[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3, Parts 1200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 1999]
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[CITE: 5CFR2420.1]
[Page 373]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
 CHAPTER XIV--FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE 
  FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY AND FEDERAL SERVICE IMPASSES PANEL
 
PART 2420--PURPOSE AND SCOPE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 2420.1  Purpose and scope.
    The regulations contained in this subchapter are designed to 
implement the provisions of chapter 71 of title 5 and, where applicable, 
section 431 of title 3 of the United States Code. They prescribe the 
procedures, basic principles or criteria under which the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority or the General Counsel of the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority, as applicable, will:
    (a) Determine the appropriateness of units for labor organization 
representation under 5 U.S.C. 7112;
    (b) Supervise or conduct elections to determine whether a labor 
organization has been selected as an exclusive representative by a 
majority of the employees in an appropriate unit and otherwise 
administer the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 7111 relating to the according of 
exclusive recognition to labor organizations;
    (c) Resolve issues relating to the granting of national consultation 
rights under 5 U.S.C. 7113;
    (d) Resolve issues relating to determining compelling need for 
agency rules and regulations under 5 U.S.C. 7117(b);
    (e) Resolve issues relating to the duty to bargain in good faith 
under 5 U.S.C. 7117(c);
    (f) Resolve issues relating to the granting of consultation rights 
with respect to conditions of employment under 5 U.S.C. 7117(d);
    (g) Conduct hearings and resolve complaints of unfair labor 
practices under 5 U.S.C. 7118;
    (h) Resolve exceptions to arbitrators' awards under 5 U.S.C. 7122; 
and
    (i) Take such other actions as are necessary and appropriate 
effectively to administer the provisions of chapter 71 of title 5 of the 
United States Code.
[45 FR 3497, Jan. 17, 1980, as amended at 63 FR 46158, Aug. 31, 1998]