12 CFR § 269b.220 - Priority; acceleration of proceedings.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s269b.220"
source: "ecfr"
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title: "12 CFR § 269b.220 - Priority; acceleration of proceedings."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "269b.220"
section_name: "Priority; acceleration of proceedings."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM"
part_number: "269b"
part_name: "CHARGES OF UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 11, 38 Stat. 261 (12 U.S.C. 248)."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 8920, June 10, 1970, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 48 FR 32334, July 15, 1983."
cfr_part: "269b"
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# 269b.220 Priority; acceleration of proceedings.

(a) A charge of “refusal to bargain” or a charge that, if sustained, would require the setting aside of an election or the conduct of a new election shall be given priority.

(b) The parties, individually or jointly, may petition the panel at any time to invoke immediately the formal hearing procedures set forth in § 269b.410. They may also petition the panel to entertain the matter itself without prior investigation and/or without the formal hearing procedure set forth in § 269b.410. The panel is empowered also on its own motion to so accelerate disposition of the case.

(c) Before accelerating a case the panel may utilize whatever proceedings it may deem appropriate and timely to allow parties in interest to comment on the proposed course of action.