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Federal Times
January 7, 2008
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The American Federation of Government Employees plans to take its fight against the Pentagon’s new personnel system to the Supreme Court.
AFGE said it would on Jan. 7 file a writ of certiorari — an appeal asking the nation’s highest court to hear the case — challenging the National Security Personnel System.
NSPS allows the Defense Department to discipline poor performers without offering them time to improve and to pay employees based on their performance rather than through the General Schedule.
Unions also object to NSPS provisions that allow Defense to assign employees new responsibilities without first bargaining with their unions. But the Defense authorization bill, still under consideration by Congress, would restore unions’ rights to collectively bargain on NSPS.
A federal appeals court sided with the Pentagon in a 2007 ruling. The appeals court overturned a 2006 U.S. District Court decision that found the Pentagon’s rules went beyond its authority.
January 7, 2008
Pg. 3
The American Federation of Government Employees plans to take its fight against the Pentagon’s new personnel system to the Supreme Court.
AFGE said it would on Jan. 7 file a writ of certiorari — an appeal asking the nation’s highest court to hear the case — challenging the National Security Personnel System.
NSPS allows the Defense Department to discipline poor performers without offering them time to improve and to pay employees based on their performance rather than through the General Schedule.
Unions also object to NSPS provisions that allow Defense to assign employees new responsibilities without first bargaining with their unions. But the Defense authorization bill, still under consideration by Congress, would restore unions’ rights to collectively bargain on NSPS.
A federal appeals court sided with the Pentagon in a 2007 ruling. The appeals court overturned a 2006 U.S. District Court decision that found the Pentagon’s rules went beyond its authority.