§4106 Foreign Service Labor Relations Board

Summary

Creates a Foreign Service Labor Relations Board inside the Federal Labor Relations Authority. The Board has three members. The Authority’s Chair is the Board’s Chair. The Chair must pick the other two members from nominees approved in writing by the covered agencies and by the employees’ exclusive representative, if any. If they cannot agree, the Chair may pick two people who know labor-management relations and foreign affairs. The Chair serves on the Board while they lead the Authority. One original non‑chair gets a 2-year term and the other a 3-year term; after that non‑chair members serve 3‑year terms and replacements finish the old term. The Chair can name an alternate Chair. Vacancies do not stop the Board from acting. Non‑chair members generally may not hold another federal job and are paid the daily equivalent of the rate for Executive Schedule level V under 5 U.S.C. 5316 for each day worked (including travel). The Chair may remove a member for corruption, neglect, malfeasance, or proven incapacity after a hearing, unless the right to a hearing is waived in writing.