A Guide to PERB Abbreviations

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