Office of Civilian Personnel (CG-121) :
Employee Relations/Labor Relations

This section provides Coast Guard supervisors and managers an overview of the Workforce Relations program (CG-1214) and key information on the primary functional components in the employee and labor relations area. Supervisors and managers can access instructions, references, and other Federal web sites provided in this section pertaining to employee and labor relations. Supervisors and managers may review applicable desk references and books available in the HR office.

The Office of Civilian Personnel, Workforce Relations, CG-1214 staff provides expert advice and guidance on using disciplinary and adverse actions to correct employee conduct and performance problems and on meeting statutory labor relations obligations in managing the day-to-day working relationships with unions.

For additional information on any of these topics, click on one of the links below.

Employee Relations (ER) is a personnel function that involves technical work concerned with helping supervisors set and maintain acceptable standards of employee conduct and performance:

Labor Relations (LR) is a personnel function that involves assisting supervisors in effectively managing employees who are represented by a union under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute:

For more detailed information, employees should refer to COMDTINST M12750.4 Civilian Personnel Actions: Discipline, Performance, Adverse Actions, Appeals, and Grievances, Coast Guard Civilian Personnel Manual, COMDTINST M12711.4 Labor-Management Relations Program Instruction, and their servicing HR Specialist or Command Staff Advisor. Supervisors should refer to any applicable provisions of their collective bargaining agreement (if one exists) when supervising bargaining unit employees.

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