Assignments
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Assignments Generally |
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Firearms |
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Numbers/Types of Personnel Assigned |
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- Providing employee with a one-time-only period of preparation to do work to which they are assigned for the first time. POPA, 25 FLRA 384, Section 9.C., First Paragraph [N]
- Management to allocate time during the regular workday for employees to prepare for additional work prescribed by the Compensatory Education Manual. Overseas Education Association, 28 FLRA 700, Proposal 2 [NN]. Reversed and remanded in Overseas Education Association v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, 876 F.2d 960 (D.C. Cir. 1989). On remand, Overseas Education Association, 39 FLRA 153, Proposal 2 [N]
- Prescribing the amount of paid duty time to be devoted to preparation time. Overseas Education Association, 29 FLRA 485, Proposals 11, 12 and 13 [NN]
- 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. Overseas Education Association, 29 FLRA 485, Proposal 17 [NN]
- Agency to make every reasonable effort to set aside adequate preparation time on examination days. Overseas Education Association, 29 FLRA 628, Proposal 8a [NN]. Reversed and remanded in Overseas Education Association v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, 876 F.2d 960 (D.C. Cir 1989). On remand, Overseas Education Association, 39 FLRA 153, Proposal 8a [N]
- Any part–time employee to be granted a daily preparation period. Overseas Education Association, 29 FLRA 734, Proposal 55 (second sentence) [NN]
- Agency, whenever possible, to allocate a specific amount of time for planning and preparation periods. Overseas Education Association, 29 FLRA 734, Proposal 36 (first and second sentences) [NN]
- 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. Overseas Education Association, 39 FLRA 153, Proposals 7b, 7c, 7e, and 7f [N]
- 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. Overseas Education Association, 39 FLRA 153, Proposal 8a [N]
- Requiring that additional time for preparation be allotted for additional work resulting from the Compensatory Education Manual. Overseas Education Association, 39 FLRA 153, Proposal 2 [N]
- Reassigning employees to unit positions on the basis of seniority. National Council of Field Labor Locals, AFGE, AFL–CIO, 3 FLRA 290, Proposal II [NN]
- Exempting employees from the agency's reassignment policy. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 3529, 3 FLRA 301 [NN]
- Proposing guidelines for the lateral transfer of employees. AFGE, AFL–CIO, International Council of U.S. Marshals Service Locals, 4 FLRA 384, Proposal III [N]
- Seniority to 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. NTEU, 6 FLRA 508, Proposal IV [N]
- Prohibiting involuntary reassignments for reasons other than to promote the efficiency of the service. AFGE, AFL–CIO, International Council of U.S. Marshals Service Locals, 11 FLRA 672, Proposal 4 [N]
- Limiting a change in duty stations to situations involving a lateral or promotional reassignment. NFFE, Local 1650, 12 FLRA 611, Proposal 1 [NN]
- Requiring reassignments in inverse seniority order when required by a staffing imbalance. NTEU, 14 FLRA 243, Provision 6 [N]
- Prohibiting management from reassigning work assigned to a position while a classification appeal concerning the position is pending. NTEU, 14 FLRA 243, Provision 3 [N]
- Requiring the use of seniority when reassigning employees within the bargaining unit. NAGE, Local R14–89, 15 FLRA 14, Proposal 3 [NN]
- Requiring the use of reduction in force procedures for reassignments not involving a reduction in force. NFFE, Local 29, 15 FLRA 254 [NN]
- 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. NFFE, Local 29, 16 FLRA 75, Proposal 1 [NN]
- Giving unit members who have been involuntarily reassigned prior consideration. Fort Knox Teachers Association, 19 FLRA 878, Proposal 2 [N]
- 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 Teachers Association, 19 FLRA 878, Proposal 3 [NN]
