FLRA Guidance on Information Requests Clarifies ‘Particularized Need’ Standard

The Federal Labor Relations Authority’s Office of General Counsel Oct. 31 posted on its website guidance on union information requests to federal agencies clarifying the authority’s “particularized need” standard.

“This guidance advances the Office of General Counsel’s policy of providing the parties in the Federal sector with information resources that they can use on a day-to-day basis in carrying out their collective-bargaining responsibilities,” FLRA General Counsel Julia Akins Clark said in a statement. “It is based on a careful analysis of existing law, and it should help the parties understand how they can best communicate in a manner which promotes ...