Social Security Administration, Office of Hearings and Appeals, Falls Church, Virginia and American Federation of Government Employees, Local 3615 (Authority decision, December 18, 1997)

Final FLRA decision. This is a final order of the Federal Labor Relations Authority involving an arbitral award under 5 U.S.C. § 7122. Judicial review under 5 U.S.C. § 7123(a) generally does not extend to such an order unless the order involves an unfair labor practice under 5 U.S.C. § 7116. This decision resolves exceptions to an arbitration award and does not state that it involves an unfair labor practice.

Plain-English summary

The Social Security Administration's Office of Hearings and Appeals challenged an arbitration award involving AFGE Local 3615 in Falls Church. The union opposed the agency's exceptions. The Authority reviewed the case under the statutory grounds for finding an arbitration award deficient and found that the agency had established none. It denied the exceptions, leaving the award in place. The decision does not describe the underlying grievance or the award's terms.

Decision snapshot

• Authority: 5 U.S.C. § 7122(a).
• Outcome: Agency's exceptions denied; arbitration award left in place.
• Key point: The agency did not establish a ground for setting aside the award.

Full text (FLRA public release)

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53:0998(84)AR

The decision of the Authority follows:

53 FLRA No. 84

FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA

(Agency)

and

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES

LOCAL 3615

(Union)

0-AR-2844

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DECISION

December 18, 1997

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Before the Authority: Phyllis N. Segal, Chair; Donald S. Wasserman and Dale Cabaniss, Members.

This matter is before the Authority on exceptions to an award of Arbitrator Roger P. Kaplan filed by the Agency under section 7122(a) of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (the Statute) and part 2425 of the Authority's Regulations. The Union filed an opposition to the Agency's exceptions.

Under section 7122(a) of the Statute, an award is deficient if it is contrary to any law, rule, or regulation; or is deficient on other grounds similar to those applied by Federal courts in private sector labor-management relations. Upon careful consideration of the entire record in this case, the Authority concludes that the award is not deficient on any of the grounds raised in the exceptions and set forth in section 7122(a).

Accordingly, the Agency's exceptions are denied.(1)

FOOTNOTES:
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1. Member Cabaniss did not participate
   in this decision.