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          Title 29

Labor


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Parts 100 to 499

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                            Table of Contents



                                                                    Page
  Explanation.................................................       v

  Title 29:
    SUBTITLE B--Regulations Relating to Labor
          Chapter I--National Labor Relations Board                  5
          Chapter II--Office of Labor-Management Standards,
          Department of Labor                                      135
          Chapter III--National Railroad Adjustment Board          143
          Chapter IV--Office of Labor-Management Standards,
          Department of Labor                                      147
  Finding Aids:
      Table of CFR Titles and Chapters........................     253
      Alphabetical List of Agencies Appearing in the CFR......     273
      List of CFR Sections Affected...........................     283

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                       100, section 101.

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                               EXPLANATION

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                               THIS TITLE

    Title 29--Labor is composed of nine volumes. The parts in these
volumes are arranged in the following order: Parts 0-99, parts 100-499,
parts 500-899, parts 900-1899, part 1900-Sec.  1910.999, part 1910.1000-
end of part 1910, parts 1911-1925, part 1926, and part 1927 to end. The
contents of these volumes represent all current regulations codified
under this title as of July 1, 2014.

    The OMB control numbers for title 29 CFR part 1910 appear in Sec.
1910.8. For the convenience of the user, Sec.  1910.8 appears in the
Finding Aids section of the volume containing Sec.  1910.1000 to the
end.

    Subject indexes appear following the occupational safety and health
standards (part 1910).

    For this volume, Robert J. Sheehan, III was Chief Editor. The Code
of Federal Regulations publication program is under the direction of
Michael L. White, assisted by Ann Worley.

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR




                  (This book contains parts 100 to 499)

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                SUBTITLE B--Regulations Relating to Labor

                                                                    Part

chapter i--National Labor Relations Board...................         100

chapter ii--Office of Labor-Management Standards, Department
  of Labor..................................................         215

chapter iii--National Railroad Adjustment Board.............         301

chapter iv--Office of Labor-Management Standards, Department
  of Labor..................................................         401

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                Subtitle B--Regulations Relating to Labor

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                CHAPTER I--NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD




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Part                                                                Page
100             Administrative regulations..................           7
101             Statements of procedures....................          20
102             Rules and regulations, Series 8.............          39
103             Other rules.................................         125
104             Notification of employee rights; obligations
                    of employers (effective date delayed
                    indefinitely)...........................         127
105-199

[Reserved]

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PART 100_ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS--Table of Contents



             Subpart A_Employee Responsibilities and Conduct

Sec.
100.101 Cross--reference to financial disclosure requirements and other
          conduct rules.

           Subpart B_Cooperation in Audits and Investigations

100.201 Audits and investigations.

Subpart C--Employee Personal Property Loss Claims [Reserved]

           Subpart D_Claims Under the Federal Tort Claims Act

100.401 Claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act for loss of or damage
          to property or for personal injury or death.

 Subpart E_Enforcement of Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in
 Programs or Activities Conducted by the National Labor Relations Board

100.501 Purpose.
100.502 Application.
100.503 Definitions.
100.504-100.509 [Reserved]
100.510 Self-evaluation.
100.511 Notice.
100.512-100.529 [Reserved]
100.530 General prohibitions against discrimination.
100.531-100.539 [Reserved]
100.540 Employment.
100.541-100.548 [Reserved]
100.549 Program accessibility: Discrimination prohibited.
100.550 Program accessibility: Existing facilities.
100.551 Program accessibility: New construction and alterations.
100.552-100.559 [Reserved]
100.560 Communications.
100.561-100.569 [Reserved]
100.570 Compliance procedures.
100.571-100.599 [Reserved]

                  Subpart F_Debt Collection Procedures

100.601 Purpose and scope.
100.602 Definitions.
100.603 Debts that are covered.
100.604 Monetary limitations on NLRB's authority.
100.605 Information Collection Requirements: OMB Approval.
100.606 No private rights created.
100.607 Form of payment.
100.608 Subdivision of claims or debts.
100.609 Administrative collection of claims.
100.610 Written demand for payment.
100.611 Reporting claims or debts.
100.612 Disputed claims or debts.
100.613 Contracting for collection services.
100.614 Collection by administrative offset.
100.615 Authorities other than offset.
100.616 Payment collection.
100.617 Interest, penalties, and administrative costs.
100.618 Bankruptcy claims.
100.619 When a debt may be compromised.
100.620 Finality of a compromise.
100.621 When collection action may be terminated or suspended.
100.622 Termination of collection action.
100.623 Exception to termination.
100.624 Discharge of indebtedness; reporting requirements.
100.625 Referral of a claim to the Department of Justice.

    Authority: Section 6, National Labor Relations Act, as amended (29
U.S.C. 141, 156).
    Subpart A is also issued under 5 U.S.C. 7301.
    Subpart B is also issued under the Inspector General Act of 1976, as
amended by the Inspector General Act Amendments of 1988, 5 U.S.C. ap3;
42 U.S.C. 2000e-16(a).
    Subpart D is also issued under 28 U.S.C. 2672; 28 CFR part 14.
    Subpart E is also issued under 29 U.S.C. 794.
    Subpart F is also issued under 31 U.S.C. 3711 and 3716-3719, as
amended, 31 CFR part 285, 31 CFR chapter IX parts 900-904.



             Subpart A_Employee Responsibilities and Conduct



Sec. 100.101  Cross-reference to financial disclosure requirements and
other conduct rules.

    Employees of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) should refer
to the executive branch-wide Standards of Ethical Conduct at 5 CFR part
2635; the NLRB's regulations at 5 CFR part 7101, which supplement the
executive branch-wide standards; the employee responsibilities and
conduct regulations at 5 CFR part 735; and the executive branch
financial disclosure regulations at 5 CFR part 2634.

[62 FR 6448, Feb. 12, 1997]

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           Subpart B_Cooperation in Audits and Investigations



Sec. 100.201  Audits and investigations.

    (a) Employees shall cooperate fully with any audit or investigation
conducted by the Office of the Inspector General involving matters that
fall within the jurisdiction and authority of the Inspector General, as
defined in the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, or with any
audit or investigation conducted by any Agency official or department,
including, but not limited to, the Office of Equal Employment
Opportunity, involving matters that relate to or have an effect on the
official business of the Agency. Such cooperation shall include, among
other things, responding to requests for information, providing
statements under oath relating to such audits or investigations, and
affording access to Agency records and/or any other Agency materials in
an employee's possession.
    (b) The obstruction of an audit or investigation, concealment of
information, intentional furnishing of false or misleading information,
refusal to provide information and/or answer questions, or refusal to
provide a statement under oath, by an employee to an auditor or
investigator pursuant to any audit or investigation as described in
paragraph (a) of this section, may result in disciplinary action against
an employee. However, nothing herein shall be construed to deny,
abridge, or otherwise restrict the rights, privileges, or other
entitlements or protections afforded to Agency employees.

[59 FR 37158, July 21, 1994]

Subpart C--Employee Personal Property Loss Claims [Reserved]



           Subpart D_Claims Under the Federal Tort Claims Act



Sec. 100.401  Claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act for loss of or
damage to property or for personal injury or death.

    (a) Filing of claims. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2672, any claim under
the Federal Tort Claims Act for money damages for loss of or injury to
property, or for personal injury or death, caused by the negligent or
wrongful act or omission of any employee of the National Labor Relations
Board while acting within the scope of his office or employment, under
circumstances where the United States, if a private person, would be
liable to the claimant for such loss, injury or death in accordance with
the law of the place where the act or omission occurred, may be
presented to the Director of Administration, 1099 Fourteenth Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20570, or to any regional office of the National
Labor Relations Board, at any time within 2 years after such claim has
accrued. Such a claim may be presented by a person specified in 28 CFR
14.3, in the manner set out in 28 CFR 14.2 and 14.3, and shall be
accompanied by as much of the appropriate information specified in 28
CFR 14.4 as may reasonably be obtained.
    (b) Action on claims. The Director, Division of Administration,
shall have the power to consider, ascertain, adjust, determine,
compromise, and settle any claim referred to in, and presented in
accordance with paragraph (a) of this section. The Chief, Security
Staff, can process and adjust claims under $100 in accordance with
delegated authority from the Director. Legal review is required by the
General Counsel or designee for all claims in the amount of $5,000 or
more, 28 CFR 14.5. Any exercise of such power shall be in accordance
with 28 U.S.C. 2672 and 28 CFR part 14.
    (c) Payment of awards. Any award, compromise, or settlement in an
amount of $2,500 or less made pursuant to this action will be paid by
the Director of Administration out of appropriations available to the
National Labor Relations Board. Payment of any award, compromise, or
settlement in an amount in excess of $2,500 made pursuant to this
section will be obtained in accordance with 28 CFR 14.10.

[59 FR 37159, July 21, 1994]

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 Subpart E_Enforcement of Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in
 Programs or Activities Conducted by the National Labor Relations Board

    Source: 53 FR 25884, 25885, July 8, 1988, unless otherwise noted.
Redesignated at 59 FR 37159, July 21, 1994.



Sec. 100.501  Purpose.

    The purpose of this regulation is to effectuate section 119 of the
Rehabilitation, Comprehensive Services, and Developmental Disabilities
Amendments of 1978, which amended section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973 to prohibit discrimination on the basis of handicap in programs
or activities conducted by Executive agencies or the United States
Postal Service.



Sec. 100.502  Application.

    This regulation (Sec. Sec. 100.501-100.570) applies to all programs
or activities conducted by the agency, except for programs or activities
conducted outside the United States that do not involve individuals with
handicaps in the United States.

[53 FR 25884 and 25885, July 8, 1988. Redesignated at 59 FR 37159, July
21, 1994, and amended at 60 FR 32587, June 23, 1995]



Sec. 100.503  Definitions.

    For purposes of this regulation, the term--
    Assistant Attorney General means the Assistant Attorney General,
Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice.
    Auxiliary aids means services or devices that enable persons with
impaired sensory, manual, or speaking skills to have an equal
opportunity to participate in, and enjoy the benefits of, programs or
activities conducted by the agency. For example, auxiliary aids useful
for persons with impaired vision include readers, Brailled materials,
audio recordings, and other similar services and devices. Auxiliary aids
useful for persons with impaired hearing include telephone handset
amplifiers, telephones compatible with hearing aids, telecommunication
devices for deaf persons (TDD's), interpreters, notetakers, written
materials, and other similar services and devices.
    Complete complaint means a written statement that contains the
complainant's name and address and describes the agency's alleged
discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the agency of the
nature and date of the alleged violation of section 504. It shall be
signed by the complainant or by someone authorized to do so on his or
her behalf. Complaints filed on behalf of classes or third parties shall
describe or identify (by name, if possible) the alleged victims of
discrimination.
    Facility means all or any portion of buildings, structures,
equipment, roads, walks, parking lots, rolling stock or other
conveyances, or other real or personal property.
    Historic preservation programs means programs conducted by the
agency that have preservation of historic properties as a primary
purpose.
    Historic properties means those properties that are listed or
eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places or
properties designated as historic under a statute of the appropriate
State or local government body.
    Individual with handicaps means any person who has a physical or
mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life
activities, has a record of such an impairment, or is regarded as having
such an impairment.
    As used in this definition, the phrase:
    (1) Physical or mental impairment includes--
    (i) Any physiological disorder or condition, cosmetic disfigurement,
or anatomical loss affecting one or more of the following body systems:
Neurological; musculoskeletal; special sense organs; respiratory,
including speech organs; cardiovascular; reproductive; digestive;
genitourinary; hemic and lymphatic; skin; and endocrine; or
    (ii) Any mental or psychological disorder, such as mental
retardation, organic brain syndrome, emotional or mental illness, and
specific learning disabilities. The term ``physical or mental
impairment'' includes, but is not limited to, such diseases and
conditions as orthopedic, visual, speech, and hearing impairments,
cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple

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sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental retardation,
emotional illness, and drug addiction and alcoholism.
    (2) Major life activities includes functions such as caring for
one's self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking,
breathing, learning, and working.
    (3) Has a record of such an impairment means has a history of, or
has been misclassified as having, a mental or physical impairment that
substantially limits one or more major life activities.
    (4) Is regarded as having an impairment means--
    (i) Has a physical or mental impairment that does not substantially
limit major life activities but is treated by the agency as constituting
such a limitation;
    (ii) Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits
major life activities only as a result of the attitudes of others toward
such impairment; or
    (iii) Has none of the impairments defined in paragraph (1) of this
definition but is treated by the agency as having such an impairment.
    Qualified individual with handicaps means--
    (1) With respect to preschool, elementary, or secondary education
services provided by the agency, an individual with handicaps who is a
member of a class of persons otherwise entitled by statute, regulation,
or agency policy to receive education services from the agency;
    (2) With respect to any other agency program or activity under which
a person is required to perform services or to achieve a level of
accomplishment, an individual with handicaps who meets the essential
eligibility requirements and who can achieve the purpose of the program
or activity without modifications in the program or activity that the
agency can demonstrate would result in a fundamental alteration in its
nature;
    (3) With respect to any other program or activity, an individual
with handicaps who meets the essential eligibility requirements for
participation in, or receipt of benefits from, that program or activity;
and
    (4) Qualified handicapped person as that term is defined for
purposes of employment in 29 CFR 1613.702(f), which is made applicable
to this regulation by Sec. 100.540.
    Section 504 means section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
(Pub. L. 93-112, 87 Stat. 394 (29 U.S.C. 794)), as amended by the
Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-516, 88 Stat. 1617);
the Rehabilitation, Comprehensive Services, and Developmental
Disabilities Amendments of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-602, 92 Stat. 2955); and the
Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1986 (Pub. L. 99-506, 100 Stat. 1810).
As used in this regulation, section 504 applies only to programs or
activities conducted by Executive agencies and not to federally assisted
programs.
    Substantial impairment means a significant loss of the integrity of
finished materials, design quality, or special character resulting from
a permanent alteration.

[53 FR 25884 and 25885, July 8, 1988. Redesignated at 59 FR 37159, July
21, 1994, and amended at 60 FR 32587, June 23, 1995]



Sec. Sec. 100.504-100.509  [Reserved]



Sec. 100.510  Self-evaluation.

    (a) The agency shall, by September 6, 1989, evaluate its current
policies and practices, and the effects thereof, that do not or may not
meet the requirements of this regulation and, to the extent modification
of any such policies and practices is required, the agency shall proceed
to make the necessary modifications.
    (b) The agency shall provide an opportunity to interested persons,
including individuals with handicaps or organizations representing
individuals with handicaps, to participate in the self-evaluation
process by submitting comments (both oral and written).
    (c) The agency shall, for at least three years following completion
of the self-evaluation, maintain on file and make available for public
inspection:
    (1) A description of areas examined and any problems identified; and
    (2) A description of any modifications made.

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Sec. 100.511  Notice.

    The agency shall make available to employees, applicants,
participants, beneficiaries, and other interested persons such
information regarding the provisions of this regulation and its
applicability to the programs or activities conducted by the agency, and
make such information available to them in such manner as the head of
the agency finds necessary to apprise such persons of the protections
against discrimination assured them by section 504 and this regulation.



Sec. Sec. 100.512-100.529  [Reserved]



Sec. 100.530  General prohibitions against discrimination.

    (a) No qualified individual with handicaps shall, on the basis of
handicap, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of,
or otherwise be subjected to discrimination under any program or
activity conducted by the agency.
    (b)(1) The agency, in providing any aid, benefit, or service, may
not, directly or through contractual, licensing, or other arrangements,
on the basis of handicap--
    (i) Deny a qualified individual with handicaps the opportunity to
participate in or benefit from the aid, benefit, or service;
    (ii) Afford a qualified individual with handicaps an opportunity to
participate in or benefit from the aid, benefit, or service that is not
equal to that afforded others;
    (iii) Provide a qualified individual with handicaps with an aid,
benefit, or service that is not as effective in affording equal
opportunity to obtain the same result, to gain the same benefit, or to
reach the same level of achievement as that provided to others;
    (iv) Provide different or separate aid, benefits, or services to
individuals with handicaps or to any class of individuals with handicaps
than is provided to others unless such action is necessary to provide
qualified individuals with handicaps with aid, benefits, or services
that are as effective as those provided to others;
    (v) Deny a qualified individual with handicaps the opportunity to
participate as a member of planning or advisory boards;
    (vi) Otherwise limit a qualified individual with handicaps in the
enjoyment of any right, privilege, advantage, or opportunity enjoyed by
others receiving the aid, benefit, or service.
    (2) The agency may not deny a qualified individual with handicaps
the opportunity to participate in programs or activities that are not
separate or different, despite the existence of permissibly separate or
different programs or activities.
    (3) The agency may not, directly or through contractual or other
arrangements, utilize criteria or methods of administration the purpose
or effect of which would--
    (i) Subject qualified individuals with handicaps to discrimination
on the basis of handicap; or
    (ii) Defeat or substantially impair accomplishment of the objectives
of a program or activity with respect to individuals with handicaps.
    (4) The agency may not, in determining the site or location of a
facility, make selections the purpose or effect of which would--
    (i) Exclude individuals with handicaps from, deny them the benefits
of, or otherwise subject them to discrimination under any program or
activity conducted by the agency; or
    (ii) Defeat or substantially impair the accomplishment of the
objectives of a program or activity with respect to individuals with
handicaps.
    (5) The agency, in the selection of procurement contractors, may not
use criteria that subject qualified individuals with handicaps to
discrimination on the basis of handicap.
    (6) The agency may not administer a licensing or certification
program in a manner that subjects qualified individuals with handicaps
to discrimination on the basis of handicap, nor may the agency establish
requirements for the programs or activities of licensees or certified
entities that subject qualified individuals with handicaps to
discrimination on the basis of handicap. However, the programs or
activities of entities that are licensed or certified by the agency are
not, themselves, covered by this regulation.

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    (c) The exclusion of nonhandicapped persons from the benefits of a
program limited by Federal statute or Executive order to individuals
with handicaps or the exclusion of a specific class of individuals with
handicaps from a program limited by Federal statute or Executive order
to a different class of individuals with handicaps is not prohibited by
this regulation.
    (d) The agency shall administer programs and activities in the most
integrated setting appropriate to the needs of qualified individuals
with handicaps.



Sec. Sec. 100.531-100.539  [Reserved]



Sec. 100.540  Employment.

    No qualified individual with handicaps shall, on the basis of
handicap, be subject to discrimination in employment under any program
or activity conducted by the agency. The definitions, requirements, and
procedures of section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C.
791), as established by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in
29 CFR part 1613, shall apply to employment in federally conducted
programs or activities.



Sec. Sec. 100.541-100.548  [Reserved]



Sec. 100.549  Program accessibility: Discrimination prohibited.

    Except as otherwise provided in Sec. 100.550, no qualified
individual with handicaps shall, because the agency's facilities are
inaccessible to or unusable by individuals with handicaps, be denied the
benefits of, be excluded from participation in, or otherwise be
subjected to discrimination under any program or activity conducted by
the agency.

[53 FR 25884 and 25885, July 8, 1988. Redesignated at 59 FR 37159, July
21, 1994, and amended at 60 FR 32587, June 23, 1995]



Sec. 100.550  Program accessibility: Existing facilities.

    (a) General. The agency shall operate each program or activity so
that the program or activity, when viewed in its entirety, is readily
accessible to and usable by individuals with handicaps. This paragraph
does not--
    (1) Necessarily require the agency to make each of its existing
facilities accessible to and usable by individuals with handicaps;
    (2) In the case of historic preservation programs, require the
agency to take any action that would result in a substantial impairment
of significant historic features of an historic property; or
    (3) Require the agency to take any action that it can demonstrate
would result in a fundamental alteration in the nature of a program or
activity or in undue financial and administrative burdens. In those
circumstances where agency personnel believe that the proposed action
would fundamentally alter the program or activity or would result in
undue financial and administrative burdens, the agency has the burden of
proving that compliance with Sec. 100.550(a) would result in such
alteration or burdens. The decision that compliance would result in such
alteration or burdens must be made by the agency head or his or her
designee after considering all agency resources available for use in the
funding and operation of the conducted program or activity, and must be
accompanied by a written statement of the reasons for reaching that
conclusion. If an action would result in such an alteration or such
burdens, the agency shall take any other action that would not result in
such an alteration or such burdens but would nevertheless ensure that
individuals with handicaps receive the benefits and services of the
program or activity.
    (b) Methods--(1) General. The agency may comply with the
requirements of this section through such means as redesign of
equipment, reassignment of services to accessible buildings, assignment
of aides to beneficiaries, home visits, delivery of services at
alternate accessible sites, alteration of existing facilities and
construction of new facilities, use of accessible rolling stock, or any
other methods that result in making its programs or activities readily
accessible to and usable by individuals with handicaps. The agency is
not required to make structural changes in existing facilities where
other methods are effective in achieving compliance with this section.
The agency, in making alterations to existing buildings, shall meet
accessibility requirements

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to the extent compelled by the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 4151-4157), and any regulations implementing it. In
choosing among available methods for meeting the requirements of this
section, the agency shall give priority to those methods that offer
programs and activities to qualified individuals with handicaps in the
most integrated setting appropriate.
    (2) Historic preservation programs. In meeting the requirements of
Sec. 100.550(a) in historic preservation programs, the agency shall
give priority to methods that provide physical access to individuals
with handicaps. In cases where a physical alteration to an historic
property is not required because of Sec. 100.550(a) (2) or (3),
alternative methods of achieving program accessibility include--
    (i) Using audio-visual materials and devices to depict those
portions of an historic property that cannot otherwise be made
accessible;
    (ii) Assigning persons to guide individuals with handicaps into or
through portions of historic properties that cannot otherwise be made
accessible; or
    (iii) Adopting other innovative methods.
    (c) Time period for compliance. The agency shall comply with the
obligations established under this section by November 7, 1988, except
that where structural changes in facilities are undertaken, such changes
shall be made by September 6, 1991, but in any event as expeditiously as
possible.
    (d) Transition plan. In the event that structural changes to
facilities will be undertaken to achieve program accessibility, the
agency shall develop, by March 6, 1989, a transition plan setting forth
the steps necessary to complete such changes. The agency shall provide
an opportunity to interested persons, including individuals with
handicaps or organizations representing individuals with handicaps, to
participate in the development of the transition plan by submitting
comments (both oral and written). A copy of the transition plan shall be
made available for public inspection. The plan shall, at a minimum--
    (1) Identify physical obstacles in the agency's facilities that
limit the accessibility of its programs or activities to individuals
with handicaps;
    (2) Describe in detail the methods that will be used to make the
facilities accessible;
    (3) Specify the schedule for taking the steps necessary to achieve
compliance with this section and, if the time period of the transition
plan is longer than one year, identify steps that will be taken during
each year of the transition period; and
    (4) Indicate the official responsible for implementation of the
plan.

[53 FR 25884 and 25885, July 8, 1988. Redesignated at 59 FR 37159, July
21, 1994, and amended at 60 FR 32587, June 23, 1995]



Sec. 100.551  Program accessibility: New construction and alterations.

    Each building or part of a building that is constructed or altered
by, on behalf of, or for the use of the agency shall be designed,
constructed, or altered so as to be readily accessible to and usable by
individuals with handicaps. The definitions, requirements, and standards
of the Architectural Barriers Act (42 U.S.C. 4151-4157), as established
in 41 CFR 101-19.600 to 101-19.607, apply to buildings covered by this
section.



Sec. Sec. 100.552-100.559  [Reserved]



Sec. 100.560  Communications.

    (a) The agency shall take appropriate steps to ensure effective
communication with applicants, participants, personnel of other Federal
entities, and members of the public.
    (1) The agency shall furnish appropriate auxiliary aids where
necessary to afford an individual with handicaps an equal opportunity to
participate in, and enjoy the benefits of, a program or activity
conducted by the agency.
    (i) In determining what type of auxiliary aid is necessary, the
agency shall give primary consideration to the requests of the
individual with handicaps.
    (ii) The agency need not provide individually prescribed devices,
readers for personal use or study, or other devices of a personal
nature.

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    (2) Where the agency communicates with applicants and beneficiaries
by telephone, telecommunication devices for deaf persons (TDD's) or
equally effective telecommunication systems shall be used to communicate
with persons with impaired hearing.
    (b) The agency shall ensure that interested persons, including
persons with impaired vision or hearing, can obtain information as to
the existence and location of accessible services, activities, and
facilities.
    (c) The agency shall provide signage at a primary entrance to each
of its inaccessible facilities, directing users to a location at which
they can obtain information about accessible facilities. The
international symbol for accessibility shall be used at each primary
entrance of an accessible facility.
    (d) This section does not require the agency to take any action that
it can demonstrate would result in a fundamental alteration in the
nature of a program or activity or in undue financial and administrative
burdens. In those circumstances where agency personnel believe that the
proposed action would fundamentally alter the program or activity or
would result in undue financial and administrative burdens, the agency
has the burden of proving that compliance with Sec. 100.560 would
result in such alteration or burdens. The decision that compliance would
result in such alteration or burdens must be made by the agency head or
his or her designee after considering all agency resources available for
use in the funding and operation of the conducted program or activity
and must be accompanied by a written statement of the reasons for
reaching that conclusion. If an action required to comply with this
section would result in such an alteration or such burdens, the agency
shall take any other action that would not result in such an alteration
or such burdens but would nevertheless ensure that, to the maximum
extent possible, individuals with handicaps receive the benefits and
services of the program or activity.

[53 FR 25884 and 25885, July 8, 1988. Redesignated at 59 FR 37159, July
21, 1994, and amended at 60 FR 32587, June 23, 1995]



Sec. Sec. 100.561-100.569  [Reserved]



Sec. 100.570  Compliance procedures.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, this
section applies to all allegations of discrimination on the basis of
handicap in programs and activities conducted by the agency.
    (b) The agency shall process complaints alleging violations of
section 504 with respect to employment according to the procedures
established by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 29 CFR
part 1613 pursuant to section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29
U.S.C. 791).
    (c) The Director of Administration shall be responsible for
coordinating implementation of this section. Complaints may be sent to
Director of Administration, National Labor Relations Board, 1099
Fourteenth Street NW., Washington, DC 20570.
    (d) The agency shall accept and investigate all complete complaints
for which it has jurisdiction. All complete complaints must be filed
within 180 days of the alleged act of discrimination. The agency may
extend this time period for good cause.
    (e) If the agency receives a complaint over which it does not have
jurisdiction, it shall promptly notify the complainant and shall make
reasonable efforts to refer the complaint to the appropriate Government
entity.
    (f) The agency shall notify the Architectural and Transportation
Barriers Compliance Board upon receipt of any complaint alleging that a
building or facility that is subject to the Architectural Barriers Act
of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4151-4157), is not readily accessible to
and usable by individuals with handicaps.
    (g) Within 180 days of the receipt of a complete complaint for which
it has jurisdiction, the agency shall notify the complainant of the
results of the investigation in a letter containing--
    (1) Findings of fact and conclusions of law;
    (2) A description of a remedy for each violation found; and
    (3) A notice of the right to appeal.
    (h) Appeals of the findings of fact and conclusions of law or
remedies must be filed by the complainant within 90 days of receipt from
the agency of the letter

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required by Sec. 100.170(g). The agency may extend this time for good
cause.
    (i) Timely appeals shall be accepted and processed by the head of
the agency.
    (j) The head of the agency shall notify the complainant of the
results of the appeal within 60 days of the receipt of the request. If
the head of the agency determines that additional information is needed
from the complainant, he or she shall have 60 days from the date of
receipt of the additional information to make his or her determination
on the appeal.
    (k) The time limits cited in paragraphs (g) and (j) of this section
may be extended with the permission of the Assistant Attorney General.
    (l) The agency may delegate its authority for conducting complaint
investigations to other Federal agencies, except that the authority for
making the final determination may not be delegated to another agency.

[53 FR 25884 and 25885, July 8, 1988, as amended at 53 FR 25884, July 8,
1988. Redesignated and amended at 59 FR 37159, July 21, 1994]



Sec. Sec. 100.571-100.599  [Reserved]



                  Subpart F_Debt Collection Procedures

    Source: 72 FR 40070, July 23, 2007, unless otherwise noted.



Sec. 100.601  Purpose and scope.

    This part prescribes standards and procedures for officers and
employees of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) who are
responsible for the collection and disposition of certain debts owed to
the United States, as further defined below. The authority for this part
is the Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966; the Debt Collection
Improvement Act of 1996; 31 U.S.C. 3711 and 3716 through 3719, as
amended; The Federal Claims Collection Standards, 31 CFR chapter IX
parts 900-904; and Office of Management and Budget Circular A-129. The
activities covered include: the collection of claims of any amount;
compromising claims; suspending or terminating the collection of claims;
referring debts that are more than 180 days delinquent to the Department
of the Treasury for collection action; and the referral of debts of more
than $100,000 (exclusive of any interest and charges) to the Department
of Justice for litigation.



