Stakeholder Consultation

Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS)

Department of Labor (DOL)

DRAFT Strategic Plan FY 2010-2016

Draft: February 22, 2010

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Overview Office of Labor-Management Standards

– Mission: The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) enforces standards for union democracy, including provisions for union officer elections; protects union funds and assets; and ensures financial transparency by enforcing public reporting requirements. OLMS also administers employee protections under Federal transit law, ensuring that fair and equitable arrangements are in place to protect the interests of employees affected by such Federal assistance.

– Leadership: Dr. John Lund, Director Andrew Auerbach, Deputy Director

– Organization: National Office, 4 Regional Offices, 20 District Offices Current FY 2010 Resources: $41,637 million and 269 FTE

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OLMS Goals

OLMS supports the following Department of Labor Strategic Goal and Outcome Goal:

Strategic Goal 3: Assure fair and high quality work-life environments.– Ensure worker voice in the workplace.

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OLMS Results We are measuring results differently.

– OLMS will continue to focus on results for union transparency, union financial integrity, and union democracy. Our goals have expanded to include more types of forms filed electronically, more efficient handling of election cases, and an emphasis on increasing the number of persuader reports filed.

– OLMS will continue to explore better ways to measure improvements in union democracy. Our Local Election Advisory Program is designed to provide guidance to unions with upcoming elections whose prior elections generated complaints to OLMS. Can the results of this program be measured?

– We are committed to increasing the effectiveness of our compliance audit program and will look for ways to measure the program’s effectiveness in remedying recordkeeping and reporting violations.

How will we measure success?– Percent of unions filing electronically– Number of days to resolve union officer election complaints– Percent of audits that result in a criminal investigation– Number of LM-10 and LM-20 reports filed

Do you believe these are the right outcomes?

Do you believe these are the right measures for those outcomes?

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OLMS Strategies We are using new approaches.

– We are strengthening the balance of outreach, partnerships, and targeted enforcement to increase overall union compliance.

Our strategies to achieve these goals include:– Focus audits on the unions that are most likely to be in violation of the law. – Timely resolve union member election complaints.– Increase the percent of reports filed electronically to improve report accuracy and

availability to the public.– Increase the number of disclosure forms (Form LM-10s and LM-20s) filed that report

activity made with the purpose of persuading employees with regard to their rights to organize and bargain collectively.

– Improve features on the OLMS website (www.dol.gov/olms) so that the public can more readily access information reported by unions, union officers, union employees, employers, labor consultants and surety companies.

– Increase compliance assistance in an outreach effort and initiative to create improved internal controls, increased Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA) compliance, use of best practices for accountability and transparency, including improved frequency and scope of internal audits in labor unions.

Do these strategies make sense to you?

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Questions

If you would like to send comments to DOL or to learn more about the DOL strategic planning

process, please visit http://www.dol.gov/strategicplan2010.