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Assignments Generally  |  Assigning Specific Tasks
Assignments to Bargaining Unit Employees  |  Assignments to Non-bargaining Unit Employees
Classification/Position Description |  Details/loans/Temporary Assignments |  Emergency Work
Equitable Assignments |  Firearms |  Handicapped Employees |  Light Duty
Numbers/Types of Personnel Assigned  |  Nurses  |  Overtime |  Preparation Time
Reassignment  |  Reward/Penalty  |  Rotation  |  Seniority  |  Solitary Work
Supervisory/Managerial Positions  |  Teachers  |  Training
Tours of Duty/Shifts/Part-time Schedules  |  Union Officials
Volunteer(s)/Option  |  Workleader  |  Miscellaneous

Assignments Generally

  1. Allowing employees to accept assignment from other sections and requiring that a particular person resolve work assignment disputes. Congressional Research Employees Association, 3 FLRA 737, Section 8 of proposal [NN]
  2. Performing certain work by a particular employee or position and approving assignments by the immediate supervisor. NTEU, 7 FLRA 235, Proposal 6 [NN]
  3. Certain amount of time to be set aside for the performance of various duties. NFFE, Local 1263, 7 FLRA 723, Proposals 1–20 [NN]
  4. Agency to assign work based on an individual screening method and that would condition the use of another procedure on union-management agreement. AFGE, AFL–CIO, National Council of Social Security Payment Center Locals, 7 FLRA 818, Proposal 2 [NN]
  5. Requiring performance of certain work by other sections or a contractor. IAFF, AFL–CIO, Local F–116, 9 FLRA 700, Proposal 2 [NN]
  6. Prohibiting the assignment of certain duties to individual members of a specified group of employees until all employees in the group are assigned the duties. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1760, 9 FLRA 813, Proposal 1 [NN]
  7. Management to provide employees with the opportunity to undertake work assignments that enable management to evaluate the employee’s ability to perform higher–graded work. NTEU, 9 FLRA 983, Article 10, Section 9 of provision [NN]
  8. Prohibiting the assignment of certain duties to employees beyond a specified time limit under specified circumstances. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 3631, 11 FLRA 637 [NN]
  9. Permitting employees to whom work had been assigned to delay returning to the work place when it was the location of a fire emergency. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 3511, 12 FLRA 76, Proposal 37 [N]
  10. Barring assignment of higher level duties to employees for convenience of the agency. LIUNA, AFL–CIO, Local 1267, 14 FLRA 686, Proposal 5 [NN]
  11. Management to provide work commensurate with employee skills and potential. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 2263, 15 FLRA 580, Proposal 3 [NN]
  12. Relieving employees of responsibility for the accuracy of the instruments used in their work. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 644, 15 FLRA 902, Proposal 5 [NN]
  13. Establishing the order in which work will be performed once assigned. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1760, 15 FLRA 909, Proposal 4 [NN]
  14. Prohibiting management from assigning to employees duties that require skills they do not possess. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 32, 17 FLRA 683 [NN]
  15. Agency to provide employees with opportunities to perform work commensurate with their skills and abilities. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 2761, 17 FLRA 899, Proposal 4 [NN]
  16. Allowing employees flexibility in establishing a new work control system and desk organization subject to the approval of their supervisor. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 32, 18 FLRA 91 [NN]
  17. Prohibiting the agency from requiring reserve technicians to perform duties in other than a civilian status except during periods of national emergency, time of war and annual training. NFFE, Local 687, 19 FLRA 617, Proposal 3 [NN]
  18. Giving unit members who wish a change in grade and/or subject assignment consideration before others are considered. Fort Knox Teachers Association, 19 FLRA 878, Proposal 1 [N]
  19. Pertaining to the relationship between National Guard technicians’ civilian assignments and their military grades and assignments. NFFE, Local 1655, 20 FLRA 829 [NN]
  20. Supervisor to notify an employee if he/she is called on to justify to higher level management why certain work is or is not assigned to employee. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 3804, 21 FLRA 870, Proposal 3 [NN]
  21. Agency to refrain from assigning duties to employees during periods set aside for personal cleanup. NAGE, SEIU, AFL–CIO, 26 FLRA 515, Proposal 2 [NN]
  22. Assignment of employees among various sectors or types of work to be fair and consistent at all times. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 32, 26 FLRA 612, Proposal 3 [NN]
  23. Employees to be counseled or corrected only by their designated supervisors in ordinary circumstances. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1738, 27 FLRA 52, Proposal 2 (second sentence) [NN]
