[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR101.4]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                CHAPTER I--NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
 
PART 101_STATEMENTS OF PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
Subpart B_Unfair Labor Practice Cases Under Section 10 (a) to (i) of the 
                   Act and Telegraph Merger Act Cases
 
Sec. 101.4  Investigation of charges.

    When the charge is received in the Regional Office it is filed, 
docketed, and assigned a case number. The Regional Director may cause a 
copy of the charge to be served on the person against whom the charge is 
made, but timely service of a copy of the charge within the meaning of 
the proviso to section 10(b) of the Act is the exclusive responsibility 
of the charging party and not of the Regional Director. The Regional 
Director requests the person filing the charge to submit promptly 
evidence in its support. As part of the investigation hereinafter 
mentioned, the person against whom the charge is filed, hereinafter 
called the respondent, is asked to submit a statement of position in 
respect to the allegations. The case is assigned for investigation to a 
member of the field staff, who interviews representatives of the parties 
and other persons who have knowledge as to the charge, as is deemed 
necessary. In the investigation and in all other stages of the 
proceedings, charges alleging violations of section 8(b)(4) (A), (B), 
and (C), charges alleging violations of section 8(b)(4)(D) in which it 
is deemed appropriate to seek injunctive relief under section 10(1) of 
the Act, and charges alleging violations of section 8(b)(7) or 8(e) are 
given priority over all other cases in the office in which they are 
pending except cases of like character; and charges alleging violations 
of sections 8(a)(3) or 8(b)(2) are given priority over all other cases 
except cases of like character and cases under section 10(1) of the Act. 
The Regional Director may exercise discretion to dispense with any 
portion of the investigation described in this section as appears 
necessary in consideration of such factors as the amount of time 
necessary to complete a full investigation, the nature of the 
proceeding, and the public interest. After investigation, the case may 
be disposed of through informal methods such as withdrawal, dismissal, 
or settlement; or the case may necessitate formal methods of 
disposition. Some of the informal methods of handling unfair labor 
practice cases will be stated first.