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60 FLRA No. 8
U. S. Dept. of Defense, Education Activity Arlington, Virginia and Federal Education Association 0-AR-3770 (Brent, Arbitrator) (Decided June 17, 2004)
The Union filed a grievance alleging that the Agency failed to pay the grievants correctly and failed to provide documentation that correct payments had been made for back pay, interest on back pay, Thrift Savings Plan matching funds, and lost earnings. The Arbitrator sustained the grievance and ordered a remedy with respect to the named grievants and the entire bargaining unit. The Agency filed an exception to the remedy and not to the findings of violations. The Authority denied the Agency's exceptions.
The Authority noted that the Agency failed to demonstrate that the award was inconsistent with either DOD Directive 1400.13 or DOD Financial Management Regulation 7000.14-R. Furthermore, the Authority rejected the Agency's claims that the award affected its rights to assign work and to determine its technology, methods and means of providing pay information to unit employees.