Reading Room Document

Jurisdiction of Federal Labor Relations Council to Determine the Negotiability of National Guard Technician Dress and Grooming Regulations

This document is a memorandum opinion from the Department of Justice regarding Federal Labor Relations Council decisions on the negotiability of National Guard technician dress-and-grooming regulations. The document discusses the jurisdiction of the Council to direct negotiations concerning a military regulation applicable only to National Guard technicians and the standard of review applied by the Council. The conclusion reached is that the Council did have jurisdiction to determine the negotiability of the regulation in question, and the document declines to comment on whether the Council applied an invalid standard of review. The questions presented for review include whether the Council has jurisdiction to direct negotiations concerning the military regulation and whether the Council applied an invalid standard of review.

September 21, 1979