Title 38 § 7422 Determinations
Special Issues in Collective Bargaining with Title 38 Medical Professionals
This web page is intended to provide a summary of the special issues involved in collective bargaining with non-hybrid Title 38 health care professionals - physicians, dentist, podiatrists, optometrists, registered nurses, physical assistants, and expanded duty dental assistants. These issues may arise in negotiations between VHA facilities and labor union representing Title 38 employees; in grievances filed on behalf of Title 38 employees under negotiated grievance procedures; in ULP's brought by health care professionals' unions; on in litigation before FLRA, FSIP, arbitrators, or courts. Management Officials, Regional Counsels, Personnel Specialists and Union Representatives may all benefit from a general understanding of the statutory limitations on Title 38 employees' collective bargaining rights and of the procedures that are used to resolve disputes regarding those limitations. It is hoped that the information contained here will allow field personnel to recognize issues and to submit requests to the Office of General Counsel and/or the Office of Labor-Management Relations for assistance in this specialized area.
HOW 7422 ISSUES ARISE & HOW THEY ARE RESOLVED
FURTHER GUIDANCE
This overview is not intended to provide all the information necessary for field personnel to handle negotiations, grievances, or litigation in which issues of professional conduct or competence, peer review, or compensation of Title 38 medical professionals may arise. Further guidance should be requested from Regional Counsel, from the Office of General Counsel's (OGC) Professional Staff Group III (023), and/or from VACO's Office of Labor-Management Relations (LMR). |
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Reviewed/Updated Date: August 15, 2012