§4107 Functions of Foreign Service Labor Relations Board

Summary

The Board runs and enforces labor relations for employees covered by this part of the law. It has five main jobs: run and decide elections to pick an exclusive employee representative by majority vote, handle complaints about unfair labor practices, decide disputes about the duty to bargain in good faith, resolve contract disputes under section 4114, and do whatever else is needed to make the rules work. The Board’s decisions should normally match decisions by the Authority under chapter 71 of title 5, unless special circumstances require a different result. Its decisions can’t be used as precedent for chapter 71 cases. To do its work, the Board must write procedures by regulation and may make other rules, investigate people covered anywhere, hold hearings, take sworn testimony and issue subpoenas, order a Department or labor group to stop violations and fix them, and exercise the same functions the Authority has under chapter 71 of title 5.