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CERTIFICATION
FLRA's determination of the results of an election or the status of a union as the exclusive representative of all the employees in an appropriate unit.
CHALLENGED BALLOTS
Ballots that are challenged by election observers on the ground that the person casting the ballot isn't eligible to vote because, e.g., he or she is a management official, supervisor, confidential employee or engaged in personnel work.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM ACT OF 1978 (CSRA)
Legislation enacted in October 1978 for the purpose of improving the civil service. It includes the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (FSLMRS), Chapter 71 of title 5 of the U. S. Code.
CLARIFICATION OF UNIT PETITION
An action in which the petitioner (union or management) asks FLRA to determine the bargaining unit status of various employees—i.e., to determine whether they are management officials, supervisors, employees engaged in non-clerical personnel work, or confidential employees, and therefore excluded from the unit (and from the coverage of the collective bargaining agreement applicable to the unit, including access to the agreement's negotiated grievance procedure).
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
The expression refers to bargaining between labor organizations and employers.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (COE)
Under 5 USC 7103(a)(14), COE "means personnel policies, practices, and matters, whether established by rule, regulation, or otherwise [e.g., by custom or practice], affecting working conditions, except those matters that are specifically provided for by Federal statute.)"