Sec. 100.602  Definitions.

    For the purpose of this subpart, the following definitions will
apply:
    Administrative Offset means withholding money payable by the United
States Government (including money payable by the United States
Government on behalf of a State Government) to, or held by the
Government for, a person to satisfy a debt the person owes the United
States Government.
    Centralized offset means the offset of Federal payments through the
Treasury Offset Program to collect debts which creditor agencies have
certified pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3716(c), 3720A(a) and applicable
regulations. The term ``centralized offset'' includes the Treasury
Offset Program's processing of offsets of Federal payments disbursed by
disbursing officials other than the Department of the Treasury.
    Claim or debt means an amount of money, funds, or property that has
been determined by an agency official to be owed to the United States by
a person, organization, or entity, except another Federal agency. For
the purposes of administrative offset under 31 U.S.C. 3716, the terms
claim and debt include an amount of money, funds, or property owed by a
person to a State (including past-due support being enforced by a
State), the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the United
States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    Cross-servicing means that the Department of the Treasury or another
debt collection center is taking appropriate debt collection action on
behalf of one or more Federal agencies or a unit or sub-agency thereof.
    Debtor means an individual, organization, group, association,
partnership, or corporation indebted to the United States, or the person
or entity with legal responsibility for assuming the debtor's
obligation.
    Delinquent refers to the status of a debt and means a debt has not
been paid by the date specified in the initial

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written demand for payment or applicable contractual agreement with the
NLRB, unless other satisfactory payment arrangements have been made by
that date. If the debtor fails to satisfy obligations under a payment
agreement with the NLRB after other payment arrangements have been made,
the debt becomes a delinquent debt.
    Payment in full means payment of the total debt due the United
States, including any interest, penalty, and administrative costs of
collection assessed against the debtor.
    Recoupment is a special method for adjusting debts arising under the
same transaction or occurrence. For example, obligations arising under
the same contract generally are subject to recoupment.



Sec. 100.603  Debts that are covered.

    (a) The procedures covered by this part generally apply to claims
for payment or debts which
    (1) Result from certain internal management activities of the NLRB;
or
    (2) Are referred to the NLRB for collection.
    (b) The procedures covered by this part do not apply to
    (1) A debt arising from, or ancillary to, any action undertaken by
or on behalf of the NLRB or its General Counsel in furtherance of
efforts to ensure compliance with the National Labor Relations Board
Act, 29 U.S.C. 151, et seq., including but not limited to actions
involving the collection of monies owed for back pay and/or other
monetary remedies provided for in Board orders or ancillary court
proceedings. (Regulations concerning the collection of these types of
debts are found in 29 CFR part 102, subparts U and V.);
    (2) A debt involving criminal actions of fraud, the presentation of
a false claim, or misrepresentation on the part of the debtor or any
other person having an interest in the claim;
    (3) A debt based in whole or in part on conduct in violation of the
antitrust laws;
    (4) A debt under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
    (5) A debt between Federal agencies. Federal agencies should attempt
to resolve interagency claims by negotiation in accordance with
Executive Order 12146 (3 CFR, 1980 Comp., pp. 409-412);
    (6) A debt once it becomes subject to salary offset under 5 U.S.C.
5514; or
    (7) A debt involving bankruptcy which is covered by Title 11 of the
United States Code.
    (c) Debts involving criminal actions of fraud, false claims,
misrepresentation, or which violate antitrust laws will be promptly
referred to the Department of Justice. Only the Department of Justice
has the authority to compromise, suspend, or terminate collection
activity on such debts. However, at its discretion, the Department of
Justice may return a debt to the NLRB for further handling.



Sec. 100.604  Monetary limitations on NLRB's authority.

    The NLRB's authority to compromise a debt or to suspend or terminate
collection action on a debt covered by these procedures is limited by 31
U.S.C. 3711(a) to claims that:
    (a) Have not been referred to another Federal Agency for further
collection actions; and
    (b) Do not exceed $100,000 (exclusive of any interest) or such
higher amount as the Attorney General shall from time to time prescribe
for purposes of compromise or suspension or termination of collection
activity.



Sec. 100.605  Information collection requirements: OMB approval.

    This part contains no information collection requirements, and,
therefore, is not subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)



Sec. 100.606  No private rights created.

    (a) The failure of the NLRB to include in this part any provision of
the Federal Collections Claim Standards (FCCS), 31 CFR chapter IX parts
900-904, does not prevent the NLRB from applying these provisions.
    (b) A debtor may not use the failure of the NLRB to comply with any
provision of this part or of the FCCS as a defense.

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Sec. 100.607  Form of payment.

    These procedures are directed primarily at the recovery of money or,
when a contractual basis exists, the NLRB may demand the return of
specific property or the performance of specific services.



Sec. 100.608  Subdivision of claims or debts.

    A debt may not be subdivided to avoid the monetary ceiling
established by 31 U.S.C. 3711(a)(2) and 29 CFR 100.604.



Sec. 100.609  Administrative collection of claims.

    The NLRB shall aggressively collect all claims or debts. These
collection activities will be undertaken promptly and follow up action
will be taken as appropriate in accordance with 31 CFR chapter IX Sec.
901.1.



Sec. 100.610  Written demand for payment.

    (a) The NLRB will promptly make written demand upon the debtor for
payment of money or the return of specific property. The written demand
for payment will be consistent with the requirements of 31 CFR chapter
IX Sec. 901.2. The date by which payment is due to avoid any late
charges will be 60 days from the date that the demand letter is mailed
or hand-delivered.
    (b) The failure to state in a letter of demand a matter described in
31 CFR chapter IX Sec. 901.2 is not a defense for a debtor and does not
prevent the NLRB from proceeding with respect to that matter.
    (c) When necessary, to protect the Government's interest, written
demand may be preceded by other appropriate action, including immediate
referral for litigation. It may be appropriate to contact a debtor or
his representative or guarantor by other means (telephone, in person,
etc.) to discuss prompt payment, the debtor's ability to repay the debt,
and to inform the debtor of his rights and the affect of nonpayment or
delayed payment.
    (d) When the NLRB learns that a bankruptcy petition has been filed
with respect to a debtor, the NLRB will cease collection action
immediately unless it has been determined that the automatic stay
imposed at the time of filing pursuant to 11 U.S.C. 362 has been lifted
or is no longer in effect.



Sec. 100.611  Reporting claims or debts.

    (a) In addition to assessing interest, penalties, and administrative
costs pursuant to 31 CFR chapter IX Sec. 901.9, the NLRB may report a
debt that has been delinquent for 90 days to a consumer reporting agency
in accordance with the requirements of 31 U.S.C. 3711(e).
    (b) The information the NLRB discloses to a consumer reporting
agency is limited to--
    (1) Information necessary to establish the identity of the
individual debtor, including name, address, and taxpayer identification
number;
    (2) The amount, status, and history of the debt; and
    (3) The NLRB activity under which the debt arose.



Sec. 100.612  Disputed claims or debts.

    (a) A debtor who disputes a debt should provide the NLRB with an
explanation as to why the debt is incorrect within 60 days from the date
the initial demand letter was mailed or hand-delivered. The debtor may
support the explanation by affidavits, cancelled checks, or other
relevant evidence.
    (b) If the debtor's arguments appear to have merit, the NLRB may
waive the interest period pursuant to 29 CFR 100.617(c) pending a final
determination of the existence or the amount of the debt.
    (c) The NLRB may investigate the facts concerning the dispute and,
if it considers it necessary, arrange for a conference at which the
debtor may present evidence and any arguments in support of the debtor's
position.



Sec. 100.613  Contracting for collection services.

    The NLRB may contract for collection services in order to recover
delinquent debts only if the debts are not subject to the DCIA
requirement to transfer claims or debts to Treasury for debt collection
services, e.g., claims or debts of less than 180 days delinquent.
However, the NLRB retains the authority to resolve disputes, compromise
claims, suspend or terminate

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collection action, and initiate enforced collection through litigation.
When appropriate, the NLRB shall contract for collection services in
accordance with guidance and standards contained in 31 CFR chapter IX
parts 900-904.



Sec. 100.614  Collection by administrative offset.

    (a) Application. (1) The NLRB may administratively undertake
collection by centralized offset on each claim which is liquidated or
certain in amount in accordance with the guidance and standards in 31
CFR parts 900-904 and 5 U.S.C. 5514.
    (2) This section does not apply to those debts described in 31 CFR
901.3(a)(2).
    (3) Unless otherwise provided for by contract or law, debts or
payments that are not subject to administrative offset under 31 U.S.C.
3716 may be collected by administrative offset under the common law or
other applicable statutory authority.
    (4) Generally, administrative offset of payments under the authority
of 31 U.S.C. 3716 may not be conducted more than 10 years after the
Government's right to collect the claim or debt first accrued.
    (b) Mandatory centralized offset. (1) The NLRB is required to refer
past due legally enforceable, nontax debts that are over 180 days
delinquent to the Department of the Treasury for collection by
centralized administrative offset. A debt is legally enforceable if
there has been a final determination by the NLRB that the debt, in the
amount stated, is due and there are no legal bars to collection action.
Debts under this section will be referred and collected pursuant to
procedures in 31 CFR 901.3(b).
    (c) NLRB administrative offset. The NLRB, in order to refer a
delinquent debt to the Department of the Treasury for administrative
offset, adopts the administrative offset procedures as prescribed by 31
CFR 901.3.
    (d) Non-centralized administrative offset. Generally, non-
centralized administrative offsets are ad hoc case-by-case offsets that
the NLRB would conduct at its own discretion, internally or in
cooperation with the agency certifying or authorizing payments to the
debtor. Non-centralized administrative offset is used when centralized
administrative offset is not available or appropriate to collect past
due legally enforceable, nontax delinquent debts. In these cases, the
NLRB may make a request directly to a payment-authorizing agency to
offset a payment due a debtor to collect a delinquent debt. The NLRB
adopts the procedures in 31 CFR 901.3(c) so that it may request that the
Department of the Treasury or any other payment authorizing agency to
conduct a non-centralized administrative offset.
    (e) Requests to OPM to offset a debtor's anticipated or future
benefit payments under the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund
and the Federal Employees Retirement System. Upon providing OPM written
certification that a debtor has been afforded the procedures provided
for in this section, the NLRB will request that OPM offset a debtor's
anticipated or future benefit payments under the Civil Service
Retirement and Disability Fund (Fund) in accordance with regulations
codified at 5 CFR 831.1801-831.1808 and the Federal Employees Retirement
System (System) in accordance with regulations codified at 5 CFR
845.401-845.408. Upon receipt of a request, OPM will identify and
``flag'' a debtor's account in anticipation of the time when the debtor
requests or becomes eligible for payments from the Fund or System. This
will satisfy any requirement that offset be initiated prior to the
expiration of the time limitations referenced in 29 CFR 100.614(a)(4).
    (f) Review requirements. For purposes of this section, whenever the
NLRB is required to afford a debtor a review within the Agency, the NLRB
shall provide the debtor with a reasonable opportunity for a review of
the record in accordance with 31 CFR 901.3(e). The NLRB will provide the
debtor with the reasonable opportunity for an oral hearing in accordance
with 31 CFR 285.11(f), when the debtor requests reconsideration of the
debt, and the NLRB determines that the question of the indebtedness
cannot be resolved by review of the written record, for example, when
the validity of the debt turns on an issue of credibility or veracity.

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Sec. 100.615  Authorities other than offset.

    (a) Administrative Wage Garnishment. The NLRB is authorized to
collect debts from a debtor's wages by means of administrative wage
garnishment in accordance with the requirements of 31 U.S.C. 3720D and
31 CFR 285.11. This section adopts and incorporates all of the
provisions of 31 CFR 285.11 concerning administrative wage garnishment,
including the hearing procedures described in 31 CFR 285.11(f). The NLRB
may use administrative wage garnishment to collect a delinquent debt
unless the debtor is making timely payments under an agreement to pay
the debt in installments.
    (b) This section does not apply to Federal salary offset, the
process by which the NLRB collects debts from the salaries of Federal
employees.



Sec. 100.616  Payment collection.

    (a) The NLRB shall make every effort to collect a claim in full
before it becomes delinquent, but will consider arranging for payment in
regular installments consistent with 31 CFR 901.8, if the debtor
furnishes satisfactory evidence that he is unable to pay the debt in one
lump sum. Except for a claim described in 5 U.S.C. 5514, all installment
payment arrangements must be in writing and require the payment of
interest, penalties, and other administrative costs. If possible, the
installment payments should be sufficient in size and frequency to
liquidate the debt in three years or less.
    (b) If a debt is paid in one lump sum after it becomes delinquent,
the NLRB shall impose charges for interest, penalties, and
administrative costs as specified in 31 CFR 901.9.
    (c) Payment of a debt is made by check, electronic funds transfer,
draft, or money order payable to the National Labor Relations Board.
Payment should be made to the National Labor Relations Board, Finance
Branch, 1099 14th Street NW., Washington, DC 20570, unless payment is--
    (1) Made pursuant to arrangements with the Department of Justice;
    (2) Ordered by a Court of the United States; or
    (3) Otherwise directed in any other part of this chapter.



Sec. 100.617  Interest, penalties, and administrative costs.

    (a) Pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3717, the NLRB shall assess interest,
penalties, and administrative costs on debts owed to the United States
Government. Interest, penalties, and administrative costs will be
assessed in accordance with the provisions contained in 31 CFR 901.9.
    (b) The NLRB shall waive collection of interest on a debt or any
portion of the debt which is paid in full within 30 days after the date
on which the interest began to accrue.
    (c) The NLRB may waive interest during a period a disputed debt is
under investigation or review by the NLRB. However, this additional
waiver is not automatic and must be requested before the expiration of
the initial 30-day waiver period. The NLRB may grant the additional
waiver only if it finds merit in the explanation the debtor has
submitted.
    (d) The NLRB may waive collection of interest, penalties, and
administrative costs if it finds that one or more of the following
conditions exist:
    (1) The debtor is unable to pay any significant sum toward the debt
within a reasonable period of time;
    (2) Collection of interest, penalties, and administrative costs will
jeopardize collection of the principal of the debt;
    (3) The NLRB is unable to enforce collection in full within a
reasonable period of time by enforced collection proceedings; or
    (4) Collection is not in the best interest of the United States,
including when an administrative offset or installment agreement is in
effect.
    (e) The NLRB is authorized to impose interest and related charges on
debts not subject to 31 U.S.C. 3717, in accordance with common law.



Sec. 100.618  Bankruptcy claims.

    When the NLRB learns that a bankruptcy petition has been filed by a
debtor, before proceeding with further collection action, the NLRB will
immediately seek legal advice from the NLRB's Office of Special Counsel
concerning the impact of the Bankruptcy Code on any pending or
contemplated collection activities. After seeking

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legal advice from the NLRB's Office of Special Counsel, the NLRB will
take any necessary action in accordance with the provisions of 31 CFR
901.2(h).



Sec. 100.619  When a debt may be compromised.

    The NLRB may compromise a debt not in excess of the monetary
limitation in accordance with 31 CFR part 902 if it has not been
referred to the Department of Justice for litigation.



Sec. 100.620  Finality of a compromise.

    An offer of compromise must be in writing and signed by the debtor.
An offer of compromise which is accepted by the NLRB is final and
conclusive on the debtor and on all officials, agencies, and courts of
the United States, unless obtained by fraud, misrepresentation, the
presentation of a false claim, or mutual mistake of fact.



Sec. 100.621  When collection action may be terminated or suspended.

    The NLRB may suspend or terminate collection action on a claim not
in excess of the monetary limitation of $100,000 or such other amount as
the Attorney General may direct, exclusive of interest, penalties, and
administrative costs, after deducting the amount of partial payments or
collections, if any, in accordance with the standards and reasons set
forth in 31 CFR part 903.



Sec. 100.622  Termination of collection action.

    Before terminating collection activity, the NLRB will have pursued
all appropriate means of collection and determined, based upon results
of the collection activity, that the debt is uncollectible. Termination
of collection activity ceases active collection of the debt. The
termination of collection activity does not preclude the NLRB from
retaining a record of the account for the purposes stated in 31 CFR
903.3(b) and (c).



Sec. 100.623  Exception to termination.

    If a debt meets the exceptions described in 31 CFR 903.4, the NLRB
may refer it for litigation even though termination of collection
activity may otherwise be appropriate.



Sec. 100.624  Discharge of indebtedness; reporting requirements.

    (a) Before discharging a delinquent debt (also referred to as close-
out of a debt), the NLRB shall take all appropriate steps to collect the
debt in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3711(g), including, as applicable,
administrative offset, tax refund offset, Federal salary offset,
referral to Treasury or Treasury-designated collection centers or
private collection contractors, credit bureau reporting, wage
garnishment, litigation, and foreclosure. Discharge of indebtedness is
distinct from termination or suspension of collection activity and is
governed by the Internal Revenue Code. When the NLRB determines that it
will discharge a debt, it will do so in accordance with the provisions
of 31 CFR 903.5.
    (b) [Reserved]



Sec. 100.625  Referral of a claim to the Department of Justice.

    The NLRB shall promptly refer debts that are subject to aggressive
collection activity and that cannot be compromised, or debts on which
collection activity cannot be suspended or terminated, to the Department
of Justice for litigation. Debts shall be referred as early as possible,
consistent with the standards contained if 31 CFR parts 900-904 and, in
any event, well within the period for initiating timely lawsuits against
the debtors. The NLRB will make every effort to refer delinquent debts
to the Department of Justice within one year of the date such debts
became delinquent.



PART 101_STATEMENTS OF PROCEDURES--Table of Contents



                       Subpart A_General Statement

Sec.
101.1 General statement.

Subpart B_Unfair Labor Practice Cases Under Section 10 (a) to (i) of the
                   Act and Telegraph Merger Act Cases

101.2 Initiation of unfair labor practice cases.
101.3 [Reserved]
101.4 Investigation of charges.
101.5 Withdrawal of charges.

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101.6 Dismissal of charges and appeals to the General Counsel.
101.7 Settlements.
101.8 Complaints.
101.9 Settlement after issuance of complaint.
101.10 Hearings.
101.11 Administrative law judge's decision.
101.12 Board decision and order.
101.13 Compliance with Board decision and order.
101.14 Judicial review of Board decision and order.
101.15 Compliance with court judgment.
101.16 Backpay proceedings.

    Subpart C_Representation Cases Under Section 9(c) of the Act and
  Petitions for Clarification of Bargaining Units and for Amendment of
              Certifications Under Section 9(b) of the Act

101.17 Initiation of representation cases and petitions for
          clarification and amendment.
101.18 Investigation of petition.
101.19 Consent adjustments before formal hearing.
101.20 Formal hearing.
101.21 Procedure after hearing.

Subpart D_Unfair Labor Practice and Representation Cases Under Sections
                       8(b)(7) and 9(c) of the Act

101.22 Initiation and investigation of a case under section 8(b)(7).
101.23 Initiation and investigation of a petition in connection with a
          case under section 8(b)(7).
101.24 Final disposition of a charge which has been held pending
          investigation of the petition.
101.25 Appeal from the dismissal of a petition, or from the refusal to
          process it under the expedited procedure.

  Subpart E_Referendum Cases Under Section 9(e) (1) and (2) of the Act

101.26 Initiation of rescission of authority cases.
101.27 Investigation of petition; withdrawals and dismissals.
101.28 Consent agreements providing for election.
101.29 Procedure respecting election conducted without hearing.
101.30 Formal hearing and procedure respecting election conducted after
          hearing.

  Subpart F_Jurisdictional Dispute Cases Under Section 10(k) of the Act

101.31 Initiation of proceedings to hear and determine jurisdictional
          disputes under section 10(k).
101.32 Investigation of charges; withdrawal of charges; dismissal of
          charges and appeals to Board.
101.33 Initiation of formal action; settlement.
101.34 Hearing.
101.35 Procedure before the Board.
101.36 Compliance with determination; further proceedings.

       Subpart G_Procedure Under Section 10 (j) and (l) of the Act

101.37 Application for temporary relief or restraining orders.
101.38 Change of circumstances.

   Subpart H_Advisory Opinions and Declaratory Orders Regarding Board
                              Jurisdiction

101.39 Initiation of advisory opinion case.
101.40 Proceedings following the filing of the petition.
101.41 Informal procedures for obtaining opinions on jurisdictional
          questions.
101.42 Procedures for obtaining declaratory orders of the Board.
101.43 Proceedings following the filing of the petition.

    Authority: Sec. 6 of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended
(29 U.S.C. 151, 156), and sec. 552(a) of the Administrative Procedure
Act (5 U.S.C. 552(a)). Section 101.14 also issued under sec. 2112(a)(1)
of Pub. L. 100-236, 28 U.S.C. 2112(a)(1).

    Source: 52 FR 23968, June 26, 1987, unless otherwise noted.



                       Subpart A_General Statement



Sec. 101.1  General statement.

    The following statements of the general course and method by which
the Board's functions are channeled and determined are issued and
published pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(1)(B).



Subpart B_Unfair Labor Practice Cases Under Section 10 (a) to (i) of the
                   Act and Telegraph Merger Act Cases



Sec. 101.2  Initiation of unfair labor practice cases.

    The investigation of an alleged violation of the National Labor
Relations

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Act is initiated by the filing of a charge, which must be in writing and
signed, and must either be notarized or must contain a declaration by
the person signing it, under the penalties of the Criminal Code, that
its contents are true and correct to the best of the persons' knowledge
and belief. The charge is filed with the Regional Director for the
Region in which the alleged violations have occurred or are occurring. A
blank form for filing such charge is supplied by the Regional Office
upon request. The charge contains the name and address of the person
against whom the charge is made and a statement of the facts
constituting the alleged unfair labor practices.



Sec. 101.3  [Reserved]



Sec. 101.4  Investigation of charges.

    When the charge is received in the Regional Office it is filed,
docketed, and assigned a case number. The Regional Director may cause a
copy of the charge to be served on the person against whom the charge is
made, but timely service of a copy of the charge within the meaning of
the proviso to section 10(b) of the Act is the exclusive responsibility
of the charging party and not of the Regional Director. The Regional
Director requests the person filing the charge to submit promptly
evidence in its support. As part of the investigation hereinafter
mentioned, the person against whom the charge is filed, hereinafter
called the respondent, is asked to submit a statement of position in
respect to the allegations. The case is assigned for investigation to a
member of the field staff, who interviews representatives of the parties
and other persons who have knowledge as to the charge, as is deemed
necessary. In the investigation and in all other stages of the
proceedings, charges alleging violations of section 8(b)(4) (A), (B),
and (C), charges alleging violations of section 8(b)(4)(D) in which it
is deemed appropriate to seek injunctive relief under section 10(1) of
the Act, and charges alleging violations of section 8(b)(7) or 8(e) are
given priority over all other cases in the office in which they are
pending except cases of like character; and charges alleging violations
of sections 8(a)(3) or 8(b)(2) are given priority over all other cases
except cases of like character and cases under section 10(1) of the Act.
The Regional Director may exercise discretion to dispense with any
portion of the investigation described in this section as appears
necessary in consideration of such factors as the amount of time
necessary to complete a full investigation, the nature of the
proceeding, and the public interest. After investigation, the case may
be disposed of through informal methods such as withdrawal, dismissal,
or settlement; or the case may necessitate formal methods of
disposition. Some of the informal methods of handling unfair labor
practice cases will be stated first.



Sec. 101.5  Withdrawal of charges.

    If investigation reveals that there has been no violation of the
National Labor Relations Act or the evidence is insufficient to
substantiate the charge, the Regional Director recommends withdrawal of
the charge by the person who filed. Withdrawal may also be requested on
the initiative of the complainant. If the complainant accepts the
recommendation of the Regional Director or requests withdrawal, the
respondent is immediately notified of the withdrawal of the charge.



Sec. 101.6  Dismissal of charges and appeals to the General Counsel.

    If the complainant refuses to withdraw the charge as recommended,
the Regional Director dismisses the charge. The Regional Director
thereupon informs the parties of this section, together with a simple
statement of the grounds therefor, and the complainant's right of appeal
to the General Counsel in Washington, DC, within 14 days. If the
complainant appeals to the General Counsel, the entire file in the case
is sent to Washington, DC, where the case is fully reviewed by the
General Counsel with staff assistance. Oral presentation of the appeal
issues may be permitted a party on timely written request, in which
event the other parties are notified and afforded a like opportunity at
another appropriate time. Following such review, the General Counsel may
sustain the Regional Director's dismissal, stating the grounds of
affirmance, or may direct

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the Regional Director to take further action.



Sec. 101.7  Settlements.

    Before any complaint is issued or other formal action taken, the
Regional Director affords an opportunity to all parties for the
submission and consideration of facts, argument, offers of settlement,
or proposals of adjustment, except where time, the nature of the
proceeding, and the public interest do not permit. Normally prehearing
conferences are held, the principal purpose of which is to discuss and
explore such submissions and proposals of adjustment. The Regional
Office provides Board-prepared forms for such settlment agreements, as
well as printed notices for posting by the respondent. These agreements,
which are subject to the approval of the Regional Director, provide for
an appeal to the General Counsel, as described in Sec. 101.6, by a
complainant who will not join in a settlement or adjustment deemed
adequate by the Regional Director. Proof of compliance is obtained by
the Regional Director before the case is closed. If the respondent fails
to perform the obligations under the informal agreement, the Regional
Director may determine to institute formal proceedings.



Sec. 101.8  Complaints.

    If the charge appears to have merit and efforts to dispose of it by
informal adjustment are unsuccessful, the Regional Director institutes
formal action by issuance of a complaint and notice of hearing. In
certain types of cases, involving novel and complex issues, the Regional
Director, at the discretion of the General Counsel, must submit the case
for advice from the General Counsel before issuing a complaint. The
complaint, which is served on all parties, sets forth the facts upon
which the Board bases its jurisidiction and the facts relating to the
alleged violations of law by the respondent. The respondent must file an
answer to the complaint within 14 days of its receipt, setting forth a
statement of its defense.



Sec. 101.9  Settlement after issuance of complaint.

    (a) Even though formal proceedings have begun, the parties again
have full opportunity at every stage to dispose of the case by amicable
adjustment and in compliance with the law. Thus, after the complaint has
been issued and a hearing scheduled or commenced, the attorney in charge
of the case and the Regional Director afford all parties every
opportunity for the submission and consideration of facts, argument,
offers of settlement, or proposals of adjustment, except where time, the
nature of the proceeding, and the public interest do not permit.
    (b)(1) After the issuance of a complaint, the Agency favors a formal
settlement agreement, which is subject to the approval of the Board in
Washington, DC. In such an agreement, the parties agree to waive their
right to hearing and agree further that the Board may issue an order
requiring the respondent to take action appropriate to the terms of the
settlement. Ordinarily the formal settlement agreement also contains the
respondent's consent to the Board's application for the entry of a
judgment by the appropriate circuit court of appeals enforcing the
Board's order.
    (2) In some cases, however, the Regional Director, who has authority
to withdraw the complaint before the hearing (Sec. 102.18), may
conclude that an informal settlement agreement of the type described in
Sec. 101.7 is appropriate. Such agreement is not subject to approval by
the Board and does not provide for a Board order. It provides for the
withdrawal of the complaint.
    (c)(1) If after issuance of a complaint but before opening of the
hearing, the charging party will not join in a settlement tentatively
agreed upon by the Regional Director, the respondent, and any other
parties whose consent may be required, the Regional Director serves a
copy of the proposed settlement agreement on the charging party with a
brief written statement of the reasons for proposing its approval.
Within 7 days after service of these documents, the charging party may
file with the Regional Director a written statement of any objections to
the proposed settlement. Such objections will

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be considered by the Regional Director in determining whether to approve
the proposed settlement. If the settlement is approved by the Regional
Director notwithstanding the objections, the charging party is so
informed and provided a brief written statement of the reasons for the
approval.
    (2) If the settlement agreement approved by the Regional Director is
a formal one, providing for the entry of a Board order, the settlement
agreement together with the charging party's objections and the Regional
Director's written statements are submitted to Washington, DC, where
they are reviewed by the General Counsel. If the General Counsel decides
to approve the settlement agreement, the charging party is so informed
and the agreement and accompanying documents are submitted to the Board,
upon whose approval the settlement is contingent. Within 7 days after
service of notice of submission of the settlement agreement to the
Board, the charging party may file with the Board in Washington, DC, a
further statement in support of objections to the settlement agreement.
    (3) If the settlement agreement approved by the Regional Director is
an informal one, providing for the withdrawal of the complaint, the
charging party may appeal the Regional Director's action to the General
Counsel, as provided in Sec. 102.19 of the Board's Rules and
Regulations.
    (d)(1) If the settlement occurs after the opening of the hearing and
before issuance of the administrative law judge's decision and there is
an all-party informal settlement, the request for withdrawal of the
complaint must be submitted to the administrative law judge for
approval. If the all-party settlement is a formal one, final approval
must come from the Board. If any party will not join in the settlement
agreed to by the other parties, the administrative law judge will give
such party an opportunity to state on the record or in writing its
reasons for opposing the settlement.
    (2) If the administrative law judge decides to accept or reject the
proposed settlement, any party aggrieved by such ruling may ask for
leave to appeal to the Board as provided in Sec. 102.26.
    (e)(1) In the event the respondent fails to comply with the terms of
a settlement stipulation, upon which a Board order and court judgment
are based, the Board may petition the court to adjudge the respondent in
contempt. If the respondent refuses to comply with the terms of a
settlement stipulation providing solely for the entry of a Board order,
the Board may petition the court for enforcement of its order pursuant
to section 10 of the National Labor Relations Act.
    (2) In the event the respondent fails to comply with the terms of an
informal settlement agreement, the Regional Director may set the
agreement aside and institute further proceedings.



