Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 50, December 14, 2024
(a) Charges shall be in writing on forms supplied by the Board and shall be signed and sworn to before a person authorized to administer oaths. An original of the charge shall be filed with the Board by one or more public employes, or an employe organization, acting in their behalf, or by a public employer.(b) The charge shall include the following information:(1) The name, address, telephone number and affiliation, if any, of the charging party, and the title of a representative filing the charge.(2) The name, address and telephone number of the respondent, or respondents, and other party named in the charge.(3) A clear and concise statement of the facts constituting the alleged unfair practice, including the names of the individuals involved in the alleged unfair practice, the time, place of occurrence and nature of each particular act alleged, and reference to the specific provisions of the act alleged to have been violated.(c) After a charge has been filed, if it appears to the Board that formal proceedings in respect to the charge should be instituted, the Board, or any member of the Board, or the regional director, may issue and cause to be served upon the parties a complaint in the name of the Board, stating the alleged unfair practices, and containing a notice of hearing before a hearing examiner at a place stated in the complaint and at a time not less than 5 days after the service of the complaint unless involving charges under section 803 or 1201(b)(6) or (7) of the act (43 P. S. § 1101.803 or 1101.1201(b)(6) or (7)).The provisions of this § 95.31 adopted October 23, 1970, effective 10/24/1970, 1 Pa.B. 419; amended June 21, 1974, effective 6/22/1974, 4 Pa.B. 1282; amended February 7, 2020, effective 2/8/2020, 50 Pa.B. 792.The provisions of this § 95.31 amended under section 4(f) of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Act (43 P.S. § 211.4(f)); and section 502 of the Public Employe Relations Act (43 P.S. § 1101.502).