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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1980

94 STAT. 2140

Backpay.

22 USC 4117.

PUBLIC LAW 96-465—OCT. 17, 1980

court. A transcript shall be kept of the hearing. After such a hearing the Board, in its discretion, may upon notice receive further evidence or hear argument. (g) If the Board (or any member thereof or any individual employed by the Board and designated for such purpose) determines after any hearing on a complaint under subsection (f) that the preponderance of the evidence received demonstrates that the Department or labor organization named in the complaint has engaged in or is engaging in an unfair labor practice, then the individual or individuals conducting the hearing shall state in writing their findings of fact and shall issue and cause to be served on the Department or labor organization an order— (1) to cease and desist from any such unfair labor practice in which the Department or labor organization is engaged; (2) requiring the parties to renegotiate a collective bargaining agreement in accordance with the order of the Board and requiring that the agreement, as amended, be given retroactive effect; (3) requiring reinstatement of an employee with backpay in accordance with section 5596 of title 5, United States Code; or (4) including any combination of the actions described in paragraphs (1) through (3) or such other action as will carry out the purpose of this chapter. If any such order requires reinstatement of an employee with backpay, backpay may be required of the Department (as provided in section 5596 of title 5, United States Code) or of the labor organization, as the case may be, which is found to have engaged in the unfair labor practice involved. (h) If the individual or individuals conducting the hearing determine that the preponderance of the evidence received fails to demonstrate that the Department or labor organization named in the complaint has engaged in or is engaging in an unfair labor practice, the individual or individuals shall state in writing their findings of fact and shall issue an order dismissing the complaint. SEC. 1017. STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.—(a)

The Department shall accord recognition only to a labor organization that is free from corrupt influences and influences opposed to basic democratic principles. Except as provided in subsection (b), an organization is not required to prove that it is free from such influences if it is subject to a governing requirement adopted by the organization or by a national or international labor organization or federation of labor organizations with which it is affiliated, or in which it participates, containing explicit and detailed provisions to which it subscribes calling for— (1) the maintenance of democratic procedures and practices, including— (A) provisions for periodic elections to be conducted subject to recognized safeguards, and (B) provisions defining and securing the right of individual members to participate in the affairs of the organization, to receive fair and equal treatment under the governing rules of the organization, and to receive fair process in disciplinary proceedings; (2) the exclusion from office in the organization of persons affiliated with Communist or other totalitarian movements and persons identified with corrupt influences;