[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3, Parts 1200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 1999]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR2471.6]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
 CHAPTER XIV--FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE 
  FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY AND FEDERAL SERVICE IMPASSES PANEL
 
PART 2471--PROCEDURES OF THE PANEL--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 2471.6  Investigation of request; Panel procedures; approval of binding arbitration.

    (a) Upon receipt of a request for consideration of an impasse, the 
Panel or its designee will promptly conduct an investigation, consulting 
when necessary with the parties and with any mediation service utilized. 
After due consideration, the Panel shall either:
    (1) Decline to assert jurisdiction in the event that it finds that 
no impasse exists or that there is other good cause for not asserting 
jurisdiction, in whole

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or in part, and so advise the parties in writing, stating its reasons; 
or
    (2) Assert jurisdiction and
    (i) Recommend to the parties procedures for the resolution of the 
impasse; and/or
    (ii) Assist the parties in resolving the impasse through whatever 
methods and procedures the Panel considers appropriate. The procedures 
utilized by the Panel may include, but are not limited to: informal 
conferences with a Panel designee; factfinding (by a Panel designee or a 
private factfinder); written submissions; show cause orders; oral 
presentations to the Panel; and arbitration or mediation-arbitration (by 
a Panel designee or a private arbitrator). Following procedures used by 
the Panel, it may issue a report to the parties containing 
recommendations for settlement prior to taking final action to resolve 
the impasse.
    (b) Upon receipt of a request for approval of a binding arbitration 
procedure, the Panel or its designee will promptly conduct an 
investigation, consulting when necessary with the parties and with any 
mediation service utilized. After due consideration, the Panel shall 
promptly approve or disapprove the request, normally within five (5) 
workdays.

[45 FR 3520, Jan. 17, 1980, as amended at 61 FR 41294, Aug. 8, 1996]