PURPOSE: This rule describes the initial action to be taken upon the filing of a petition.
- (1) Upon the filing of any petition, an authorized agent shall confer with and may hold informal conferences with the known interested parties in an attempt to ascertain the facts. The authorized agent shall encourage the parties to agree upon the appropriate bargaining unit and a suitable method by which representation is to be determined. Whenever the authorized agent shall determine that the parties are unable to agree upon a suitable method or upon the appropriate bargaining unit, and s/he is unable to settle the controversy without hearing, s/he shall conduct a hearing to resolve such matters and s/he shall notify the parties of the time and place of such a hearing in writing at least ten (10) days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, in advance.
AUTHORITY: section 295.070, RSMo 1986. Original rule filed Dec. 31, 1975, effective Jan. 10, 1976.