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
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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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Employee Rights and Privileges (continued) ARTICLE 22 - INVESTIGATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 ARTICLE 23 - MERIT PROMOTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 ARTICLE 24 - OFFICIAL RECORDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 ARTICLE 25 - OFFICIAL TRAVEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 ARTICLE 26 - PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 ARTICLE 27 - PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 ARTICLE 28 - REDUCTION IN FORCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 ARTICLE 29 - SAFETY, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 ARTICLE 30 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 ARTICLE 31 - SILENT MONITORING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 ARTICLE 32 - STAFF LOUNGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 ARTICLE 33 - TEMPORARY, PART-TIME, AND PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEES. . . . . 178 ARTICLE 34 - JOB SHARING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 ARTICLE 35 - TIME AND LEAVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 ARTICLE 36 - TIMELY AND PROPER COMPENSATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 ARTICLE 37 - TRAINING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 ARTICLE 38 - UNIFORMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 ARTICLE 39 - UPWARD MOBILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 ARTICLE 40 - WITHIN-GRADE INCREASES AND PERIODIC STEP INCREASES. . . . 214 ARTICLE 41 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Union Rights and Privileges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 ARTICLE 42 - AFFILIATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 ARTICLE 43 - GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 ARTICLE 44 - ARBITRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 ARTICLE 45 - DUES WITHHOLDING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 ARTICLE 46 - LOCAL SUPPLEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 ARTICLE 47 - MID-TERM BARGAINING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 ARTICLE 48 - OFFICIAL TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 ARTICLE 49 - RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 ARTICLE 50 - SURVEILLANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 ARTICLE 51 - USE OF OFFICIAL FACILITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
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Title 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 ARTICLE 52 - TITLE 38 ADVANCEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 ARTICLE 53 - CLINICAL RESEARCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 ARTICLE 54 - TITLE 38 NURSE PAY/SURVEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 ARTICLE 55 - VHA PHYSICIAN AND DENTIST PAY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 ARTICLE 56 - TITLE 38 HYBRIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 ARTICLE 57 - PHYSICAL STANDARDS BOARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 ARTICLE 58 - PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS BOARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 ARTICLE 59 - PROFICIENCY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 ARTICLE 60 - TITLE 38 REPRESENTATION AT BOARDS OR HEARINGS . . . . . . . . . . 287 ARTICLE 61 - TITLE 38 VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 ARTICLE 62 - VETERANS CANTEEN SERVICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
General Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 ARTICLE 63 - RESEARCH GRANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 ARTICLE 64 - RESEARCH PROGRAMS AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. . . . . . 294 ARTICLE 65 - WAGE SURVEYS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 ARTICLE 66 - TECHNOLOGY FOR ADMINISTERING, TRACKING, AND MEASURING
VBA WORK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Duration of Agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
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