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Displaying 16 Finding Aids
Title
- New York State Public Employment Relations Board Office of Public Employment Practices and Representation declaratory ruling case files
Series Number
- 17494
Summary
- These case files from the Office of Public Employment Practices and Representation (within the Public Employment Relations Board) document rulings on matters to be considered in future negotiations. Rulings "clarify the status of disputed issues." The files contain petitions, responses, notices, affidavits, briefs, stipulations, exhibits, correspondence, and the ruling by the unit director. Texts of rulings are published.
Creator
- New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board. Office of Public Employment Practices and Representation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Labor-management process records
Series Number
- B2470
Summary
- The series consists of agency records of labor management meetings on specific topics, and of labor management committee activities. Records include minutes, agendas, background materials, and written agreements.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health. Human Resources Management Group
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Governor's Office of Employee Relations Division of Contract Negotiations and Administration arbitration grievance files settled/withdrawn and Step Three grievance files
Series Number
- 18748
Summary
- This series consists of grievances that were settled or withdrawn prior to arbitration or begun at the agency level and then appealed. Records may include initial grievance statements, response by the Governor's Office of Employee Relations (GOER), a disposition memorandum, background material, notices of review, correspondence, grievance forms, and exhibits. Types of grievances include out-of-title work; leave, time absent, and scheduling disputes; discriminatory practices; and harassment.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor's Office of Employee Relations. Division of Contract Negotiations and Administration
Access Restrictions
- State Archives staff will review requests for specific records and disclose information pursuant to New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL).
Title
- Improper practice charges and legal suits (litigated)
Series Number
- 16228
Summary
- This series documents improper practice charges that were filed with the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) for cases involving actions such as the use of contract employees, working conditions and hours, gender-based position qualifications, and disciplinary actions. Individual case files include charges, motion correspondence with agencies and union, investigation notes and reports, transcripts of testimony, state's response to the charge, and other research materials needed. Some records are restricted.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor's Office of Employee Relations. Legal Division
Access Restrictions
- Access to attorney-client privileged correspondence, attorney work-product, settlement drafts, and certain inter-agency correspondence in this series is restricted pursuant to New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Section 87(2)(g).
Title
- Public Employment Relations Board Counsel's Office injunctive relief case files
Series Number
- 22371
Summary
- This series documents injunctive relief cases ("A" case files) in which the Public Employment Relations Board Counsel's Office issued a decision, either supporting or rejecting the application. No records of cases which did not result in decisions, either because the applications were withdrawn before Counsel's decision or because the applications were found to be procedurally defective and were not remedied by the applicants, are included.
Creator
- New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board. Counsel's Office
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in part. State Archives staff will review requested files and disclose in accordance with New York State Freedom of Information Law.
Title
- Acts of reprisal case files
Series Number
- B2727
Summary
- This series consists of complaints and decisions reviewed by the Public Employment Relations Board in the process of investigating allegations of acts of reprisal in local municipalities. Acts of reprisal are in violation of the Public Employees' Fair Employment Act (Civil Service Law Article 14, Section 202), which guarantees public employees "the right to form, join and participate in, or to refrain from forming, joining, or participating in, any employee organization of their own choosing."
Creator
- New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Local municipal law and ordinance case files
Series Number
- B2726
Summary
- This series consists of complaints and decisions viewed by the Public Employment Relations Board to determine whether local municipal laws and ordinances were equivalent to the Public Employees' Fair Employment Act (New York State Civil Service Law, Article 14, Section 212). Cases were abbreviated as S case files. It appears that these case files were no longer compiled after 1995. It is unclear if this type of documentation was incorporated into a different case type after 1995.
Creator
- New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Work stoppage investigation files
Series Number
- 17498
Summary
- This series consists of Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) Counsel's Office work stoppage investigation files, documenting the agency's effort to determine if work stoppages constituted strikes. The files includes correspondence and memorandums; affidavits; grievance forms; disciplinary decisions; exhibits; memorandums of findings; and newspaper clippings publicizing the work stoppage.
Creator
- New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board. Counsel's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Index to case files and transcripts
Series Number
- B1572
Summary
- The series consists of a card file index to numbered case files and transcripts of the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) formerly held by the Labor-Management Documentation Center, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University. The index is divided into sections within these two categories. Each card shows a box number and an alphanumeric case/transcript code or range of codes. Box numbers are those assigned at Cornell, and do not correspond to State Archives box numbers.
Creator
- New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Public Employment Relations Board Office of Public Employment Practices and Representation improper practice charge case files
Series Number
- 17493
Summary
- Files in this series document complaints and decisions in improper practice cases, including those relating to the Taylor Law. Cases handled by the New York City mini-PERB are not included. Files contain petitions, notices, briefs, affidavits, answers, exhibits, hearing transcripts, correspondence, work notes, decisions, and in certain cases withdrawal requests or appeal papers. Most cases involve union charges against management practices and contain more information than is found in published decisions.
Creator
- New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board. Office of Public Employment Practices and Representation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Strike case files
Series Number
- 17502
Summary
- The series consists of legal files with "D" case numbers, created when an employee organization work stoppage, as reported to counsel at the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB), is investigated by that office and determined to constitute a strike. Strikes by public employees are illegal under the state Taylor Law, which provides penalties. That law also created PERB to resolve government labor-management disputes.
Creator
- New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board. Counsel's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Arbitration grievance files (settled and withdrawn)
Series Number
- 16232
Summary
- Files in this series contain initial grievance statements; a response from the Governor's Office of Employee Relations (GOER); a memorandum stating the disposition of the case; and a small amount of background material for cases that have been settled or withdrawn prior to arbitration.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor's Office of Employee Relations
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Public Employment Relations Board Counsel's Office compliance with Board order investigation files
Series Number
- 17500
Summary
- This series consists of legal case files with "U" numbers created when a party to a Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) proceeding makes allegations of non-compliance with a board order. PERB orders derive from representation or improper practice cases. Allegations of non-compliance trigger investigation by PERB Counsel's Office and if warranted, legal proceedings to obtain compliance. Records include correspondence and (occasionally) brief investigative notes, supporting documentation, exhibit material, and copies of hearing officer's decisions.
Creator
- New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board. Counsel's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Public Employment Relations Board representation case files
Series Number
- 17492
Summary
- These files have "C" case numbers, and document "general representation" cases, involving establishment of bargaining units and certification of negotiating organizations in cases when employers or employees dispute these actions. The files contain petitions, notices, answers, briefs, exhibits, affidavits, hearing transcripts, withdrawals, decisions, and correspondence.
Creator
- New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board. Office of Public Employment Practices and Representation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Management/Confidential designation case files
Series Number
- 17496
Summary
- The Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) Office of Public Employment Practices and Representation "reviews petitions from public employee organizations [i.e. unions] and employers concerning the creation of new negotiating units and recognition of employee bargaining agents, approves the transfer of members between existing units, and designates management/confidential positions. This series of case files with "E" numbers documents management/confidential cases. Case files typically contain petitions, responses, notices, affidavits, briefs, stipulations, exhibits, correspondence, and the ruling by the unit director.
Creator
- New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board. Office of Public Employment Practices and Representation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Local government provision implementation case files
Series Number
- 17499
Summary
- The series consists of legal files created by the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) as it reviews and approves local laws and procedures established by "mini-PERBs" set up by local governments. These files have "I" case numbers, and include the petition application, and correspondence and memorandums relating to the investigation. The recommended board decision prepared by counsel, the final determination of the board, local laws and procedures, and questionnaires filled out by the mini-PERBs may also be included.
Creator
- New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board. Counsel's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.