  24. Agency to consider an employee's view in circumstances where the agency has directed the employee to take an action that the employee believes is inconsistent with professional standards of practice, ethical guidelines and/or certification requirements. AFGE, AFL–CIO, National Council of VA Locals, 29 FLRA 515, Proposal 3 (second sentence) [N]
  25. Requiring the assignment of work to specific employees or portions of the agency's organization. NFFE, Council of VA Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 2, Section 1 (first sentence) and Section 4 (second sentence) [NN]
  26. Permitting employees to request assignments to a different supervisor and establishing procedures for such requests. NLRB Professional Association, 32 FLRA 557 [N]
  27. Preventing the agency from assigning work to employees who have worked 13 consecutive days unless the assignments are attributable to unforeseen emergencies or circumstances. Bremerton Metal Trades Council, 32 FLRA 643, Provision 1 [NN]
  28. Preventing management from determining the duration of a particular assignment. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 987, 35 FLRA 265, Proposal 2, Section 4 [NN]
  29. Requiring the agency to use the form designed by the union to implement the quality control process. NFFE, Local 1482, 39 FLRA 1169, Proposal 1 [NN]
  30. Requiring that certain assignments be set forth in writing. NAAE, 40 FLRA 1138, Proposal 2 [NN]
  31. Relating to the circumstances under which employees must report to their supervisors when leaving their work area. POPA, 41 FLRA 795, Provision 18 [NN]
  32. Apprentices will be placed in the appropriate journey worker position following satisfactory completion of their apprenticeship. Tidewater Virginia Federal Employees Metal Trades Council, 42 FLRA 845, Proposal 1 [NN]
  33. Establishing procedures for selecting employees for certain assignments. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 3295, 47 FLRA 884, Proposal 3 [N]
  34. Certain employees will record certain types of work under the appropriate accounting codes. POPA, 47 FLRA 954, Provision 1 [N]
  35. A proposal requiring the agency to redistribute, in a fair and equitable manner, work that arises from the additional duties created by the implementation of the new mail metering system. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 3258, 48 FLRA 232, Proposal 1 [N, (b)(3)]
  36. Requiring the agency to refrain from implementing its new mail metering system until a grievance is resolved involving the level at which bargaining over this matter should occur or until the agency agrees to negotiate over the change at the national level. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 3258, 48 FLRA 232, Proposal 2 [N, (b)(2)]
  37. Employees will not be assigned to, or held accountable for, certain duties. District 1, MEBA, 49 FLRA 461, Proposals 2 and 3 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
  38. Requiring the agency to select qualified employees, in order of seniority, for assignment to the ALTA unit. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 3172, 49 FLRA 845, Provision 1 [N]
  39. Requiring management to assign employees work at the start of each workday. NFFE, Local 1655, 49 FLRA 874, Provision 5 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
  40. Describing the circumstances in which supervisors must interrupt work assignments and employees may discontinue their assigned work. NFFE, Local 1655, 49 FLRA 874, Provision 6 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
  41. Limiting the employees who may be assigned to operate potentially dangerous equipment. NFFE, Local 1655, 49 FLRA 874, Provision 7 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
  42. “Downtime” will be approved for certain periods. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 2879, 49 FLRA 1074, Provision 2 [NN, (a)(2)(A) and (B)]
  43. Except for certain TDY assignments for which employees volunteer, the agency would be prohibited from making any individual TDY assignment last longer than 90 days and would require the termination of a TDY assignment once the assigned employee has accumulated 90 days on TDY. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Council of Locals No. 163, 51 FLRA 1504 [NN, (a)(2)(A) & (B)]
  44. Restricting management’s ability to make holiday work assignments. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1815, 53 FLRA 606, Provision 1 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
  45. Reducing the number of General Inquiry telephone lines from three to two, and eliminating the backup telephone position. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1164, 55 FLRA 999, Proposal 3 [PN, (b)(1)]
  46. Mandating, under certain circumstances, continuance of the “specialist” Claims representatives policy that is currently in affect. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1164, 55 FLRA 999, Proposal 4 [PN, (b)(1)]
  47. The location of certain work. PASS, 56 FLRA 798 [NN]
  48. All Specialists in the DCAA Central Region will be assigned to a home team at their post of duty and not be assigned directly to FAO managers. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 3529, 56 FLRA 1049, Proposal 3 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
  49. Eliminating the agency’s right to assign employees using language that is identical to § 7106(a)(2)(A). FOP, Lodge #1F, 57 FLRA 373, Proposal 1(a) [NN, (a)(2)(A)]
