By: Broida
Price: $850.00
Edition: 39th/2026
Sku: 26FLRA
ISBN: 978-1-956013-53-5
Availability: IN-STOCK
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In two volumes, updated annually, the FLRA Guide is a complete research tool on unit determinations, negotiability and the collective bargaining process, unfair labor practices, and arbitration. The 2026 edition includes analysis of 2025 and early 2026 decisions of the FLRA and the courts, and major regulatory and executive order developments during 2025-2026. Major topics include:
- jurisdiction;
- unit determinations and elections;
- labor organizations;
- negotiability procedures;
- negotiability determinations;
- the Federal Service Impasses Panel;
- ULPs and remedies;
- review of arbitration awards;
- administrative reconsideration and judicial review.
New in 2026
- New regulations governing representation petitions; transfer of their processing from regional offices to FLRA HQ;
- Impact of executive orders disenfranchising unions;
- Guidance concerning revocation of union dues authorizations;
- Planned revisions in hearing procedures for ULP complaints;
- Executive orders and implementing OPM regulations affecting arbitrators’ authority to mitigate disciplinary penalties, review reductions in force;
- Decisions affecting negotiability of contract proposals involving remote work; application of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to arbitrators’ awards that do not explicitly analyze contractual appropriate arrangements provisions; interpretation of the "officially ordered or approved" requirement of the Federal Employees Pay Act; requirements for notices concerning union petitions for changes in affiliation; elements of the contract bar doctrine implicated by contract extension; Back Pay Act requirements for hazard pay entitlement; findings under the Back Pay Act to support arbitrators’ awards reversing or modifying disciplinary actions; availability of Title VII lawsuit to remedy discrimination by a union against a grievant.



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