Employee and Labor Management Relations

Read the details of the agreement between Oak Ridge Office and Office of Scientific and Technical Information and Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 268 (July 2002).

The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) serves as guardian of the Federal Government's merit-based system of employment, principally by hearing and deciding appeals from Federal employees of removals and other major personnel actions. The Board also hears and decides other types of civil service cases, reviews significant actions and regulations of the Office of Personnel Management, and conducts studies of the merit systems.

The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) is an independent agency responsible for administering the labor-management relations program for 1.9 million Federal employees world-wide.

The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is an independent Federal investigative and prosecutorial agency.  OSC's primary mission is to safeguard the merit system by protecting Federal employees and applicants from prohibited personnel practices (PPPs), especially reprisal for whistleblowing.  OSC seeks corrective action remedies (such as back pay an reinstatement), by negotiation or from the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), for injuries suffered by whistleblowers and other complainants.  OSC is also authorized to file complaints at the MSPB to seek disciplinary action against individuals who commit PPPs.