NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY2003 › Formal actions taken in unfair labor practice cases
Formal actions taken in unfair labor practice cases
| Types of formal actions taken | Cases in which formal actions taken | Formal actions taken by type of case — 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 — CG | 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(k) notices of hearings issued | 35 | 32 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Complaints issued | 3,329 | 2,067 | 1,767 | 162 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 50 | 16 | |
| Backpay specifications issued | 106 | 63 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hearings completed, total | 868 | 384 | 318 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 4 |
| Initial ULP hearings | 798 | 354 | 290 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 4 |
| Backpay hearings | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other hearings | 55 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Decisions by administrative law judges, total | 840 | 388 | 331 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 4 |
| Initial ULP decisions | 756 | 352 | 298 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 4 |
| Backpay decisions | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Supplemental decisions | 68 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Decisions issued by the Board, total | 924 | 555 | 461 | 38 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 3 |
| Upon consent of parties: Initial decisions | 70 | 34 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Upon consent of parties: Supplemental decisions | 22 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adopting administrative law judges' decisions (no exceptions filed): Initial ULP decisions | 212 | 119 | 104 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Adopting administrative law judges' decisions: Backpay decisions | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adopting administrative law judges' decisions: Supplemental decisions | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Contested: Initial ULP decisions | 528 | 350 | 289 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| Decisions based on stipulated record | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Supplemental ULP decisions | 41 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Backpay decisions | 33 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.