RSS FeedsAppendix F - Meetings Decisional Analysis
MEETINGS DECISIONAL ANALYSIS
The following is a chart which, by focusing on the topic of the meeting, suggests to union representatives and agency officials which factors to analyze to determine if a meeting creates any representational rights. The goal is make the proper determination before a meeting occurs, rather than evaluating whether the agency violated the Statute after the meeting has taken place.
| TOPIC | FACTORS TO CONSIDER |
| Do you intend to discuss any pending grievance, whether at the informal or formal stages of the negotiated grievance procedure? | Formal Discussion factors in Part 2 Section. Negotiated Grievance Procedure in Part Section B.1. |
| Do you intend to discuss a workplace matter of concern to employees generally? | Formal Discussion factors in Part 2 Section D |
| Do you intend to discuss a personnel policy or practice that pertains generally to all the employees? | Formal Discussion factors in Part 2 Section D |
| Do you intend to discuss with one employee a formally proposed or final decision on a performance or disciplinary matter? | Formal Discussion factors in Part 2 Section D |
| Do you intend to discuss a formal EEO complaint? | Formal Discussion factors in Part 2 Section D |
| Do you intend to ask questions of, or solicit information from, the employee about a matter under investigation? | Investigatory Examination factors in Part III, Section D. |
| Do you intend to secure an admission from the employee or ask the employee to explain his/her conduct? | Investigatory Examination factors in Part III, Section D. |
| Do you intend to meet with unit employees and discuss a negotiable matter that is, or soon could be, a subject of negotiations with the union? | Bypass factors in Part III, Section A. |
| Do you intend to discuss a subject where the parties' contract or practice allows for union representation? | Representational Rights Created by Contract and Practice in Part III, Section C. |