CASE PROCESSING PROCEDURES; CHARGE – In General/Prima Facie Case

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When a charge alleges the existence of a past practice, the charging party must specifically identify and describe the practice allegedly altered by a unilateral change. However, when, as here, the charging party alleges the employer has established a new policy where none previously existed, “[t]here is no way to more specifically allege the non-existence of something than to state it did not exist.”