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62 FLRA No. 16
United States Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service and National Treasury Employees Union, Chapters 22, 34, & 60, 0-AR-3942 (61 FLRA 168 (2005) (March 29, 2007)
This case came before the Authority on remand from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 466 F.3d 1079 (D.C. Cir. 2006). In that decision, the court set aside the Authority's decision in 61 FLRA 168 (2005), where the Authority found an award contrary to law because it required time-off awards for volunteers whose customer-service work fell below a minimally successful level.
The court found that the Authority failed to address textual ambiguities in the relevant memorandum of understanding (MOU) and remanded the case to the Authority for further proceedings.
Consistent with the court's decision, the Authority remanded the case to the parties for resubmission to the Arbitrator, absent settlement, to resolve the ambiguities in the MOU.