| Comment Number: | OL-10507249 |
| Received: | 3/14/2005 9:37:46 AM |
| Subject: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Request for Comment |
| Title: | National Security Personnel System |
| CFR Citation: | 5 CFR Chapter XCIX and Part 9901 |
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Comments:
Section 9901.914 – Representation rights and duties The union will only have the right to be present at any formal discussion between a Department management official(s) and bargaining unit employees if the purpose of the meeting is to discuss and/or announce new or substantially changed personnel policies, practices, or working conditions. This right does not apply to meetings for the purpose of discussing operational matters where any discussion of personnel policies, practices or working conditions is a reiteration or application of existing personnel policies, practices, or working conditions; is incidental to the announced purpose of the meeting; or does not result in an announcement of or a promise to change an existing personnel policy(s), practice(s), or working condition(s). Under NSPS, a manager could call a meeting to discuss ways to better accomplish a task and exclude the union because it is strictly about operational matters. If one of the employees suggests changing the overtime roster as a way to get the job done, do we believe that the supervisor will say that such changes cannot be discussed in the meeting and either change the subject or call for a union representative?