Legal Opinion
Department of Health & Human Services Family Support Administration v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 30, 1990No. 88-1867PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.
SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge:
The Department of Health and Human Services seeks review of a decision by the Federal Labor Relations Authority rejecting HHS’s assertion of a compelling need for an agency-wide ban on smoking within HHS facilities and ordering HHS to bargain with local chapters of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) regarding the agency’s smoking regulations. The FLRA asks this court to enforce its bargaining order. We reject HHS’s petition for review and grant the FLRA’s cross-petition for enforcement of its bargaining…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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