- Requiring the agency to reassign an employee prior to terminating or demoting that employee. AFGE, Local 1923, AFL–CIO, 21 FLRA 178, Proposal 6 [NN]
- 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. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1738, 27 FLRA 52, Proposal 7 [NN]
- Preventing the transfer of full time employees to another facility before negotiations are completed. NFFE, Local 1798, 27 FLRA 239, Proposal 12 [N]
- Enabling employees to request reassignment to other areas and giving them priority for vacancies in those areas. Illinois Nurses’ Association, 27 FLRA 714, Proposal 3, Section 5 (except last sentence) [N]
- Preventing the reassignment of certain nurses to perform duties on daytime shifts. Illinois Nurses’ Association, 28 FLRA 212, Proposal 5, Section 9 (first portion) [NN]
- Reassignment of nurses according to a roster where management is unsuccessful in finding volunteers. National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees, AFL–CIO, District 1199, 28 FLRA 435, Proposal 15, Section 7.b [NN]
- Agency to reassign employees returning from family leave to their former positions and duty stations. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1770, 28 FLRA 493, Provision 10, Section 8(e) [NN]
- Qualified employees will be considered for temporary reassignment from a unit on a rotational and equitable basis. Veterans Administration Staff Nurses Council, Local 5032, WFNHP, AFT, AFL–CIO, 29 FLRA 849, Proposal 10 [N]
- Probationary employees would be rotated between shifts quarterly although management was free to change their post or assignments as needed. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Council of Prison Locals, Local 1661, 29 FLRA 990, Proposal 38 [PN]
- Management to make reasonable effort to reassign the employees whose positions are eliminated. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 2635, 30 FLRA 41, Provision 1 (first sentence) [N]
- 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. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 2635, 30 FLRA 41, Provision 1 (second sentence) [N]
- Management to rescind the reassignments and retain the employees in their original positions because there is no security problem. AFGE, Local 85, 32 FLRA 210, Proposal 1 [NN]
- Agency to maintain the reassigned employees’ previous work schedule in their newly assigned position. AFGE, Local 85, 32 FLRA 210, Proposal 6 [NN]
- Preventing the agency from assigning any 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. AFGE, Local 85, 32 FLRA 210, Proposal 11 [NN]
- Reassignments will be made only for mission–related reasons. NTEU, Chapter 213 and 228, 32 FLRA 578, Provision 4 [NN]
- Requiring the supervisor to explore opportunities for reassigning a career-ladder employee, if there is insufficient higher level work available in a unit. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Department of Education Council of AFGE Locals, 34 FLRA 1078, Proposal 2 (second sentence) [N]
- Requiring the agency to reassign volunteers or, if there are too many or not enough volunteers, to use seniority as the criterion for reassignment. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 987, 35 FLRA 265, Proposals 1, 2 and 3 [NN]
- The length of an assignment to telephone duty to be for no more than 1 day and employees not to be reassigned to telephone duty until all employees in the duty officer pool had their turn as telephone duty officers. AFGE, National Council of Field Labor Locals, Local 644, 37 FLRA 828 [NN]
- Requiring reassignment of certain employees whose performance had been identified as “Unacceptable.” NAGE, Local R1–144, Federal Union of Scientists and Engineers, 38 FLRA 456, Proposal 13 [NN]
- 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. NFFE, Forest Service Council, 45 FLRA 242 [N]
- 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. NTEU, 47 FLRA 370, Proposal 5 [N]. Reversed in Nuclear Regulatory Commission v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, 25 F.3d 229 (4th Cir. 1994).
