Miscellaneous and General Requirements

The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA or Authority) is withdrawing its Notice of Proposed Rule and Proposed Rescission of General Statement of Policy or Guidance (the proposal notice) published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2022. The Authority has determined not to revise or rescind its existing regulation concerning the intervals at which federal employees may revoke their written assignments of payroll deductions for the payment of regular and periodic dues allotted to their exclusive representative. In addition, the Authority has decided not to rescind its general statement of policy or guidance in Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 71 FLRA 571 (2020) (Member Abbott concurring; Member DuBester dissenting).

This is a factual description of what was issued or decided, not an assessment of it.