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B-226693 1 (1987-07-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmto0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General O~~ZRof the United States -3 Lf) Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof- Anniston Army Depot Arbitration Award--GAO Jurisdiction File: B-226693 Date: Jualr 16, 1987 DIGEST In accordance with 4 C.F.R. Part 22 GAQ will not accept jurisdiction of an accounting officer's request for an advance decision regarding the implementation of a final and binding arbitration award. DECISION INTRODUCTION A Finance and Accounting Officer at the Anniston Army Depot in Anniston, Alabama, has requested an advance decision regarding the implementation of an arbitrator's award involving the Lexington-Blue Grass Army Depot and the American Federation of Government Employees. The Anniston Depot is concerned with the implementation of this award because it is responsible for keeping the time and attendance and payroll records of the Lexington-Blue Grass employees. For the reasons stated below and in accordance with 4 C.F.R. Part 22 (1982) we decline to assert jurisdiction over this matter. FACTS The dispute which was the subject of this arbitration resulted from the partial closure of the Lexington-Blue Grass Army Depot on July 5, 1985, the purpose of which was to conserve energy. All employees were either charged annual leave or leave without pay except emergency employees and those with personal hardships who worked in unaircondi- tioned facilities. The Union filed a grievance objecting to the leave charges and requesting restoration of annual leave and pay for those employees who had been charged annual leave and leave without pay, and holiday pay for those who had worked. The grievance was denied on the basis that agency regulations specifically gave management the right to close installations and place employees in a leave or leave- without-pay status. The matter proceeded to arbitration and the arbitrator found that the partial closure had not been implemented in accordance with applicable rules and regulations. As a result, he ordered restoration of O~ilmb

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