- 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. NTEU, 47 FLRA 370, Proposal 6 (first five sentences) [N]
- Requiring the agency to reassign an employee to one of the five work sites designated by the employee. NTEU, 47 FLRA 370, Proposal 6 (sixth sentence) [NN]
- Preventing reassignment of employees from the Educational Department to other organizational elements. NFFE, Local 2079, 49 FLRA 396, Proposals 1 and 7 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
- 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. Laurel Bay Teachers Association, OEA/NEA, 49 FLRA 679, Proposal 2 [NN, (a)(2)(C)]
- Requiring the reassignment of work from an employee in one group of Claims Representatives to an employee in another group of Claims Representatives if a certain circumstance (i.e., determination that a claim originally thought to be concurrent actually involves title 16 issues) is met. AFGE, Local 1164, 55 FLRA 999, Proposal 2 [NN]
- Precluding the Agency from making involuntary reassignments, and prescribing procedures governing assignments within a permanent duty station and reassignments outside a permanent duty station within a commuting area. AFGE, Local 12, 61 FLRA 209, Proposal 10 [NN, (a)(2)(A)]
- Prohibiting arbitrary and capricious assignments or assignment made as a reward or penalty. AFGE, AFL–CIO, International Council of U.S. Marshals Service Locals, 8 FLRA 268, Proposal 5 [N]
- Prohibiting involuntary assignments to discriminate against or punish employees, or for any reason that would violate law, regulation, or the agreement. AFGE, AFL–CIO, International Council of U.S. Marshals Service Locals, 11 FLRA 672, Proposal 4 [N]
- Rotating supervisory duties on the basis of seniority and prescribing the duration of such assignments. AFGE, AFL–CIO, 2 FLRA 604, Proposal XVI, Subsections (A) and (B) [NN]
- Rotating employees through the positions of an organizational element or through the duties of his/her position. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 695, 3 FLRA 43, Proposal 1 [NN]
- Precluding the agency from rotating the assignments of auditors who are members of the bargaining unit. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 3529, 3 FLRA 301 [NN]
- Rotation of certain temporary duty assignments. International Association of Fire Fighters, Local F–215, 8 FLRA 417, Proposals 2–4 [NN]
- Permitting local agreements covering rotation of work assignments, fair and equitable distribution of overtime and day care centers. AFGE, AFL–CIO, International Council of U.S. Marshals Service Locals, 11 FLRA 672, Proposal 5 [N]
- Equal rotation of review work among staff members. AFGE, Local 32, AFL–CIO, 17 FLRA 326 [NN]
- Prohibiting rotation of assignments solely to avoid temporary promotion. NTEU, 21 FLRA 1051, Provision 8 [NN]
- Management to make a reasonable effort to rotate personnel designated as mission essential when less than full work force is required. NAGE, Local R4–75, 24 FLRA 56, Provision 5 [N]
- Agency to negotiate on changes it will make in the system it uses to rotate employees among various work locations during an emergency. NTEU, 25 FLRA 731, Proposal 4 [NN]
- Management to rotate the schedules of nurses. Illinois Nurses’ Association, 27 FLRA 714, Proposal 3, Section 4 [NN]
- 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. Illinois Nurses’ Association, 28 FLRA 212, Proposal 5, Section 9 (remaining portion) [NN]
- 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. NTEU, 29 FLRA 422, Provision 3 [NN]
- Management shall limit rotations of registered nurses to evening and night work to maintain the basic patient care needs. Veterans Administration Staff Nurses Council, Local 5032, WFNHP, AFT, AFL–CIO, 29 FLRA 849, Proposal 5, Subsection e (second clause) [NN]
- On-call status to be equally rotated among all employees in a department. Veterans Administration Staff Nurses Council, Local 5032, WFNHP, AFT, AFL–CIO, 29 FLRA 849, Proposal 8 [NN]
- 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. NFFE, 29 FLRA 1491, Provision 2 [N]
- Rotation to be distributed on equitable basis. New York State Nurses Association, 30 FLRA 706, Proposal 13, Section 8.03, subsection d (second sentence) [N]
- Prescribing the manner in which all qualified Claims Representatives would be rotated through the Reviewer Position. AFGE, Local 3509, 46 FLRA 1590, Proposal 4 [NN]
- Specifying the qualification for eligibility for rotation into the Reviewer Position. AFGE, Local 3509, 46 FLRA 1590, Proposal 5 [NN]
- Addressing the rotation of interviewing assignments. AFGE, Local 3509, 46 FLRA 1590, Proposal 26 [NN]
- Claim representatives will rotate into the Disability Unit approximately every twelve months. AFGE, Local 3172, 48 FLRA 489, Proposal 1, Section 5 [NN, (a)(2)(A) and (B)]
