61 FLRA No. 11

U. S. DEPT. OF LABOR AND AFGE, LOCAL 948 NATIONAL COUNCIL OF FIELD LABOR LOCALS (Twomey, Arbitrator) 0-AR-3924 (June 29, 2005) 

The Arbitrator found that the Agency violated the parties' collective bargaining agreement (CBA) by not timely providing mass transit-related administrative checks to employees enrolled in the Agency's transit subsidy program. As a remedy, he directed the Agency to provide backpay and interest to the employees and to comply with the CBA.  The Authority rejected the Agency's allegations that the award of transit subsidies as backpay was contrary to the terms of § 7905(b)(2)(A) and denied the exceptions.  .