{"id":15840,"date":"2021-03-25T15:06:18","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T15:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/03\/25\/biden-fills-long-vacant-labor-investigative-position\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:41:13","slug":"biden-fills-long-vacant-labor-investigative-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/leadership\/2021\/03\/25\/biden-fills-long-vacant-labor-investigative-position\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden fills long-vacant labor investigative position"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After nearly three and a half years, the Federal Labor Relations Authority has an official to tackle the backlog of unfair labor practice appeals and complaint recommendations pending at the agency, as the Biden administration announced March 24 that Charlotte Dye had been selected to serve as acting general counsel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe [Office of General Counsel] is the independent investigative and prosecutorial component of the FLRA. Through its five regional offices, the OGC investigates, settles and prosecutes unfair labor practice charges, resolves representation disputes, including the conduct of secret ballot elections, and provides training to union and management representatives,\u201d the news release announcing the nomination said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FLRA has not had a Senate-confirmed general counsel since the start of the Trump administration and has lacked a general counsel of any sort since November 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\t