Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 52 — Foreign Service
§ 4110. Foreign Service Impasse Disputes Panel
Statutory text
Establishment; composition
There is established within the Federal Labor Relations Authority the Foreign Service Impasse Disputes Panel, which shall assist in resolving negotiating impasses arising in the course of collective bargaining under this subchapter. The Chairperson shall select the Panel from among individuals the Chairperson considers knowledgeable in labor-management relations or the conduct of foreign affairs. The Panel shall be composed of 5 members, as follows:
2 members of the Service (other than a management official, a confidential employee, or a labor organization official);
one individual employed by the Department of Labor;
one member of the Federal Service Impasses Panel; and
one public member who does not hold any other office or position in the Government.
The Chairperson of the Board shall set the terms of office for Panel members and determine who shall chair the Panel.
Compensation; travel expenses
Panel members referred to in subsection (a)(3) and (4) shall receive compensation for each day they are performing their duties (including traveltime) at the daily equivalent of the maximum rate payable for grade GS–18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, except that the member who is also a member of the Federal Service Impasses Panel shall not be entitled to pay under this subsection for any day for which he or she receives pay under section 7119(b)(4) 1 of title 5. Members of the Panel shall be entitled to travel expenses as provided under section 5703 of title 5.
Impasse investigation and settlement; hearings and other actions upon failure to settle; notice; binding nature of action
The Panel or its designee shall promptly investigate any impasse presented to it by a party. The Panel shall consider the impasse and shall either—
recommend to the parties to the negotiation procedures for the resolution of the impasse; or
assist the parties in resolving the impasse through whatever methods and procedures, including factfinding and recommendations, it may consider appropriate to accomplish the purpose of this section.
If the parties do not arrive at a settlement after assistance by the Panel under paragraph (1), the Panel may—
hold hearings;
administer oaths, take the testimony or deposition of any individual under oath, and issue subpenas as provided in section 7132 of title 5; and
take whatever action is necessary and not inconsistent with this subchapter to resolve the impasse.
Notice of any final action of the Panel under this section shall be promptly served upon the parties, and the action shall be binding on such parties during the term of the collective bargaining agreement unless the parties agree otherwise.
Footnotes
- 1 See References in Text note below.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 96–465 title I § 1010 · 94 Stat. 2071
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 4110
(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 1010, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2133.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 1010, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2133.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 1010. Foreign Service Impasse Disputes Panel.— (a) There is 22 USC 4110. established within the Federal Labor Relations Authority the Foreign Service Impasse Disputes Panel, which shall assist in resolving negotiating impasses arising in the course of collective bargaining under this chapter. The Chairperson shall select the Panel from among individuals the Chairperson considers knowledgeable in labor-management relations or the conduct of foreign affairs. The Panel shall be composed of 5 members, as follows: (1) 2 members of the Service (other than a management official, a confidential employee, or a labor organization official); (2) one individual employed by the Department of Labor: (3) one member of the Federal Service Impasses Panel; and(4) one public member who does not hold any other office or position in the Government. The Chairperson of the Board shall set the terms of office for Panel members and determine who shall chair the Panel. (b) Panel members referred to in subsection (a) (3) and (4) shall Compensation. receive compensation for each day they are performing their duties (including travel time) at the daily equivalent of the maximum rate payable for grade GS–18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, except that the member who is also a member of the Federal Service Impasses Panel shall not be entitled to pay under this subsection for any day for which he or she receives pay Travel expenses. under section 7119(b)(4) of title 5, United States Code. Members of the Panel shall be entitled to travel expenses as provided under section 5703 of title 5, United States Code. (c) (1) The Panel or its designee shall promptly investigate any impasse presented to it by a party. The Panel shall consider the impasse and shall either— (A) recommend to the parties to the negotiation procedures for the resolution of the impasse; or (B) assist the parties in resolving the impasse through whatever methods and procedures, including factfinding and recommendations, it may consider appropriate to accomplish the purpose of this section. (2) If the parties do not arrive at a settlement after assistance by the Panel under paragraph (1), the Panel may— (A) hold hearings; (B) administer oaths, take the testimony or deposition of any individual under oath, and issue subpenas as provided in section 7132 of title 5, United States Code; and (C) take whatever action is necessary and not inconsistent with this chapter to resolve the impasse. (3) Notice of any final action of the Panel under this section shall be promptly served upon the parties, and the action shall be binding on such parties during the term of the collective bargaining agreement unless the parties agree otherwise.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Section 7119(b)(4) of title 5, referred to in subsec. (b), probably means section 7119(c)(4) of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
References in Other Laws to GS–16, 17, or 18 Pay Rates
References in laws to the rates of pay for GS–16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, § 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out in a note under section 5376 of Title 5.