Go to slide: 1: OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 2: OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL GUIDANCE ON APPLYING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FEDERAL SERVICE LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS STATUTE TO PROCESSING EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMPLAINTS AND BARGAINING OVER EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY MATTERS 3: PURPOSE OF THE GUIDANCE 4: ESSENTIAL QUESTION 5: RIGHTS OF UNIONS AND EMPLOYEES UNDER THE FEDERAL SERVICE LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS STATUTE 6: COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RIGHTS OF UNIONS 7: WHAT ARE SOME POTENTIAL NEGOTIABLE EEO MATTERS? 8: WHAT DOES NEGOTIABLE MEAN? 9: EXAMPLES OF PROPOSALS ON EEO MATTERS FOUND NEGOTIABLE 10: UNILATERAL CHANGES AS A RESULT OF AN EEO SETTLEMENT 11: CHANGES TO A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT 12: A UNION’S RIGHT TO BE REPRESENTED AT MEETINGS 13: WHAT IS A FORMAL DISCUSSION? 14: FORMAL DISCUSSION ISSUES IN EEO COMPLAINTS 15: UNANSWERED QUESTION 16: WEINGARTEN MEETINGS 17: WEINGARTEN ISSUES IN EEO INVESTIGATIONS 18: BYPASS ISSUES 19: UNIONS RIGHT TO INFORMATION ABOUT PROCESSING EEO COMPLAINTS & OTHER EEO MATTERS 20: EEO INVOLVEMENT AS PROTECTED ACTIVITY UNDER THE STATUTE 21: CONCLUSION