  50. Requiring the agency to set up a “bidding procedure” in making determinations as to the assignment of employees and use a “promotional examination procedure” to increase qualifications. FOP, Lodge #1F, 57 FLRA 373, Proposal 2 [NN, (a)(2)(A)]
  51. Requiring the agency to limit access to Iron Mountain staff only and prohibiting the agency from providing those home numbers to telephone attendants in the Madison, Wisconsin facility. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 2280, 57 FLRA 742 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
  52. Permitting employees to take additional work assignments home and be compensated for completing those assignments with either compensatory time or “true time and a half”. PASS, 59 FLRA 485 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
  53. The Agency to negotiate prior to adding additional work assignments. NAGE Local R1-100, 61 FLRA 480, Proposal 3 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
  54. Agency to provide a sufficient amount of work to employees who report for duty during a period of temporary closure. AFGE, Locals 1698, 1156, 61 FLRA 615, Subsection 18b(3) [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
  55. Requires the Agency to either outsource the task of sterilizing the West Haven facility instruments or assign that task to another VA facility instead of having the task performed at the Newington facility. NAGE, Local R1-109, 61 FLRA 593, Proposal 3 [NN, GWR]

To Top of Page Assigning Specific Tasks

  1. Prescribing specific duties that agency personnel shall perform in preparing manuscripts. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1331, 4 FLRA 8 [NN]
  2. Counting units of work involved in microfilm research work accomplished by employees. NTEU, 7 FLRA 235, Proposals 1-5 [N]
  3. Conditioning the assignment of searching and locating folders work to instances where the folders are located on employees’ desks or in their backlogs. AFGE, AFL–CIO, National Council of Social Security Payment Center Locals, 7 FLRA 818, Proposal 5 [NN]
  4. Preventing management from denying an assignment to a part–time intermittent employee because the employee’s aggregate salary would exceed the limit set forth in the terms of employment. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 2578, 8 FLRA 407 [NN]
  5. Establishing fire fighting, fire protection, and life safety as the primary functions of unit employees. IAFF, AFL–CIO, Local F–215, 8 FLRA 417, Proposals 2-4, Section 1 [NN]
  6. Prohibiting time limitations on the number of processes served in an hour or in a day. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 2272, 9 FLRA 1004, Proposal 3 [NN]
  7. Review study by the Comptroller when there is a redistribution or realignment of duties. NAGE, Local R14–89, 9 FLRA 1033, Proposal 2 (first sentence) [NN]
  8. Participation in review studies will take precedence over all other duties assigned to involved employees. NAGE, Local R14–89, 9 FLRA 1033, Proposal 2 (second sentence) [NN]
  9. Allowing a change in the duties of instructors only as new instructors are hired. NFFE, Local 1214, 11 FLRA 580 [NN]
  10. Deleting a proposed requirement that all graphic control operators be responsible for adherence to the operating instructions. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 3511, 12 FLRA 76, Proposal 21, Section 2 [NN]
  11. Moving a regulatory statement of the duties of the graphic control operator from a section captioned “Mission” to a section captioned “Responsibilities.” AFGE, AFL-CIO, Local 3511, 12 FLRA 76, Proposal 21, Section 3 [N]
  12. Eliminating the requirements that employees maintain completed logs and refrain from inserting unofficial personal comments. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 3511, 12 FLRA 76, Proposals 40 and 41 [PN]
  13. Altering the time frame in which tasks are to be performed under the proposed regulations. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 3511, 12 FLRA 76, Proposal 55 [NN]
  14. Prescribing a procedure for controlling vessels which have no pilots on board. International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots, 13 FLRA 508, Proposals 3 and 4 (first sentence) [PN]
  15. Union to participate in determining when additional work could be assigned to an organizational element. NAGE, Local R14–89, 15 FLRA 14, Proposal 2 [NN]
  16. A secondary military occupational specialty meets the requirement that military and civilian assignments must be compatible. NAGE, Local R14–87, 18 FLRA 736 [NN]
  17. Limiting management’s right to assign duties to gate guards which relate to enforcement of laws, rules and regulations other than those pertaining to entrance onto the post. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 2302, 19 FLRA 778, Proposal 2 [NN]
  18. Establishing the qualifications of personnel assigned to positions charged with enforcing traffic regulations and requiring them to establish courteous personal contact with employees. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 2302, 19 FLRA 778, Proposal 5 [NN]
  19. Preventing management from assigning custodial duties to clerical, technical, administrative or professional personnel. NFEE, Local 943, 19 FLRA 949, Proposal 1 [NN]
