5 CFR § 2423.3 - Who may file charges?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s2423.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 2423.3 - Who may file charges?"
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "2423.3"
section_name: "Who may file charges?"
chapter_name: "FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY AND FEDERAL SERVICE IMPASSES PANEL"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY AND GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY"
part_number: "2423"
part_name: "UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE PROCEEDINGS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "3 U.S.C. 431; 5 U.S.C. 7134."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 40916, July 31, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "2423"
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# 2423.3 Who may file charges?
(a) *Filing charges.* Any person may charge an activity, agency, or labor organization with having engaged in, or engaging in, any unfair labor practice prohibited under 5 U.S.C. 7116.
(b) *Charging Party.* Charging Party means the individual, labor organization, activity, or agency filing an unfair labor practice charge with a Regional Director.
(c) *Charged Party.* Charged Party means the activity, agency, or labor organization charged with allegedly having engaged in, or engaging in, an unfair labor practice.