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NPR 3711.1A Eff. Date: July 02, 2012 Cancellation Date:	Federal Employee Labor Management Relations Program
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Preface

P.1 Purpose

This NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) provides Agency direction regarding Labor-Management Relations. The NPR will be used in conjunction with the referenced statutory and regulatory requirements and any local Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA). This NPR recognizes that:

a. Fair, equitable, and respectful treatment of employees is a means to achieving NASA's mission.

b. Collaboration between management and labor is effective and efficient in identifying, resolving, and communicating questions, concerns, issues, and solutions affecting employee working conditions.

P.2 Applicability

a. This NPR is applicable to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers.

b. Any reference to Center Director(s) includes the Executive Director for Headquarters Operations and the Executive Director of the NASA Shared Services Center.

c. In this directive, all document citations are assumed to be the latest version, unless otherwise noted.

d. In this directive, all mandatory actions (i.e., requirements) are denoted by statements containing the term "shall." The terms: "may" or "can" denote discretionary privilege or permission, "should" denotes a good practice and is recommended, but not required, "will" denotes expected outcome, and "are/is" denotes descriptive material.

P.3. Authority

a. Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Act, 5 U.S.C. § 7101, et seq.

b. Creating Labor-Management Forums to Improve Delivery of Government Services (December 2009), Exec. Order No. 13522.

c. NPD 3000.1, Human Capital Management.

P.4 Applicable Documents and Forms

a. NPR 1441.1, NASA Records Retention Schedules.

b. NASA's Labor-Management Forum Implementation Plan.

P.5 Measurement/Verification

a. The Agency Labor Relations Officer (ALRO) shall annually review the Agency Labor Relations Program, to include the Agency Labor-Management Forum (LMF) metrics, and recommend significant changes to the Director, Workforce Management and Development Division, Office of Human Capital Management.

b. Centers shall periodically review their Labor Relations Program to include the operations of their LMF and make adjustments, as necessary.

P.6 Cancellation

NPR 3711.1, Federal Employee Labor-Management Relations Program, dated May 7, 1999.

/S/
Dr. Woodrow Whitlow, Jr.
Associate Administrator
Mission Support Directorate

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