Sec. 101.10  Hearings.

    (a) Except in extraordinary situations the hearing is open to the
public and usually conducted in the Region where the charge originated.
A duly designated administrative law judge presides over the hearing.
The Government's case is conducted by an attorney attached to the
Board's Regional Office, who has the responsibility of presenting the
evidence in support of the complaint. The rules of evidence applicable
in the district courts of the United States under the Rules of Civil
Procedure adopted by the Supreme Court are, so far as practicable,
controlling. Counsel for the General Counsel, all parties to the
proceeding, and the administrative law judge have the power to call,
examine, and cross-examine witnesses and to introduce evidence into the
record. They may also submit briefs, engage in oral argument, and submit
proposed findings and conclusions to the administrative law judge. The
attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence
material to any matter under investigation may be compelled by subpoena.
    (b) The functions of all administrative law judges and other Board
agents or employees participating in decisions in conformity with
section 8 of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 557) are
conducted in an impartial manner and any such administrative law judge,
agent, or employee may at any time withdraw if he or she deems himself
or herself disqualified because of

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bias or prejudice. The Board's attorney has the burden of proof of
violations of section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act and section
222(f) of the Telegraph Merger Act. In connection with hearings subject
to the provisions of section 7 of the Administrative Procedure Act (5
U.S.C. 556):
    (1) No sanction is imposed or rule or order issued except upon
consideration of the whole record or such portions thereof as may be
cited by any party and as supported by and in accordance with the
preponderance of the reliable, probative, and substantial evidence.
    (2) Every party has the right to present its case or defense by oral
or documentary evidence, to submit rebuttal evidence, and to conduct
such cross-examination as may be required for a full and true disclosure
of the facts.
    (3) Where any decision rests on official notice of a material fact
not appearing in the evidence in the record, any party is on timely
request afforded a reasonable opportunity to show the contrary.
    (4) Subject to the approval of the administrative law judge, all
parties to the proceeding voluntarily may enter into a stipulation
dispensing with a verbatim written transcript of record of the oral
testimony adduced at the hearing and providing for the waiver by the
respective parties of their right to file with the Board exceptions to
the findings of fact (but not to conclusions of law or recommended
orders) in the administrative law judge's decision.



Sec. 101.11  Administrative law judge's decision.

    (a) At the conclusion of the hearing the administrative law judge
prepares a decision stating findings of fact and conclusions, as well as
the reasons for the determinations on all material issues, and making
recommendations as to action which should be taken in the case. The
administrative law judge may recommend dismissal or sustain the
complaint, in whole or in part, and recommend that the respondent cease
and desist from the unlawful acts found and take action to remedy their
effects.
    (b) The administrative law judge's decision is filed with the Board
in Washington, DC, and copies are simultaneously served on each of the
parties. At the same time the Board, through its Executive Secretary,
issues and serves on each of the parties an order transferring the case
to the Board. The parties may accept and comply with the administrative
law judge's recommended order, which, in the absence of exceptions,
shall become the order of the Board. Or, the parties or counsel for the
Board may file exceptions to the administrative law judge's decision
with the Board. Whenever any party files exceptions, any other party may
file an answering brief limited to questions raised in the exceptions
and/or may file cross-exceptions relating to any portion of the
administrative law judge's decision. Cross-exceptions may be filed only
by a party who has not previously filed exceptions. Whenever any party
files cross-exceptions, any other party may file an answering brief to
the cross-exceptions. The parties may request permission to appear and
argue orally before the Board in Washington, DC. They may also submit
proposed findings and conclusions to the Board.



Sec. 101.12  Board decision and order.

    (a) If any party files exceptions to the administrative law judge's
decision, the Board, with the assistance of the staff counsel to each
Board Member who function in much the same manner as law clerks do for
judges, reviews the entire record, including the administrative law
judge's decision and recommendations, the exceptions thereto, the
complete transcript of evidence, and the exhibits, briefs, and
arguments. The Board does not consult with members of the administrative
law judge's staff of the division of judges or with any agent of the
General Counsel in its deliberations. It then issues its decision and
order in which it may adopt, modify, or reject the findings and
recommendations of the administrative law judge. The decision and order
contains detailed findings of fact, conclusions of law, and basic
reasons for decision on all material issues raised, and an order either
dismissing

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the complaint in whole or in part or requiring the respondent to cease
and desist from its unlawful practices and to take appropriate
affirmative action.
    (b) If no exceptions are filed, the administrative law judge's
decision and recommended order automatically become the decision and
order of the Board pursuant to section 10(c) of the Act. All objections
and exceptions, whether or not previously made during or after the
hearing, are deemed waived for all purposes.



Sec. 101.13  Compliance with Board decision and order.

    (a) Shortly after the Board's decision and order is issued the
Director of the Regional Office in which the charge was filed
communicates with the respondent for the purpose of obtaining
compliance. Conferences may be held to arrange the details necessary for
compliance with the terms of the order.
    (b) If the respondent effects full compliance with the terms of the
order, the Regional Director submits a report to that effect to
Washington, DC, after which the case may be closed. Despite compliance,
however, the Board's order is a continuing one; therefore, the closing
of a case on compliance is necessarily conditioned upon the continued
observance of that order; and in some cases it is deemed desirable,
notwithstanding compliance, to implement the order with an enforcing
court judgment. Subsequent violations of the order may become the basis
of further proceedings.



Sec. 101.14  Judicial review of Board decision and order.

    If the respondent does not comply with the Board's order, or the
Board deems it desirable to implement the order with a court judgment,
the Board may petition the appropriate Federal court for enforcement.
Or, the respondent or any person aggrieved by a final order of the Board
may petition the circuit court of appeals to review and set aside the
Board's order. If a petition for review is filed, the respondent or
aggrieved person must ensure that the Board receives, by service upon
its Deputy Associate General Counsel of the Appellate Court Branch, a
court-stamped copy of the petition with the date of filing. Upon such
review or enforcement proceedings, the court reviews the record and the
Board's findings and order and sustains them if they are in accordance
with the requirements of law. The court may enforce, modify, or set
aside in whole or in part the Board's findings and order, or it may
remand the case to the Board for further proceedings as directed by the
court. Following the court's judgment, either the Government or the
private party may petition the Supreme Court for review upon writ of
certiorari. Such applications for review to the Supreme Court are
handled by the Board through the Solicitor General of the United States.

[53 FR 24440, June 29, 1988]



Sec. 101.15  Compliance with court judgment.

    After a Board order has been enforced by a court judgment, the Board
has the responsibility of obtaining compliance with that judgment.
Investigation is made by the Regional Office of the respondent's efforts
to comply. If it finds that the respondent has failed to live up to the
terms of the court's judgment, the General Counsel may, on behalf of the
Board, petition the court to hold the respondent in contempt of court.
The court may order immediate remedial action and impose sanctions and
penalties.



Sec. 101.16  Backpay proceedings.

    (a) After a Board order directing the payment of backpay has been
issued or after enforcement of such order by a court judgment, if
informal efforts to dispose of the matter prove unsuccessful, the
Regional Director then has discretion to issue a ``backpay
specification'' in the name of the Board and a notice of hearing before
an administrative law judge, both of which are served on the parties
involved. The specification sets forth computations showing gross and
net backpay due and any other pertinent information. The respondent must
file an answer within 21 days of the receipt of the specification,
setting forth a particularized statement of its defense.
    (b) In the alternative, the Regional Director, under the
circumstances

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specified above, may issue and serve on the parties a notice of hearing
only, without a specification. Such notice contains, in addition to the
time and place of hearing before an administrative law judge, a brief
statement of the matters in controversy.
    (c) The procedure before the administrative law judge or the Board,
whether initiated by the ``backpay specification'' or by notice of
hearing without backpay specification, is substantially the same as that
described in Sec. Sec. 101.10 to 101.14, inclusive.



    Subpart C_Representation Cases Under Section 9(c) of the Act and
  Petitions for Clarification of Bargaining Units and for Amendment of
              Certifications Under Section 9(b) of the Act

    Source: 79 FR 3484, Jan. 22, 2014, unless otherwise noted.



Sec. 101.17  Initiation of representation cases and petitions for
clarification and amendment.

    The investigation of the question as to whether a union represents a
majority of an appropriate grouping of employees is initiated by the
filing of a petition by any person or labor organization acting on
behalf of a substantial number of employees or by an employer when one
or more individuals or labor organizations present a claim to be
recognized as the exclusive bargaining representative. If there is a
certified or currently recognized representative, any employee, or group
of employees, or any individual or labor organization acting in their
behalf may also file decertification petitions to test the question of
whether the certified or recognized agent is still the representative of
the employees. If there is a certified or currently recognized
representative of a bargaining unit and there is no question concerning
representation, a party may file a petition for clarification of the
bargaining unit. If there is a unit covered by a certification and there
is no question concerning representation, any party may file a petition
for amendment to reflect changed circumstances, such as changes in the
name or affiliation of the labor organization involved or in the name or
location of the employer involved. The petition must be in writing and
signed, and either must be notarized or must contain a declaration by
the person signing it, under the penalties of the Criminal Code, that
its contents are true and correct to the best of his or her knowledge
and belief. It is filed with the Regional Director for the Region in
which the proposed or actual bargaining unit exists. Petition forms,
which are supplied by the Regional Office upon request, provide, among
other things, for a description of the contemplated or existing
appropriate bargaining unit, the approximate number of employees
involved, and the names of all labor organizations which claim to
represent the employees. If a petition is filed by a labor organization
seeking certification, or in the case of a petition to decertify a
certified or recognized bargaining agent, the petitioner must supply,
within 48 hours after filing but in no event later than the last day on
which the petition might timely be filed, evidence of representation.
Such evidence is usually in the form of cards, which must be dated,
authorizing the labor organization to represent the employees or
authorizing the petitioner to file a decertification petition. If a
petition is filed by an employer, the petitioner must supply, within 48
hours after filing, proof of demand for recognition by the labor
organization named in the petition and, in the event the labor
organization named is the incumbent representative of the unit involved,
a statement of the objective considerations demonstrating reasonable
grounds for believing that the labor organization has lost its majority
status.



Sec. 101.18  Investigation of petition.

    (a) Upon receipt of the petition in the Regional Office, it is
docketed and assigned to a member of the staff, usually a field
examiner, for investigation. The field examiner conducts an
investigation to ascertain:
    (1) Whether the employer's operations affect commerce within the
meaning of the Act,

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    (2) The appropriateness of the unit of employees for the purposes of
collective bargaining and the existence of a bona fide question
concerning representation within the meaning of the Act,
    (3) Whether the election would effectuate the policies of the Act
and reflect the free choice of employees in the appropriate unit, and
    (4) Whether, if the petitioner is a labor organization seeking
recognition, there is a sufficient probability, based on the evidence of
representation of the petitioner, that the employees have selected it to
represent them. The evidence of representation submitted by the
petitioning labor organization or by the person seeking decertification
is ordinarily checked to determine the number or proportion of employees
who have designated the petitioner, it being the Board's administrative
experience that in the absence of special factors the conduct of an
election serves no purpose under the statute unless the petitioner has
been designated by at least 30 percent of the employees. However, in the
case of a petition by an employer, no proof of representation on the
part of the labor organization claiming a majority is required and the
Regional Director proceeds with the case if other factors require it
unless the labor organization withdraws its claim to majority
representation. The field examiner, or other member of the staff,
attempts to ascertain from all interested parties whether or not the
grouping or unit of employees described in the petition constitutes an
appropriate bargaining unit. The petition may be amended at any time
prior to hearing and may be amended during the hearing in the discretion
of the hearing officer upon such terms as he or she deems just.
    (b) The petitioner may on its own initiative request the withdrawal
of the petition if the investigation discloses that no question of
representation exists within the meaning of the statute, because, among
other possible reasons, the unit is not appropriate, or a written
contract precludes further investigation at that time, or where the
petitioner is a labor organization or a person seeking decertification
and the showing of representation among the employees is insufficient to
warrant an election under the 30-percent principle stated in paragraph
(a) of this section.
    (c) For the same or similar reasons the Regional Director may
request the petitioner to withdraw its petition. If the petitioner,
despite the Regional Director's recommendations, refuses to withdraw the
petition, the Regional Director then dismisses the petition, stating the
grounds for dismissal and informing the petitioner of its right of
appeal to the Board in Washington, DC. The petition may also be
dismissed in the discretion of the Regional Director if the petitioner
fails to make available necessary facts which are in its possession. The
petitioner may within 14 days appeal from the Regional Director's
dismissal by filing such request with the Board in Washington, DC; after
a full review of the file with the assistance of its staff, the Board
may sustain the dismissal, stating the grounds of its affirmance, or may
direct the Regional Director to take further action.



Sec. 101.19  Consent adjustments before formal hearing.

    The Board has devised and makes available to the parties three types
of informal consent procedures through which representation issues can
be resolved without recourse to formal procedures. These informal
arrangements are commonly referred to as consent-election agreement
followed by Regional Director's determination, stipulated election
agreement followed by Board certification, and full consent agreement,
in which the parties agree that all pre- and postelection disputes will
be resolved with finality by the Regional Director. Forms for use in
these informal procedures are available in the Regional Offices.
    (a)(1) The consent-election agreement followed by the Regional
Director's determination of representatives is one method of informal
adjustment of representation cases. The terms of the agreement providing
for this form of adjustment are set forth in printed forms, which are
available upon request at the Board's Regional Offices. Under these
terms the parties agree with respect to the appropriate unit, the
payroll period to be used as the

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basis of eligibility to vote in an election, and the place, date, and
hours of balloting. A Board agent arranges the details incident to the
mechanics and conduct of the election. For example, the Board agent
usually arranges preelection conferences in which the parties check the
list of voters and attempt to resolve any questions of eligibility.
Also, prior to the date of election, the holding of such election shall
be adequately publicized by the posting of official notices in the
establishment whenever possible or in other places, or by the use of
other means considered appropriate and effective. These notices
reproduce a sample ballot and outline such election details as location
of polls, time of voting, and eligibility rules.
    (2) The actual polling is always conducted and supervised by Board
agents. Appropriate representatives of each party may assist them and
observe the election. As to the mechanics of the election, a ballot is
given to each eligible voter by the Board's agents. The ballots are
marked in the secrecy of a voting booth. The Board agents and authorized
observers have the privilege of challenging for reasonable cause
employees who apply for ballots.
    (3) Customarily the Board agents, in the presence and with the
assistance of the authorized observers, count and tabulate the ballots
immediately after the closing of the polls. A complete tally of the
ballots is made available to the parties upon the conclusion of the
election.
    (4) If challenged ballots are sufficient in number to affect the
results of the election, the Regional Director conducts an investigation
and rules on the challenges. Similarly, if objections to the conduct of
the election are filed within 7 days after the tally of ballots has been
prepared, the Regional Director likewise conducts an investigation and
rules on the objections. If, after investigation, the objections are
found to have merit, the Regional Director may void the election results
and conduct a new election.
    (5) This form of agreement provides that the rulings of the Regional
Director on all questions relating to the election (for example,
eligibility to vote and the validity of challenges and objections) are
final and binding. Also, the agreement provides for the conduct of a
runoff election, in accordance with the provisions of the Board's Rules
and Regulations, if two or more labor organizations appear on the ballot
and no one choice receives the majority of the valid votes cast.
    (6) The Regional Director issues to the parties a certification of
the results of the election, including certifications of representative
where appropriate, with the same force and effect as if issued by the
Board.
    (b) The stipulated election agreement followed by a Board
determination provides that disputed matters following the agreed-upon
election, if determinative of the results, can be the basis of a formal
decision by the Board instead of an informal determination by the
Regional Director, except that if the Regional Director decides that a
hearing on objections or challenged ballots is necessary the Director
may direct such a hearing before a hearing officer, or, if the case is
consolidated with an unfair labor practice proceeding, before an
administrative law judge. If a hearing is directed, such action on the
part of the Regional Director constitutes a transfer of the case to the
Board. Thus, except for directing a hearing, it is provided that the
Board, rather than the Regional Director, makes the final determination
of questions raised concerning eligibility, challenged votes, and
objections to the conduct of the election. If challenged ballots are
sufficient in number of affect the results of the election, the Regional
Director conducts an investigation and issues a report on the challenges
instead of ruling thereon, unless the Director elects to hold a hearing.
Similarly, if objections to the conduct of the election are filed within
7 days after the tally of ballots has been prepared, the Regional
Director likewise conducts an investigation and issues a report instead
of ruling on the validity of the objections, unless the Director elects
to hold a hearing. The Regional Director's report is served on the
parties, who may file exceptions thereto within 14 days with the Board
in Washington, DC. The Board then reviews the entire record made and
may, if a substantial issue is

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raised, direct a hearing on the challenged ballots or the objections to
the conduct of the election. Or, the Board may, if no substantial issues
are raised, affirm the Regional Director's report and take appropriate
action in termination of the proceedings. If a hearing is ordered by the
Regional Director or the Board on the challenged ballots or objections,
all parties are heard and a report containing findings of fact and
recommendations as to the disposition of the challenges or objections,
or both, and resolving issues of credibility is issued by the hearing
officer and served on the parties, who may file exceptions thereto
within 14 days with the Board in Washington, DC. The record made on the
hearing is reviewed by the Board with the assistance of its staff
counsel and a final determination made thereon. If the objections are
found to have merit, the election results may be voided and a new
election conducted under the supervision of the Regional Director. If
the union has been selected as the representative, the Board or the
Regional Director, as the case may be, issues its certification and the
proceeding is terminated. If upon a decertification or employer petition
the union loses the election, the Board or the Regional Director, as the
case may be, certifies that the union is not the chosen representative.
    (c) The full consent-election agreement followed by the Regional
Director's determination of representatives is another method of
informal adjustment of representation cases.
    (1) Under these terms the parties agree that if they are unable to
informally resolve disputes arising with respect to the appropriate unit
and other issues pertaining to the resolution of the question concerning
representation; the payroll period to be used as the basis of
eligibility to vote in an election, the place, date, and hours of
balloting, or other details of the election, those issues will be
presented to, and decided with finality by the Regional Director after a
hearing conducted in a manner consistent with the procedures set forth
in Sec. 101.20.
    (2) Upon the close of the hearing, the entire record in the case is
forwarded to the Regional Director. The hearing officer also transmits
an analysis of the issues and the evidence, but makes no recommendations
as to resolution of the issues. All parties may file briefs with the
Regional Director within 7 days after the close of the hearing. The
parties may also request to be heard orally. After review of the entire
case, the Regional Director issues a final decision, either dismissing
the petition or directing that an election be held. In the latter event,
the election is conducted under the supervision of the Regional Director
in the manner already described in this section.
    (3) All matters arising after the election, including determinative
challenged ballots and objections to the conduct of the election shall
be processed in a manner consistent with paragraphs (a)(4), (5), and (6)
of this section.



Sec. 101.20  Formal hearing.

    (a) If no informal adjustment of the question concerning
representation has been effected and it appears to the Regional Director
that formal action is necessary, the Regional Director will institute
formal proceedings by issuance of a notice of hearing on the issues,
which is followed by a decision and direction of election or dismissal
of the case. In certain types of cases, involving novel or complex
issues, the Regional Director may submit the case for advice to the
Board before issuing notice of hearing.
    (b) The notice of hearing, together with a copy of the petition, is
served on the unions and employer filing or named in the petition and on
other known persons or labor organizations claiming to have been
designated by employees involved in the proceeding.
    (c) The hearing, usually open to the public, is held before a
hearing officer who normally is an attorney or field examiner attached
to the Regional Office but may be another qualified Agency official. The
hearing, which is nonadversary in character, is part of the
investigation in which the primary interest of the Board's agents is to
ensure that the record contains as full a statement of the pertinent
facts as may be necessary for determination of the case. The parties are
afforded full opportunity to present their respective

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positions and to produce the significant facts in support of their
contentions. In most cases a substantial number of the relevant facts
are undisputed and stipulated. The parties are permitted to argue orally
on the record before the hearing officer.



Sec. 101.21  Procedure after hearing.

    (a) Pursuant to section 3(b) of the Act, the Board has delegated to
its Regional Directors its powers under section 9 of the Act to
determine the unit appropriate for the purpose of collective bargaining,
to investigate and provide for hearings and determine whether a question
of representation exists, and to direct an election or take a secret
ballot under subsection (c) or (e) of section 9 and certify the results
thereof. These powers include the issuance of such decisions, orders,
rulings, directions, and certifications as are necessary to process any
representation or deauthorization petition. Thus, by way of illustration
and not of limitation, the Regional Director may dispose of petitions by
administrative dismissal or by decision after formal hearing; pass upon
rulings made at hearings and requests for extensions of time for filing
of briefs; rule on objections to elections and challenged ballots in
connection with elections Directed by the Regional Director or the
Board, after administrative investigation or formal hearing; rule on
motions to amend or rescind any certification issued after the effective
date of the delegation; and entertain motions for oral argument. The
Regional Director may at any time transfer the case to the Board for
decision, but until such action is taken, it will be presumed that the
Regional Director will decide the case. In the event the Regional
Director decides the issues in a case, the decision is final subject to
the review procedure set forth in the Board's Rules and Regulations.
    (b) Upon the close of the hearing, the entire record in the case is
forwarded to the Regional Director or, upon issuance by the Regional
Director of an order transferring the case, to the Board in Washington,
DC. The hearing officer also transmits an analysis of the issues and the
evidence, but makes no recommendations in regard to resolution of the
issues. All parties may file briefs with the Regional Director or, if
the case is transferred to the Board at the close of the hearing, with
the Board, within 7 days after the close of the hearing. If the case is
transferred to the Board after the close of the hearing, briefs may be
filed with the Board within the time prescribed by the Regional
Director. The parties may also request to be heard orally. Because of
the nature of the proceedings, however, permission to argue orally is
rarely granted. After review of the entire case, the Regional Director
or the Board issues a decision, either dismissing the petition or
directing that an election be held. In the latter event, the election is
conducted under the supervision of the Regional Director in the manner
already described in Sec. 101.19 of this subpart.
    (c) With respect to objections to the conduct of the election and
challenged ballots, the Regional Director has discretion:
    (1) To issue a report on such objections and/or challenged ballots
and transmit the issues to the Board for resolution, as in cases
involving stipulated elections to be followed by Board certifications,
or
    (2) To decide the issues on the basis of the administrative
investigation or after a hearing, with the right to transfer the case to
the Board for decision at any time prior to disposition of the issues on
the merits. In the event the Regional Director adopts the first
procedure, the parties have the same rights, and the same procedure is
followed, as has already been described in connection with the
postelection procedures in cases involving stipulated elections to be
followed by Board certifications. In the event the Regional Director
adopts the second procedure, the parties have the same rights, and the
same procedure is followed, as has already been described in connection
with hearings before elections.
    (d) The parties have the right to request review of any final
decision of the Regional Director, within the times set forth in the
Board's Rules and Regulations, on one or more of the grounds specified
therein. Any such request for review must be a self-contained document
permitting the Board

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to rule on the basis of its contents without the necessity of recourse
to the record, and must meet the other requirements of the Board's Rules
and Regulations as to its contents. The Regional Director's action is
not stayed by the filing of such a request or the granting of review,
unless otherwise ordered by the Board. Thus, the Regional Director may
proceed immediately to make any necessary arrangements for an election,
including the issuance of a notice of election. However, unless a waiver
is filed, the Director will normally not schedule an election until a
date between the 25th and 30th days after the date of the decision, to
permit the Board to rule on any request for review which may be filed.
As to administrative dismissals prior to the close of hearing, see Sec.
101.18(c) of this subpart.
    (e) If the election involves two or more labor organizations and if
the election results are inconclusive because no choice on the ballot
received the majority of valid votes cast, a runoff election is held as
provided in the Board's Rules and Regulations.



Subpart D_Unfair Labor Practice and Representation Cases Under Sections
                       8(b)(7) and 9(c) of the Act



Sec. 101.22  Initiation and investigation of a case under section
8(b)(7).

    (a) The investigation of an alleged violation of section 8(b)(7) of
the Act is initiated by the filing of a charge. The manner of filing
such charge and the contents thereof are the same as described in Sec.
101.2. In some cases, at the time of the investigation of the charge,
there may be pending a representation petition involving the employees
of the employer named in the charge. In those cases, the results of the
investigation of the charge will determine the cause of the petition.
    (b) The investigation of the charge is conducted in accordance with
the provisions of Sec. 101.4, insofar as they are applicable. If the
investigation reveals that there is merit in the charge, a complaint is
issued as described in Sec. 101.8, and an application is made for an
injunction under section 10(1) of the Act, as described in Sec. 101.37.
If the investigation reveals that there is no merit in the charge, the
Regional Director, absent a withdrawal of the charge, dismisses it,
subject to appeal to the General Counsel. However, if the investigation
reveals that issuance of a complaint may be warranted but for the
pendency of a representation petition involving the employees of the
employer named in the charge, action on the charge is suspended pending
the investigation of the petition as provided in Sec. 101.23.



Sec. 101.23  Initiation and investigation of a petition in connection
with a case under section 8(b)(7).

    (a)(1) A representation petition \1\ involving the employees of the
employer named in the charge is handled under an expedited procedure
when the investigation of the charge has revealed that:
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    \1\ The manner of filing of such petition and the contents thereof
are the same as described in Sec. 101.17 of this part, except that the
petitioner is not required to allege that a claim was made on the
employer for recognition or that the union represents a substantial
number of employees.
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    (i) The employer's operations affect commerce within the meaning of
the Act;
    (ii) Picketing of the employer is being conducted for an object
proscribed by section 8(b)(7) of the Act;
    (iii) Subparagraph (C) of that section of the Act is applicable to
the picketing; and
    (iv) The petition has been filed within a reasonable period of time
not to exceed 30 days from the commencement of the picketing.
    (2) In these circumstances, the member of the Regional Director's
staff to whom the matter has been assigned investigates the petition to
ascertain further: the unit appropriate for collective bargaining; and
whether an election in that unit would effectuate the policies of the
Act.
    (b) If, based on such investigation, the Regional Director
determines that an election is warranted, the Director may, without a
prior hearing, direct that an election be held in an appropriate unit of
employees. Any party aggrieved may file a request with the Board for
special permission to appeal

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that action to the Board, but such review, if granted, will not, unless
otherwise ordered by the Board, stay the proceeding. If it is determined
that an election is not warranted, the Director dismisses the petition
or makes other disposition of the matter. Should the Regional Director
conclude that an election is warranted, the Director fixes the basis of
eligibility of voters and the place, date, and hours of balloting. The
mechanics of arranging the balloting, the other procedures for the
conduct of the election, and the postelection proceedings are the same,
insofar as appropriate, as those described in Sec. 101.19 of this part,
except that the Regional Director's rulings on any objections to the
conduct of the election or challenged ballots are final and binding,
unless the Board, on an application by one of the parties, grants such
party special permission to appeal from the Regional Director's rulings.
The party requesting such review by the Board must do so promptly, in
writing, and state briefly the grounds relied on. Such party must also
immediately serve a copy on the other parties, including the Regional
Director. Neither the request for review by the Board nor the Board's
grant of such review operates as a stay of any action taken by the
Regional Director, unless specifically so ordered by the Board. If the
Board grants permission to appeal, and it appears to the Board that
substantial and material factual issues have been presented with respect
to the objections to the conduct of the election or challenged ballots,
it may order that a hearing be held on such issues or take other
appropriate action.
    (c) If the Regional Director believes, after preliminary
investigation of the petition, that there are substantial issues which
require determination before an election may be held, the Director may
order a hearing on the issues. This hearing is followed by Regional
Director or Board decision and direction of election, or other
disposition. The procedures to be used in connection with such hearing
and posthearing proceedings are the same, insofar as they are
applicable, as those described in Sec. Sec. 101.20 and 101.21 of this
part, except that the parties may not file briefs with the Regional
Director or the Board unless special permission therefore is granted,
but may state their respective legal positions fully on the record at
the hearing, and except that any request for review must be filed
promptly after issuance of the Regional Director's decision.
    (d) Should the parties so desire, they may, with the approval of the
Regional Director, resolve the issues as to the unit, the conduct of the
balloting, and related matters pursuant to informal consent procedures,
as described in Sec. 101.19(a) of this part.
    (e) If a petition has been filed which does not meet the
requirements for processing under the expedited procedures, the Regional
Director may process it under the procedures set forth in subpart C of
this part.

