| Comment Number: | OL-10507250 |
| Received: | 3/14/2005 9:38:05 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 Standards of conduct for union representatives – The proposed regulations say that employee representatives in the Department are subject to the same standards of conduct as any other employee, whether they are serving in their representative capacity or not. DoD rejects the current notion that only flagrant misconduct by a union representative would subject him or her to disciplinary action. This has the potential to go well beyond stopping abusive language or conduct. The standards of conduct for employees include an expectation of deference to superiors. A union representative who bangs on the table while loudly insisting, 'NO!' is displaying behavior that might not be tolerated by a subordinate. The whole idea of protected activity is threatened here. This is another provision that DHS put forward and then dropped. DoD should drop this proposal also.