On August 27, 2007, the State Employment Relations Board issued a Board Opinion in a representation case involving the Professionals Guild of Ohio ("PGO") Case Nos. 2004-REP-11-0212 and 2005-REP-04-0053 and 2005-REP-04-0054...

At its regularly scheduled Board Meeting on November 9, 2006, the State Employment Relations Board directed the following cases to hearing...

On October 20, 2006, the State Employment Relations Board issued a Board Opinion in a case involving an unfair labor practice charge filed by the City of North Olmsted against the International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1267, alleging that the Union violated Ohio Revised Code Section 4117.11(B)(3) in Case No. 2004-ULP-10-0568....  

On October 15, 2006, the State Employment Relations Board issued a Board Opinion in a case involving a petition for administrative hearing filed by the Municipal Construction Equipment Operators' Labor Council in which it requested that SERB appoint a hearing examiner to adjudicate certain issues that the Ohio Supreme Court had found, in Consolo v. City of Cleveland (2004), 103 Ohio St.3d 362, 2004-Ohio-5389 to be within SERB's jurisdiciton in Case No. 2002-REP-06-0116....  

On August 16, 2006, the State Employment Relations Board issued a Board Opinion in a case involving an unfair labor practice charge filed by the Ohio Association of Public School Employees, AFSCME Local 4, AFL-CIO and its Local 549 against the St. Clairsville-Richland City School District Board of Education in Case No. 2004-ULP-12-0680....  

 The SERB Quarterly has been published in one form or another since 1985, and the monthly SERB Quarterly Supplement since July 1996, both as paid subscription publications. SERB is now combining these publications into one and making it available to all online at no charge. We’ve named the successor publication the SERB Online Journal. At this time, it will continue to be issued quarterly and will continue the volume and number sequence used in its printed quarterly predecessor.

Please click here for the SERB Online Journal.

On February 16, 2006, the State Employment Relations Board issued a Board Opinion in a case involving an unfair labor practice charge filed by the Crestline Exempted Village School District Board of Education in Case No. 2004-ULP-08-0465....

On May 15, 2006, Dory A. McClendon was promoted to the position of Labor Relations Administrator. As Administrator, she will oversee the Investigations and Representation Sections. Ms. McClendon joined the SERB staff in February 1989. Prior to her promotion, she served as a Labor Relations Specialist 2 for the Representation Section.

Before coming to SERB, Ms. McClendon worked in the Ohio Attorney General's Office. She also has 15 years of private sector service with the Industrial Sales Division of the General Electric Company.

On May 1, 2006, Edward E. Turner was promoted to the position of Administrator of the Bureau of Mediation. Prior to his promotion, Ed served as a state mediator since 1998. The Mediation Administrator oversees the implementation of Ohio's statutory dispute settlement process.

For eight years, Turner served as a Staff Representative with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Ohio Council 8. As an AFSCME staff representative, his responsibilities included negotiations, contract administration, grievance handling, and civil service representation. Prior to joining the staff of AFSCME, he worked fourteen years as a Legal Assistant with the Legal Aid Society of Columbus. During his employment with the Legal Aid Society, he was a longtime member of AFSCME Local 797, and served that local as steward, bargaining committee member, and president. He is a graduate of The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology, and of the Capital University Law and Graduate Center Certified Legal Assistant Program.

On May 1, 2006, Arthur J. Marziale, Jr. became the Executive Director for the State Employment Relations Board. The Executive Director serves as the Chief Operating Officer for the Board. The Executive Director oversees the Clerks Office, Administrative Services Section, and Research and Training Section and directly supervises the Hearings Section.

Prior to his appointment as Executive Director, Art Marziale served as Senior Deputy Attorney General in the Constitutional Offices Section for Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro. The Constitutional Offices Section represents the Governor, Attorney General, the General Assembly, the Supreme Court of Ohio, and other constitutional and executive offices and agencies. The Section also contains the Public Records Unit and the Tobacco Enforcement Unit.

Art Marziale previously served as Deputy Chief Counsel for Ohio Attorney General Betty Montgomery. He began his career in the office as a Principal Attorney for the Chief Counsel’s Staff. In June 2001, he received the Attorney General’s Professionalism Award.