  20. Any assignment of additional duties will be related to the instructor’s position. NFFE, 22 FLRA 539, Proposal 5 [NN]
  21. Agency to grade cases for assignment according to an agency manual. NTEU, Chapter 26, 22 FLRA 314, Proposal 1 [NN]
  22. As far as possible, management, when making case assignments, will ask employees for their work area preference, take into account the preference and any hardship reasons that dictate the preference, and accommodate the employee with the earliest service computation date. NTEU, Chapter 26, 22 FLRA 314, Proposal 5 [NN]
  23. Limiting the number and kinds of cases that can be assigned to the employee during an audit period. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1760, 23 FLRA 168, Proposals 4 and 5 [NN]
  24. Agency to provide relief or assistance to an employee who is required to lift an item or operate machinery or equipment requiring physical exertion beyond safe limits specified in current applicable directives. NAGE, Local R4–75, 24 FLRA 56, Provision 4 [PN]
  25. Change in assignments will not be made in such a manner as to unfairly disadvantage any particular employee or impose any unreasonable or unnecessary workload burden on any particular employee. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1501, 24 FLRA 470, Proposal 2 [NN]
  26. Agency to negotiate procedure and appropriate arrangement prior to imposing additional administrative work requirements. International Plate Printers, Die Stampers & Engravers Union, AFL–CIO, Local 2, 25 FLRA 113, Provision 21 [N]
  27. Allowing employees to select the particular piece of equipment upon which they will perform the duties of their position. International Plate Printers, Die Stampers & Engravers Union, AFL–CIO, Local 2, 25 FLRA 113, Provision 10 (second sentence) [NN]
  28. Only qualified maintenance personnel could be required to perform repair work on machines while they were in motion or operation. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1858, 27 FLRA 69, Provision 11 [NN]
  29. Preventing management from assigning employees to particular posts in certain circumstances. Overseas Education Association, 27 FLRA 492, Proposal 1 (second sentence) [NN]
  30. Construing all other duties as assigned in such a way as to prohibit the assignment of lower graded duties. NAGE, SEIU, AFL–CIO, 27 FLRA 801, Proposal 2 [NN]
  31. Prescribing certain duties to certain personnel. Illinois Nurses Association, 28 FLRA 212, Proposal 1 [NN]
  32. Barring assignment of nonprofessional duties. National Union of Hospital & Health Care Employees, AFL–CIO, District 1199, 28 FLRA 435, Proposal 17 [NN]
  33. Prohibiting the agency from assigning work to employees during their rest period. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1770, 28 FLRA 493, Provision 8 [NN]
  34. Prohibiting the agency from requiring employees to work in extreme heat or cold. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1770, 28 FLRA 493, Provision 11, Article 23, Section 4 [NN]
  35. Allowing employees to wait for an assignment rather than seek out their supervisors to ask for work. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 32, 28 FLRA 714, Proposal 16 [NN]
  36. Agency to assign certain duties to specific individuals of offices. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1815, 28 FLRA 1172, Provisions 10–18 [NN]
  37. Restricting the agency in the particular duties and work to be assigned or the particular employees to whom, or positions to which, work will be assigned. NTEU, Chapter 22, 29 FLRA 348 [NN]
  38. Degree of accountability to which an employee will be held in carrying out an assigned task. Overseas Education Association, 29 FLRA 485, Proposal 19 [NN]
  39. Assigning certain responsibilities to specified agency organizational segments and/or employees. Overseas Education Association, 29 FLRA 485, Proposal 21 [NN]
  40. Limiting an agency’s ability to assign nonprofessional duties. Overseas Education Association, 29 FLRA 628, Proposal 1d [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 1d [NN]
  41. Agency to grant to the fullest extent possible an adequate period of time to accomplish certain tasks. Overseas Education Association, 29 FLRA 628, Proposals 8a and 8b [NN]
  42. Agency to make every reasonable effort to limit the work assignments of employees to the duty day. Overseas Education Association, 29 FLRA 734, Proposal 16 [NN]
  43. Allowing participation by unit employees and the union in the development of curriculum changes that impact on unit employees. Overseas Education Association, 29 FLRA 734, Proposal 18 [NN]
  44. Employees working 10 or more consecutive hours would be given adequate time to take care of personal affairs, and the time would not be compensated by the agency. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Council of Prison Locals, Local 1661, 29 FLRA 990, Proposal 41 [N]
  45. Conditioning the assignment of extracurricular activities on employee preference. West Point Elementary School Teachers Association, NEA, 29 FLRA 1531, Proposal 2, Section 2 (second and third sentences) [NN]. Reversed in West Point Elementary School Teachers Association v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, 855 F.2d 936 (2nd Cir. 1988).
