Due to a lapse in funding, the OCWR is closed and will not reopen until funding has been restored. If you are filing a new unfair labor practice charge, negotiability appeal, or representation petition, you may still file it by electronic mail, postal mail, or facsimile, and our office will begin processing it upon reopening. Because the OCWR office is closed, it will not be possible for a claimant to hand deliver a charge or petition during a lapse in funding. To ensure that your filing is considered timely during this lapse in funding, you should attempt to serve all other parties as required by OCWR Procedural Rules.
Impasse
At the point in the negotiation of conditions of employment where the parties are unable to reach an agreement, despite efforts to do so by direct negotiations and the use of third-party mediation or other arrangement, a party or parties may request the Board consider the matter by filing a request that the Board consider a negotiation impasse or approve a joint request for binding arbitration procedure to resolve a negotiation impasse.
To file an Impasse Services Request Form with the OCWR, please see the page below: