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

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HEERA section 3563.2(a) prohibits PERB from issuing a complaint with respect to any charge based upon an alleged unfair practice occurring more than six months prior to the filing of the charge. In unilateral change cases, the limitation period begins to run on the date the charging party obtains actual or constructive notice of the respondent’s clear intent to implement a unilateral change in policy, provided that nothing subsequently evinces a wavering of that intent. Thus, a charging party that rests on its rights until actual implementation of the change bears the risk of running afoul of the statute of limitations.