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The decision of the Authority follows: 33 FLRA No. 105 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS
AUTHORITY WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION
SERVICE and AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES LOCAL 1917 0-AR-1653 ORDER December 16, 1988 The Union has filed with the Authority exceptions to the
award of Arbitrator John P. Finan pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 7122(a) and 5
C.F.R. § 2425.1. The Union's exceptions are untimely and must be
dismissed. The time limit for filing an exception to an arbitration
5 U.S.C. § 7122(b), as amended,(1) and 5
C.F.R. § 2425.1, as amended.(2) The date of
service is the day the matter served is deposited in the U.S. mail or is
delivered in person. 5 C.F.R. § 2429.27(d). The Arbitrator's award is
dated October 25, 1988, and it is presumed to have been served on the parties
by mail on that same date. Whenever a party is served by mail, 5 days are added
to the prescribed period for filing the exception. 5 C.F.R. § 2429.22.
Therefore, in order to be timely filed, any exceptions to Arbitrator Finan's
award had to be either mailed to the National Office of the Authority in
Washington, D.C., and postmarked by the U.S. Postal Service no later than
November 28, 1988, or if filed in person, received at the Authority's National
Office no later than the close of business that same date. 5 C.F.R. § 2429.21(b), as amended.(3) However, the
Union's exceptions were filed on December 3, 1988. Accordingly, the Union's exceptions are
dismissed. For the Authority. ___________________________Clyde B. Blandford,
have footnotes.) 1. Section 7122(b) of 5 U.S.C.
was amended by the Civil Service Miscellaneous Amendments Act of 1983 (Pub. L.
No. 98-224, § 4, 98 Stat. 47, 48 (1984)) to provide that the 30-day period
for filing exceptions to an arbitrator's award begins on the date the award is
served on the filing party. 5 C.F.R. § 2425.1, as amended. 2. 49 Fed. Reg. 22623 (1984).
The amendments to section 2425.1 of 5 C.F.R. are applicable to exceptions
pending or filed with the Authority on or after March 2, 1984.
3. 51 Fed. Reg. 45751 (1986). The amendments to section
2429.21 of 5 C.F.R. are applicable to exceptions pending or filed with the
Authority on or after December 31, 1986. Federal Labor Relations Authority