REPRESENTATION ISSUES; CONTRACT BAR – Midterm Modification; Premature Extension; Short Term Extension

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PERB adopts regional director's application of the NLRB's principle of premature extension of contracts. A premature extension occurs when, during the term of an existing contract, the parties execute a new contract with an expiration date later than that of the first contract. The prematurely extended contract will not act as a bar to an election.