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By: FEDweek StaffThe FLRA has highlighted the requirements for federal labor-management cooperative forums under a recent executive order and the training available to help agencies meet those requirements.
The FLRA noted that the order—the latest in a partisan back-and-forth over such forums starting with the Clinton administration—requires agencies to:
* Create joint labor-management committees or councils at the levels of recognition and other appropriate levels agreed to by the employee union and management, or adapt existing councils or committees if they exist.
* Allow employees and their union representatives to have pre-decisional involvement in workplace matters, including discussions with management for the development of joint solutions to workplace challenges.
* Evaluate and document, in consultation with union representatives and any further guidance from OPM, changes in employee satisfaction, manager satisfaction, and organizational performance resulting from the labor-management forums.
* Submit to OPM a written implementation plan within 180 days addressing those requirements.
The FLRA called attention to a training video it released in 2022 on the forums; at the time, the Biden administration had encouraged agencies to have such forums but did not explicitly require them.
The FLRA also noted training available through its alternative disputes resolution office.
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