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HR 3892 110th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Employee training Employee-management relations in government Federal advisory bodies Federal employees Labor disputes Labor-management committees Performance measurement

Federal Labor-Management Partnership Act of 2007

Introduced: October 18, 2007 Introduced by: Davis, Danny K. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 25, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
Oct 18, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Oct 18, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2174-2175)
Oct 18, 2007
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Federal Labor-Management Partnership Act of 2007 - Establishes the Federal Labor-Management Partnership Council to advise the President on matters involving labor-management relations in the executive branch. Includes among the Council's activities: (1) supporting the creation of local labor-management partnership councils that promote partnership efforts; (2) collecting and disseminating information about and providing guidance on such efforts; (3) using the expertise of individuals, inside and outside the federal government, to foster partnership arrangements in the executive branch; and (4) proposing statutory changes to improve the civil service to better serve the public and carry out the mission of the various agencies.

Requires the President to designate a Council Chairperson.

Requires the President to direct the head of each agency which is subject to labor-management relations provisions or any other authority permitting employees to select an exclusive representative, to: (1) create labor-management partnerships by forming labor-management committees or councils at appropriate levels or adapting existing committees or councils if such groups exist; (2) involve employees and their representatives as full partners with management representatives to improve the civil service to better serve the public and carry out the mission of the agency; (3) provide systemic training of appropriate employees in consensual methods of dispute resolution; (4) negotiate, at the request of the labor organization, on specified subjects and instruct subordinate officials to do the same; and (5) evaluate progress and improvements in organizational performance resulting from such labor-management partnerships.

What's happening now October 25, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.

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