[79 FR 3487, Jan. 22, 2014]



Sec. 101.24  Final disposition of a charge which has been held
pending investigation of the petition.

    (a) Upon the determination that the issuance of a direction of
election is warranted on the petition, the Regional Director, absent
withdrawal of the charge, dismisses it subject to an appeal to the
General Counsel in Washington, DC.
    (b) If, however, the petition is dismissed or withdrawn, the
investigation of the charge is resumed, and the appropriate steps
described in Sec. 101.22 are taken with respect to it.



Sec. 101.25  Appeal from the dismissal of a petition, or from the
refusal to process it under the expedited procedure.

    If it is determined after investigation of the representation
petition that further proceedings based thereon are not warranted, the
Regional Director, absent withdrawal of the petition, dismisses it,
stating the grounds therefore. If it is determined that the petition
does not meet the requirements for processing under the expedited
procedure, the Regional Director advises the petitioner of the
determination to process the petition under the procedures described in
subpart C of this part. In either event, the Regional Director informs
all the parties of such

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action, and such action is final, although the Board may grant an
aggrieved party permission to appeal from the Regional Director's
action. Such party must request such review promptly, in writing, and
state briefly the grounds relied on. Such party must also immediately
serve a copy on the other parties, including the Regional Director.
Neither the request for review by the Board, nor the Board's grant of
such review, operates as a stay of the action taken by the Regional
Director, unless specifically so ordered by the Board.

[79 FR 3487, Jan. 22, 2014]



  Subpart E_Referendum Cases Under Section 9(e) (1) and (2) of the Act



Sec. 101.26  Initiation of rescission of authority cases.

    The investigation of the question as to whether the authority of a
labor organization to make an agreement requiring membership in a labor
organization as a condition of employment is to be rescinded is
initiated by the filing of a petition by an employee or group of
employees on behalf of 30 percent or more of the employees in a
bargaining unit covered by an agreement between their employer and a
labor organization requiring membership in such labor organization. The
petition must be in writing and signed, and either must be notarized or
must contain a declaration by the person signing it, under the penalties
of the Criminal Code, that its contents are true and correct to the best
of his knowledge and belief. It is filed with the Regional Director for
the Region in which the alleged appropriate bargaining unit exists or,
if the bargaining unit exists in two or more Regions, with the Regional
Director for any of such Regions. The blank form, which is supplied by
the Regional Office upon request, provides, among other things, for a
description of the bargaining unit covered by the agreement, the
approximate number of employees involved, and the names of any other
labor organizations which claim to represent the employees. The
petitioner must supply with the petition, or within 48 hours after
filing, evidence of authorization from the employees.



Sec. 101.27  Investigation of petition; withdrawals and dismissals.

    (a) Upon receipt of the petition in the Regional Office, it is
filed, docketed, and assigned to a member of the staff, usually a field
examiner, for investigation. The field examiner conducts an
investigation to ascertain:
    (1) Whether the employer's operations affect commerce within the
meaning of the Act,
    (2) Whether there is in effect an agreement requiring as a condition
of employment membership in a labor organization,
    (3) Whether the petitioner has been authorized by at least 30
percent of the employees to file such a petition, and
    (4) Whether an election would effectuate the policies of the Act by
providing for a free expression of choice by the employees.

The evidence of designation submitted by the petitioner, usually in the
form of cards signed by individual employees authorizing the filing of
such a petition, is checked to determine the proportion of employees who
desire rescission.
    (b) The petitioner may on its own initiative request the withdrawal
of the petition if the investigation discloses that an election is
inappropriate, because, among other possible reasons, the petitioner's
card-showing is insufficient to meet the 30-percent statutory
requirement referred to in subsection (a) of this section.
    (c) For the same or similar reasons the Regional Director may
request the petitioner to withdraw its petition. If the petitioner,
despite the Regional Director's recommendation, refuses to withdraw the
petition, the Regional Director then dismisses the petition, stating the
grounds for his dismissal and informing the petitioner of the right of
appeal to the Board in Washington, DC. The petitioner may within 14 days
appeal from the Regional Director's dismissal by filing such request
with the Board in Washington, DC. The request shall contain a complete
statement setting forth the facts and reasons upon which the request is
made. After a full review of the file with the

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assistance of its staff, the Board may sustain the dismissal, stating
the grounds for its affirmance, or may direct the Regional Director to
take further action.



Sec. 101.28  Consent agreements providing for election.

    (a) The Board makes available to the parties three types of informal
consent procedures through which authorization issues can be resolved
without resort to formal procedures. These informal agreements are
commonly referred to as consent-election agreement followed by Regional
Director's determination, stipulated election agreement followed by
Board certification, and full consent-election agreement providing for
the Regional Director's determination of both pre- and postelection
matters. Forms for use in these informal procedures are available in the
Regional Offices.
    (b) The procedures to be used in connection with a consent-election
agreement providing for the Regional Director's determination, a
stipulated election agreement providing for Board certification, and the
full consent-election agreement providing for the Regional Director's
determination of both pre- and postelection matters are the same as
those already described in subpart C of this part in connection with
similar agreements in representation cases under section 9(c) of the
Act, except that no provision is made for runoff elections.

[79 FR 3488, Jan. 22, 2014]



Sec. 101.29  Procedure respecting election conducted without hearing.

    If the Regional Director determines that the case is an appropriate
one for election without formal hearing, an election is conducted as
quickly as possible among the employees and upon the conclusion of the
election the Regional Director makes available to the parties a tally of
ballots. The parties, however, have an opportunity to make appropriate
challenges and objections to the conduct of the election and they have
the same rights, and the same procedure is followed, with respect to
objections to the conduct of the election and challenged ballots, as has
already been described in subpart C of the Statements of Procedure in
connection with the postelection procedures in representation cases
under section 9(c) of the Act, except that no provision is made for a
runoff election. If no such objections are filed within 7 days and if
the challenged ballots are insufficient in number to affect the results
of the election, the Regional Director issues to the parties a
certification of the results of the election, with the same force and
effect as if issued by the Board.

[79 FR 3488, Jan. 22, 2014]



Sec. 101.30  Formal hearing and procedure respecting election
conducted after hearing.

    (a) The procedures are the same as those described in subpart C of
the Statements of Procedure respecting representation cases arising
under section 9(c) of the Act. If the preliminary investigation
indicates that there are substantial issues which require determination
before an appropriate election may be held, the Regional Director will
institute formal proceedings by issuance of a notice of hearing on the
issues which, after hearing, is followed by Regional Director or Board
decision and direction of election or dismissal. The notice of hearing
together with a copy of the petition is served on the petitioner, the
employer, and any other known persons or labor organizations claiming to
have been designated by employees involved in the proceeding.
    (b) The hearing, usually open to the public, is held before a
hearing officer who normally is an attorney or field examiner attached
to the Regional Office but may be another qualified Agency official. The
hearing, which is nonadversary in character, is part of the
investigation in which the primary interest of the Board's agents is to
insure that the record contains as full a statement of the pertinent
facts as may be necessary for determination of the case. The parties are
afforded full opportunity to present their respective positions and to
produce the significant facts in support of their contentions. In most
cases a substantial number of the relevant facts are undisputed and
stipulated. The parties are permitted to argue orally on the record
before the hearing officer.

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    (c) Upon the close of the hearing, the entire record in the case is
then forwarded to the Regional Director or the Board, together with an
informal analysis by the hearing officer of the issues and the evidence
but without recommendations. All parties may file briefs with the
Regional Director or the Board within 7 days after the close of the
hearing. If the case is transferred to the Board after the close of the
hearing, briefs may be filed with the Board within the time prescribed
by the Regional Director. The parties may also request to be heard
orally. Because of the nature of the proceeding, however, permission to
argue orally is rarely granted. After review of the entire case, the
Board issues a decision either dismissing the petition or directing that
an election be held. In the latter event, the election is conducted
under the supervision of the Regional Director in the manner already
described in Sec. 101.19 of this part.
    (d) The parties have the same rights, and the same procedure is
followed, with respect to objections to the conduct of the election and
challenged ballots as has already been described in connection with the
postelection procedures in representation cases under section 9(c) of
the Act.

[79 FR 3488, Jan. 22, 2014]



  Subpart F_Jurisdictional Dispute Cases Under Section 10(k) of the Act



Sec. 101.31  Initiation of proceedings to hear and determine
jurisdictional disputes under section 10(k).

    The investigation of a jurisdictional dispute under section 10(k) is
initiated by the filing of a charge, as described in Sec. 101.2, by any
person alleging a violation of paragraph (4)(D) of section 8(b). As soon
as possible after a charge has been filed, the Regional Director serves
on the parties a copy of the charge together with a notice of the filing
of such charge.



Sec. 101.32  Investigation of charges; withdrawal of charges; dismissal
of charges and appeals to Board.

    These matters are handled as described in Sec. Sec. 101.4 to 101.7,
inclusive. Cases involving violation of paragraph (4)(D) of section 8(b)
in which it is deemed appropriate to seek injunctive relief of a
district court pursuant to section 10(1) of the Act are given priority
over all other cases in the office except other cases under section
10(1) of the Act and cases of like character.



Sec. 101.33  Initiation of formal action; settlement.

    If, after investigation, it appears that the Board should determine
the dispute under section 10(k) of the Act, the Regional Director issues
a notice of hearing which includes a simple statement of issues involved
in the jurisdictional dispute and which is served on all parties to the
dispute out of which the unfair labor practice is alleged to have
arisen. The hearing is scheduled for not less than 10 days after service
of the notice of the filing of the charge, except that in cases
involving the national defense, agreement will be sought for scheduling
of hearing on less notice. If the parties present to the Regional
Director satisfactory evidence that they have adjusted the dispute, the
Regional Director withdraws the notice of hearing and either permits the
withdrawal of the charge or dismisses the charge. If the parties submit
to the Regional Director satisfactory evidence that they have agreed
upon methods for the voluntary adjustment of the dispute, the Regional
Director shall defer action upon the charge and shall withdraw the
notice of hearing if issued. The parties may agree on an arbitrator, a
proceeding under section 9(c) of the Act, or any other satisfactory
method to resolve the dispute. If the agreed-upon method for voluntary
adjustment results in a determination that employees represented by a
charged union are entitled to perform the work in dispute, the Regional
Director dismisses the charge against that union irrespective of whether
the employer complies with that determination.



Sec. 101.34  Hearing.

    If the parties have not adjusted the dispute or agreed upon methods
of voluntary adjustment, a hearing, usually open to the public, is held
before a

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hearing officer. The hearing is nonadversary in character, and the
primary interest of the hearing officer is to insure that the record
contains as full a statement of the pertinent facts as may be necessary
for a determination of the issues by the Board. All parties are afforded
full opportunity to present their respective positions and to produce
evidence in support of their contentions. The parties are permitted to
argue orally on the record before the hearing officer. At the close of
the hearing, the case is transmitted to the Board for decision. The
hearing officer prepares an analysis of the issues and the evidence, but
makes no recommendations in regard to resolution of the dispute.



Sec. 101.35  Procedure before the Board.

    The parties have 7 days after the close of the hearing, subject to
any extension that may have been granted, to file briefs with the Board
and to request oral argument which the Board may or may not grant.
However, in cases involving the national defense and so designated in
the notice of hearing, the parties may not file briefs but after the
close of the evidence may argue orally upon the record their respective
contentions and positions, except that for good cause shown in an
application expeditiously made to the Board in Washington, DC, after the
close of the hearing, the Board may grant leave to file briefs in such
time as it shall specify. The Board then considers the evidence taken at
the hearing and the hearing officer's analysis together with any briefs
that may be filed and the oral argument, if any, and issues its
determination or makes other disposition of the matter.



Sec. 101.36  Compliance with determination; further proceedings.

    After the issuance of determination by the Board, the Regional
Director in the Region in which the proceeding arose communicates with
the parties for the purpose of ascertaining their intentions in regard
to compliance. Conferences may be held for the purpose of working out
details. If satisfied that the parties are complying with the
determination, the Regional Director dismisses the charge. If not
satisfied that the parties are complying, the Regional Director issues a
complaint and notice of hearing, charging violation of section
8(b)(4)(D) of the Act, and the proceeding follows the procedure outlined
in Sec. Sec. 101.8 to 101.15, inclusive. However, if the Board
determines that employees represented by a charged union are entitled to
perform the work in dispute, the Regional Director dismisses the charge
against that union irrespective of whether the employer complies with
the determination.



       Subpart G_Procedure Under Section 10 (j) and (l) of the Act



Sec. 101.37  Application for temporary relief or restraining orders.

    Whenever it is deemed advisable to seek temporary injunctive relief
under section 10(j) or whenever it is determined that a complaint should
issue alleging violation of section 8(b)(4) (A), (B), or (C), or section
8(e), or section 8(b)(7), or whenever it is appropriate to seek
temporary injunctive relief for a violation of section 8(b)(4)(D), the
officer or regional attorney to whom the matter has been referred will
make application for appropriate temporary relief or restraining order
in the district court of the United States within which the unfair labor
practice is alleged to have occurred or within which the party sought to
be enjoined resides or transacts business, except that such officer or
regional attorney will not apply for injunctive relief under section
10(l) with respect to an alleged violation of section 8(b)(7) if a
charge under section 8(a)(2) has been filed and, after preliminary
investigation, there is reasonable cause to believe that such charge is
true and a complaint should issue.



Sec. 101.38  Change of circumstances.

    Whenever a temporary injunction has been obtained pursuant to
section 10(j) and thereafter the administrative law judge hearing the
complaint, upon which the determination to seek such injunction was
predicated, recommends dismissal of such complaint, in whole or in part,
the officer or regional attorney handling the case for the Board
suggests to the district court which issued the temporary injunction the

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possible change in circumstances arising out of the findings and
recommendations of the administrative law judge.



   Subpart H_Advisory Opinions and Declaratory Orders Regarding Board
                              Jurisdiction



Sec. 101.39  Initiation of advisory opinion case.

    (a) The question of whether the Board will assert jurisdiction over
a labor dispute which is the subject of a proceeding in an agency or
court of a State or territory is initiated by the filing of a petition
with the Board. This petition may be filed only if:
    (1) A proceeding is currently pending before such agency or court;
    (2) The petitioner is the agency or court itself; and
    (3) The relevant facts are undisputed or the agency or court has
already made the relevant factual findings.
    (b) The petition must be in writing and signed. It is filed with the
Executive Secretary of the Board in Washington, DC. No particular form
is required, but the petition must be properly captioned and must
contain the allegations required by section 102.99 of the Board's Rules
and Regulations. None of the information sought may relate to the merits
of the dispute. The petition may be withdrawn at any time before the
Board issues its advisory opinion determining whether it would or would
not assert jurisdiction on the basis of the facts before it.

[61 FR 65182, Dec. 11, 1996; 62 FR 52381, Oct. 7, 1997]



Sec. 101.40  Proceedings following the filing of the petition.

    (a) A copy of the petition is served on all other parties and the
appropriate Regional Director by the petitioner.
    (b) Interested persons may request intervention by a written motion
to the Board. Such intervention may be granted at the discretion of the
Board.
    (c) Parties other than the petitioner may reply to the petition in
writing, admitting or denying any or all of the matters asserted
therein.
    (d) No briefs shall be filed except upon special permission of the
Board.
    (e) After review of the entire record, the Board issues an advisory
opinion as to whether the facts presented would or would not cause it to
assert jurisdiction over the case if the case had been originally filed
before it. The Board will limit its advisory opinion to the
jurisdictional issue confronting it, and will not presume to render an
opinion on the merits of the case or on the question of whether the
subject matter of the dispute is governed by the Labor Management
Relations Act.



Sec. 101.41  Informal procedures for obtaining opinions on
jurisdictional questions.

    Although a formal petition is necessary to obtain an advisory
opinion from the Board, other avenues are available to persons seeking
informal and, in most cases, speedy opinions on jurisdictional issues.
In discussion of jurisdictional questions informally with Regional
Office personnel, information and advice concerning the Board's
jurisdictional standards may be obtained. Such practices are not
intended to be discouraged by the rules providing for formal advisory
opinions by the Board, although the opinions expressed by such personnel
are not to be regarded as binding upon the Board or the General Counsel.



Sec. 101.42  Procedures for obtaining declaratory orders of the Board.

    (a) When both an unfair labor practice charge and a representation
petition are pending concurrently in a Regional Office, appeals from a
Regional Director's dismissals thereof do not follow the same course.
Appeal from the dismissal of a charge must be made to the General
Counsel, while appeal from dismissal of a representation petition may be
made to the Board. To obtain uniformity in disposing of such cases on
jurisdictional grounds at the same stage of each proceeding, the General
Counsel may file a petition for a declaratory order of the Board. Such
order is intended only to remove uncertainty with respect to the
question of whether the Board would assert jurisdiction over the labor
dispute.
    (b) A petition to obtain a declaratory Board order may be filed only
by the General Counsel. It must be in writing

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and signed. It is filed with the Executive Secretary of the Board in
Washington, DC. No particular form is required, but the petition must be
properly captioned and must contain the allegations required by Sec.
102.106 of the Board's Rules and Regulations. None of the information
sought relates to the merits of the dispute. The petition may be
withdrawn any time before the Board issues its declaratory order
deciding whether it would or would not assert jurisdiction over the
cases.



Sec. 101.43  Proceedings following the filing of the petition.

    (a) A copy of the petition is served on all other parties.
    (b) Interested persons may request intervention by a written motion
to the Board. Such intervention may be granted at the discretion of the
Board.
    (c) All other parties may reply to the petition in writing.
    (d) Briefs may be filed.
    (e) After review of the record, the Board issues a declaratory order
as to whether it will assert jurisdiction over the cases, but it will
not render a decision on the merits at this stage of the cases.
    (f) The declaratory Board order will be binding on the parties in
both cases.



PART 102_RULES AND REGULATIONS, SERIES 8--Table of Contents



                          Subpart A_Definitions

Sec.
102.1 Terms defined in section 2 of the Act.
102.2 Act; Board; Board agent.
102.3 General counsel.
102.4 Region; subregion.
102.5 Regional director; officer-in-charge, regional attorney.
102.6 Administrative law judge; hearing officer.
102.7 State.
102.8 Party.

   Subpart B_Procedure Under Section 10(a) to (i) of the Act for the
                  Prevention of Unfair Labor Practices

                                 Charge

102.9 Who may file; withdrawal and dismissal.
102.10 Where to file.
102.11 Forms; jurat; or declaration.
102.12 Contents.
102.13 [Reserved]
102.14 Service of charge.

                                Complaint

102.15 When and by whom issued; contents; service.
102.16 Hearing; change of date or place.
102.17 Amendment.
102.18 Withdrawal.
102.19 Appeal to the general counsel from refusal to issue or reissue.

                                 Answer

102.20 Answer to complaint; time for filing; contents; allegations not
          denied deemed admitted.
102.21 Where to file; service upon the parties; form.
102.22 Extension of time for filing.
102.23 Amendment.

                                 Motions

102.24 Motions; where to file; contents; service on other parties;
          promptness in filing and response; default judgment
          procedures; summary judgment procedures.
102.25 Ruling on motions.
102.26 Motions, rulings, and orders part of the record; rulings not to
          be appealed directly to the Board without special permission;
          requests for special permission to appeal.
102.27 Review of granting of motion to dismiss entire complaint;
          reopening of the record.
102.28 Filing of answer or other participation in proceedings not a
          waiver of rights.

                              Intervention

102.29 Intervention; requisites; rulings on motions to intervene.

                  Witnesses, Depositions, and Subpoenas

102.30 Examination of witnesses; deposition.
102.31 Issuance of subpoenas; petitions to revoke subpoenas; rulings on
          claim of privilege against self-incrimination; subpoena
          enforcement proceedings; right to inspect and copy data.
102.32 Payment of witness fees and mileage; fees of persons taking
          depositions.

                 Transfer, Consolidation, and Severance

102.33 Transfer of charge and proceeding from region to region;
          consolidation of proceedings in same region; severance.

                                Hearings

102.34 Who shall conduct; to be public unless otherwise ordered.
102.35 Duties and powers of administrative law judges; stipulations of
          cases to administrative law judges or to the Board;

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          assignment and powers of settlement judges.
102.36 Unavailability of administrative law judge.
102.37 Disqualification of administrative law judge.
102.38 Rights of parties.
102.39 Rules of evidence controlling so far as practicable.
102.40 Stipulations of fact admissible.
102.41 Objection to conduct of hearing; how made; objections not waived
          by further participation.
102.42 Filings of briefs and proposed findings with the administrative
          law judge and oral argument at the hearing.
102.43 Continuance and adjournment.

  Administrative Law Judge's Decision and Transfer of Case to the Board

102.45 Administrative law judge's decision; contents; service; transfer
          of the case to the Board; contents of record in case.

                Exceptions to the Record and Proceedings

102.46 Exceptions, cross-exceptions, briefs, answering briefs; time for
          filing; where to file; service on the parties; extension of
          time; effect of failure to include matter in exceptions; reply
          briefs; oral arguments.
102.47 Filing of motion after transfer of case to Board.

                       Procedure Before the Board

102.48 Action of the Board upon expiration of time to file exceptions to
          the administrative law judge's decision; decisions by the
          Board; extraordinary postdecisional motions.
102.49 Modification or setting aside of order of Board before record
          filed in court; action thereafter.
102.50 Hearings before Board or member thereof.
102.51 Settlement or adjustment of issues.

                          Back-Pay Proceedings

102.52 Compliance with Board order; notification of compliance
          determination.
102.53 Review by the General Counsel of compliance determination; appeal
          to the Board of the General Counsel's decision.
102.54 Initiation of formal compliance proceedings; issuance of
          compliance specification and notice of hearing.
102.55 Contents of compliance specification.
102.56 Answer to compliance specification.
102.57 Extension of date of hearing.
102.58 Withdrawal.
102.59 Hearing; posthearing procedure.

Subpart C_Procedure Under Section 9(c) of the Act for the Determination
      of Questions Concerning Representation of Employees and for
 Clarification of Bargaining Units and for Amendment of Certifications
                      Under Section 9(b) of the Act

102.60 Petitions.
102.61 Contents of petition for certification; contents of petition for
          decertification; contents of petition for clarification of
          bargaining unit; contents of petition for amendment of
          certification.
102.62 Consent-election agreements.
102.63 Investigation of petition by regional director; notice of
          hearing; service of notice; withdrawal of notice.
102.64 Conduct of hearing.
102.65 Motions; interventions.
102.66 Introduction of evidence; rights of parties at hearing;
          subpoenas.
102.67 Proceedings before the regional director; further hearing;
          briefs; action by the regional director; appeals from action
          by the regional director; statement in opposition to appeal;
          transfer of case to the Board; proceedings before the Board;
          Board action.
102.68 Record; what constitutes; transmission to Board.
102.69 Election procedure; tally of ballots; objections; certification
          by the regional director; report on challenged ballots; report
          on objections; exceptions; action of the Board; hearing.
102.70 Runoff election.
102.71 Dismissal of petition; refusal to proceed with petition; requests
          for review by the Board of action of the regional director.
102.72 Filing petition with general counsel; investigation upon motion
          of general counsel; transfer of petition and proceeding from
          region to general counsel or to another region; consolidation
          of proceedings in same region; severance; procedure before
          general counsel in cases over which he has assumed
          jurisdiction.

 Subpart D_Procedure for Unfair Labor Practice and Representation Cases
               Under Sections 8(b)(7) and 9(c) of the Act

102.73 Initiation of proceedings.
102.74 Complaint and formal proceedings.
102.75 Suspension of proceedings on the charge where timely petition is
          filed.
102.76 Petition; who may file; where to file; contents.
102.77 Investigation of petition by regional director; directed
          election.

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102.78 Election procedure; method of conducting balloting; postballoting
          procedure.
102.79 Consent-election agreements.
102.80 Dismissal of petition; refusal to process petition under
          expedited procedure.
102.81 Review by the general counsel of refusal to proceed on charge;
          resumption of proceedings upon charge held during pendency of
          petition; review by the general counsel of refusal to proceed
          on related charge.
102.82 Transfer, consolidation, and severance.

    Subpart E_Procedure for Referendum Under Section 9(e) of the Act

102.83 Petition for referendum under section 9(e)(1) of the Act; who may
          file; where to file; withdrawal.
102.84 Contents of petition to rescind authority.
102.85 Investigation of petition by regional director; consent
          referendum; directed referendum.
102.86 Hearing; posthearing procedure.
102.87 Method of conducting balloting; postballoting procedure.
102.88 Refusal to conduct referendum; appeal to Board.

 Subpart F_Procedure To Hear and Determine Disputes Under Section 10(k)
                               of the Act

102.89 Initiation of proceedings.
102.90 Notice of filing of charge; notice of hearing; hearing;
          proceedings before the Board; briefs; determination of
          dispute.
102.91 Compliance with determination; further proceedings.
102.92 Review of determination.
102.93 Alternative procedure.

 Subpart G_Procedure in Cases Under Section 10(j), (l), and (m) of the
                                   Act

102.94 Expeditious processing of section 10(j) cases.
102.95 Priority of cases pursuant to section 10(l) and (m) of the Act.
102.96 Issuance of complaint promptly.
102.97 Expeditious processing of section 10 (l) and (m) cases in
          successive stages.

   Subpart H_Declaratory Orders and Advisory Opinions Regarding Board
                              Jurisdiction

102.98 Petition for advisory opinion; who may file; where to file.
102.99 Contents of petition for advisory opinion; contents of request
          for administrative advice.
102.100 Notice of petition; service of petition.
102.101 Response to petition; service of response.
102.102 Intervention.
102.103 Proceedings before the Board; briefs; advisory opinions.
102.104 Withdrawal of petition.
102.105 Petitions for declaratory orders; who may file; where to file;
          withdrawal.
102.106 Contents of petition for declaratory order.
102.107 Notice of petition; service of petition.
102.108 Response to petition; service of response.
102.109 Intervention.
102.110 Proceedings before the Board; briefs; declaratory orders.

                 Subpart I_Service and Filing of Papers

102.111 Time computation.
102.112 Date of service; date of filing.
102.113 Methods of service of process and papers by the Agency; proof of
          service.
102.114 Filing and service of papers by parties; form of papers; manner
          and proof of filing or service; electronic filings.

           Subpart J_Certification and Signature of Documents

102.115 Certification of papers and documents.
102.116 Signature of orders.

                    Subpart K_Records and Information

102.117 Freedom of Information Act Regulations: Board materials and
          formal documents available for public inspection and copying;
          requests for described records; time limit for response;
          appeal from denial of request; fees for document search and
          duplication; files and records not subject to inspection.
102.118 Present and former Board employees prohibited from producing
          files, records, etc., pursuant to subpoena ad testificandum or
          subpoena duces tecum; prohibited from testifying in regard
          thereto; production of witnesses' statements after direct
          testimony.
102.119 Privacy Act Regulations: notification as to whether a system of
          records contains records pertaining to requesting individuals;
          requests for access to records, amendment of such records, or
          accounting of disclosures; time limits for response; appeal
          from denial of requests; fees for document duplication; files
          and

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          records exempted from certain Privacy Act requirements.

