The District of Columbia Public Employee Relations Board (hereafter, “PERB”) is an impartial, quasi-judicial, independent agency empowered with the exclusive jurisdiction to resolve labor-management disputes between agencies of the District government, its labor organizations representing employees of the various District government agencies, and employees covered by the Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act.

Summary of Services

PERB determines appropriate compensation and non-compensation bargaining units; certifies, decertifies, amends, clarifies, and modifies labor organizations as exclusive bargaining representatives; facilitates and reviews election procedures and results concerning the selection of labor organizations as the exclusive bargaining representative; investigates and adjudicates unfair labor practices and standards of conduct complaints; reviews appeals of grievance arbitration awards; determines impasse status of collective bargaining between District government agencies and District government employee unions; facilitates impasse arbitration bargaining between District government agencies and District government employee unions; determines negotiability of proposals submitted during collective bargaining contract negotiations between District government agencies and District government employee unions; mediates disputes submitted to PERB; issues subpoenas and conducts hearings; and adopts rules and regulations for conducting PERB business.