NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY2008 › 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 | Formal actions taken by type of case | Formal actions taken by type of case | Formal actions taken by type of case | Formal actions taken by type of case | Formal actions taken by type of case | Formal actions taken by type of case | Formal actions taken by type of case | Formal actions taken by type of case | Formal actions taken by type of case | Formal actions taken by type of case | |
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| Types of formal actions taken | Cases in which formal actions taken | Total formal actions taken | CA | CB | CC | CD — Jurisdictional disputes | CD — Unfair labor practices | CE | CG | CP | CA combined with CB | C combined with representation cases | Other C combinations |
| 10(k) notices of hearing | 35 | 27 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Complaints issued | 1,701 | 1,108 | 951 | 104 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 5 | |||
| Backpay specifications issued | 75 | 35 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Hearings completed, total | 350 | 169 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |
| Initial ULP hearings | 326 | 185 | 156 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Backpay hearings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other hearings | 24 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Decisions by administrative law judges, total | 359 | 188 | 150 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Initial ULP decisions | 327 | 169 | 135 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Backpay decisions | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Supplemental decisions | 30 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Decisions and orders by the Board, total | 742 | 316 | 259 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 5 |
| Upon consent charges, total | 77 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Initial decisions | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adopting administrative law judges' decisions (no exceptions filed), total | 92 | 49 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Initial ULP decisions | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Supplemental decisions | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Contested, total | 410 | 191 | 157 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Initial ULP decisions | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Decisions based on stipulated record | 87 | 35 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Backpay decisions | 63 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.