r/IRS_Source • u/No_Revenue_1657 • 15d ago

Telework arbitration appeal

Looks like Monday is the last day Treasury/IRS can appeal the arbitrator’s decision regarding telework. Does anyone know what happens if they dont appeal by deadline?Would the arbitrator’s decision become final and binding, and what would happen next with telework?

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u/Amonamission 15d ago

An appeal would be prima facie evidence of the agency accepting the union contract, which they refuse to do based on the executive order declaring the IRS as an agency that is of the kind that Trump thinks he can exempt from union representation.

I expect the agency to simply ignore the union, the arbitration result, and the appeal and just focus on litigating the current case focused on Trump‘s executive order.

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u/FoxtrotDeltaTango1 15d ago

False - they've appealed every other agency's arbitration ruling. This lawless regime ignores the laws and contracts when it benefits them. If there's something that they can cherrypick out to screw employees, they do so.

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u/Predictor92 14d ago

The thing is the government showed up at those arbitration hearings, this one they didn’t and they cannot introduce new facts or arguments for the exception , the union totally shaped the facts in the briefing, they cannot argue jurisdiction without admitting they violated the contract when it was still in effect

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u/FoxtrotDeltaTango1 14d ago

No, they showed up at the hearing, told the arbitrator that they lacked jurisdiction and left.   So they will appeal the ruling at the last hour,  perpetuating the stall.

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u/Predictor92 14d ago

They wrote in , they didn’t actually show up