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60 FLRA No. 4
Tidewater Virginia Federal Employees Metal Trades Council and U. S. Dept. of the Navy Navy Public Works Center, Norfolk, Virginia (Forman, Arbitrator) 0-AR-3814 (Decided June 14, 2004)
Under § 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 ground raised in the exception and set forth in § 7122(a). The Authority rejected the allegations that the award failed to draw its essence from the parties' collective bargaining agreement.