He received his Juris Doctorate from the Capital University Law School in 1985. He completed his undergraduate studies at Allegheny College, receiving a B.A. in Political Science in September 1980. He is currently a member of the Columbus and Ohio State Bar Associations.

On Friday, March 17, 2006, Governor Bob Taft appointed Craig R. Mayton, Esq., of Hilliard, Ohio, to the remainder of a six-year term ending October 6, 2008, as Chairman of the State Employment Relations Board.

At the time of appointment, Mr. Mayton was the Executive Director and Mediation Administrator for the State Employment Relations Board. Prior to his employment with SERB, he served as Chief Legal Counsel for the Auditor of State and as First Assistant Attorney General with the Ohio Attorney General. He has also served as the Magistrate in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, City Attorney for the City of Upper Arlington, and Delaware Municipal Prosecutor.

Mr. Mayton has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Russian Studies from the University of Maryland and a Juris Doctor degree from The Ohio State University School of Law.

On February 21, 2006, the State Employment Relations Board issued a Board Opinion in a representation case involving the Fraternal Order of Police, Ohio Labor Council, Inc. (“FOP”) and the Village of Granville (“the Village”) in Case Nos. 2004-REP-08-0140 and 2004-REP-08-0141....

On February 21, 2006, the State Employment Relations Board issued a Board Opinion in a case involving an unfair labor practice charge filed by the American Association of University Professors, Kent State University Chapter (“the AAUP”) against Kent State University (“the University”) in Case No. 2004-ULP-07-0433....

On January 24, 2006, the State Employment Relations Board presented an opportunity for public comment at its Board meeting to address whether to raise the per diem ceiling for fact finders and conciliators on the Board’s Roster of Neutrals.....

On December 1, 2005, SERB voted to issue a Board Opinion in an unfair labor practice case involving Twinsburg Support Staff Association, OEA/NEA and the Twinsburg City School District Board of Education in Case 2003-ULP-06-0300.....

On November 3, 2005, SERB voted to issue a Board Opinion in an unfair labor practice case involving Professionals Guild of Ohio and the Montgomery County Children's Services ....

On November 3, 2005, SERB voted to issue a Board Opinion in the representation case involving the Mahoning Education Association of Developmental Disabilities, OEA/NEA and the Mahoning County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilites, in Case 2003-REP-09-0171 ....

On August 25, 2005, SERB voted to issue a Board Opinion in the unfair labor practice case involving the State Employment Relations Board and the City of Circleville in Case No. 2002-ULP-05-0341 ....

On September 8, 2005, SERB voted to issue a Board Opinion in the case involving Queen city Lodge No. 69, Fraternatl Order of Police and the City of Cincinnati ....

On April 21, 2005, SERB voted to issue a Board Opinion in the unfair labor practice case involving Maria R. Coccia, M.D., Ph.D. and the State of Ohio, Rehabilitation Services Commission ....

On April 21, 2005, SERB voted to issue a Board Opinion in the unfair labor practice case involving the Professional Guild of Ohio, Theodore E. Wade, Paul S, Whisman, and Riser Military Academy in Case 1999-ULP-12-0734....

Public employers statewide granted an average wage increase of 2.79% to bargaining-unit employees in labor contracts negotiated in calendar year 2004. The increase is the lowest in 10 years....

 The Supreme Court of Ohio Dispute Resolution Section is offering a limited number of scholarships

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In re City of Jackson , SERB 2005-002 (3-10-2005) On March 3, 2005, SERB voted to issue a Board Opinion in an unfair labor practice case...

(In re The Ohio State University, SERB 2005-001) On March 3, SERB voted to issue a Board Opinion in a representation case...

SERB filing requirements updated. (Number of copies and originals to be filed with the Clerks Office).

Read the Board's agency goals for FY 2005.

The amended rules took effect on January 2, 2005.

SERB v. Twinsburg City School District oral argument is set for Wednesday, January 26, 2005.

On Tuesday, November 9, 2004, Governor Bob Taft reappointed Board Member Michael G. Verich, Esq., of Warren, Ohio, to a second six-year term on the State Employment Relations Board.

We've spruced things up a bit with a brand new look.

SERB’s Administrative Rules filed; public hearing set for Thursday, November 18, 2004.

Developing Labor Law Forum scheduled for December 3, 2004 in Columbus, OH.

Watch the SERB 20th Anniversary video!