{"id":22070,"date":"2019-09-17T20:43:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T20:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/17\/may-2018-executive-orders-are-still-in-effect\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:46:15","slug":"may-2018-executive-orders-are-still-in-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/fedlife\/2019\/09\/17\/may-2018-executive-orders-are-still-in-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2018 executive orders are still in effect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After President Donald Trump issued executive orders in May 2018 regarding employee and labor relations, several unions filed lawsuits in district court to challenge provisions in the three orders. Those suits were consolidated at the district court in June 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its August 2018 decision, the district court found several provisions in the executive orders unlawful and ordered agencies to cease implementation of those provisions. The government appealed the district court decision. This summer the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit found that the district court lacked jurisdiction to hear the unions\u2019 claims and vacated the district court judgment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The court of appeals noted that the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute, while granting federal employees the right to organize and bargain collectively and requiring that unions and federal agencies negotiate in good faith over certain matters, expressly did not limit \u201cany function of, or authority available to, the president which the president had immediately before its effective date.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The appeals court also noted that the FSLMRS established \u201ca scheme of administrative and judicial review\u201d that featured adjudication of federal labor disputes by the Federal Labor Relations Authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And thus, the appeals court held that the \u201cunions must pursue their claims through the scheme established by the statute, which provides for administrative review by the FLRA followed by judicial review in the courts of appeals.\u201d In sum, the appeals court found that the unions had gone into court too soon, not having first used a statutory process to challenge the EO\u2019s at the FLRA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, where does this leave enforceability of the executive orders? In full force and effect. And with this loss in the court of appeals, my hunch is that the administration will double down on its use and enforcement of both EO\u2019s. The unions may have tried to attain a quick judicial win, but it now appears it was at the cost of a year or more delay in starting the correct process for a legal challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i><b>Debra Roth <\/b><\/i><i>is a partner at Shaw Bransford &amp; Roth, a federal employment law firm in Washington, D.C. 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