Master Agreement between the Department of Veteran Affairs ...

AFGE NVAC/AFL-CIO

AFFILIATED WITH AFL CIO

Master Agreement between the

Department of Veterans Affairs and the

American Federation of

Government Employees

2011

VA Pamphlet 05-68

MARCH 2011

P70450

VAP 05-068 P70450

MASTER AGREEMENT

between the DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

PLACaEndHtOheLDER

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

2011

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preamble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ARTICLE 1 - RECOGNITION AND COVERAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ARTICLE 2 - GOVERNING LAWS AND REGULATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Labor-Management Collaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 ARTICLE 3 - LABOR-MANAGEMENT COOPERATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 ARTICLE 4 - LABOR-MANAGEMENT TRAINING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 ARTICLE 5 - LABOR-MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 ARTICLE 6 - ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 ARTICLE 7 - QUALITY PROGRAMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Employee Rights and Privileges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 ARTICLE 8 - CHILD CARE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 ARTICLE 9 - CLASSIFICATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 ARTICLE 10 - COMPETENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 ARTICLE 11 - CONTRACTING OUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 ARTICLE 12 - DETAILS AND TEMPORARY PROMOTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 ARTICLE 13 - REASSIGNMENT, SHIFT CHANGES, AND RELOCATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . 46 ARTICLE 14 - DISCIPLINE AND ADVERSE ACTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 ARTICLE 15 - EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 ARTICLE 16 - EMPLOYEE AWARDS AND RECOGNITION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 ARTICLE 17 - EMPLOYEE RIGHTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 ARTICLE 18 - EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 ARTICLE 19 - FITNESS FOR DUTY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 ARTICLE 20 - TELEWORK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 ARTICLE 21 - HOURS OF WORK AND OVERTIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

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