Subpart L_Post-employment Restrictions on Activities by Former Officers
                              and Employees

102.120 Post-employee restrictions on activities by former Officers and
          employees.

                     Subpart M_Construction of Rules

102.121 Rules to be liberally construed.

 Subpart N_Enforcement of Rights, Privileges, and Immunities Granted or
Guaranteed Under Section 222(f), Communications Act of 1934, as Amended,
                to Employees of Merged Telegraph Carriers

102.122 Enforcement.
102.123 Amendment or rescission of rules.

                          Subpart O_Amendments

102.124 Petitions for issuance, amendment, or repeal of rules.
102.125 Action on petition.

                    Subpart P_Ex Parte Communications

102.126 Unauthorized communications.
102.127 Definitions.
102.128 Types of on-the-record proceedings; categories of Board agents;
          and duration of prohibition.
102.129 Communications prohibited.
102.130 Communications not prohibited.
102.131 Solicitation of prohibited communications.
102.132 Reporting of prohibited communications; penalties.
102.133 Penalties and enforcement.

 Subpart Q_Procedure Governing Manners Affecting Employment-Management
             Agreements Under the Postal Reorganization Act

102.135 Employment-management agreements.

                      Subpart R_Advisory Committees

102.136 Establishment and utilization of advisory committees.

                         Subpart S_Open Meetings

102.137 Public observation of Board meetings.
102.138 Definition of meeting.
102.139 Closing of meetings; reasons therefor.
102.140 Action necessary to close meetings; record of votes.
102.141 Notice of meetings; public announcement and publication.
102.142 Transcripts, recordings or minutes of closed meetings; public
          availability; retention.

               Subpart T_Awards of Fees and Other Expenses

102.143 ``Adversary adjudication'' defined; entitlement to award;
          eligibility for award.
102.144 Standards for awards.
102.145 Allowable fees and expenses.
102.146 Rulemaking on maximum rates for attorney or agent fees.
102.147 Contents of application; net worth exhibit; documentation of
          fees and expenses.
102.148 When an application may be filed; place of filing; service;
          referral to administrative law judge; stay of proceeding.
102.149 Filing of documents; service of documents; motions for extension
          of time.
102.150 Answer to application; reply to answer; comments by other
          parties.
102.151 Settlement.
102.152 Further proceedings.
102.153 Administrative law judge's decision; contents; service; transfer
          of case to the Board; contents of record in case.
102.154 Exceptions to administrative law judge's decision; briefs;
          action of Board.
102.155 Payment of award.

      Subpart U_Debt-Collection Procedures by Administrative Offset

102.156 Administrative offset; purpose and scope.
102.157 Definitions.
102.158 Agency requests for administrative offsets and cooperation with
          other Federal agencies.
102.159 Exclusions.
102.160 Agency responsibilities.
102.161 Notification.
102.162 Examination and copying of records related to the claim;
          opportunity for full explanation of the claim.
102.163 Opportunity for repayment.
102.164 Review of the obligation.
102.165 Cost shifting.
102.166 Additional administrative collection action.
102.167 Prior provision of rights with respect to debt.

Subpart V_Debt Collection Procedures by Federal Income Tax Refund Offset

102.168 Federal income tax refund offset; purpose and scope.
102.169 Definitions.
102.170 Agency referral to IRS for tax referral effect; Agency
          responsibilities.
102.171 Cost shifting.

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102.172 Minimum referral amount.
102.173 Relation to other collection efforts.
102.174 Debtor notification.
102.175 Agency review of the obligation.
102.176 Prior provision of rights with respect to debt.

       Subpart W_Misconduct by Attorneys or Party Representatives

102.177 Exclusion from hearings; Refusal of witness to answer questions;
          Misconduct by attorneys and party representatives before the
          Agency; Procedures for processing misconduct allegations.

       Subpart X_Special Procedures When the Board Lacks a Quorum

102.178 Normal operations should continue.
102.179 Motions for default judgment, summary judgment, or dismissal
          referred to Chief Administrative Law Judge.
102.180 Requests for special permission to appeal referred to Chief
          Administrative Law Judge.
102.181 Administrative and procedural requests referred to Executive
          Secretary.
102.182 Representation cases should be processed to certification.

Appendix A to Part 102--NLRB Official Office Hours

    Authority: Sections 1, 6, National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C.
151, 156). Section 102.117 also issued under section 552(a)(4)(A) of the
Freedom of Information Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552(a)(4)(A)), and
Section 102.117a also issued under section 552a(j) and (k) of the
Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a(j) and (k)). Sections 102.143 through
102.155 also issued under section 504(c)(1) of the Equal Access to
Justice Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 504(c)(1)).

    Source: 24 FR 9102, Nov. 7, 1959, unless otherwise noted.



                          Subpart A_Definitions



Sec. 102.1  Terms defined in section 2 of the Act.

    The terms person, employer, employee, representative, labor
organization, commerce, affecting commerce, and unfair labor practice,
as used herein, shall have the meanings set forth in section 2 of the
National Labor Relations Act, as amended by title I of the Labor
Management Relations Act, 1947.



Sec. 102.2  Act; Board; Board agent.

    The term Act as used herein shall mean the National Labor Relations
Act, as amended. The term Board shall mean the National Labor Relations
Board and shall include any group of three or more members designated
pursuant to section 3(b) of the Act. The term Board agent shall mean any
member, agent, or agency of the Board, including its general counsel.



Sec. 102.3  General counsel.

    The term general counsel as used herein shall mean the general
counsel under section 3(d) of the Act.



Sec. 102.4  Region; subregion.

    The term region as used herein shall mean that part of the United
States or any Territory thereof fixed by the Board as a particular
region. The term subregion shall mean that area within a region fixed by
the Board as a particular subregion.

[29 FR 15918, Nov. 28, 1964]



Sec. 102.5  Regional director; officer-in-charge; regional attorney.

    The term regional director as used herein shall mean the agent
designated by the Board as the regional director for a particular
region, and shall also include any agent designated by the Board as
officer-in-charge of a subregional office, but the officer-in-charge
shall have only such powers, duties, and functions appertaining to
regional directors as shall have been duly delegated to such officer-in-
charge. The term regional attorney as used herein shall mean the
attorney designated as regional attorney for a particular region.

[29 FR 15919, Nov. 28, 1964]



Sec. 102.6  Administrative law judge; hearing officer.

    The term administrative law judge as used herein shall mean the
agent of the Board conducting the hearing in an unfair labor practice or
Telegraph Merger Act proceeding. The term hearing officer as used herein
shall mean the agent of the Board conducting the hearing in a proceeding
under section 9 or in a dispute proceeding under section 10(k) of the
Act.



Sec. 102.7  State.

    The term State as used herein shall include the District of Columbia
and

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all States, Territories, and possessions of the United States.



Sec. 102.8  Party.

    The term party as used herein shall mean the regional director in
whose region the proceeding is pending and any person named or admitted
as a party, or properly seeking and entitled as of right to be admitted
as a party, in any Board proceeding, including, without limitation, any
person filing a charge or petition under the act, any person named as
respondent, as employer, or as party to a contract in any proceeding
under the act, and any labor organization alleged to be dominated,
assisted, or supported in violation of section 8(a)(1) or 8(a)(2) of the
Act; but nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the Board or its
designated agent from limiting any party to participate in the
proceedings to the extent of his interest only.



   Subpart B_Procedure Under Section 10 (a) to (i) of the Act for the
                Prevention of Unfair Labor Practices \1\
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    \1\ Procedure under sec. 10(j) to (l) of the Act is governed by
subparts F and G of this part. Procedure for unfair labor practice cases
and representation cases under sec. 8(b)(7) of the Act is governed by
subpart D of this part.
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                                 Charge



Sec. 102.9  Who may file; withdrawal and dismissal.

    A charge that any person has engaged in or is engaging in any unfair
labor practice affecting commerce may be made by any person. Any such
charge may be withdrawn, prior to the hearing, only with the consent of
the regional director with whom such charge was filed; at the hearing
and until the case has been transferred to the Board pursuant to Sec.
102.45, upon motion, with the consent of the administrative law judge
designated to conduct the hearing; and after the case has been
transferred to the Board pursuant to Sec. 102.45, upon motion, with the
consent of the Board. Upon withdrawal of any charge, any complaint based
thereon shall be dismissed by the regional director issuing the
complaint, the administrative law judge designated to conduct the
hearing, or the Board.



Sec. 102.10  Where to file.

    Except as provided in Sec. 102.33 such charge shall be filed with
the regional director for the region in which the alleged unfair labor
practice has occurred or is occurring. A charge alleging that an unfair
labor practice has occurred or is occurring in two or more regions may
be filed with the regional director for any of such regions.



Sec. 102.11  Forms; jurat; or declaration.

    Such charges shall be in writing and signed, and either shall be
sworn to before a notary public, Board agent, or other person duly
authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgments or shall
contain a declaration by the person signing it, under the penalty of
perjury that its contents are true and correct (see 28 U.S.C. Sec.
1746). One original of such charge shall be filed. A party filing a
charge by facsimile pursuant to Sec. 102.114(f) shall also file an
original for the Agency's records, but failure to do so shall not affect
the validity of the filing by facsimile, if otherwise proper.

[67 FR 658, Jan. 7, 2002]



Sec. 102.12  Contents.

    Such charge shall contain the following:
    (a) The full name and address of the person making the charge.
    (b) If the charge is filed by a labor organization, the full name
and address of any national or international labor organization of which
it is an affiliate or constituent unit.
    (c) The full name and address of the person against whom the charge
is made (hereinafter referred to as the ``respondent'').
    (d) A clear and concise statement of the facts constituting the
alleged unfair labor practices affecting commerce.



Sec. 102.13  [Reserved]



Sec. 102.14  Service of charge.

    (a) Charging party's obligation to serve; methods of service. Upon
the filing of a charge, the charging party shall be responsible for the
timely and proper

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service of a copy thereof upon the person against whom such charge is
made. Service may be made personally, or by registered mail, certified
mail, regular mail, or private delivery service. With the permission of
the person receiving the charge, service may be made by facsimile
transmission or by any other agreed-upon method.
    (b) Service as courtesy by Regional Director. The Regional Director
will, as a matter of courtesy, cause a copy of such charge to be served
by regular mail on the person against whom the charge is made. Such
charges may, with the permission of the person receiving the charge, be
served by the Regional Director by facsimile transmission. In this event
the receipt printed upon the Agency's copy by the Agency's own facsimile
machine, showing the phone number to which the charge was transmitted
and the date and time of receipt shall be proof of service of the same.
However, whether serving by facsimile, by regular mail, or otherwise,
the Regional Director shall not be deemed to assume responsibility for
such service.
    (c) Date of service of charge. In the case of service of a charge by
mail or private delivery service, the date of service is the date of
deposit with the post office or other carrier. In the case of service by
other methods, including hand delivery or facsimile transmission, the
date of service is the date of receipt.

[60 FR 56235, Nov. 8, 1995]

                                Complaint



Sec. 102.15  When and by whom issued; contents; service.

    After a charge has been filed, if it appears to the regional
director that formal proceedings in respect thereto should be
instituted, he shall issue and cause to be served on all other parties a
formal complaint in the name of the Board stating the unfair labor
practices and containing a notice of hearing before an administrative
law judge at a place therein fixed and at a time not less than 14 days
after the service of the complaint. The complaint shall contain:
    (a) A clear and concise statement of the facts upon which assertion
of jurisdiction by the Board is predicated, and
    (b) A clear and concise description of the acts which are claimed to
constitute unfair labor practices, where known, the approximate dates
and places of such acts and the names of respondent's agents or other
representatives by whom committed.

[51 FR 23745, July 1, 1986]



Sec. 102.16  Hearing; change of date or place.

    (a) Upon his own motion or upon proper cause shown by any other
party, the Regional Director issuing the complaint may extend the date
of such hearing or may change the place at which it is to be held,
except that the authority of the Regional Director to extend the date of
a hearing shall be limited to the following circumstances:
    (1) Where all parties agree or no party objects to extension of the
date of hearing;
    (2) Where a new charge or charges have been filed which, if
meritorious, might be appropriate for consolidation with the pending
complaint;
    (3) Where negotiations which could lead to settlement of all or a
portion of the complaint are in progress;
    (4) Where issues related to the complaint are pending before the
General Counsel's Division of Advice or Office of Appeals; or
    (5) Where more than 21 days remain before the scheduled date of
hearing.
    (b) In circumstances other than those set forth in subsection (a) of
this section, motions to reschedule the hearing should be filed with the
Division of Judges in accordance with Sec. 102.24(a). When a motion to
reschedule has been granted, the Regional Director issuing the complaint
shall retain the authority to order a new date for hearing and retain
the responsibility to make the necessary arrangements for conducting
such hearing, including its location and the transcription of the
proceedings.

[54 FR 51197, Dec. 13, 1989; 54 FR 52506, Dec. 21, 1989]

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Sec. 102.17  Amendment.

    Any such complaint may be amended upon such terms as may be deemed
just, prior to the hearing, by the regional director issuing the
complaint; at the hearing and until the case has been transferred to the
Board pursuant to Sec. 102.45, upon motion, by the administrative law
judge designated to conduct the hearing; and after the case has been
transferred to the Board pursuant to Sec. 102.45, at any time prior to
the issuance of an order based thereon, upon motion, by the Board.



Sec. 102.18  Withdrawal.

    Any such complaint may be withdrawn before the hearing by the
regional director on his own motion.



Sec. 102.19  Appeal to the general counsel from refusal to issue or reissue.

    (a) If, after the charge has been filed, the Regional Director
declines to issue a complaint or, having withdrawn a complaint pursuant
to Sec. 102.18, refuses to reissue it, he shall so advise the parties
in writing, accompanied by a simple statement of the procedural or other
grounds for his action. The person making the charge may obtain a review
of such action by filing the ``Appeal Form'' with the General Counsel in
Washington, DC, and filing a copy of the ``Appeal Form'' with the
Regional Director, within 14 days from the service of the notice of such
refusal to issue or reissue by the Regional Director, except as a
shorter period is provided by Sec. 102.81. If an appeal is taken the
person doing so should notify all other parties of his action, but any
failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of the appeal.
The person may also file a statement setting forth the facts and reasons
upon which the appeal is based. If such a statement is timely filed, the
separate ``Appeal Form'' need not be served. A request for extension of
time to file an appeal shall be in writing and be received by the office
of General Counsel, and a copy of such request filed with the Regional
Director, prior to the expiration of the filing period. Copies of the
acknowledgement of the filing of an appeal and of any ruling on a
request for an extension of time for filing the appeal shall be served
on all parties. Consideration of an appeal untimely filed is within the
discretion of the General Counsel upon good cause shown.
    (b) Oral presentation in Washington, DC, of the appeal issues may be
permitted a party on written request made within 4 days after service of
acknowledgment of the filing of an appeal. In the event such request is
granted, the other parties shall be notified and afforded, without
additional request, a like opportunity at another appropriate time.
    (c) The general counsel may sustain the regional director's refusal
to issue or reissue a complaint, stating the grounds of his affirmance,
or may direct the regional director to take further action; the general
counsel's decision shall be served on all the parties. A motion for
reconsideration of the decision must be filed within 14 days of service
of the decision, except as hereinafter provided, and shall state with
particularity the error requiring reconsideration. A motion for
reconsideration based upon newly discovered evidence which has become
available only since the decision on appeal shall be filed promptly on
discovery of such evidence. Motions for reconsideration of a decision
previously reconsidered will not be entertained, except in unusual
situations where the moving party can establish that new evidence has
been discovered which could not have been discovered by diligent inquiry
prior to the first reconsideration.

[32 FR 9548, July 1, 1967, as amended at 51 FR 23746, July 1, 1986; 68
FR 39837, July 3, 2003]

                                 Answer



Sec. 102.20  Answer to complaint; time for filing; contents;
allegations not denied deemed admitted.

    The respondent shall, within 14 days from the service of the
complaint, file an answer thereto. The respondent shall specifically
admit, deny, or explain each of the facts alleged in the complaint,
unless the respondent is without knowledge, in which case the respondent
shall so state, such statement operating as a denial. All allegations in
the complaint, if no answer is filed, or any allegation in the complaint
not specifically denied or explained in an answer filed, unless the

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respondent shall state in the answer that he is without knowledge, shall
be deemed to be admitted to be true and shall be so found by the Board,
unless good cause to the contrary is shown.

[51 FR 23746, July 1, 1986]



Sec. 102.21  Where to file; service upon the parties; form.

    An original and four copies of the answer shall be filed with the
Regional Director issuing the complaint. Immediately upon the filing of
his answer, respondent shall serve a copy thereof on the other parties.
An answer of a party represented by counsel or non-attorney
representative shall be signed by at least one such attorney or non-
attorney representative of record in his/her individual name, whose
address shall be stated. A party who is not represented by an attorney
or non-attorney representative shall sign his/her answer and state his/
her address. Except when otherwise specifically provided by rule or
statute, an answer need not be verified or accompanied by affidavit. The
signature of the attorney or non-attorney party representative
constitutes a certificate by him/her that he/she has read the answer;
that to the best of his/her knowledge, information, and belief there is
good ground to support it; and that it is not interposed for delay. If
an answer is not signed or is signed with intent to defeat the purpose
of this section, it may be stricken as sham and false and the action may
proceed as though the answer had not been served. For a willful
violation of this section an attorney or non-attorney party
representative may be subjected to appropriate disciplinary action.
Similar action may be taken if scandalous or indecent matter is
inserted.

[61 FR 65331, Dec. 12, 1996]



Sec. 102.22  Extension of time for filing.

    Upon his own motion or upon proper cause shown by any other party
the regional director issuing the complaint may by written order extend
the time within which the answer shall be filed.



Sec. 102.23  Amendment.

    The respondent may amend his answer at any time prior to the
hearing. During the hearing or subsequent thereto, he may amend his
answer in any case where the complaint has been amended, within such
period as may be fixed by the administrative law judge or the Board.
Whether or not the complaint has been amended, the answer may, in the
discretion of the administrative law judge or the Board, upon motion, be
amended upon such terms and within such periods as may be fixed by the
administrative law judge or the Board.

                                 Motions

    Authority: (49 Stat. 449; 29 U.S.C. 151-166, as amended by (61 Stat.
136; 29 U.S.C. Sup. 151-167), (65 Stat. 601; 29 U.S.C. 158, 159, 168),
(73 Stat. 519; 29 U.S.C. 141-168), (88 Stat. 395-397; 29 U.S.C. 152,
158, 169, 183))



Sec. 102.24  Motions; where to file; contents; service on other
parties; promptness in filing and response; default judgment

procedures; summary judgment procedures.

    (a) All motions under Sec. Sec. 102.22 and 102.29 made prior to the
hearing shall be filed in writing with the Regional Director issuing the
complaint. All motions for default judgment, summary judgment, or
dismissal made prior to the hearing shall be filed in writing with the
Board pursuant to the provisions of Sec. 102.50. All other motions made
prior to the hearing, including motions to reschedule the hearing under
circumstances other than those set forth in Sec. 102.16(a), shall be
filed in writing with the chief administrative law judge in Washington,
DC, with the associate chief judge in San Francisco, California, with
the associate chief judge in New York, New York, or with the associate
chief judge in Atlanta, Georgia, as the case may be. All motions made at
the hearing shall be made in writing to the administrative law judge or
stated orally on the record. All motions filed subsequent to the
hearing, but before the transfer of the case to the Board pursuant to
Sec. 102.45, shall be filed with the administrative law judge, care of
the chief administrative law judge in Washington, DC, the deputy chief
judge in San Francisco, California, the associate chief judge in New
York, New York, or the associate chief judge in Atlanta,

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Georgia, as the case may be. Motions shall briefly state the order or
relief applied for and the grounds therefor. All motions filed with a
Regional Director or an administrative law judge as set forth in this
paragraph shall be filed therewith by transmitting three copies thereof
together with an affidavit of service on the parties. All motions filed
with the Board, including motions for default judgment, summary
judgment, or dismissal, shall be filed with the Executive Secretary of
the Board in Washington, DC, by transmitting eight copies thereof
together with an affidavit of service on the parties. Unless otherwise
provided in 29 CFR part 102, motions and responses thereto shall be
filed promptly and within such time as not to delay the proceeding.
    (b) All motions for summary judgment or dismissal shall be filed
with the Board no later than 28 days prior to the scheduled hearing.
Where no hearing is scheduled, or where the hearing is scheduled less
than 28 days after the date for filing an answer to the complaint or
compliance specification, whichever is applicable, the motion shall be
filed promptly. Upon receipt of a motion for default judgment, summary
judgment, or dismissal, the Board may deny the motion or issue a notice
to show cause why the motion should not be granted. If a notice to show
cause is issued, the hearing, if scheduled, will normally be postponed
indefinitely. If a party desires to file an opposition to the motion
prior to issuance of the notice to show cause in order to prevent
postponement of the hearing, it may do so; Provided however, That any
such opposition shall be filed no later than 21 days prior to the
hearing. If a notice to show cause is issued, an opposing party may file
a response thereto notwithstanding any opposition it may have filed
prior to issuance of the notice. The time for filing the response shall
be fixed in the notice to show cause. It is not required that either the
opposition or the response be supported by affidavits or other
documentary evidence showing that there is a genuine issue for hearing.
The Board in its discretion may deny the motion where the motion itself
fails to establish the absence of a genuine issue, or where the opposing
party's pleadings, opposition and/or response indicate on their face
that a genuine issue may exist. If the opposing party files no
opposition or response, the Board may treat the motion as conceded, and
default judgment, summary judgment, or dismissal, if appropriate, shall
be entered.

[69 FR 1676, Jan. 12, 2004]



Sec. 102.25  Ruling on motions.

    An administrative law judge designated by the chief administrative
law judge, by the associate chief judge in San Francisco, California, by
the associate chief judge in New York, New York, or by the associate
chief judge in Atlanta, Georgia, as the case may be, shall rule on all
prehearing motions (except as provided in Sec. Sec. 102.16, 102.22,
102.29, and 102.50), and all such rulings and orders shall be issued in
writing and a copy served on each of the parties. The administrative law
judge designated to conduct the hearing shall rule on all motions after
opening of the hearing (except as provided in Sec. 102.47), and any
orders in connection therewith, if announced at the hearing, shall be
stated orally on the record; in all other cases the administrative law
judge shall issue such rulings and orders in writing and shall cause a
copy of the same to be served on each of the parties, or shall make his
ruling in his decision. Whenever the administrative law judge has
reserved his ruling on any motion, and the proceeding is thereafter
transferred to and continued before the Board pursuant to Sec. 102.50,
the Board shall rule on such motion.

(49 Stat. 449; 29 U.S.C. 151-166, as amended by (61 Stat. 136; 29 U.S.C.
Sup. 151-167), (65 Stat. 601; 29 U.S.C. 158, 159, 168), (73 Stat. 519;
29 U.S.C. 141-168), (88 Stat. 395-397; 29 U.S.C. 152, 158, 169, 183))

[45 FR 51193, Aug. 1, 1980, as amended at 62 FR 1668, Jan. 13, 1997]



Sec. 102.26  Motions, rulings, and orders part of the record; rulings
not to be appealed directly to the Board without special permission;

requests for special permission to appeal.

    All motions, rulings, and orders shall become a part of the record,
except

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that rulings on motions to revoke subpoenas shall become a part of the
record only upon the request of the party aggrieved thereby as provided
in Sec. 102.31. Unless expressly authorized by the Rules and
Regulations, rulings by the regional director or by the administrative
law judge on motions and/or by the administrative law judge on
objections, and orders in connection therewith, shall not be appealed
directly to the Board except by special permission of the Board, but
shall be considered by the Board in reviewing the record if exception to
the ruling or order is included in the statement of exceptions filed
with the Board pursuant to Sec. 102.46. Requests to the Board for
special permission to appeal from a ruling of the regional director or
of the administrative law judge, together with the appeal from such
ruling, shall be filed promptly, in writing, and shall briefly state the
reasons special permission should be granted and the grounds relied on
for the appeal. The moving party shall immediately serve a copy of the
request for special permission and of the appeal on the other parties
and, if the request involves a ruling by an administrative law judge, on
the administrative law judge. Any statement in opposition or other
response to the request and/or to the appeal shall be filed promptly, in
writing, and shall be served immediately on the other parties and on the
administrative law judge, if any. If the Board grants the request for
special permission to appeal, it may proceed forthwith to rule on the
appeal.

[47 FR 40770, Sept. 15, 1982]



Sec. 102.27  Review of granting of motion to dismiss entire complaint;
reopening of the record.

    If any motion in the nature of a motion to dismiss the complaint in
its entirety is granted by the administrative law judge before filing
his decision, any party may obtain a review of such action by filing a
request therefor with the Board in Washington, DC, stating the grounds
for review, and immediately on such filing shall serve a copy thereof on
the regional director and on the other parties. Unless such request for
review is filed within 28 days from the date of the order of dismissal,
the case shall be closed.

[51 FR 23746, July 1, 1986]



Sec. 102.28  Filing of answer or other participation in proceedings
not a waiver of rights.

    The right to make motions or to make objections to rulings upon
motions shall not be deemed waived by the filing of an answer or by
other participation in the proceedings before the administrative law
judge or the Board.

[45 FR 51192, Aug. 1, 1980]

                              Intervention



Sec. 102.29  Intervention; requisites; rulings on motions to intervene.

    Any person desiring to intervene in any proceeding shall file a
motion in writing or, if made at the hearing, may move orally on the
record, stating the grounds upon which such person claims an interest.
Prior to the hearing, such a motion shall be filed with the regional
director issuing the complaint; during the hearing such motion shall be
made to the administrative law judge. An original and four copies of
written motions shall be filed. Immediately upon filing such motion, the
moving party shall serve a copy thereof upon each of the other parties.
The regional director shall rule upon all such motions filed prior to
the hearing, and shall cause a copy of said rulings to be served upon
each of the other parties, or may refer the motion to the administrative
law judge for ruling. The administrative law judge shall rule upon all
such motions made at the hearing or referred to him by the regional
director, in the manner set forth in Sec. 102.25. The regional director
or the administrative law judge, as the case may be, may by order permit
intervention in person or by counsel or other representative to such
extent and upon such terms as he may deem proper.

                  Witnesses, Depositions, and Subpoenas



Sec. 102.30  Examination of witnesses; deposition.

    Witnesses shall be examined orally under oath, except that for good
cause

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shown after the issuance of a complaint, testimony may be taken by
deposition.
    (a) Applications to take depositions shall be in writing setting
forth the reasons why such depositions should be taken, the name and
post office address of the witness, the matters concerning which it is
expected the witness will testify, and the time and place proposed for
the taking of the deposition, together with the name and address of the
person before whom it is desired that the deposition be taken (for the
purposes of this section hereinafter referred to as the ``officer'').
Such application shall be made to the regional director prior to the
hearing, and to the administrative law judge during and subsequent to
the hearing but before transfer of the case to the Board pursuant to
Sec. 102.45 or Sec. 102.50. Such application shall be served upon the
regional director or the administrative law judge, as the case may be,
and upon all other parties, not less than 7 days (when the deposition is
to be taken within the continental United States) and 15 days (if the
deposition is to be taken elsewhere) prior to the time when it is
desired that the deposition be taken. The regional director or
administrative law judge, as the case may be, shall upon receipt of the
application, if in his discretion good cause has been shown, make and
serve upon the parties an order which will specify the name of the
witness whose deposition is to be taken and the time, the place, and the
designation of the officer before whom the witness is to testify, who
may or may not be the same officer as that specified in the application.
Such order shall be served upon all the other parties by the regional
director or upon all parties by the administrative law judge.
    (b) Such deposition may be taken before any officer authorized to
administer oaths by the laws of the United States or of the place where
the examination is held, including any agent of the Board authorized to
administer oaths. If the examination is held in a foreign country, it
may be taken before any secretary of embassy or legation, consul
general, consul, vice consul, or consular agent of the United States.
    (c) At the time and place specified in said order the officer
designated to take such deposition shall permit the witness to be
examined and cross-examined under oath by all the parties appearing, and
his testimony shall be reduced to typewriting by the officer or under
his direction. All objections to questions or evidence shall be deemed
waived unless made at the examination. The officer shall not have power
to rule upon any objections but he shall note them upon the deposition.
The testimony shall be subscribed by the witness in the presence of the
officer who shall attach his certificate stating that the witness was
duly sworn by him, that the deposition is a true record of the testimony
and exhibits given by the witness, and that said officer is not of
counsel or attorney to any of the parties nor interested in the event of
the proceeding or investigation. If the deposition is not signed by the
witness because he is ill, dead, cannot be found, or refuses to sign it,
such fact shall be included in the certificate of the officer and the
deposition may then be used as fully as though signed. The officer shall
immediately deliver an original and two copies of said transcript,
together with his certificate, in person or by registered or certified
mail to the regional director or the administrative law judge, care of
the chief administrative law judge in Washington, DC, the associate
chief judge, in San Francisco, California, the associate chief judge in
New York, New York, or the associate chief judge in Atlanta, Georgia, as
the case may be.
    (d) The administrative law judge shall rule upon the admissibility
of the deposition or any part thereof.
    (e) All errors or irregularities in compliance with the provisions
of this section shall be deemed waived unless a motion to suppress the
deposition or some part thereof is made with reasonable promptness after
such defect is or, with due diligence, might have been ascertained.
    (f) If the parties so stipulate in writing, depositions may be taken
before any person at any time or place, upon any notice and in any
manner, and

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when so taken may be used like other depositions.

