Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 52— - FOREIGN SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER X— - LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS › § 4105
Lets Department managers run and organize the agency. They can set the mission, budget, structure, security rules, and how many people work in the Department or Service. They can hire, assign, discipline, suspend, remove, promote, and delay promotions. They can carry out layoffs and set the rules for separations. They can assign work, decide what to contract out, choose who will do the work, fill jobs from any proper source, make shared personnel rules across agencies, and act as needed in emergencies. The Department and the employees’ exclusive representative (their chosen union or rep) may negotiate, if the Department agrees, about the number and kinds of employees and how work is done; about procedures managers will follow when using these powers; and about fair arrangements for workers hurt by those actions.
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22 U.S.C. § 4105
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73