on a joint labor- management committee exploring opportunities for education and tuition support. Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 28 F 65 [NN]

22. Immediate supervisor to discuss goals and expectations with employees. Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 28 F 65 [NN]

23. Prohibiting the agency from assigning supervisory or managerial responsibilities to unit employees on a regular basis. Department of Defense Dependents Schools, 29 F 61 [NN]

24. Preventing the agency from assigning particular employees whom it deemed qualified to supervise extracurricular activities after normal duty hours by making such participation subject to a voluntary system. Department of Defense Dependents Schools, 29 F 61 [NN]

25. Certain tasks be performed by certain management officials. Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 30 F 89 [NN]

26. Employee's immediate supervisor to perform work assignments. Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 30 F 89 [NN]

27. When employees are temporarily promoted to the Acting Chief position, they shall be assigned to an administrative workweek and their tour shall be covered by overtime assignments. Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 32 F 135 [NN]

28. Prohibiting management from assigning probationary employee to the Acting Chief position. Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 32 F 135 [NN]

29. Limiting supervision of employees to officially designated supervisors. Mare Island Naval Shipyard and Metal Trades Council, 38 F 110 [NN]

30. Requiring the agency to assign supervisory personnel to evaluate map sheets. Defense Mapping Agency and American Federation of Government Employees, 39 F 101 [NN]

31. Prescribing that certain tasks will be performed by identified management officials. Patent and Trademark Office and Patent Office Professional Association, 47 F 2 [NN]

32. Restricting the agency's authority to designate officials to determine whether a supervisor's conclusion on the appropriateness of an employee's attire should be sustained and whether to counsel the employee. Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office and National Treasury Employees Union, 49 F 24 [NN, (a)(2)(A)]

33. Requiring the assignment of specific duties to particular individuals, including management officials. Agriculture, Forest Service and National Federation of Federal Employees, 49 F 34 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]

34. Certain duties would be performed by a supervisor. Government Printing Office, Public Documents Distribution Center, Pueblo, Colorado and American Federation of Government Employees, 52 F 15 [NN, (a)(2)(B)] To Top of Page


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