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DOL/OASAM-19

SYSTEM NAMES:

Negotiated Grievance Procedure and Unfair Labor Practice Files.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

None.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

A. Offices in Washington, DC: Labor Management Relations Center, Human Resources Center (OASAM) and;
B. OASAM Regional Personnel Offices.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:

DOL employees who have filed grievances under negotiated grievance procedures, and DOL employees who have filed unfair labor practices charges against the Department.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

This system contains a variety of records relating to an employee grievance filed under procedures established by labor-management negotiations and unfair labor practice charges filed under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute. The Records may include information such as: Employee's name, grade, job title, employment history, arbitrator's decision or report, record of appeal to the Federal Labor Relations Authority, and a variety of employment and personnel records associated with the grievance or charge.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

5 U.S.C. 7121 for grievances, 5 U.S. 7116 for unfair labor practices, Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute and related amendments of 5 U.S.C. 5596(b) for back pay.

PURPOSE(S):

These records are used to process an employee's grievance filed under a negotiated grievance procedure or an unfair labor practice charge filed by an employee or union.

ROUTINE USE OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

These records and information in these records that are relevant and necessary may be used:

a. To disclose information to officials of the Merit System Protection Board or the Office of Special Counsel, when requested in connection with appeals, special studies of the civil service and other merit systems, review of DOL rules and regulations, investigations or alleged or possible prohibited personnel practices, and such other functions as may be authorized by law.
b. To disclose information to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission when requested in connection with investigations into alleged or possible discrimination practices or examination of affirmative employment programs.
c. To disclose information to the Federal Labor Relations Authority or its General Counsel when requested in connection with investigations of allegations of unfair labor practices or matters before the Federal Service Impasses Panel.
d. To disclose information to the union when requested in connection with the union's representation of the DOL employee who has filed the grievance or unfair labor practice.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

Manual file.

RETRIEVABILITY:

By name and/or case file number.

SAFEGUARDS:

Locked room.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Records are destroyed 4 years after the closing of the case.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Director, Labor-Management Relations, Human Resources Center, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20210.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:

Contact system manager at above address.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURE:

Contact system manager at above address.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURE:

Contact system manager at above address.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Individual employees who have filed grievances and charges, employee/supervisor interviews, investigative and employment records, and findings of arbitrators and other tribunals.

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT:

Under the specific exemption provided by 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2), this system of records is exempted from the following provisions of the Privacy Act: 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d), (e)(1), and (e) (4)(G),(H), (I) & (f). Information from the case file may be denied in anticipation of a civil action or proceeding, in instances where premature release of documents could hamper the decision-making process, where the release of personal information about another employee may result in an invasion of personal privacy, and where release of confidential statements could lead to intimidation or harassment of witnesses and impair future investigations by making it more difficult to collect similar information. Personal information about other employees that is contained in the grievant's or charging party's file because of its use as comparative data such as: medical records, place and date of birth, age, marital status, home address and telephone numbers, the substance of promotion recommendations, supervisory assessments of professional conduct and ability, may be denied to the subject when it could cause embarrassment and/or harassment to the other employees.



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