Forest Service Reorg - Progress or Politics

[Laszlo Cravensworth]

Seems like more of a breach of contract issue than having anything to do with the merits of work from home or flexing hours. Admin should probably read the contract they signed before getting their teeth handed to them again and again.

 

[BuzzH]

Seems like more of a breach of contract issue than having anything to do with the merits of work from home or flexing hours. Admin should probably read the contract they signed before getting their teeth handed to them again and again.

100% correct.

The Agency Management and Union both negotiated the Master Agreement. They both found benefit to remote/telework its why we negotiate with equal numbers of Management and Union officers. Why all the negotiators sign the MA and then the legal staff of the Agency ensure nothing we negotiate is against the law, agency regs, etc.

This was and will be a slam dunk clear through the appeals process.

Telework and remote work will be reinstated to what's in our MA, and that's a good thing for Management, employees, and taxpayer. Just a fact.

There will always be the loud-mouthed contrarians, but everyone at the table sees the benefits of what was negotiated.

 

[Bonasababy]

Not good news to me. Not bad either.

I don't think it's good to be forced to accept people "working" from home. Like many people, I have experienced what "working" from home looks like. Sometimes they work, sometimes not.

In any case, this will probably be overruled, eventually.

So its ok to violate the terms of a contract? Thats the issue here.

Still remember the ridiculous order to go back to work for one of our employees. Most all of his work was in tele meetings and email aa he supervised and worked with people from all corners of the state. So he has to drive a few hours to do the same exact thing he was doing from his home...at greater expense for both him and his employer.

 

[jimh406]

So its ok to violate the terms of a contract?

It's up to the appeal ruling to decide if it's violating the terms or not. That is, if it is appealed.

 

[BuzzH]

It's up to the appeal ruling to decide if it's violating the terms or not. That is, if it is appealed.

The arbitrator already determined the violation as fact.

They can appeal all they want...just a classic case of waste, fraud and abuse. Which, allegedly, the current administration claims they oppose.

I smell rags burning...its their pants on fire.