Have you ever wondered what the letters and numbers in a PERB charge mean? Here’s what you need to know. All PERB charges follow the same rule: The first two letters denote the PERB office where the charge was filed; the next two letters denote the type of case; next the number is the number of the charge under the Act; and the last letter is the Act under which the charge was filed.
Here’s a guide to the abbreviations used:
Location:
- SA = Sacramento
- SF = San Francisco (Note: For those of you wondering, yes, PERB’s office is in Oakland. But it used to be in SF)
- LA = Los Angeles
Charge types:
- AC Amendment of Certification Request
- AR Arbitration Request
- CE Unfair Practice Charge against Employer (Note: Most common type of charge)
- CO Unfair Practice Charge against Employee Organization (Note: Second most common type of charge)
- DP Decertification Petition
- FS Financial Statement Complaint
- HS HEERA Student Participation Complaint
- IM Impasse Request (Mediation and Factfinding)
- OS Organizational Security Election Request
- PC Petition for Certification
- PN Public Notice Complaint
- RR Request for Recognition
- SV Severance Request or Petition
- UM Unit Modification Petition
Acts:
- E = EERA
- H = HEERA
- S = Dills (Note: It was initially referred to as “SEERA” before being renamed for the late Senator Ralph Dills)
- M = MMBA
- C = Trial Court Employment Protection and Governance Act
- I = Trial Court Interpreter Employment and Labor Relations Act
- T = Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Transit Employer-Employee Relations Act
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