  46. Providing negotiation over the school calendar. West Point Elementary School Teachers Association, NEA, 29 FLRA 1531, Proposal 3 [NN]
  47. Mandating that the employee to be released from work for purposes stated in the proposal. Fort Bragg Association of Educators, NEA, 30 FLRA 508, Proposal 23 [NN]
  48. Employees receive certain types of assignment opportunities. New York State Nurses Association, 30 FLRA 706, Proposal 10, Section 7.05 (fifth sentence) [NN]
  49. Management to assign an employee returning from a leave of absence to a position that best utilizes the employee’s skills if there is no opening in the employee’s former position and shift. New York State Nurses Association, 30 FLRA 706, Proposal 16 (first disputed sentence) [N]
  50. Preventing the agency from assigning work to employees in certain circumstances. NFFE, Local 2052, 30 FLRA 797 [NN]
  51. Management to use skills in a particular manner by redesigning jobs and assigning training during duty hours. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1625, 30 FLRA 1105, Provision 3 [NN]
  52. Permitting employees assigned to a particular duty station to remain at that same duty station for a maximum of 10 years. NTEU, 31 FLRA 31 [N]
  53. Employees have the right to refuse orders that would require them to violate law. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 2052, 31 FLRA 37, Proposal 2 [N]
  54. Limiting the circumstances in which management can require work to be performed on a holiday. IAM, Local 726, 31 FLRA 158, Provision 6 [NN]
  55. Agency to return employees, who had been reassigned because of unsuccessful performance in the required training, to their previous assignments. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 2663, 31 FLRA 988, Proposal 1 [NN]
  56. Restricting the method of assigning employees to various shifts in a multi–shift operation. NTEU, 32 FLRA 879 [NN]
  57. Management to inform an employee in writing as to why he or she is designated essential. IAM, 33 FLRA 711, Proposal 10 (first sentence) [N]
  58. Requiring the agency to assign each technician to a work area. NFFE, Local 1655, 35 FLRA 815, Proposal 5 [PN]
  59. Limiting the agency's scheduling of drills. IAFF, Local F–159, 37 FLRA 836, Proposal 1 [NN]
  60. Limiting the particular duties that can be assigned on holidays and holiday weekends. IAFF, Local F–159, 37 FLRA 836, Proposal 2 [NN]
  61. Assignment of qualified employees to perform the work already assigned to them. NAGE, Local R1–109, 38 FLRA 211, Proposal 2 [N]
  62. Requiring civilian guards to salute commissioned officers who enter the Submarine Base when the officers display proper identification. NAGE, Local R1–100, 39 FLRA 762, Proposal 1 [NN]
  63. Permitting the guards not to salute individuals in vehicles displaying a blue officer’s sticker when these vehicles are not driven by officers. NAGE, Local R1–100, 39 FLRA 762, Proposal 2 [NN]
  64. Concerning only the circumstances under which certain duties (signatory authority) will be assigned. POPA, 39 FLRA 783, Proposal 1 [NN]
  65. Requiring that a specific individual, the reviewer, create a report. POPA, 39 FLRA 783, Proposal 16 [NN]
  66. Requiring that at least two reviewers will evaluate examiners’ work. POPA, 39 FLRA 783, Proposal 9 (third sentence) [PN]
  67. Allowing an employee assigned an unfamiliar application to dictate when management must determine whether the employee is qualified for the permanent grant of signatory authority. POPA, 39 FLRA 783, Proposal 15 [NN]
  68. Permitting employees to refuse to follow a physician’s orders permitting a patient to smoke in a smoke–free unit. AFGE, AFL–CIO, National VA Council, 40 FLRA 1052, Proposal 14 [NN]
  69. The requirements for National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians basic and paramedic certification be implemented in FY 1996 instead of September 1989. NFFE, Local 1214, 40 FLRA 1181, Proposal 1 [NN]
  70. The agency will make arrangements for an employee to take the practical examination for National Registry of Emergency Medical Technician basic certification twice annually starting in FY 1995. NFFE, Local 1214, 40 FLRA 1181, Proposal 2, Section 2 [N]
  71. Requiring the agency to provide relief to employees after they have operated a vehicle for 10 consecutive hours and which concerns the operation of overweight, overlong, and overwide vehicles. NAGE, Locals R14–68 and R14–73, 42 FLRA 639, Provision 3 [N]
  72. Permitting employees who believe that their constitutional rights are being violated to refuse to enter or remain in testing designated positions and requiring management to provide those employees with an opportunity to transfer from testing designated positions to non–testing designated positions. NAGE, Federal Union of Scientists & Engineers, Local R1–144, 42 FLRA 730, Proposal 1 [NN]
  73. Concerning the participation of employees in charity drives. NFFE, Local 1452, 43 FLRA 54 [NN]
  74. Requiring the agency normally to avoid assigning incidental duties to employees that are inappropriate to an employee’s position and qualifications. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1658, 44 FLRA 1375, Provision 10 [N]
  75. Requiring management to schedule employees’ tours of duty in a fair and objective manner. NTEU, 46 FLRA 696, Provision 26 [NN]
  76. Firearms and Range Officers will be designated in a fair and objective manner. NTEU, 46 FLRA 696, Provision 31, Section (c) [NN]
  77. Excluding the selecting official from serving on the Board. NTEU, 46 FLRA 696, Proposal 4, Section 8A (second sentence) [NN]
  78. Requiring the agency to assign one Title II claims representative and one Title XVI claims representative to Shift 2. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 2879, 46 FLRA 1152 [NN]
