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Formal actions taken in unfair labor practice cases
| Types of formal actions taken | Cases in which formal action taken | Total formal actions taken | Formal actions taken by type of case — CA | Formal actions taken by type of case — CB | Formal actions taken by type of case — CC | Formal actions taken by type of case — CD Jurisdictional disputes | Formal actions taken by type of case — CD Unfair labor practices | Formal actions taken by type of case — CE | Formal actions taken by type of case — CP | Formal actions taken by type of case — CA combined with CB | Formal actions taken by type of case — C combined with representation cases | Formal actions taken by type of case — Other C combinations |
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| 10(b) notices of hearings issued | 141 | 141 | ||||||||||
| Complaints issued | 3,799 | 2,529 | 2,026 | 284 | 141 | 11 | 5 | 28 | 65 | 88 | 36 | |
| Backpay specifications issued | 127 | 72 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Hearings completed, total | 1,742 | 1,272 | 874 | 119 | 44 | 73 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 49 | 73 | 17 |
| Initial ULP hearings | 1,645 | 1,205 | 822 | 111 | 44 | 73 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 47 | 71 | 15 |
| Backpay hearings | 18 | 38 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Other hearings | 29 | 29 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Decisions by administrative law judges, total | 1,543 | 1,127 | 770 | 112 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 43 | 78 | 17 | |
| Initial ULP decisions | 1,460 | 1,058 | 732 | 108 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 41 | 75 | 16 |
| Backpay decisions | 31 | 40 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Supplemental decisions | 42 | 29 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Decisions and orders by the Board, total | 1,972 | 1,432 | 984 | 142 | 65 | 93 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 44 | 53 | 22 |
| Upon consent of parties | 246 | 159 | 63 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 7 |
| Initial decisions (upon consent) | ||||||||||||
| Supplemental decisions (upon consent) | ||||||||||||
| Adopting administrative law judge's decisions (no exceptions filed) | 381 | 300 | 224 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Contested, total | 1,338 | 930 | 643 | 79 | 23 | 93 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 32 | 32 | 12 |
| Decisions based upon stipulated record | 17 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Initial ULP decisions (contested) | 25 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Backpay decisions (contested) | 36 | 32 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.