- All GS–11 and GS–12 LSCEs will share equally in off–site rotations. AFGE, Local 948, 55 FLRA 582, Proposal 2 [N]
- Requiring the agency to place bargaining unit members on a Monday through Friday rotation while on court leave, regardless of their normal weekly schedule. Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge #1F, 57 FLRA 373, Proposal 7 [N, (b)(3)]
- 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. International Organization of Masters, Mates, and Pilots, 11 FLRA 115, Provisions 3–6 [NN]
- 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. International Plate Printers, Die Stampers and Engravers Union of North America, AFL–CIO, Local 2, 25 FLRA 113, Provisions 4 and 16 [N]
- Establishing seniority as the criteria for selecting the piece of equipment where journeymen plate printers will perform the duties assigned to them. International Plate Printers, Die Stampers and Engravers Union of North America, AFL–CIO, Local 2, 25 FLRA 113, Provision 14 [N]
- Establishing procedures for assigning work locations based on seniority. NTEU, 25 FLRA 731, Proposal 1 [N]
- Enabling a particular employee, who had seniority privileges under the parties’ collective bargaining agreement, to work specified shifts. NAGE, Local R1–109, AFL–CIO, 26 FLRA 532, Proposals 3, 6 and 7 [N]
- Precluding management from determining the duration of work assignments. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 3172, 49 FLRA 845, Provision 2 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
- 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. AFGE, Local 1138, Council 214, 51 FLRA 1725 [NN, (a)(2)(A)]
- The distribution of work assignments by seniority. PASS, 56 FLRA 798 [N]
- Preventing management from directing employees to work alone. NFFE, Local 1167, 6 FLRA 574, Proposal 6 (Solitary Assignment Clause) [PN]
- Requiring employees to work in pairs. LIUNA, Local 1276, 12 FLRA 62 [PN]
- Precluding management from assigning employees to work in isolated areas unless supervisor, security person or some other employee is also assigned to the area. National Union of Hospital and Health Care Workers, District 1199, 28 FLRA 435, Proposal 19, Section 2.a (first part) [NN]
- 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 Union, Local 19, 2 FLRA 775 [NN]
- Barring assignment of unit work to supervisors. National Association of Air Traffic Specialists, 6 FLRA 588, Proposal VI [NN]
- Permitting the agency to assign an employee to only one supervisor. National Association of Government Inspectors and Quality Assurance Personnel, Unit 2, 8 FLRA 144, Proposal V [NN]
- Certain employees to work under the supervision and guidance of a journeyman or a supervisory officer. AFGE, National Immigration and Naturalization Service Council, 8 FLRA 347, Proposal 15 [PN]
- Prohibiting management from assigning supervisors to certain assignments except when qualified bargaining unit employees are not available. AFGE, National Joint Council of Food Inspection Locals, 9 FLRA 663, Proposal 1 (last sentence) [NN]
- A specified official will respond in writing to an employee request for review of any error he receives. AFGE, Local 1760, 9 FLRA 1025, Proposal 5 [NN]
- The immediate supervisor shall be responsible for assignments and for performance appraisals. AFGE, Local 1858, 10 FLRA 440, Proposal 2 (third sentence) [NN]
- Not requiring employees to carry out tasks that are not assigned by a supervisor or management official. AFGE, International Council of U.S. Marshall Service Locals, 11 FLRA 672, Proposal 1 [NN]
- Modifying the assignment of work by designating which supervisor is to receive problem calls and eliminating the mandatory nature of certain duties. AFGE, Local 3511, 12 FLRA 76, Proposals 23-28 [NN]
- Agency to station a Canal port captain at the signal station to control the movement of all unpiloted vessels. International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots Union, 13 FLRA 508, Proposals 3–4 (second sentence) [NN]
- Prohibiting former pilots in management positions from working as control pilots. International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots Union, 13 FLRA 508, Proposal 22 [NN]
- Supervisors to perform excess work in the event of backlogs. NFFE, Local 108, 14 FLRA 19, Proposal Concerning Work Backlog [NN]
- Shifting the financial liability for errors from the certifying officer to the agency. NTEU, 14 FLRA 65, Proposal 1 [NN]
- Restricting the performance of bargaining unit work by temporary supervisors. National Labor Relations Board Union, Local 21, 15 FLRA 798, Section 10 (disputed portions) [NN]