  79. Limiting the types of reviews that the agency may assign to the Reviewer Position. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 3509, 46 FLRA 1590, Proposal 13 [NN]
  80. Providing employees with 3 hours’ non-examining time to become familiar with reexamination procedures when first assigned re–examinations. POPA, 47 FLRA 10, Provision 22 [N]
  81. Prescribing how time spent on specific aspects of employees’ work will be recorded. POPA, 47 FLRA 10, Provisions 23 and 24 [N]
  82. Requiring the Supplemental Security Income FY93 Plan to remain in effect for a minimum of 90 days, but allowing management to make certain adjustments to the Plan. AFGE, Local 2879, 49 FLRA 279, Provision 1 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
  83. Requiring the agency to apply uniformly the term “emergency” when it results in the loss of employees’ adjudication time and providing that emergencies be limited to events which are out of the ordinary. AFGE, Local 2879, 49 FLRA 279, Provision 2 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
  84. Requiring the agency to make reasonable efforts to allow employees to make up lost adjudication time. AFGE, Local 2879, 49 FLRA 279, Provision 3 (second sentence) [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
  85. Establishing a goal of 1 day per week of adjudication time for employees and requiring that the parties attempt to reach that goal. AFGE, Local 2879, 49 FLRA 279, Provision 4 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
  86. Precluding management from assigning work to employees who are waiting for needed tools or equipment to become available. MNFFE, Local 1655, 49 FLRA 874, Provision 2, Subsection 5 (first sentence) [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
  87. Permitting employees whose work product was substantively changed to submit a statement expressing their disagreement which would be maintained in the employer’s files. AFSCME, Local 2910, 53 FLRA 1334, Proposal 2 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
  88. Requiring the agency to assign its aviation work to two employees, rather than to one employee. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 3807, 54 FLRA 642, Proposals 1 and 3 [NN]
  89. Requiring the agency to maintain the status quo, i.e., to maintain two separate helicopters. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 3807, 54 FLRA 642, Proposals 2 and 4 [NN]
  90. Requiring the agency to make every reasonable effort to provide employees with off–interview time. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1164, 54 FLRA 1327, Proposal 1 [NN]
  91. Requiring the agency to provide T2 and T16 claims representatives with off–interview time. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1164, 54 FLRA 1327, Proposal 3 [NN]
  92. Requiring the agency to provide one day of off–interviewing time per week for employees who are on either a flex–time or compressed work schedule. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1164, 54 FLRA 1327, Proposal 4 [NN]
  93. Establishing a rotational schedule for “interviewing duty[,]” which includes designated off–interview days for T2 and T16 claims representatives. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1164, 54 FLRA 1327, Proposal 5 [NN]
  94. Requiring management to make every reasonable effort to honor the off–interviewing assignments, and allows the parties to agree on assigning interviews to claims representatives who are on off–interview days. AFGE, AFL-CIO, Local 1164, 54 FLRA 1327, Proposal 6 (first, second and third sentences) [NN]
  95. The rotational assignment of interviews permits claims representatives to make up any lost off–interview time. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1164, 54 FLRA 1327, Proposal 6 (third, fourth and fifth sentences) [NN]
  96. The off–interviewing procedures will apply unless the total number of claims representatives on duty on any given day is equal to or less than 50 percent of the total complement of claims representatives. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1164, 54 FLRA 1327, Proposal 7 (first sentence) [NN]
  97. The continuation of current leave practices in the office. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1164, 54 FLRA 1327 (second sentence) [NN]
  98. Prescribing the length of time that the agency must wait before it can assign a representative to interview a claimant. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1164, 54 FLRA 1327, Proposal 8 [NN]
  99. Setting forth a rotational system of assigning interview to Crs “[o]ut of alpha.” AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1164, 54 FLRA 1327, Proposal 9 [N]
  100. Identifying various duties that claims representatives must perform while processing interviews. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1164, 54 FLRA 1327, Proposal 10 [NN]
  101. Requiring the agency to provide additional off–interview time or some other means of maintaining a balance in the workload. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1164, 54 FLRA 1327, Proposal 11 [NN]
  102. Requiring the agency to continue to assign work to licensed practical nurses (LPNs) in the walk–in clinic, emergency room and out–patient clinic despite the fact that the agency has determined it is not operationally efficient to do so. NAGE, Local R5–184, 55 FLRA 549, Proposals 1 and 2 [NN]
  103. Requiring the agency to define in writing what constitutes a GS–12 complex case. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 948, 55 FLRA 582, Proposal 5 [N]
