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Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (FSLMRS)
Practical Law Glossary Item 9-576-3268 (Approx. 3 pages)
Glossary
Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (FSLMRS)
Also known as Title VII of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA) (5 U.S.C. §§ 7101 to 7135). The federal law that governs labor relations in the federal workforce. The FSLMRS is intended to promote efficient government operations while defining and protecting the rights of:
- Most non-postal federal employees of executive branch agencies to:
- bargain collectively; and
- participate in decisions affecting their conditions of employment through labor organizations of their choice.
- Labor organizations to:
- be the exclusive representative of the employees in an appropriate unit;
- act for and negotiate collective bargaining agreements covering all employees in that unit; and
- represent the interests of all the employees in the unit it represents.
- Federal agencies to:
- determine the mission, budget, organization, number of employees, and internal security practices of the agency;
- hire, assign, layoff, retain, or promote agency employees; and
- assign work, direct employees, and take disciplinary action against employees.
The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) enforces this statute. For more information, see Practice Notes, Federal Labor Relations Authority and Unfair Labor Practices Under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (FSLMRS): Overview.