- Requiring each employee to report to the supervisor or person in charge of the shift to which he is assigned. AFGE, Local 1603, 16 FLRA 96 [N]
- Assigning each bargaining unit employee to a single first line supervisor. IAMAW, Lodge 830, 20 FLRA 848, Section 9(a) (first sentence) [NN]
- Public Printer to review fact-finding reports and issue the decision as to the final action to be taken. Joint Council of Unions, GPO Union, 25 FLRA 1033, Proposal 4 [NN]
- Requiring supervisors to counsel employees before requiring them to undergo fitness-for-duty examinations. AFGE, Local 1858, 27 FLRA 69, Provision 8 [NN]
- Prohibiting supervisors from assigning to employees duties conflicting with their medical restrictions or limitations. AFGE, Local 1409, 28 FLRA 109, Provision 2 [NN]
- Prescribing certain responsibilities for supervisors. National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees, District 1199, 28 FLRA 435, Proposal 15, Sections 4.c, 4.d, and 7 (with the exception of the first sentence) [NN]
- Specifying a particular management official to serve on a joint labor–management committee exploring opportunities for education and tuition support. National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees, District 1199, 28 FLRA 435, Proposal 6, Section 4 (disputed portion) [NN]
- Immediate supervisor to discuss goals and expectations with employees. National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees, District 1199, 28 FLRA 435, Proposal 7, Section 3 (second paragraph) [NN]
- Prohibiting the agency from assigning supervisory or managerial responsibilities to unit employees on a regular basis. Overseas Education Association, 29 FLRA 734, Proposal 19 [NN]
- 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. Overseas Education Association, 29 FLRA 734, Proposal 41 [NN]
- Certain tasks be performed by certain management officials. New York State Nurses Association, 30 FLRA 706, Proposal 10, Section 7.05, subsection a (fifth and sixth sentences) [NN]
- Employee's immediate supervisor to perform work assignments. New York State Nurses Association, 30 FLRA 706, Proposal 18, Section 15 (second sentence) [NN]
- 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. Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge #1F, 32 FLRA 944, Proposal 4 [NN]
- Prohibiting management from assigning probationary employees to the Acting Chief position. Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge #1F, 32 FLRA 944, Proposal 5 [NN]
- Limiting supervision of employees to officially designated supervisors. Federal Employees Metal Trades Council, 38 FLRA 1410, Provision 1 [NN]
- Requiring the agency to assign supervisory personnel to evaluate map sheets. NFFE, Local 1482, 39 FLRA 1169, Proposal 1 (fourth sentence) [NN]
- Prescribing that certain tasks will be performed by identified management officials. Patent Office Professional Association, 47 FLRA 10, Provisions 3 and 4 [NN]
- 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. NTEU, Chapter 243, 49 FLRA 176, Provisions 1 and 2 [N, (b)(3)]
- Requiring the assignment of specific duties to particular individuals, including management officials. NFFE, Local 2079, 49 FLRA 396, Proposal 8 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
- Certain duties would be performed by a supervisor. AFGE, Local 3392, 52 FLRA 141 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
- Requiring the agency to assign District Director duties to one of the GS–12 LSCEs in the Boston office, and if none is available, then to a GS–11 LSCE. AFGE, Local 948, 55 FLRA 582, Proposal 6 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
- Requiring the first level supervisor (as designated by the agency) to perform certain specific duties. NAGE, Local R1–100, 56 FLRA 268, Proposal 21 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
- The parties will explore the possibility of placing supervisors on administrative detail when they are able so as to permit them to perform non–operational duties. NATCA, Rochester Local, 56 FLRA 288, Proposal 3 [NN, LAW]
- Maintain a minimum of two officers on each shift. Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge #1F, 57 FLRA 373, Proposal 4(1) [NN, (a)(1)]
- Mandate the minimum number of supervisors on duty during off-hour shifts. Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge #1F, 57 FLRA 373, Proposal 4(2) [NN, LAW]
- A proposal concerned the designation of the position to supervise civilian employees on a ship. Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association, District No. 1, PCD, 60 FLRA 828, Proposal 1 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
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