(National Labor Relations Act approved July 5, 1935, 49 Stat. 449; 29
U.S.C. 151-166, as amended by Act of June 23, 1947 (61 Stat. 136; 29
U.S.C. Sup. 151-167), Act of Oct. 22, 1951 (65 Stat. 601; 29 U.S.C. 158,
159, 168), Act of Sept. 14, 1959 (73 Stat. 519; 29 U.S.C. 141-168), and
Act of July 26, 1974 (88 Stat. 395-397; 29 U.S.C. 152, 158, 169, 183))

[24 FR 9102, Nov. 7, 1959, as amended at 45 FR 37425, June 3, 1980; 45
FR 51193, Aug. 1, 1980; 62 FR 1668, Jan. 13, 1997]



Sec. 102.31  Issuance of subpoenas; petitions to revoke subpoenas;
rulings on claim of privilege against self-incrimination; subpoena

enforcement proceedings; right to inspect and copy data.

    (a) The Board, or any Member thereof, shall, on the written
application of any party, forthwith issue subpoenas requiring the
attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of any
evidence, including books, records, correspondence, or documents, in
their possession or under their control. The Executive Secretary shall
have the authority to sign and issue any such subpoenas on behalf of the
Board or any Member thereof. Applications for subpoenas, if filed prior
to the hearing, shall be filed with the Regional Director. Applications
for subpoenas filed during the hearing shall be filed with the
administrative law judge. Either the Regional Director or the
administrative law judge, as the case may be, shall grant the
application on behalf of the Board or any Member thereof. Applications
for subpoenas may be made ex parte. The subpoena shall show on its face
the name and address of the party at whose request the subpoena was
issued.
    (b) Any person served with a subpoena, whether ad testificandum or
duces tecum, if he or she does not intend to comply with the subpoena,
shall, within 5 days after the date of service of the subpoena, petition
in writing to revoke the subpoena. The date of service for purposes of
computing the time for filing a petition to revoke shall be the date the
subpoena is received. All petitions to revoke subpoenas shall be served
upon the party at whose request the subpoena was issued. Such petition
to revoke, if made prior to the hearing, shall be filed with the
regional director and the regional director shall refer the petition to
the administrative law judge or the Board for ruling. Petitions to
revoke subpoenas filed during the hearing shall be filed with the
administrative law judge. Notice of the filing of petitions to revoke
shall be promptly given by the regional director or the administrative
law judge, as the case may be, to the party at whose request the
subpoena was issued. The administrative law judge or the Board, as the
case may be, shall revoke the subpoena if in its opinion the evidence
whose production is required does not relate to any matter under
investigation or in question in the proceedings or the subpoena does not
describe with sufficient particularity the evidence whose production is
required, or if for any other reason sufficient in law the subpoena is
otherwise invalid. The administrative law judge or the Board, as the
case may be, shall make a simple statement of procedural or other
grounds for the ruling on the petition to revoke. The petition to
revoke, any answer filed thereto, and any ruling thereon shall not
become part of the official record except upon the request of the party
aggrieved by the ruling.
    (c) With the approval of the Attorney General of the United States,
the Board may issue an order requiring any individual to give testimony
or provide other information at any proceeding before the Board if, in
the judgment of the Board, (1) the testimony or other information from
such individual may be necessary to the public interest, and (2) such
individual has refused or is likely to refuse to testify or provide
other information on the basis of his privilege against
selfincrimination. Requests for the issuance of such an order by the
Board may be made by any party. Prior to hearing, and after transfer of
the proceeding to the Board, such requests shall be made to the Board in
Washington, DC, and the Board shall take such action thereon as it deems
appropriate. During the hearing, and thereafter while the proceeding is
pending before the administrative law judge, such requests shall be made
to the administrative law judge. If the administrative law judge

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denies the request, his ruling shall be subject to appeal to the Board
in Washington, DC, in the manner and to the extent provided in Sec.
102.26 with respect to rulings and orders by an administrative law
judge, except that requests for permission to appeal in this instance
shall be filed within 24 hours of the administrative law judge's ruling.
If no appeal is sought within such time, or the appeal is denied, the
ruling of the administrative law judge shall become final and his denial
shall become the ruling of the Board. If the administrative law judge
deems the request appropriate, he shall recommend that the Board seek
the approval of the Attorney General for the issuance of the order, and
the Board shall take such action on the administrative law judge's
recommendation as it deems appropriate. Until the Board has issued the
requested order no individual who claims the privilege against self-
incrimination shall be required, or permitted, to testify or to give
other information respecting the subject matter of the claim.
    (d) Upon the failure of any person to comply with a subpoena issued
upon the request of a private party, the general counsel shall, in the
name of the Board but on relation of such private party, institute
proceedings in the appropriate district court for the enforcement
thereof, unless in the judgment of the Board the enforcement of such
subpoena would be inconsistent with law and with the policies of the
act. Neither the general counsel nor the Board shall be deemed thereby
to have assumed responsibility for the effective prosecution of the same
before the court.
    (e) Persons compelled to submit data or evidence at a public
proceeding are entitled to retain or, on payment of lawfully prescribed
costs, to procure copies or transcripts of the data or evidence
submitted by them. Persons compelled to submit data or evidence in the
nonpublic investigative stages of proceedings may, for good cause, be
limited by the regional director to inspection of the official
transcript of their testimony, but shall be entitled to make copies of
documentary evidence or exhibits which they have produced.

[24 FR 9102, Nov. 7, 1959, as amended at 35 FR 18797, Dec. 11, 1970; 62
FR 9931, Mar. 5, 1997]



Sec. 102.32  Payment of witness fees and mileage; fees of persons
taking depositions.

    Witnesses summoned before the trial examiner shall be paid the same
fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the courts of the United
States, and witnesses whose depositions are taken and the persons taking
the same shall severally be entitled to the same fees as are paid for
like services in the courts of the United States. Witness fees and
mileage shall be paid by the party at whose instance the witnesses
appear and the person taking the deposition shall be paid by the party
at whose instance the deposition is taken.

                 Transfer, Consolidation, and Severance



Sec. 102.33  Transfer of charge and proceeding from region to region;
consolidation of proceedings in same region; severance.

    (a) Whenever the general counsel deems it necessary in order to
effectuate the purposes of the Act or to avoid unnecessary costs or
delay, he may permit a charge to be filed with him in Washington, DC, or
may, at any time after a charge has been filed with a regional director
pursuant to Sec. 102.10, order that such charge and any proceeding
which may have been initiated with respect thereto:
    (1) Be transferred to and continued before him for the purpose of
investigation or consolidation with any other proceeding which may have
been instituted in a regional office or with him; or
    (2) Be consolidated with any other proceeding which may have been
instituted in the same region; or
    (3) Be transferred to and continued in any other region for the
purpose of investigation or consolidation with any proceeding which may
have been instituted in or transferred to such other region; or
    (4) Be severed from any other proceeding with which it may have been
consolidated pursuant to this section.

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    (b) The provisions of Sec. Sec. 102.9 to 102.32, inclusive, shall,
insofar as applicable, govern proceedings before the general counsel
pursuant to this section, and the powers granted to regional directors
in such provisions shall, for the purpose of this section, be reserved
to and exercised by the general counsel. After the transfer of any
charge and any proceeding which may have been instituted with respect
thereto from one region to another pursuant to this section, the
provisions of this subpart shall, insofar as applicable, govern such
charge and such proceeding as if the charge had originally been filed in
the region to which the transfer is made.
    (c) The regional director may, prior to hearing, exercise the powers
in paragraph (a)(2) and (4) of this section with respect to proceedings
pending in his region.
    (d) Motions to consolidate or sever proceedings after issuance of
complaint shall be filed as provided in Sec. 102.24 and ruled upon as
provided in Sec. 102.25, except that the regional director may
consolidate or sever proceedings prior to hearing upon his own motion.
Rulings by the administrative law judge upon motions to consolidate or
sever may be appealed to the Board as provided in Sec. 102.26.

[32 FR 9549, July 1, 1967, as amended at 36 FR 9132, May 20, 1971]

                                Hearings



Sec. 102.34  Who shall conduct; to be public unless otherwise ordered.

    The hearing for the purpose of taking evidence upon a complaint
shall be conducted by an administrative law judge designated by the
chief administrative law judge in Washington, DC, or by the associate
chief judge, San Francisco, California, by the associate chief judge in
New York, New York, or by the associate chief judge in Atlanta, Georgia,
as the case may be, unless the Board or any member thereof presides. At
any time an administrative law judge may be designated to take the place
of the administrative law judge previously designated to conduct the
hearing. Such hearing shall be public unless otherwise ordered by the
Board or the administrative law judge.

(49 Stat. 449; 29 U.S.C. 151-166, as amended by (61 Stat. 136; 29 U.S.C.
Sup. 151-167), (65 Stat. 601; 29 U.S.C. 158, 159, 168), (73 Stat. 519;
29 U.S.C. 141-168), (88 Stat. 395-397; 29 U.S.C. 152, 158, 169, 183))

[45 FR 51193, Aug. 1, 1980, as amended at 62 FR 1668, Jan. 13, 1997]



Sec. 102.35  Duties and powers of administrative law judges;
stipulations of cases to administrative law judges or to the Board;

assignment and powers of settlement judges.

    (a) It shall be the duty of the administrative law judge to inquire
fully into the facts as to whether the respondent has engaged in or is
engaging in an unfair labor practice affecting commerce as set forth in
the complaint or amended complaint. The administrative law judge shall
have authority, with respect to cases assigned to him, between the time
he is designated and transfer of the case to the Board, subject to the
Rules and Regulations of the Board and within its powers:
    (1) To administer oaths and affirmations;
    (2) To grant applications for subpoenas;
    (3) To rule upon petitions to revoke subpoenas;
    (4) To rule upon offers of proof and receive relevant evidence;
    (5) To take or cause depositions to be taken whenever the ends of
justice would be served thereby;
    (6) To regulate the course of the hearing and, if appropriate or
necessary, to exclude persons or counsel from the hearing for
contemptuous conduct and to strike all related testimony of witnesses
refusing to answer any proper question;
    (7) To hold conferences for the settlement or simplification of the
issues by consent of the parties, but not to adjust cases;
    (8) To dispose of procedural requests, motions, or similar matters,
including motions referred to the administrative law judge by the
Regional Director and motions for default judgment, summary judgment, or
to amend pleadings; also to dismiss complaints or portions thereof; to
order hearings reopened; and upon motion order proceedings

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consolidated or severed prior to issuance of administrative law judge
decisions;
    (9) To approve stipulations, including stipulations of facts that
waive a hearing and provide for a decision by the administrative law
judge. Alternatively, the parties may agree to waive a hearing and
decision by an administrative law judge and submit directly to the
Executive Secretary a stipulation of facts, which, if approved, provides
for a decision by the Board. A statement of the issues presented should
be set forth in the stipulation of facts and each party should also
submit a short statement (no more than three pages) of its position on
the issues. If the administrative law judge (or the Board) approves the
stipulation, the administrative law judge (or the Board) will set a time
for the filing of briefs. In proceedings before an administrative law
judge, no further briefs shall be filed except by special leave of the
administrative law judge. In proceedings before the Board, answering
briefs may be filed within 14 days, or such further period as the Board
may allow, from the last date on which an initial brief may be filed. No
further briefs shall be filed except by special leave of the Board. At
the conclusion of the briefing schedule, the judge (or the Board) will
decide the case or make other disposition of it.
    (10) To make and file decisions, including bench decisions delivered
within 72 hours after conclusion of oral argument, in conformity with
Public Law 89-554, 5 U.S.C. 557;
    (11) To call, examine, and cross-examine witnesses and to introduce
into the record documentary or other evidence;
    (12) To request the parties at any time during the hearing to state
their respective positions concerning any issue in the case or theory in
support thereof;
    (13) To take any other action necessary under the foregoing and
authorized by the published Rules and Regulations of the Board.
    (b) Upon the request of any party or the judge assigned to hear a
case, or on his or her own motion, the chief administrative law judge in
Washington, D.C., the associate chief judge in San Francisco,
California, the associate chief judge in Atlanta, Georgia, or the
associate chief judge in New York, New York may assign a judge who shall
be other than the trial judge to conduct settlement negotiations. In
exercising his or her discretion, the chief or associate chief judge
making the assignment will consider, among other factors, whether there
is reason to believe that resolution of the dispute is likely, the
request for assignment of a settlement judge is made in good faith, and
the assignment is otherwise feasible. Provided, however, that no such
assignment shall be made absent the agreement of all parties to the use
of this procedure.
    (1) The settlement judge shall convene and preside over conferences
and settlement negotiations between the parties, assess the
practicalities of a potential settlement, and report to the chief or
associate the status of settlement negotiations, recommending
continuation or termination of the settlement negotiations. Where
feasible settlement conferences shall be held in person.
    (2) The settlement judge may require that the attorney or other
representative for each party be present at settlement conferences and
that the parties or agents with full settlement authority also be
present or available by telephone.
    (3) Participation of the settlement judge shall terminate upon the
order of the chief or associates issued after consultation with the
settlement judge. The conduct of settlement negotiations shall not
unduly delay the hearing.
    (4) All discussions between the parties and the settlement judge
shall be confidential. The settlement judge shall not discuss any aspect
of the case with the trial judge, and no evidence regarding statements,
conduct, offers of settlement, and concessions of the parties made in
proceedings before the settlement judge shall be admissible in any
proceeding before the Board, except by stipulation of the parties.
Documents disclosed in the settlement process may not be used in
litigation unless voluntarily produced or obtained pursuant to subpoena.

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    (5) No decision of a chief or associate concerning the assignment of
a settlement judge or the termination of a settlement judge's assignment
shall be appealable to the Board.
    (6) Any settlement reached under the auspices of a settlement judge
shall be subject to approval in accordance with the provisions of Sec.
101.9 of the Board's Statements of Procedure.

[61 FR 6941, Feb. 23, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 1668, Jan. 13, 1997; 67
FR 656, Jan. 7, 2002; 69 FR 1677, Jan. 12, 2004]



Sec. 102.36  Unavailability of administrative law judge.

    In the event the administrative law judge designated to conduct the
hearing becomes unavailable to the Board after the hearing has been
opened, the chief administrative law judge, in Washington, DC, the
associate chief judge, in San Francisco, California, the associate chief
judge in New York, New York, or the associate chief judge in Atlanta,
Georgia, as the case may be, may designate another administrative law
judge for the purpose of further hearing or other appropriate action.

(49 Stat. 449; 29 U.S.C. 151-166, as amended by (61 Stat. 136; 29 U.S.C.
Sup. 151-167), (65 Stat. 601; 29 U.S.C. 158, 159, 168), (73 Stat. 519;
29 U.S.C. 141-168), (88 Stat. 395-397; 29 U.S.C. 152, 158, 169, 183))

[45 FR 51193, Aug. 1, 1980, as amended at 62 FR 1668, Jan. 13, 1997]



Sec. 102.37  Disqualification of administrative law judge.

    An administrative law judge may withdraw from a proceeding whenever
he deems himself disqualified. Any party may request the administrative
law judge, at any time following his designation and before filing of
his decision, to withdraw on ground of personal bias or
disqualification, by filing with him promptly upon the discovery of the
alleged facts a timely affidavit setting forth in detail the matters
alleged to constituate grounds for disqualification. If, in the opinion
of the administrative law judge, such affidavit is filed with due
diligence and is sufficient on its face, he shall forthwith disqualify
himself and withdraw from the proceeding. If the administrative law
judge does not disqualify himself and withdraw from the proceeding, he
shall so rule upon the record, stating the grounds for his ruling and
proceed with the hearing, or, if the hearing has closed, he shall
proceed with issuance of his decision, and the provisions of Sec.
102.26, with respect to review of rulings of administrative law judges,
shall thereupon apply.

(49 Stat. 449; 29 U.S.C. 151-166, as amended by (61 Stat. 136; 29 U.S.C.
Sup. 151-167), (65 Stat. 601; 29 U.S.C. 158, 159, 168), (73 Stat. 519;
29 U.S.C. 141-168), (88 Stat. 395-397; 29 U.S.C. 152, 158, 169, 183))

[45 FR 51193, Aug. 1, 1980]



Sec. 102.38  Rights of parties.

    Any party shall have the right to appear at such hearing in person,
by counsel, or by other representative, to call, examine, and cross-
examine witnesses, and to introduce into the record documentary or other
evidence, except that the participation of any party shall be limited to
the extent permitted by the administrative law judge: And provided
further, That documentary evidence shall be submitted in duplicate.



Sec. 102.39  Rules of evidence controlling so far as practicable.

    Any such proceeding shall, so far as practicable, be conducted in
accordance with the rules of evidence applicable in the district courts
of the United States under the rules of civil procedure for the district
courts of the United States, adopted by the Supreme Court of the United
States pursuant to the Act of June 19, 1934, (title 28 U.S.C., secs.
723-B, 723-C).



Sec. 102.40  Stipulations of fact admissible.

    In any such proceeding stipulations of fact may be introduced in
evidence with respect to any issue.



Sec. 102.41  Objection to conduct of hearing; how made; objections not
waived by further participation.

    Any objection with respect to the conduct of the hearing, including
any objection to the introduction of evidence, may be stated orally or
in writing, accompanied by a short statement of the grounds of such
objection, and included in the record. No such objection shall be deemed
waived by further participation in the hearing.

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Sec. 102.42  Filings of briefs and proposed findings with the
administrative law judge and oral argument at the hearing.

    Any party shall be entitled, upon request, to a reasonable period at
the close of the hearing for oral argument, which may include
presentation of proposed findings and conclusions, and shall be included
in the stenographic report of the hearing. In the discretion of the
administrative law judge, any party may, upon request made before the
close of the hearing, file a brief or proposed findings and conclusions,
or both, with the administrative law judge, who may fix a reasonable
time for such filing, but not in excess of 35 days from the close of the
hearing. Requests for further extensions of time shall be made to the
chief administrative law judge in Washington, D.C., to the associate
chief judge in San Francisco, California, to the associate chief judge
in New York, New York, or to the associate chief judge in Atlanta,
Georgia, as the case may be. Notice of the request for any extension
shall be immediately served on all other parties, and proof of service
shall be furnished. Three copies of the brief or proposed findings and
conclusions shall be filed with the administrative law judge, and copies
shall be served on the other parties, and a statement of such service
shall be furnished. In any case in which the administrative law judge
believes that written briefs or proposed findings of fact and
conclusions may not be necessary, he or she shall notify the parties at
the opening of the hearing or as soon thereafter as practicable that he
or she may wish to hear oral argument in lieu of briefs.

[61 FR 6942, Feb. 23, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 1668, Jan. 13, 1997]



Sec. 102.43  Continuance and adjournment.

    In the discretion of the administrative law judge, the hearing may
be continued from day to day, or adjourned to a later date or to a
different place, by announcement thereof at the hearings by the
administrative law judge, or by other appropriate notice.

  Administrative Law Judge's Decision and Transfer of Case to the Board



Sec. 102.45  Administrative law judge's decision; contents; service;
transfer of case to the Board; contents of record in case.

    (a) After hearing for the purpose of taking evidence upon a
complaint, the administrative law judge shall prepare a decision. Such
decision shall contain findings of fact, conclusions, and the reasons or
basis therefor, upon all material issues of fact, law, or discretion
presented on the record, and shall contain recommendations as to what
disposition of the case should be made, which may include, if it be
found that the respondent has engaged in or is engaging in the alleged
unfair labor practices, a recommendation for such affirmative action by
the respondent as will effectuate the policies of the Act. The
administrative law judge shall file the original of his decision with
the Board and cause a copy thereof to be served on each of the parties.
If the administrative law judge delivers a bench decision, promptly upon
receiving the transcript the judge shall certify the accuracy of the
pages of the transcript containing the decision; file with the Board a
certified copy of those pages, together with any supplementary matter
the judge may deem necessary to complete the decision; and cause a copy
thereof to be served on each of the parties. Upon the filing of the
decision, the Board shall enter an order transferring the case to the
Board and shall serve copies of the order, setting forth the date of
such transfer, on all the parties. Service of the administrative law
judge's decision and of the order transferring the case to the Board
shall be complete upon mailing.
    (b) The charge upon which the complaint was issued and any
amendments thereto, the complaint and any amendments thereto, notice of
hearing, answer and any amendments thereto, motions, rulings, orders,
the stenographic report of the hearing, stipulations, exhibits,
documentary evidence, and

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depositions, together with the administrative law judge's decision and
exceptions, and any cross-exceptions or answering briefs as provided in
Sec. 102.46, shall constitute the record in the case.

[28 FR 7973, Aug. 6, 1963, as amended at 59 FR 65945, Dec. 22, 1994; 61
FR 6942, Feb. 23, 1996]

                Exceptions to the Record and Proceedings



Sec. 102.46  Exceptions, cross-exceptions, briefs, answering briefs;
time for filing; where to file; service on the parties; extension of

time; effect of failure to include matter in exceptions; reply
briefs; oral arguments.

    (a) Within 28 days, or within such further period as the Board may
allow, from the date of the service of the order transferring the case
to the Board, pursuant to Sec. 102.45, any party may (in accordance
with section 10(c) of the Act and Sec. Sec. 102.111 and 102.112 of
these rules) file with the Board in Washington, DC, exceptions to the
administrative law judge's decision or to any other part of the record
or proceedings (including rulings upon all motions or objections),
together with a brief in support of said exceptions. Any party may,
within the same period, file a brief in support of the administrative
law judge's decision. The filing of such exceptions and briefs is
subject to the provisions of paragraph (j) of this section. Requests for
extension of time to file exceptions or briefs shall be in writing and
copies thereof shall be served promptly on the other parties.
    (b)(1) Each exception (i) shall set forth specifically the questions
of procedure, fact, law, or policy to which exception is taken; (ii)
shall identify that part of the administrative law judge's decision to
which objection is made; (iii) shall designate by precise citation of
page the portions of the record relied on; and (iv) shall concisely
state the grounds for the exception. If a supporting brief is filed the
exceptions document shall not contain any argument or citation of
authority in support of the exceptions, but such matters shall be set
forth only in the brief. If no supporting brief is filed the exceptions
document shall also include the citation of authorities and argument in
support of the exceptions, in which event the exceptions document shall
be subject to the 50-page limit as for briefs set forth in Sec.
102.46(j).
    (2) Any exception to a ruling, finding, conclusion, or
recommendation which is not specifically urged shall be deemed to have
been waived. Any exception which fails to comply with the foregoing
requirements may be disregarded.
    (c) Any brief in support of exceptions shall contain no matter not
included within the scope of the exceptions and shall contain, in the
order indicated, the following:
    (1) A clear and concise statement of the case containing all that is
material to the consideration of the questions presented.
    (2) A specification of the questions involved and to be argued,
together with a reference to the specific exceptions to which they
relate.
    (3) The argument, presenting clearly the points of fact and law
relied on in support of the position taken on each question, with
specific page reference to the record and the legal or other material
relied on.
    (d)(1) Within 14 days, or such further period as the Board may
allow, from the last date on which exceptions and any supporting brief
may be filed, a party opposing the exceptions may file an answering
brief to the exceptions, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph
(j) of this section.
    (2) The answering brief to the exceptions shall be limited to the
questions raised in the exceptions and in the brief in support thereof.
It shall present clearly the points of fact and law relied on in support
of the position taken on each question. Where exception has been taken
to a factual finding of the administrative law judge and it is proposed
to support that finding, the answering brief should specify those pages
of the record which, in the view of the party filing the brief, support
the administrative law judge's finding.
    (3) Requests for extension of time to file an answering brief to the
exceptions shall be in writing and copies thereof shall be served
promptly on the other parties.
    (e) Any party who has not previously filed exceptions may, within 14
days, or such further period as the Board may

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allow, from the last date on which exceptions and any supporting brief
may be filed, file cross-exceptions to any portion of the administrative
law judge's decision, together with a supporting brief, in accordance
with the provisions of paragraphs (b) and (j) of this section.
    (f)(1) Within 14 days, or such further period as the Board may
allow, from the last date on which cross-exceptions and any supporting
brief may be filed, any other party may file an answering brief to such
cross-exceptions in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (c) and
(j) of this section. Such answering brief shall be limited to the
questions raised in the cross-exceptions.
    (2) Requests for extension of time to file cross-exceptions, or
answering brief to cross-exceptions, shall be in writing and copies
thereof shall be served promptly on the other parties.
    (g) No matter not included in exceptions or cross-exceptions may
thereafter be urged before the Board, or in any further proceeding.
    (h) Within 14 days from the last date on which an answering brief
may be filed pursuant to paragraph (d) or (f) of this section, any party
may file a reply brief to any such answering brief. Any reply brief
filed pursuant to this subsection shall be limited to matters raised in
the brief to which it is replying, and shall not exceed 10 pages. No
extensions of time shall be granted for the filing of reply briefs, nor
shall permission be granted to exceed the 10 page length limitation.
Eight copies of any reply brief shall be filed with the Board, copies
shall be served on the other parties, and a statement of such service
shall be furnished. No further briefs shall be filed except by special
leave of the Board. Requests for such leave shall be in writing and
copies thereof shall be served promptly on the other parties.
    (i) Should any party desire permission to argue orally before the
Board, request therefor must be made in writing to the Board
simultaneously with the statement of any exceptions or cross-exceptions
filed pursuant to the provisions of this section with a statement of
service on the other parties. The Board shall notify the parties of the
time and place of oral argument, if such permission is granted. Oral
arguments are limited to 30 minutes for each party entitled to
participate. No request for additional time will be granted unless
timely application is made in advance of oral argument.
    (j) Exceptions to administrative law judges' decisions, or to the
record, and briefs shall be printed or otherwise legibly duplicated.
Carbon copies of typewritten matter will not be accepted. Eight copies
of such documents shall be filed with the Board in Washington, DC, and
copies shall also be served promptly on the other parties. All documents
filed pursuant to this section shall be double spaced on 8 \1/2\ by 11-
inch paper. Any brief filed pursuant to this section shall not be
combined with any other brief, and except for reply briefs whose length
is governed by paragraph (h) of this section, shall not exceed 50 pages
in length, exclusive of subject index and table of cases and other
authorities cited, unless permission to exceed that limit is obtained
from the Board by motion, setting forth the reasons therefor, filed not
less than 10 days prior to the date the brief is due. Where any brief
filed pursuant to this section exceeds 20 pages, it shall contain a
subject index with page references and an alphabetical table of cases
and other authorities cited.

[56 FR 49142, Sept. 27, 1991]



Sec. 102.47  Filing of motion after transfer of case to Board.

    All motions filed after the case has been transferred to the Board
pursuant to Sec. 102.45 shall be filed with the Board in Washington,
DC, by transmitting eight copies thereof, together with an affidavit of
service on the parties. Such motions shall be printed or otherwise
legibly duplicated: Provided, however, That carbon copies of typewritten
matter shall not be filed and if submitted will not be accepted.

[29 FR 15919, Nov. 28, 1964]

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                       Procedure Before the Board



Sec. 102.48  Action of the Board upon expiration of time to file
exceptions to the administrative law judge's decision; decisions by

the Board; extraordinary postdecisional motions.

    (a) In the event no timely or proper exceptions are filed as herein
provided, the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the
administrative law judge as contained in his decision shall, pursuant to
section 10(c) of the Act, automatically become the decision and order of
the Board and become its findings, conclusions, and order, and all
objections and exceptions thereto shall be deemed waived for all
purposes.
    (b) Upon the filing of timely and proper exceptions, and any cross-
exceptions, or answering briefs, as provided in Sec. 102.46, the Board
may decide the matter forthwith upon the record, or after oral argument,
or may reopen the record and receive further evidence before a member of
the Board or other Board agent or agency, or may make other disposition
of the case.
    (c) Where exception is taken to a factual finding of the
administrative law judge, the Board, in determining whether the finding
is contrary to a preponderance of the evidence, may limit its
consideration to such portions of the record as are specified in the
exceptions, the supporting brief, and the answering brief.
    (d)(1) A party to a proceeding before the Board may, because of
extraordinary circumstances, move for reconsideration, rehearing, or
reopening of the record after the Board decision or order. A motion for
reconsideration shall state with particularity the material error
claimed and with respect to any finding of material fact shall specify
the page of the record relied on. A motion for rehearing shall specify
the error alleged to require a hearing de novo and the prejudice to the
movant alleged to result from such error. A motion to reopen the record
shall state briefly the additional evidence sought to be adduced, why it
was not presented previously, and that, if adduced and credited, it
would require a different result. Only newly discovered evidence,
evidence which has become available only since the close of the hearing,
or evidence which the Board believes should have been taken at the
hearing will be taken at any further hearing.
    (2) Any motion pursuant to this section shall be filed within 28
days, or such further period as the Board may allow, after the service
of the Board's decision or order, except that a motion for leave to
adduce additional evidence shall be filed promptly on discovery of such
evidence. Copies of any request for an extension of time shall be served
promptly on the other parties.
    (3) The filing and pendency of a motion under this provision shall
not operate to stay the effectiveness of the action of the Board unless
so ordered. A motion for reconsideration or for rehearing need not be
filed to exhaust administrative remedies.

