Employee and Labor Relations Manual

E.L.M.

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CHAPTER 1

Organizational Structure

CHAPTER 2

Job Evaluations

CHAPTER 3

Employment and Placement

CHAPTER 4

Section 410 Pay Administration

Section 420 Wages - Bargaining Unit

Section 430 - Basic and Special Pay

Section 440 - FLSA Administration

Section 450 - collection of debt non-bargaining

Section 460 - Collection of debt bargaining unit

Section 470 - Incentive Awards

CHAPTER 5

Section 510 - Employee benefits

Section 520 - Health benefits

Section 530 - Life Insurance

Section 540 - Injury Compensation

Section 550 - Unemployment Compensation

Section 560 - Civil Service Retirement

Section 570 - Social Security/Medicare

Section 580 - Federal Employee's Retirement

Section 590 - Thrift Savings Plan

CHAPTER 6

Section 610 - Employee Relations

Section 620 - Contests and Awards

Section 630 - Ideas Program

Section 640 - Employee Claims

Section 650 - non-bargaining discipline/appeal

Section 660 - Code of Conduct

Section 670 - Affirmative action and EEO

Section 680 - Management Organizations

Section 690 - Inventions and Patents

CHAPTER 7

Training and Development

CHAPTER 8

Safety and Health

CHAPTER 9

Labor Relations

APPENDIX A

Introduction, Records, and Keyword Index

APPENDIX B

Forms List

APPENDIX C

Address List