  104. Requiring the agency to develop and distribute to work centers, for use throughout the year, a question–and–answer book containing necessary information of certification of aircraft repairs. Association of Civilian Technicians, Evergreen Chapter, 55 FLRA 591, Proposal 2 [NN, (a)(2)(A)]
  105. Requiring the agency, on an annual basis, to determine whether inspectors are qualified to certify aircraft repairs based on inspectors’ demonstration of knowledge of information in the book. Association of Civilian Technicians, Evergreen Chapter, 55 FLRA 591, Proposal 2 [NN, (a)(2)(A)]
  106. Requiring that, for a trail period of 2 months, five title 2 and five title 16 Claims Representatives be assigned to primary interviewing. AFGE, Local 1164, 55 FLRA 999, Proposal 1 [NN]
  107. Requiring the agency to retain the language of the 1995 Customer Service Standards. AFGE, National Council of Field Labor Locals, Local 2139, 57 FLRA 292 [NN, (a)(2)(A) and (B)]
  108. Requiring the agency upon completion of the new terminal to negotiate with the union over whether Plant Protection Quarantine Officers meet the criteria set forth in APHIS Directive 402.1. National Association of Agriculture Employees Branch 11, 57 FLRA 424, Proposal 2 (Philadelphia case) [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
  109. Requiring that such military training would be assigned as work only under certain parameters including an opportunity to discuss the agency's decision with both the union and technician. ACT, Wichita Air Capitol Chapter, 58 FLRA 28 [NN, LAW]. Vacated and remanded in ACT, Wichita Air Capitol Chapter v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, No. 03-1141 (D.C. Cir., March 12, 2004). On remand, ACT, Wichita Air Capitol Chapter, 60 FLRA 342 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]. On reconsideration, ACT, Wichita Air Capitol Chapter, 60 FLRA 835 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]. Petition for review denied, ACT, Wichita Air Capitol Chapter v. FLRA, No. 05-1192 (D.C. Cir. 2006) [unpublished decision]
  110. Requiring the agency to assign qualified employees who are not scheduled for weekend duty to weekend work to enable other employees to attend weekend military drills without having to use leave. AFGE, Local 701, Council of Prison Locals 33, 58 FLRA 128, Provision 1 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
  111. Requiring the agency to immediately assign Title 2 duties (processing claims for social security benefits) to Arreola and Title 16 duties (processing claims for supplement security income benefits) to Guerra and DeLeon–Lavin and, conversely, preclude it from assigning Title 16 duties to Arreola and Title 2 duties to Guerra and DeLeon–Lavin. AFGE, Local 3694, 58 FLRA 148, NG-2641 Proposal [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
  112. Requiring the agency to assign Title 2 duties to Arreola when these duties are next available and, conversely, would preclude it from assigning her Title 16 duties at that time. AFGE, Local 3694, 58 FLRA 148, NG–2638 Proposal [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
  113. Requires Agency, not aviation inspector, to issue delegation of inspection duties to outside parties where aviation inspector deems delegation inappropriate. PASS, 59 FLRA 25, Proposal 3 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
  114. Allowing the agency to determine qualifications for the secretary position and requires management to use seniority as the determining factor for making specific assignments. AFGE, Local 3935, 59 FLRA 481 [NN, (a)(2)(A) and (B)]
  115. Requiring the agency to assign the duties of an employee assigned to fire duty to a different employee, with the selection made from among a group of qualified employees of the same division. NFFE, Local 2192, 59 FLRA 868, Option A [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
  116. Upon the conclusion of the trial period, the agency will provide the union with all completed evaluation materials. NFFE, Local 951, IAMAW, 59 FLRA 951, Proposal 19 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]. Reversed and remanded in NFFE, FD–1, IAMAW, Locals 951 and 2152 v. FLRA, 412 F.3d 119 (D.C. Cir. 2005). On remand, NFFE, Local 951, IAMAW, 61 FLRA 459, Proposal 19 [N]
  117. The agency will provide the union all documentation created during “spot checks” periodic reviews–of AUO materials related to law enforcement positions. NFFE, Local 951, IAMAW, 59 FLRA 951, Proposal 20 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]. Reversed and remanded in NFFE, FD–1, IAMAW, Locals 951 and 2152 v. FLRA, 412 F.3d 119 (D.C. Cir. 2005). On remand, NFFE, Local 951, IAMAW, 61 FLRA 459, Proposal 20 [N]
  118. Prohibiting the agency unless reasonable cause exists to believe the computer is being used contrary to law, rule or regulations, from monitoring the amount of time employees use their computers and using that information for the purpose of evaluating their productivity. AFSCME, Local 2830, 60 FLRA 124 [NN, (a)(2)(A) and (B)]
  119. Requiring the Agency to assign certain duties to teachers’ aides. Antilles Consolidated Education Association, 61 FLRA 327, Proposal 1 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
  120. Continuing “status quo” of making certain assignments to education technicians until completion of negotiations. Antilles Consolidated Education Association, 61 FLRA 327, Proposal 3 [N, (b)(2)]

To Top of Page Assignments to Bargaining Unit Employees

  1. Precluding the agency from assigning cases to the designated bargaining unit employees if their caseloads are unmanageable. NTEU, 6 FLRA 508, Proposal 5 [NN]
