The FLRA General Counsel Announces the Elimination of the Backlog of Deferred Complaint and Appeals Cases

The FLRA announced today that when General Counsel Julia Akins Clark took office in August 2009 there was a backlog of over 340 unfair labor practice cases where issuance of a complaint had been deferred because of the absence of a General Counsel for over 17 months.  In addition, over 800 appeals from a Regional Director’s decision to dismiss an unfair labor practice charge were pending. Committed to a strong and effective enforcement of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (Statute), General Counsel Clark made elimination of the backlog of all deferred cases a top priority for the agency.  The Office of the General Counsel committed to eliminating the backlog within six months from August 2009, when General Counsel Clark took office.  The General Counsel’s initiative to eliminate the backlog of deferred complaint cases was achieved by the end of February 2010, and the backlog of appeals was eliminated even earlier. 

The full announcement can be found here.