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56 FLRA No. 59
American Federation of Government Employees, Local 446 and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Asheville, North Carolina (La Manna, Arbitrator), 0-AR-3311 (Decided May 19, 2000)
Under section 7122(a) of the Statute, an award is deficient if it is contrary to any law, rule, or regulation; or it is deficient on other grounds similar to those applied by Federal courts in private sector labor-management relations. Upon careful consideration of the entire record in this case, and Authority precedent, the Authority concluded that the award was not deficient on the grounds raised in the exceptions.··___·· The Authority rejected the allegations that the award was based on a nonfact or that the parties were denied a fair hearing.