  2. Making every reasonable effort to insure that work normally assigned to bargaining unit employees is performed by properly qualified bargaining unit employees. National Association of Air Traffic Specialists, 6 FLRA 588, Proposal VII [N]
  3. Relieving unit employees of responsibilities such as maintenance, upkeep of equipment, etc., and barring removal of ice from the post except in emergency. IAFF, Local F–215, 8 FLRA 417, Proposals 2–4, Section 4 [NN]
  4. Preventing management from assigning work to military personnel which historically has been performed by bargaining unit employees. IAMAW, Local 2424, 8 FLRA 679, Proposals 1–2 [NN]
  5. Preventing management from assigning unit employees to perform certain duties. IAFF, AFL–CIO, Local F–116, 9 FLRA 700, Proposal 1 [NN]
  6. Preventing management from assigning additional or incidental duties to bargaining unit employees except in special circumstances and in emergency situations. New York State Nurses Association, 14 FLRA 386 [NN]
  7. Accepting and assigning additional work to bargaining unit employees on their ability to accomplish it without overtime or the temporary augmentation of the unit work force. NAGE, Local R14–89, 15 FLRA 14, Proposal 1 [NN]
  8. Nurses not be used to replace employees outside the bargaining unit. National Union of Hospital & Health Care Employees, AFL–CIO, District 1199, 28 FLRA 435, Proposal 1 (third sentence) [NN]
  9. Preventing an agency from assigning to unit employees duties that would have normally been performed by absent teachers. Overseas Education Association, Inc., 29 FLRA 628, Proposal 1c. [NN]. Reversed and remanded in Overseas Education Association, Inc. v. FLRA, 876 F.2d 960 (D.C. Cir. 1989). On remand, Overseas Education Association, Inc., 39 FLRA 153 [NN]
  10. Describing the work jurisdiction that will be performed exclusively by bargaining unit employees. NFFE, Local 1418, 37 FLRA 1385 [N]. Reversed and remanded in United States Information Agency v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, 960 F.2d 165 (D.C. Cir. 1992). On remand, NFFE, Local 1418, 49 FLRA 1262, Sections 2, 4, 5 and 6 [N]
  11. Establishing a procedure governing the assignment of supervisory duties temporarily to unit employees. NFFE, Local 1482, 39 FLRA 1169, Proposal 2 [N]. Remanded in Defense Mapping Agency v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, 955 F.2d 764 (D.C. Cir. 1992). On remand, Defense Mapping Agency, 45 FLRA 1132, Proposal 2 [N]
  12. Allowing bargaining unit employees’ grades and time spent at the agency’s Denver Area Office to be the determinative factors when deciding conflicts over the area office to which unit employees will be assigned. AFGE, Local 898, 39 FLRA 1441 [N]
  13. Army Material Command (AMC) interns that were members of the bargaining unit will be grand fathered in and not be subject to the AMC Displaced Professional Employee Program. NFFE, Local 15, 43 FLRA 1165, Proposal 1 [NN]
  14. AMC interns who were in the bargaining unit will be returned to the status quo. NFFE, Local 15, 43 FLRA 1165, Proposal 2 [NN]
  15. All previous bargaining unit employees who were removed from the bargaining unit “will be returned to the unit retroactively.” NFFE, Local 15, 43 FLRA 1165, Proposal 3 [NN]
  16. Providing that the bargaining unit status of employees detailed out of or into the unit will remain unchanged. NFFE, Local 1442, 44 FLRA 723 [NN]
  17. Requiring all staff meetings involving Newington unit employees to be held at the Newington medical facility. NAGE, Local R1–109, 53 FLRA 526, Proposal 4 [N]
  18. Conditioning the assignment of work to compensated work therapy personnel on the provision of information about those personnel to the union. NAGE, Local R1–109, 54 FLRA 526, Proposal 1 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
  19. Prohibiting the assignment of compensated work therapy personnel so as to deny unit employees full–time employment. NAGE, Local R1–109, 54 FLRA 526, Proposal 2 [NN,(a)(2)(B)]
  20. Prohibiting the agency from assigning compensated work therapy personnel so as to fill any vacant unit positions. NAGE, Local R1–109, 54 FLRA 526, Proposal 3 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
  21. Restricting actions by "CWT personnel"—– prohibiting these individuals from interfering with bargaining unit members’ contractual rights—– rather than restrict actions by the agency. NAGE, Local R1–109, 54 FLRA 526, Proposal 4 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]

To Top of Page Assignments to Non-bargaining Unit Employees

  1. Requiring the agency to rescind, to the extent that it affects non–bargaining unit employees, any permanent reassignments made before agreement was reached on the applicable contract provisions and handling those reassignments under such provisions. National Council of Field Labor Locals, AFGE, AFL–CIO, 3 FLRA 290, Proposal 3 [NN]
  2. Prohibiting the assignment of certain work to employees who do not meet certain requirements or who are outside the bargaining unit. IBEW, Local 570, AFL–CIO, 14 FLRA 432, Proposals 1–3 [NN]
  3. Preventing the agency from making collateral duty assignment, such as Motor Pool Officer, to non–unit personnel. AFGE, AFL–CIO, International Council of Marshals Service Locals, 15 FLRA 333, Proposal 4 [NN]
  4. Assigning certain duties to non–unit personnel. National Union of Hospital & Health Care Employees, AFL–CIO, District 1199, 28 FLRA 435, Proposal 15, Sections 4.c, 4.d and 7 (with the exception of the first sentence) [NN]
  5. Requiring the agency to negotiate with the union before assigning any work historically performed by bargaining unit employees to non–bargaining unit employees. IBEW, Local 121, 56 FLRA 609 [NN, (a)(2)(A)]

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