Introduction to the FLRA

The FLRA is an independent administrative federal agency that administers the labor-management relations program for 2.1 million non-postal federal employees worldwide.

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Register for Training

The FLRA’s one-stop shop for all things training with upcoming in-person events near you, YouTube videos, agency training contacts and more.

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eFiling

The FLRA's New and Improved eFiling System provides the federal-sector labor-management community with a convenient, user-friendly way to electronically submit case filings.

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Introduction to the FLRA

eFiling

Getting Started

FILE A CASE

File a case with the FLRA, including unfair labor practice charges, arbitration appeals, and requests for impasse assistance.

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REGIONAL OFFICES

Our Regional Offices investigate unfair labor practice charges, conduct union elections, provide training, and more.

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Learn more about federal labor-management relations, including unfair labor practices, representation matters, impasses, and negotiability.

CASE TYPES

The participation of employees in the formulation and implementation of employee policy and procedures affecting them contributes to the effective conduct of public business.

— President John F. Kennedy (Memorandum to the Heads of Agencies on Employee-Management Relations in the Federal Service, June 22, 1961)

Resources

You can find all of our resources in one convenient spot, including guides, FAQs, forms, and more.

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Tuesday Training. Bargaining under the Statute. Scope of Bargaining, Duty to Bargain, Term, Mid-Term, and Change Bargaining, Good faith/Bad faith Bargaining, Defenses to the Duty to Bargain, Remedies.

Virtual from 11:00am until 4:00 pm EASTERN TIME. With a lunch break.

July 09, 2024

11:00 AM to 04:00 PM

Status: Open

Basic Statutory Training (Two Day Class): Meetings (including Formal Discussion, Weingarten and Bypass); Interference and Discrimination; Information Requests under the Statute; Official Time; Processing unfair labor practice charges and Duty to Bargain

Atlanta, GA

August 06, 2024

09:00 AM to 04:30 PM

August 07, 2024

09:00 AM to 04:30 PM

Status: Open

The Nuts and Bolts of Processing Representation Petitions, Statutory Exclusions, Appropriate Unit Determinations, Investigations and Hearings and Elections

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August 08, 2024

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Authority Decisions

United States Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (Agency) and National Treasury Employees Union, Chapter 68 (Union)

Citation Number: 73 FLRA 888

Issuance Number:

175

Issuance Date:

2024-06-25

Digest (102 KB)

Case Number:

0-AR-5702

Arbitrator:

Gosline

United States Department of Veterans Affairs, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital and Clinics (Agency) and American Federation of Government Employees, Local 0547 (Union)

Citation Number: 73 FLRA 880

Issuance Number:

174

Issuance Date:

2024-06-05

Digest (101 KB)

Case Number:

0-AR-5845

Arbitrator:

Breen

American Federation of Government Employees, Local 2342 (Union) and United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Black Hills Health Care Systems, Fort Meade, South Dakota (Agency)

Citation Number: 73 FLRA 876

Issuance Number:

173

Issuance Date:

2024-06-04

Digest (94 KB)

Case Number:

0-AR-5902

Arbitrator:

Bellman

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