[28 FR 7974, Aug. 6, 1963, as amended at 34 FR 14432, Sept. 16, 1969; 51
FR 23746, July 1, 1986; 56 FR 49143, Sept. 27, 1991]



Sec. 102.49  Modification or setting aside of order of Board before
record filed in court; action thereafter.

    Within the limitations of the provisions of section 10(c) of the
Act, and Sec. 102.48, until a transcript of the record in a case shall
have been filed in a court, within the meaning of section 10 of the Act,
the Board may at any time upon reasonable notice modify or set aside, in
whole or in part, any findings of fact, conclusions of law, or order
made or issued by it. Thereafter, the Board may proceed pursuant to
Sec. 102.50, insofar as applicable.



Sec. 102.50  Hearings before Board or member thereof.

    Whenever the Board deems it necessary in order to effectuate the
purpose of the act or to avoid unnecessary costs or delay, it may, at
any time after a complaint has issued pursuant to Sec. 102.15 or Sec.
102.33, order that such complaint and any proceeding which may have been
instituted with respect thereto be transferred to and continued before
it or any member of the Board. The provisions of this subpart shall,
insofar as applicable, govern proceedings before the Board or any member
pursuant to this section, and the powers granted to administrative law
judges in such provisions shall, for the purpose

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of this section, be reserved to and exercised by the Board or the member
thereof who shall preside.



Sec. 102.51  Settlement or adjustment of issues.

    At any stage of a proceeding prior to hearing, where time, the
nature of the proceeding, and the public interest permit, all interested
parties shall have opportunity to submit to the regional director, with
whom the charge was filed, for consideration facts, arguments, offers of
settlement, or proposals of adjustment.

                          Back-Pay Proceedings



Sec. 102.52  Compliance with Board order; notification of compliance
determination.

    After entry of a Board order directing remedial action, or the entry
of a court judgment enforcing such order, the Regional Director shall
seek compliance from all persons having obligations thereunder. The
Regional Director shall make a compliance determination as appropriate
and shall notify the parties of the compliance determination. A charging
party adversely affected by a monetary, make-whole, reinstatement, or
other compliance determination will be provided, on request, with a
written statement of the basis for that determination.

[53 FR 37755, Sept. 28, 1988]



Sec. 102.53  Review by the General Counsel of compliance determination;
appeal to the Board of the General Counsel's decision.

    (a) The charging party may appeal such determination to the General
Counsel in Washington, DC, within 14 days of the written statement of
compliance determination provided as set forth in Sec. 102.52. The
appeal shall contain a complete statement setting forth the facts and
reasons upon which it is based and shall identify with particularity the
error claimed in the Regional Director's determination. The charging
party shall serve a copy of the appeal on all other parties and on the
Regional Director. The General Counsel may for good cause shown extend
the time for filing an appeal.
    (b) The General Counsel may affirm or modify the determination of
the Regional Director, or may take such other action deemed appropriate,
stating the gounds for the decision.
    (c) Within 14 days after service of the General Counsel's decision,
the charging party may file a request for review of that decision with
the Board in Washington, DC. The request for review shall contain a
complete statement of the facts and reasons upon which it is based and
shall identify with particularity the error claimed in the General
Counsel's decision. A copy of the request for review shall be served on
the General Counsel and on the Regional Director.
    (d) The Board may affirm or modify the decision of the General
Counsel, or make such other disposition of the matter as it deems
appropriate. The denial of the request for review will constitute an
affirmance of the decision of the General Counsel.

[53 FR 37755, Sept. 28, 1988]



Sec. 102.54  Initiation of formal compliance proceedings; issuance of
compliance specification and notice of hearing.

    (a) If it appears that controversy exists with respect to compliance
with an order of the Board which cannot be resolved without a formal
proceeding, the Regional Director may issue and serve on all parties a
compliance specification in the name of the Board. The specification
shall contain or be accompanied by a notice of hearing before an
administrative law judge at a place therein fixed and at a time not less
than 21 days after the service of the specification.
    (b) Whenever the Regional Director deems it necessary in order to
effectuate the purposes and policies of the Act or to avoid unnecessary
costs or delay, the Regional Director may issue a compliance
specification, with or without a notice of hearing, based on an
outstanding complaint.
    (c) Whenever the Regional Director deems it necessary in order to
effectuate the purposes and policies of the Act or to avoid unnecessary
costs or delay, the Regional Director may consolidate with a complaint
and notice of hearing issued pursuant to Sec. 102.15 a

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compliance specification based on that complaint. After opening of the
hearing, consolidation shall be subject to the approval of the Board or
the administrative law judge, as appropriate. Issuance of a compliance
specification shall not be a prerequisite or bar to Board initiation of
proceedings in any administrative or judicial forum which the Board or
the Regional Director determines to be appropriate for obtaining
compliance with a Board order.

[53 FR 37755, Sept. 28, 1988, as amended at 62 FR 9685, Mar. 4, 1997]



Sec. 102.55  Contents of compliance specification.

    (a) Contents of specification with respect to allegations concerning
the amount of backpay due. With respect to allegations concerning the
amount of backpay due, the specification shall specifically and in
detail show, for each employee, the backpay periods broken down by
calendar quarters, the specific figures and basis of computation of
gross backpay and interim earnings, the expenses for each quarter, the
net backpay due, and any other pertinent information.
    (b) Contents of specification with respect to allegations other than
the amount of backpay due. With respect to allegations other than the
amount of backpay due, the specification shall contain a clear and
concise description of the respects in which the respondent has failed
to comply with a Board or court order, including the remedial acts
claimed to be necessary for compliance by the respondent and, where
known, the approximate dates, places, and names of the respondent's
agents or other representatives described in the specification.
    (c) Amendments to specification. After the issuance of the notice of
compliance hearing but prior to the opening of the hearing, the Regional
Director may amend the specification. After the opening of the hearing,
the specification may be amended upon leave of the administrative law
judge or the Board, as the case may be, upon good cause shown.

[53 FR 37756, Sept. 28, 1988]



Sec. 102.56  Answer to compliance specification.

    (a) Filing and service of answer; form. Each respondent alleged in
the specification to have compliance obligations shall, within 21 days
from the service of the specification, file an original and four copies
of an answer thereto with the Regional Director issuing the
specification, and shall immediately serve a copy thereof on the other
parties. The answer to the specification shall be in writing, the
original being signed and sworn to by the respondent or by a duly
authorized agent with appropriate power of attorney affixed, and shall
contain the mailing address of the respondent.
    (b) Contents of answer to specification. The answer shall
specifically admit, deny, or explain each and every allegation of the
specification, unless the respondent is without knowledge, in which case
the respondent shall so state, such statement operating as a denial.
Denials shall fairly meet the substance of the allegations of the
specification at issue. When a respondent intends to deny only a part of
an allegation, the respondent shall specify so much of it as is true and
shall deny only the remainder. As to all matters within the knowledge of
the respondent, including but not limited to the various factors
entering into the computation of gross backpay, a general denial shall
not suffice. As to such matters, if the respondent disputes either the
accuracy of the figures in the specification or the premises on which
they are based, the answer shall specifically state the basis for such
disagreement, setting forth in detail the respondent's position as to
the applicable premises and furnishing the appropriate supporting
figures.
    (c) Effect of failure to answer or to plead specifically and in
detail to backpay allegations of specification. If the respondent fails
to file any answer to the specification within the time prescribed by
this section, the Board may, either with or without taking evidence in
support of the allegations of the specification and without further
notice to the respondent, find the specification to be true and enter
such order as may be appropriate. If the respondent files an answer to
the specification

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but fails to deny any allegation of the specification in the manner
required by paragraph (b) of this section, and the failure so to deny is
not adequately explained, such allegation shall be deemed to be admitted
to be true, and may be so found by the Board without the taking of
evidence supporting such allegation, and the respondent shall be
precluded from introducing any evidence controverting the allegation.
    (d) Extension of time for filing answer to specification. Upon the
Regional Director's own motion or upon proper cause shown by any
respondent, the Regional Director issuing the compliance specification
and notice of hearing may by written order extend the time within which
the answer to the specification shall be filed.
    (e) Amendment to answer. Following the amendment of the
specification by the Regional Director, any respondent affected by the
amendment may amend its answer thereto.

[53 FR 37756, Sept. 28, 1988]



Sec. 102.57  Extension of date of hearing.

    Upon the Regional Director's own motion or upon proper cause shown,
the Regional Director issuing the compliance specification and notice of
hearing may extend the date of the hearing.

[53 FR 37756, Sept. 28, 1988]



Sec. 102.58  Withdrawal.

    Any compliance specification and notice of hearing may be withdrawn
before the hearing by the Regional Director upon his or her own motion.

[53 FR 37756, Sept. 28, 1988]



Sec. 102.59  Hearing; posthearing procedure.

    After the issuance of a compliance specification and notice of
hearing, the procedures provided in Sec. Sec. 102.24 to 102.51 shall be
followed insofar as applicable.

[53 FR 37756, Sept. 28, 1988]



Subpart C_Procedure Under Section 9(c) of the Act for the Determination
    of Questions Concerning Representation of Employees \2\ and for
 Clarification of Bargaining Units and for Amendment of Certifications
                      Under Section 9(b) of the Act
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    \2\ Procedure under the first proviso to sec. 8(b)(7)(C) of the Act
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Sec. 102.60  Petitions.

    (a) Petition for certification or decertification; who may file;
where to file; withdrawal. A petition for investigation of a question
concerning representation of employees under paragraphs (1)(A)(i) and
(1)(B) of section 9(c) of the Act (hereinafter called a petition for
certification) may be filed by an employee or group of employees or any
individual or labor organization acting in their behalf or by an
employer. A petition under paragraph (1)(A)(ii) of section 9(c) of the
Act, alleging that the individual or labor organization which has been
certified or is being currently recognized as the bargaining
representative is no longer such representative (hereinafter called a
petition for decertification), may be filed by any employee or group of
employees or any individual or labor organization acting in their
behalf. Petitions under this section shall be in writing and signed, and
either shall be sworn to before a notary public, Board agent, or other
person duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take
acknowledgments or shall contain a declaration by the person signing it,
under the penalty of perjury, that its contents are true and correct
(see 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1746). One original of the petition shall be filed.
A person filing a petition by facsimile pursuant to Sec. 102.114(f)
shall also file an original for the Agency's records, but failure to do
so shall not affect the validity of the filing by facsimile, if
otherwise proper. Except as provided in Sec. 102.72, such petitions
shall be filed with the Regional Director for the Region wherein the
bargaining unit exists, or, if the bargaining unit exists in

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two or more Regions, with the Regional Director for any of such Regions.
Prior to the transfer of the case to the Board, pursuant to Sec.
102.67, the petition may be withdrawn only with the consent of the
Regional Director with whom such petition was filed. After the transfer
of the case to the Board, the petition may be withdrawn only with the
consent of the Board. Whenever the Regional Director or the Board, as
the case may be, approves the withdrawal of any petition, the case shall
be closed.
    (b) Petition for clarification of bargaining unit or petition for
amendment of certification under section 9(b) of the Act; who may file;
where to file; withdrawal. A petition for clarification of an existing
bargaining unit or a petition for amendment of certification, in the
absence of a question concerning representation, may be filed by a labor
organization or by an employer. Where applicable the same procedures set
forth in paragraph (a) of this section shall be followed.

[29 FR 15919, Nov. 28, 1964, as amended at 60 FR 56235, Nov. 8, 1995; 67
FR 658, Jan. 7, 2002]



Sec. 102.61  Contents of petition for certification; contents of
petition for decertification; contents of petition for clarification of

bargaining unit; contents of petition for amendment of certification.

    (a) A petition for certification, when filed by an employee or group
of employees or an individual or labor organization acting in their
behalf, shall contain the following:
    (1) The name of the employer.
    (2) The address of the establishments involved.
    (3) The general nature of the employer's business.
    (4) A description of the bargaining unit which the petitioner claims
to be appropriate.
    (5) The names and addresses of any other persons or labor
organizations who claim to represent any employees in the alleged
appropriate unit, and brief descriptions of the contracts, if any,
covering the employees in such unit.
    (6) The number of employees in the alleged appropriate unit.
    (7) A statement that the employer declines to recognize the
petitioner as the representative within the meaning of section 9(a) of
the Act or that the labor organization is currently recognized but
desires certification under the act.
    (8) The name, affiliation, if any, and address of the petitioner.
    (9) Whether a strike or picketing is in progress at the
establishment involved and, if so, the approximate number of employees
participating, and the date such strike or picketing commenced.
    (10) Any other relevant facts.
    (b) A petition for certification, when filed by an employer, shall
contain the following:
    (1) The name and address of the petitioner.
    (2) The general nature of the petitioner's business.
    (3) A brief statement setting forth that one or more individuals or
labor organizations have presented to the petitioner a claim to be
recognized as the exclusive representative of all employees in the unit
claimed to be appropriate; a description of such unit; and the number of
employees in the unit.
    (4) The name or names, affiliation, if any, and addresses of the
individuals or labor organizations making such claim for recognition.
    (5) A statement whether the petitioner has contracts with any labor
organization or other representatives of employees and, if so, their
expiration date.
    (6) Whether a strike or picketing is in progress at the
establishment involved and, if so, the approximate number of employees
participating, and the date such strike or picketing commenced.
    (7) Any other relevant facts.
    (c) Petitions for decertification shall contain the following:
    (1) The name of the employer.
    (2) The address of the establishments and a description of the
bargaining unit involved.
    (3) The general nature of the employer's business.
    (4) Name and address of the petitioner and affiliation, if any.
    (5) Name or names of the individuals or labor organizations who have
been certified or are being currently recognized by the employer and who
claim

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to represent any employees in the unit involved, and the expiration date
of any contracts covering such employees.
    (6) An allegation that the individuals or labor organizations who
have been certified or are currently recognized by the employer are no
longer the representative in the appropriate unit as defined in section
9(a) of the Act.
    (7) The number of employees in the unit.
    (8) Whether a strike or picketing is in progress at the
establishment involved and, if so, the approximate number of employees
participating, and the date such strike or picketing commenced.
    (9) Any other relevant facts.
    (d) A petition for clarification shall contain the following:
    (1) The name of the employer and the name of the recognized or
certified bargaining representative.
    (2) The address of the establishment involved.
    (3) The general nature of the employer's business.
    (4) A description of the present bargaining unit, and, if the
bargaining unit is certified, an identification of the existing
certification.
    (5) A description of the proposed clarification.
    (6) The names and addresses of any other persons or labor
organizations who claim to represent any employees affected by the
proposed clarifications, and brief descriptions of the contracts, if
any, covering any such employees.
    (7) The number of employees in the present bargaining unit and in
the unit as proposed under the clarification.
    (8) The job classifications of employees as to whom the issue is
raised, and the number of employees in each classification.
    (9) A statement by petitioner setting forth reasons why petitioner
desires clarification of unit.
    (10) The name, the affiliation, if any, and the address of the
petitioner.
    (11) Any other relevant facts.
    (e) A petition for amendment of certification shall contain the
following:
    (1) The name of the employer and the name of the certified union
involved.
    (2) The address of the establishment involved.
    (3) The general nature of the employer's business.
    (4) Identification and description of the existing certification.
    (5) A statement by petitioner setting forth the details of the
desired amendment and reasons therefor.
    (6) The names and addresses of any other persons or labor
organizations who claim to represent any employees in the unit covered
by the certification and brief descriptions of the contracts, if any,
covering the employees in such unit.
    (7) The name, the affiliation, if any, and the address of the
petitioner.
    (8) Any other relevant facts.

[26 FR 3887, May 4, 1961, as amended at 29 FR 15919, Nov. 28, 1964]



Sec. 102.62  Consent-election agreements.

    (a) Where a petition has been duly filed, the employer and any
individual or labor organizations representing a substantial number of
employees involved may, with the approval of the Regional Director,
enter into a consent-election agreement leading to a determination by
the Regional Director of the facts ascertained after such consent
election. Such agreement shall include a description of the appropriate
unit, the time and place of holding the election, and the payroll period
to be used in determining what employees within the appropriate unit
shall be eligible to vote. Such consent election shall be conducted
under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director. The method
of conducting such consent election shall be consistent with the method
followed by the Regional Director in conducting elections pursuant to
Sec. Sec. 102.69 and 102.70 of this subpart except that the rulings and
determinations by the Regional Director of the results thereof shall be
final, and the Regional Director shall issue to the parties a
certification of the results of the election, including certifications
of representative where appropriate, with the same force and effect, in
that case, as if issued by the Board, provided further that rulings or
determinations by the Regional Director in respect to any amendment of
such certification shall also be final.
    (b) Where a petition has been duly filed, the employer and any
individuals

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or labor organizations representing a substantial number of the
employees involved may, with the approval of the regional director,
enter into an agreement providing for a waiver of hearing and a consent
election leading to a determination by the Board of the facts
ascertained after such consent election, if such a determination is
necessary. Such agreement shall also include a description of the
appropriate bargaining unit, the time and place of holding the election,
and the payroll period to be used in determining which employees within
the appropriate unit shall be eligible to vote. Such consent election
shall be conducted under the direction and supervision of the regional
director. The method of conducting such election and the post election
procedure shall be consistent with that followed by the regional
director in conducting elections pursuant to Sec. Sec. 102.69 and
102.70 of this subpart.
    (c) Where a petition has been duly filed, the employer and any
individual or labor organizations representing a substantial number of
the employees involved may, with the approval of the Regional Director,
enter into an agreement providing for a hearing pursuant to Sec. Sec.
102.63, 102.64, 102.65, 102.66 and 102.67 of this subpart to resolve any
issue necessary to resolve the question concerning representation. Upon
the conclusion of such a hearing, the Regional Director shall issue a
Decision. The rulings and determinations by the Regional Director
thereunder shall be final, with the same force and effect, in that case,
as if issued by the Board. Any election ordered by the Regional Director
shall be conducted under the direction and supervision of the Regional
Director. The method of conducting such consent election shall be
consistent with the method followed by the Regional Director in
conducting elections pursuant to Sec. Sec. 102.69 and 102.70 of this
subpart, except that the rulings and determinations by the Regional
Director of the results thereof shall be final, and the Regional
Director shall issue to the parties a certification of the results of
the election, including certifications of representative where
appropriate, with the same force and effect, in that case, as if issued
by the Board, provided further that rulings or determinations by the
Regional Director in respect to any amendment of such certification
shall also be final.

[79 FR 3489, Jan. 22, 2014]



Sec. 102.63  Investigation of petition by regional director; notice of
hearing; service of notice; withdrawal of notice.

    (a) After a petition has been filed under Sec. 102.61(a), (b), or
(c) of this subpart, if no agreement such as that provided in Sec.
102.62 of this subpart is entered into and if it appears to the regional
director that there is reasonable cause to believe that a question of
representation affecting commerce exists, that the policies of the act
will be effectuated, and that an election will reflect the free choice
of employees in the appropriate unit, the Regional Director shall
prepare and cause to be served upon the parties and upon any known
individuals or labor organizations purporting to act as representatives
of any employees directly affected by such investigation, a notice of
hearing before a hearing officer at a time and place fixed therein. A
copy of the petition shall be served with such notice of hearing. Any
such notice of hearing may be amended or withdrawn before the close of
the hearing by the regional director on his own motion.
    (b) After a petition has been filed under Sec. 102.61(d) or (e) of
this subpart, the regional director shall conduct an investigation and,
as appropriate, he may issue a decision without a hearing; or prepare
and cause to be served upon the parties and upon any known individuals
or labor organizations purporting to act as representatives of any
employees directly affected by such investigation, a notice of hearing
before a hearing officer at a time and place fixed therein; or take
other appropriate action. If a notice of hearing is served, it shall be
accompanied by a copy of the petition. Any such notice of hearing may be
amended or withdrawn before the close of the hearing by the regional
director on his own motion. All hearing and posthearing procedure under
this paragraph (b) shall be in conformance with Sec. Sec. 102.64
through

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102.68 of this subpart whenever applicable, except where the unit or
certification involved arises out of an agreement as provided in Sec.
102.62(a) of this subpart, the regional director's action shall be
final, and the provisions for review of regional director's decisions by
the Board shall not apply. Dismissals of petitions without a hearing
shall not be governed by Sec. 102.71 of this subpart. The regional
director's dismissal shall be by decision, and a request for review
therefrom may be obtained under Sec. 102.67 of this subpart, except
where an agreement under Sec. 102.62(a) of this subpart is involved.

[79 FR 3489, Jan. 22, 2014]



Sec. 102.64  Conduct of hearing.

    (a) Hearings shall be conducted by a hearing officer and shall be
open to the public unless otherwise ordered by the hearing officer. At
any time, a hearing officer may be substituted for the hearing officer
previously presiding. It shall be the duty of the hearing officer to
inquire fully into all matters and issues necessary to obtain a full and
complete record upon which the Board or the regional director may
discharge their duties under section 9(c) of the Act.
    (b) The hearing officer may, in his discretion, continue the hearing
from day to day, or adjourn it to a later date or to a different place,
by announcement thereof at the hearing or by other appropriate notice.

[79 FR 3489, Jan. 22, 2014]



Sec. 102.65  Motions; interventions.

    (a) All motions, including motions for intervention pursuant to
paragraphs (b) and (e) of this section, shall be in writing or, if made
at the hearing, may be stated orally on the record and shall briefly
state the order or relief sought and the grounds for such motion. An
original and two copies of written motions shall be filed and a copy
thereof immediately shall be served on the other parties to the
proceeding. Motions made prior to the transfer of the case to the Board
shall be filed with the regional director, except that motions made
during the hearing shall be filed with the hearing officer. After the
transfer of the case to the Board, all motions shall be filed with the
Board. Such motions shall be printed or otherwise legibly duplicated:
Provided, however, That carbon copies of typewritten matter shall not be
filed and if submitted will not be accepted. Eight copies of such
motions shall be filed with the Board. The regional director may rule
upon all motions filed with him, causing a copy of said ruling to be
served on the parties, or he may refer the motion to the hearing
officer: Provided, That if the regional director prior to the close of
the hearing grants a motion to dismiss the petition, the petitioner may
obtain a review of such ruling in the manner prescribed in Sec. 102.71
of this subpart. The hearing officer shall rule, either orally on the
record or in writing, upon all motions filed at the hearing or referred
to him as hereinabove provided, except that all motions to dismiss
petitions shall be referred for appropriate action at such time as the
entire record is considered by the regional director or the Board, as
the case may be.
    (b) Any person desiring to intervene in any proceeding shall make a
motion for intervention, stating the grounds upon which such person
claims to have an interest in the proceeding. The regional director or
the hearing officer, as the case may be, may by order permit
intervention in person or by counsel or other representative to such
extent and upon such terms as he may deem proper, and such intervenor
shall thereupon become a party to the proceeding.
    (c) All motions, rulings, and orders shall become a part of the
record, except that rulings on motions to revoke subpoenas shall become
a part of the record only upon the request of the party aggrieved
thereby as provided in Sec. 102.66(c) of this subpart. Unless expressly
authorized by the Rules and Regulations, rulings by the regional
director or by the hearing officer shall not be appealed directly to the
Board, but shall be considered by the Board on appropriate appeal
pursuant to Sec. 102.67 (b), (c), and (d) of this subpart or whenever
the case is transferred to it for decision: Provided, however, That if
the regional director has issued an order transferring the case to the
Board for decision such rulings may be appealed

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directly to the Board by special permission of the Board. Nor shall
rulings by the hearing officer be appealed directly to the regional
director unless expressly authorized by the Rules and Regulations,
except by special permission of the regional director, but shall be
considered by the regional director when he reviews the entire record.
Requests to the regional director, or to the Board in appropriate cases,
for special permission to appeal from a ruling of the hearing officer,
together with the appeal from such ruling, shall be filed promptly, in
writing, and shall briefly state the reasons special permission should
be granted and the grounds relied on for the appeal. The moving party
shall immediately serve a copy of the request for special permission and
of the appeal on the other parties and on the regional director. Any
statement in opposition or other response to the request and/or to the
appeal shall be filed promptly, in writing, and shall be served
immediately on the other parties and on the regional director. If the
Board or the regional director, as the case may be, grants the request
for special permission to appeal, the Board or the regional director may
proceed forthwith to rule on the appeal.
    (d) The right to make motions or to make objections to rulings on
motions shall not be deemed waived by participation in the proceeding.
    (e)(1) A party to a proceeding may, because of extraordinary
circumstances, move after the close of the hearing for reopening of the
record, or move after the decision or report for reconsideration, for
rehearing, or to reopen the record, but no such motion shall stay the
time for filing a request for review of a decision or exceptions to a
report. No motion for reconsideration, for rehearing, or to reopen the
record will be entertained by the Board or by any regional director with
respect to any matter which could have been but was not raised pursuant
to any other section of these rules: Provided, however, That the
regional director may treat a request for review of a decision or
exceptions to a report as a motion for reconsideration. A motion for
reconsideration shall state with particularity the material error
claimed and with respect to any finding of material fact shall specify
the page of the record relied on for the motion. A motion for rehearing
or to reopen the record shall specify briefly the error alleged to
require a rehearing or hearing de novo, the prejudice to the movant
alleged to result from such error, the additional evidence sought to be
adduced, why it was not presented previously, and what result it would
require if adduced and credited. Only newly discovered evidence--
evidence which has become available only since the close of the
hearing--or evidence which the regional director or the Board believes
should have been taken at the hearing will be taken at any further
hearing.
    (2) Any motion for reconsideration or for rehearing pursuant to this
paragraph shall be filed within 14 days, or such further period as may
be allowed, after the service of the decision or report. Any request for
an extension of time to file such a motion shall be served promptly on
the other parties. A motion to reopen the record shall be filed promptly
on discovery of the evidence sought to be adduced.
    (3) The filing and pendency of a motion under this provision shall
not unless so ordered operate to stay the effectiveness of any action
taken or directed to be taken, except that, if the motion states with
particularity that the granting thereof will affect the eligibility to
vote of specific employees, the ballots of such employees shall be
challenged and impounded in any election conducted while such motion is
pending. A motion for reconsideration, for rehearing, or to reopen the
record need not be filed to exhaust administrative remedies.

[79 FR 3490, Jan. 22, 2014]



Sec. 102.66  Introduction of evidence: rights of parties at hearing;
subpoenas.

