CASE PROCESSING PROCEDURES; LIMITATION PERIOD FOR FILING CHARGE – Computation of Six-Month Period

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The six-month period commences when a charging party discovers the conduct constituting the unfair practice, not when he or she discovers the legal significance; p. 2, dismissal letter. Charge properly dismissed as untimely where charging party claiming discriminatory violation filed a charge over eight months after awareness of the alleged conduct constituting an unfair practice; p. 2, dismissal letter.