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57 FLRA No. 76
National Association of Agricultural EmployeesBranch 11 and U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Animal Plant Health Inspection Services Plant Protection Quarantine, Honolulu International Airport, Honolulu, Hawaii, et al, Case Nos. 0-NG-2576, 0- NG-2588, 0-NG-2590 (Decided July 23, 2001)
The appeals in these cases involved the negotiability of proposals concerning the Agency's decision to change employees' work schedules to include a 30-minute unpaid lunch. The Authority found that the proposals in Case No. 0-NG-2576 (Hawaii case) and Case No. 0-NG-2588 (Chicago case), and Proposal 1 in 0-NG-2590 (Philadelphia case) were negotiable at the election of the Agency. In addition, the Authority found that Proposals 2 and 3 in the Philadelphia case affected management's right to assign work under § 7106(a)(2)(B) and were not inconsistent with 5 U.S.C. § 6101. The Authority found these proposals to be outside the duty to bargain.