TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT - National Labor Relations Board

Operations in Fiscal Year 1961 11
Chart No 6
ULP CASES PENDING
UNDER INVESTIGATION
2400
MEDIAN PENDING CASE LOAD
2285 5
DOWN
1600
1200
1050 5 80
600
0
F Y
III II II
1958 1959 1960 1961
The average number of cases pending under investigation from
month to month dropped fi om a high of 2,286 in fiscal 1959 to 998
in fiscal 1961 This reduction put case handling on a curl ent basis
since unfair labor practice case intake now avei ages a thousand per
month
In the past, with excessive backlogs, case investigations often did
not start for 60 to 90 days TodaS, an investigation is begun in every
instance within 7 days
The average time iequired to moceed horn filing of charge to
issuance of a complaint in fiscal 1961 was 45 days This represents a
61-percent reduction from fiscal 1958 when the average time required
was 116 days This time could be shortened, but a 15-day precomplaint
peliod is included to give the contesting pai ties an opportunity
to settle the case voluntarily without invoking fot mal p1 ocesses