    (a) Any party shall have the right to appear at any hearing in
person, by counsel, or by other representative, and any party and the
hearing officer shall have power to call, examine, and cross-examine
witnesses and to introduce into the record documentary and other
evidence. Witnesses shall be examined orally under oath. The rules of

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evidence prevailing in courts of law or equity shall not be controlling.
Stipulations of fact may be introduced in evidence with respect to any
issue.
    (b) Any objection with respect to the conduct of the hearing,
including any objection to the introduction of evidence, may be stated
orally or in writing, accompanied by a short statement of the grounds of
such objection, and included in the record. No such objection shall be
deemed waived by further participation in the hearing.
    (c) The Board, or any Member thereof, shall, on the written
application of any party, forthwith issue subpoenas requiring the
attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of any
evidence, including books, records, correspondence, or documents, in
their possession or under their control. The Executive Secretary shall
have the authority to sign and issue any such subpoenas on behalf of the
Board or any Member thereof. Any party may file applications for
subpoenas in writing with the Regional Director if made prior to
hearing, or with the hearing officer if made at the hearing.
Applications for subpoenas may be made ex parte. The Regional Director
or the hearing officer, as the case may be, shall forthwith grant the
subpoenas requested. Any person served with a subpoena, whether ad
testificandum or duces tecum, if he or she does not intend to comply
with the subpoena, shall, within 5 days after the date of service of the
subpoena, petition in writing to revoke the subpoena. The date of
service for purposes of computing the time for filing a petition to
revoke shall be the date the subpoena is received. Such petition shall
be filed with the regional director who may either rules upon it or
refer it for ruling to the hearing officer: Provided, however, That if
the evidence called for is to be produced at a hearing and the hearing
has opened, the petition to revoke shall be filed with the hearing
officer. Notice of the filing of petitions to revoke shall be promptly
given by the regional director or hearing officer, as the case may be,
to the party at whose request the subpoena was issued. The regional
director or the hearing officer, as the case may be, shall revoke the
subpoena if, in his opinion, the evidence whose production is required
does not relate to any matter under investigation or in question in the
proceedings or the subpoena does not describe with sufficient
particularity the evidence whose production is required, or if for any
other reason sufficient in law the subpoena is otherwise invalid. The
regional director or the hearing officer, as the case may be, shall make
a simple statement of procedural or other grounds for his ruling. The
petition to revoke, any answer filed thereto, and any ruling thereon
shall not become part of the record except upon the request of the party
aggrieved by the ruling. Persons compelled to submit data or evidence
are entitled to retain or, on payment of lawfully prescribed costs, to
procure copies or transcripts of the data or evidence submitted by them.
    (d) Any party shall be entitled, upon request, to a reasonable
period at the close of the hearing for oral argument, which shall be
included in the stenographic report of the hearing.
    (e) The hearing officer may submit an analysis of the record to the
regional director or the Board but he shall make no recommendations.
    (f) Witness fees and mileage shall be paid by the party at whose
instance the witness appears.

[79 FR 3490, Jan. 22, 2014]



Sec. 102.67  Proceedings before the regional director; further
hearing; briefs; action by the regional director; appeals from action

by the regional director; statement in opposition to appeal;
transfer of case to the Board; proceedings before the Board; Board
action.

    (a) The regional director may proceed, either forthwith upon the
record or after oral argument, the submission of briefs, or further
hearing, as he may deem proper, to determine the unit appropriate for
the purpose of collective bargaining, to determine whether a question
concerning representation exists, and to direct an election, dismiss the
petition, or make other disposition of the matter. Any party desiring to
submit a brief to the regional director shall file the original and one
copy thereof, which may be a typed carbon copy, within 7 days after the
close of

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the hearing: Provided, however, That prior to the close of the hearing
and for good cause the hearing officer may grant an extension of time
not to exceed an additional 14 days. Copies of the brief shall be served
on all other parties to the proceeding and a statement of such service
shall be filed with the regional director together with the brief. No
reply brief may be filed except upon special leave of the regional
director.
    (b) A decision by the regional director upon the record shall set
forth his findings, conclusions, and order or direction. The decision of
the regional director shall be final: Provided, however, That within 14
days after service thereof any party may file a request for review with
the Board in Washington, DC The regional director shall schedule and
conduct any election directed by the decision notwithstanding that a
request for review has been filed with or granted by the Board. The
filing of such a request shall not, unless otherwise ordered by the
Board, operate as a stay of the election or any action taken or directed
by the regional director: Provided, however, That if a pending request
for review has not been ruled upon or has been granted ballots whose
validity might be affected by the final Board decision shall be
segregated in an appropriate manner, and all ballots shall be impounded
and remain unopened pending such decision.
    (c) The Board will grant a request for review only where compelling
reasons exist therefor. Accordingly, a request for review may be granted
only upon one or more of the following grounds:
    (1) That a substantial question of law or policy is raised because
of
    (i) The absence of, or
    (ii) A departure from, officially reported Board precedent.
    (2) That the regional director's decision on a substantial factual
issue is clearly erroneous on the record and such error prejudicially
affects the rights of a party.
    (3) That the conduct of the hearing or any ruling made in connection
with the proceeding has resulted in prejudicial error.
    (4) That there are compelling reasons for reconsideration of an
important Board rule or policy.
    (d) Any request for review must be a self-contained document
enabling the Board to rule on the basis of its contents without the
necessity or recourse to the record; however, the Board may, in its
discretion, examine the record in evaluating the request. With respect
to ground (2), and other grounds where appropriate, said request must
contain a summary of all evidence or rulings bearing on the issues
together with page citations from the transcript and a summary of
argument. But such request may not raise any issue or allege any facts
not timely presented to the regional director.
    (e) Any party may, within 7 days after the last day on which the
request for review must be filed, file with the Board a statement in
opposition thereto, which shall be served in accordance with the
requirements of paragraph (k) of this section. A statement of such
service of opposition shall be filed simultaneously with the Board. The
Board may deny the request for review without awaiting a statement in
opposition thereto.
    (f) The parties may, at any time, waive their right to request
review. Failure to request review shall preclude such parties from
relitigating, in any related subsequent unfair labor practice
proceeding, any issue which was, or could have been, raised in the
representation proceeding. Denial of a request for review shall
constitute an affirmance of the regional director's action which shall
also preclude relitigating any such issues in any related subsequent
unfair labor practice proceeding.
    (g) The granting of a request for review shall not stay the regional
director's decision unless otherwise ordered by the Board. Except where
the Board rules upon the issues on review in the order granting review,
the appellants and other parties may, within 14 days after issuance of
an order granting review, file briefs with the Board. Such briefs may be
reproductions of those previously filed with the regional director and/
or other briefs which shall be limited to the issues raised in the
request for review. Where review has been granted, the Board will
consider the entire record in the light of the

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grounds relied on for review. Any request for review may be withdrawn
with the permission of the Board at any time prior to the issuance of
the decision of the Board thereon.
    (h) In any case in which it appears to the regional director that
the proceeding raises questions which should be decided by the Board, he
may, at any time, issue an order, to be effective after the close of the
hearing and before decision, transferring the case to the Board for
decision. Such an order may be served on the parties upon the record of
the hearing.
    (i) If any case is transferred to the Board for decision after the
parties have filed briefs with the regional director, the parties may,
within such time after service of the order transferring the case as is
fixed by the regional director, file with the Board the brief previously
filed with the regional director. No further briefs shall be permitted
except by special permission of the Board. If the case is transferred to
the Board before the time expires for the filing of briefs with the
regional director and before the parties have filed briefs, such briefs
shall be filed as set forth above and served in accordance with the
requirements of paragraph (k) of this section within the time set by the
regional director. If the order transferring the case is served on the
parties during the hearing, the hearing officer may, prior to the close
of the hearing and for good cause, grant an extension of time within
which to file a brief with the Board for a period not to exceed an
additional 14 days. No reply brief may be filed except upon special
leave of the Board.
    (j) Upon transfer of the case to the Board, the Board shall proceed,
either forthwith upon the record, or after oral argument or the
submission of briefs, or further hearing, as it may determine, to decide
the issues referred to it or to review the decision of the regional
director and shall direct a secret ballot of the employees or the
appropriate action to be taken on impounded ballots of an election
already conducted, dismiss the petition, affirm or reverse the regional
director's order in whole or in part, or make such other disposition of
the matter as it deems appropriate.
    (k)(1) All documents filed with the Board under the provisions of
this section shall be filed in eight copies, double spaced, on 8\1/2\ by
11-inch paper, and shall be printed or otherwise legibly duplicated.
Carbon copies of typewritten materials will not be accepted. Requests
for review, including briefs in support thereof; statements in
opposition thereto; and briefs on review shall not exceed 50 pages in
length, exclusive of subject index and table of cases and other
authorities cited, unless permission to exceed that limit is obtained
from the Board by motion, setting forth the reasons therefor, filed not
less than 5 days, including Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, prior to
the date the document is due. Where any brief filed pursuant to this
section exceeds 20 pages, it shall contain a subject index with page
authorities cited.
    (2) The party filing with the Board a request for review, a
statement in opposition to a request for review, or a brief on review
shall serve a copy thereof on the other parties and shall file a copy
with the regional director. A statement of such service shall be filed
with the Board together with the document.
    (3) Requests for extensions of time to file requests for review,
statements in opposition to a request for review, or briefs, as
permitted by this section, shall be filed with the Board or the Regional
Director, as the case may be. The party filing the request for an
extension of time shall serve a copy thereof on the other parties and,
if filed with the Board, on the Regional Director. A statement of such
service shall be filed with the document.

[79 FR 3491, Jan. 22, 2014]



Sec. 102.68  Record; what constitutes; transmission to Board.

    The record in a proceeding conducted pursuant to the foregoing
section shall consist of: the petition, notice of hearing with affidavit
of service thereof, motions, rulings, orders, the stenographic report of
the hearing and of any oral argument before the regional director,
stipulations, exhibits, affidavits of service, and any briefs or other
legal memoranda submitted by the parties to the regional director or to
the Board, and the decision of the regional

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director, if any. Immediately upon issuance by the regional director of
an order transferring the case to the Board, or upon issuance of an
order granting a request for review by the Board, the regional director
shall transmit the record to the Board.

[46 FR 45922, Sept. 15, 1981]



Sec. 102.69  Election procedure; tally of ballots; objections;
certification by the regional director; report on challenged ballots;

report on objections; exceptions; action of the Board; hearing.

    (a) Unless otherwise directed by the Board, all elections shall be
conducted under the supervision of the Regional Director in whose Region
the proceeding is pending. All elections shall be by secret ballot.
Whenever two or more labor organizations are included as choices in an
election, either participant may, upon its prompt request to and
approval thereof by the Regional Director, whose decision shall be
final, have its name removed from the ballot: Provided, however, That in
a proceeding involving an employer-filed petition or a petition for
decertification the labor organization certified, currently recognized,
or found to be seeking recognition may not have its name removed from
the ballot without giving timely notice in writing to all parties and
the Regional Director, disclaiming any representation interest among the
employees in the unit. Any party may be represented by observers of its
own selection, subject to such limitations as the Regional Director may
prescribe. Any party and Board agents may challenge, for good cause, the
eligibility of any person to participate in the election. The ballots of
such challenged persons shall be impounded. Upon the conclusion of the
election the ballots will be counted and a tally of ballots prepared and
immediately made available to the parties. Within 7 days after the tally
of ballots has been prepared, any party may file with the Regional
Director an original and five copies of objections to the conduct of the
election or to conduct affecting the results of the election, which
shall contain a short statement of the reasons therefor. Such filing
must be timely whether or not the challenged ballots are sufficient in
number to affect the results of the election. A person filing objections
by facsimile pursuant to Sec. 102.114(f) of this part shall also file
an original for the Agency's records, but failure to do so shall not
affect the validity of the filing by facsimile, if otherwise proper. In
addition, extra copies need not be filed if the filing is by facsimile
pursuant to Sec. 102.114(f) of this part. The Regional Director will
cause a copy of the objections to be served on each of the other parties
to the proceeding. Within 7 days after the filing of objections, or such
additional time as the Regional Director may allow, the party filing
objections shall furnish to the Regional Director the evidence available
to it to support the objections.
    (b) If no objections are filed within the time set forth above, if
the challenged ballots are insufficient in number to affect the results
of the election, and if no runoff election is to be held pursuant to
Sec. 102.70 of this subpart, the regional director shall forthwith
issue to the parties a certification of the results of the election,
including certification of representative where appropriate, with the
same force and effect as if issued by the Board, and the proceeding will
thereupon be closed.
    (c)(1) If timely objections are filed to the conduct of the election
or to conduct affecting the results of the election, or if the
challenged ballots are sufficient in number to affect the results of the
election, the regional director shall, consistent with the provisions of
Sec. 102.69(d) of this subpart, initiate an investigation, as required,
of such objections or challenges.
    (2) If a consent election has been held pursuant to Sec. 102.62(b)
of this subpart, the regional director shall prepare and cause to be
served on the parties a report on challenged ballots or on objections,
or on both, including his recommendations, which report, together with
the tally of ballots, he shall forward to the Board in Washington, DC.
Within 14 days from the date of issuance of the report on challenged
ballots or on objections, or on both, any party may file with the Board
in Washington, DC, exceptions to such report, with supporting documents
as

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permitted by Sec. 102.69(g)(3) of this subpart and/or a supporting
brief if desired. Within 7 days from the last date on which exceptions
and any supporting documents and/or supporting brief may be filed, or
such further period as the Board may allow, a party opposing the
exceptions may file an answering brief, with supporting documents as
permitted by Sec. 102.69(g)(3) of this subpart if desired, with the
Board in Washington, DC. If no exceptions are filed to such report, the
Board, upon the expiration of the period for filing such exceptions, may
decide the matter forthwith upon the record or may make other
disposition of the case. The report on challenged ballots may be
consolidated with the report on objections in appropriate cases.
    (3) If the election has been conducted pursuant to a direction of
election issued following any proceeding under Sec. 102.67 of this
subpart, the regional director may:
    (i) Issue a report on objections or on challenged ballots, or on
both, as in the case of a consent election pursuant to paragraph (b) of
Sec. 102.62 of this subpart, or
    (ii) Exercise his authority to decide the case and issue a decision
disposing of the issues, and directing appropriate action or certifying
the results of the election.
    (4) If the regional director issues a report on objections and
challenges, the parties shall have the rights set forth in paragraph
(c)(2) of this section and in Sec. 102.69(f) of this subpart; if the
regional director issues a decision, the parties shall have the rights
set forth in Sec. 102.67 of this subpart to the extent consistent
herewith, including the right to submit documents supporting the request
for review or opposition thereto as permitted by Sec. 102.69(g)(3) of
this subpart.
    (d) In issuing a report on objections or challenged ballots, or
both, following proceedings under Sec. Sec. 102.62(b) or 102.67 of this
subpart, or in issuing a decision on objections or challenged ballots,
or both, following proceedings under Sec. 102.67 of this subpart, the
regional director may act on the basis of an administrative
investigation or upon the record of a hearing before a hearing officer.
Such hearing shall be conducted with respect to those objections or
challenges which the regional director concludes raise substantial and
material factual issues.
    (e) Any hearing pursuant to this section shall be conducted in
accordance with the provisions of Sec. Sec. 102.64, 102.65, and 102.66
of this subpart, insofar as applicable, except that, upon the close of
such hearing, the hearing officer shall, if directed by the regional
director, prepare and cause to be served on the parties a report
resolving questions of credibility and containing findings of fact and
recommendations as to the disposition of the issues. In any case in
which the regional director has directed that a report be prepared and
served, any party may, within 14 days from the date of issuance of such
report, file with the regional director the original and one copy, which
may be a carbon copy, of exceptions to such report, with supporting
brief if desired. A copy of such exceptions, together with a copy of any
brief filed, shall immediately be served on the other parties and a
statement of service filed with the regional director. Within 7 days
from the last date on which exceptions and any supporting brief may be
filed, or such further time as the regional director may allow, a party
opposing the exceptions may file an answering brief with the regional
director. An original and one copy, which may be a carbon copy, shall be
submitted. A copy of such answering brief shall immediately be served on
the other parties and a statement of service filed with the regional
director. If no exceptions are filed to such report, the regional
director, upon the expiration of the period for filing such exceptions,
may decide the matter forthwith upon the record or may make other
disposition of the case.
    (f) In a case involving a consent election held pursuant to Sec.
102.62(b) of this subpart, if exceptions are filed, either to the report
on challenged ballots or on objections, or on both if it be a
consolidated report, and it appears to the Board that such exceptions do
not raise substantial and material issues with respect to the conduct or
results of the election, the Board may decide the matter forthwith upon
the record or may make other disposition of the

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case. If it appears to the Board that such exceptions raise substantial
and material factual issues, the Board may direct the regional director
or other agent of the Board to issue and cause to be served on the
parties a notice of hearing on said exceptions before a hearing officer.
The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of
Sec. Sec. 102.64, 102.65, and 102.66 of this subpart insofar as
applicable. Upon the close of the hearing the agent conducting the
hearing, if directed by the Board, shall prepare and cause to be served
on the parties a report resolving questions of credibility and
containing findings of fact and recommendations to the Board as to the
disposition of the challenges or objections, or both if it be a
consolidated report. In any case in which the Board has directed that a
report be prepared and served, any party may within 14 days from the
date of issuance of the report on challenged ballots or on objections,
or on both, file with the Board in Washington, DC, exceptions to such
report, with supporting brief if desired. Within 7 days from the last
date on which exceptions and any supporting brief may be filed, or such
further period as the Board may allow, a party opposing the exceptions
may file an answering brief with the Board in Washington, DC. If no
exceptions are filed to such report, the Board, upon the expiration of
the period for filing such exceptions, may decide the matter forthwith
upon the record or may make other disposition of the case. The Board
shall thereupon proceed pursuant to Sec. 102.67: Provided, however,
That in any with an unfair labor practice case for purposes of hearing
the provisions of Sec. 102.46 of this part of these rules shall govern
with respect to the filing of exceptions or an answering brief to the
exceptions to the administrative law judge's decision.
    (g)(1)(i) In a proceeding pursuant to this section in which a
hearing is held, the record in the case shall consist of the notice of
hearing, motions, rulings, orders, stenographic report of the hearing,
stipulations, exhibits, together with the objections to the conduct of
the election or to conduct affecting the results of the election, any
report on such objections, any report on challenged ballots, exceptions
to any such report, any briefs or other legal memoranda submitted by the
parties, the decision of the regional director, if any, and the record
previously made as defined in Sec. 102.68 of this subpart. Materials
other than those set out above shall not be a part of the record.
    (ii) In a proceeding pursuant to this section in which no hearing is
held, the record shall consist of the objections to the conduct of the
election or to conduct affecting the results of the election, any report
on objections or on challenged ballots and any exceptions to such a
report, any regional director's decision on objections or challenged
ballots and any request for review of such a decision, any documentary
evidence, excluding statements of witnesses, relied upon by the regional
director in his decision or report, any briefs or other legal memoranda
submitted by the parties, and any other motions, rulings or orders of
the regional director. Materials other than those set out above shall
not be a part of the record, except as provided in paragraph (g)(3) of
this section.
    (2) Immediately upon issuance of a report on objections or
challenges, or both, upon issuance by the regional director of an order
transferring the case to the Board, or upon issuance of an order
granting a request for review by the Board, the regional director shall
transmit to the Board the record of the proceeding as defined in
paragraph (g)(1) of this section.
    (3) In a proceeding pursuant to this section in which no hearing is
held, a party filing exceptions to a regional director's report on
objections or challenges, a request for review of a regional director's
decision on objections or challenges, or any opposition thereto, may
support its submission to the Board by appending thereto copies of
documentary evidence, including copies of any affidavits, it has timely
submitted to the regional director and which were not included in the
report or decision. Documentary evidence so appended shall there upon
become part of the record in the proceeding. Failure to timely submit
such documentary evidence to the regional director, or to append that
evidence to its submission

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to the Board in the representation proceeding as provided above, shall
preclude a party from replying on such evidence in any subsequent
related unfair labor proceeding.
    (h) In any such case in which the regional director or the Board,
upon a ruling on challenged ballots, has directed that such ballots be
opened and counted and a revised tally of ballots issued, and no
objection to such revised tally is filed by any party within 7 days
after the revised tally of ballots has been made available, the regional
director shall forthwith issue to the parties certification of the
results of the election, including certifications of representative
where appropriate, with the same force and effect as if issued by the
Board. The proceeding shall thereupon be closed.
    (i)(1) The action of the regional director in issuing a notice of
hearing on objections or challenged ballots, or both, following
proceedings under Sec. 102.62(b) of this subpart shall constitute a
transfer of the case to the Board, and the provisions of Sec. 102.65(c)
of this subpart shall apply with respect to special permission to appeal
to the Board from any such direction of hearing.
    (2) Exceptions, if any, to the hearing officer's report or to the
administrative law judge's decision, and any answering brief to such
exceptions, shall be filed with the Board in Washington, DC, in
accordance with paragraph (f) of this section.
    (j)(1) All documents filed with the Board under the provisions of
this section shall be filed in eight copies, double spaced, on 8\1/2\ by
11-inch paper, and shall be printed or otherwise legibly duplicated.
Carbon copies of typewritten materials will not be accepted. Briefs in
support of exceptions or answering briefs shall not exceed 50 pages in
length, exclusive of subject index and table of cases and other
authorities cited, unless permission to exceed that limit is obtained
from the Board by motion, setting forth the reasons therefor, filed not
less than 5 days, including Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, prior to
the date the brief is due. Where any brief filed pursuant to this
section exceeds 20 pages, it shall contain a subject index with page
references and an alphabetical table of cases and other authorities
cited.
    (2) The party filing with the Board exceptions to a report, a
supporting brief, or an answering brief shall serve a copy thereof on
the other parties and shall file a copy with the regional director. A
statement of such service shall be filed with the Board together with
the document.
    (3) Requests for extensions of time to file exceptions to a report,
supporting briefs, or answering briefs, as permitted by this section,
shall be filed with the Board on the Regional Director, as the case may
be. The party filing the request for an extension of time shall serve a
copy thereof on the other parties and, if filed with the Board, or the
Regional Director. A statement of such service shall be filed with the
document.

[79 FR 3492, Jan. 22, 2014]



Sec. 102.70  Runoff election.

    (a) The regional director shall conduct a runoff election, without
further order of the Board, when an election in which the ballot
provided for not less than three choices (i.e., at least two
representatives and ``neither'') results in no choice receiving a
majority of the valid ballots cast and no objections are filed as
provided in Sec. 102.69. Only one runoff shall be held pursuant to this
section.
    (b) Employees who were eligible to vote in the election and who are
in an eligible category on the date of the runoff election shall be
eligible to vote in the runoff election.
    (c) The ballot in the runoff election shall provide for a selection
between the two choices receiving the largest and second largest number
of votes.
    (d) In the event the number of votes cast in an inconclusive
election in which the ballot provided for a choice among two or more
representatives and ``neither'' or ``none'' is equally divided among the
several choices; or in the event the number of ballots cast for one
choice in such election is equal to the number cast for another of the
choices but less than the number cast for the third choice, the regional
director shall declare the first election a nullity and shall conduct
another election, providing for a selection from

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among the three choices afforded in the original ballot; and he shall
thereafter proceed in accordance with paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of
this section. In the event two or more choices receive the same number
of ballots and another choice receives no ballots and there are no
challenged ballots that would affect the results of the election, and if
all eligible voters have cast valid ballots, there shall be no runoff
election and a certification of results of election shall be issued.
Only one such further election pursuant to this paragraph may be held.
    (e) Upon the conclusion of the runoff election, the provisions of
Sec. 102.69 shall govern, insofar as applicable.

[26 FR 3891, May 4, 1961]



Sec. 102.71  Dismissal of petition; refusal to proceed with petition;
requests for review by the Board of action of the regional director.

    (a) If, after a petition has been filed and at any time prior to the
close of hearing, it shall appear to the regional director that no
further proceedings are warranted, the regional director may dismiss the
petition by administrative action and shall so advise the petitioner in
writing, setting forth a simple statement of the procedural or other
grounds for the dismissal, with copies to the other parties to the
proceeding. Any party may obtain a review of such action by filing a
request therefor with the Board in Washington, DC, in accordance with
the provisions of paragraph (c) of this section. A request for review
from an action of a regional director pursuant to this subsection may be
granted only upon one or more of the following grounds:
    (1) That a substantial question of law or policy is raised because
of (i) the absence of, or (ii) a departure from, officially reported
Board precedent.
    (2) There are compelling reasons for reconsideration of an important
Board rule or policy.
    (3) The request for review is accompanied by documentary evidence
previously submitted to the regional director raising serious doubts as
to the regional director's factual findings, thus indicating that there
are factual issues which can best be resolved upon the basis of a record
developed at a hearing.
    (4) The regional director's action is, on its face, arbitrary or
capricious.
    (5) The petition raises issues which can best be resolved upon the
basis of a record developed at a hearing.
    (b) Where the regional director dismisses a petition or directs that
the proceeding on the petition be held in abeyance, and such action is
taken because of the pendency of concurrent unresolved charges of unfair
labor practices, and the regional director, upon request, has so
notified the parties in writing, any party may obtain a review of the
regional director's action by filing a request therefor with the Board
in Washington, DC, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (c) of
this section. A review of an action of a regional director pursuant to
this subsection may be granted only upon one or more of the following
grounds:
    (1) That a substantial question of law or policy is raised because
of (i) the absence of, or (ii) a departure from, officially reported
Board precedent.
    (2) There are compelling reasons for reconsideration of an important
Board rule or policy.
    (3) The regional director's action is, on its face, arbitrary or
capricious.
    (c) A request for review must be filed with the Board in Washington,
DC, and a copy filed with the regional director and copies served on all
the other parties within 14 days of service of the notice of dismissal
or notification that the petition is to be held in abeyance. The request
shall be submitted in eight copies and shall contain a complete
statement setting forth facts and reasons upon which the request is
based. Such request shall be printed or otherwise legibly duplicated:
Provided, however, That carbon copies of typewritten materials will not
be accepted. Requests for an extension of time within which to file the
request for review shall be filed with the Board in Washington, DC, and
a statement of service shall accompany such request.

[39 FR 4080, Feb. 1, 1974, as amended at 40 FR 6204, Feb. 10, 1975; 51
FR 23748, July 1, 1986]

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Sec. 102.72  Filing petition with general counsel; investigation upon
motion of general counsel; transfer of petition and proceeding from

region to general counsel or to another region; consolidation of
proceedings in same region; severance; procedure before general
counsel in cases over which he has assumed jurisdiction.

    (a) Whenever it appears necessary in order to effectuate the
purposes of the Act, or to avoid unnecessary costs of delay, the general
counsel may permit a petition to be filed with him in Washington, DC, or
may, at any time after a petition has been filed with a regional
director pursuant to Sec. 102.60, order that such petition and any
proceeding that may have been instituted with respect thereto:
    (1) Be transferred to and continued before him, for the purpose of
investigation or consolidation with any other proceeding which may have
been instituted in a regional office or with him; or
    (2) Be consolidated with any other proceeding which may have been
instituted in the same region; or
    (3) Be transferred to and continued in any other region, for the
purpose of investigation or consolidation with any proceeding which may
have been instituted in or transferred to such region; or
    (4) Be severed from any other proceeding with which it may have been
consolidated pursuant to this section.
    (b) The provisions of Sec. Sec. 102.60 to 102.71, inclusive, shall,
insofar as applicable, apply to proceedings before the general counsel
pursuant to this section, and the powers granted to regional directors
in such provisions shall, for the purpose of this section, be reserved
to and exercised by the general counsel. After the transfer of any
petition and any proceeding which may have been instituted in respect
thereto from one region to another pursuant to this section, the
provisions of this subpart shall, insofar as applicable, govern such
petition and such proceedings as if the petition has originally been
filed in the region to which the transfer was made.
    (c) The regional director may exercise the powers in paragraph
(a)(2) and (4) of this section with respect to proceedings pending in
his region.

[32 FR 9550, July 1, 1967]



 Subpart D_Procedure for Unfair Labor Practice and Representation Cases
               Under Sections 8(b)(7) and 9(c) of the Act



Sec. 102.73  Initiation of proceedings.

    Whenever it is charged that any person has engaged in an unfair
labor practice within the meaning of section 8(b)(7) of the Act, the
regional director shall investigate such charges, giving it the priority
specified in subpart G of this part.



Sec. 102.74  Complaint and formal proceedings.

    If it appears to the regional director that the charge has merit,
formal proceedings in respect thereto shall be instituted in accordance
with the procedures described in Sec. Sec. 102.15 to 102.51, inclusive,
insofar as they are applicable, and insofar as they are not inconsistent
with the provisions of this subpart. If it appears to the regional
director that issuance of a complaint is not warranted, he shall decline
to issue a complaint, and the provisions of Sec. 102.19, including the
provisions for appeal to the general counsel, shall be applicable unless
an election has been directed under Sec. Sec. 102.77 and 102.78, in
which event the provisions of Sec. 102.81 shall be applicable.



Sec. 102.75  Suspension of proceedings on the charge where timely
petition is filed.

    If it appears to the regional director that issuance of a complaint
may be warranted but for the pendency of a petition under section 9(c)
of the Act, which has been filed by any proper party within a reasonable
time not to exceed 30 days from the commencement of picketing, the
regional director shall suspend proceedings on the charge and shall
proceed to investigate the petition under the expedited procedure
provided below, pursuant to the first proviso to subparagraph (C) of
section 8(b)(7) of the Act.

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Sec. 102.76  Petition; who may file; where to file; contents.

    When picketing of an employer has been conducted for an object
proscribed by section 8(b)(7) of the Act, a petition for the
determination of a question concerning representation of the employees
of such employer may be filed in accordance with the provisions of
Sec. Sec. 102.60 and 102.61, insofar as applicable: Provided, however,
That if a charge under Sec. 102.73 has been filed against the labor
organization on whose behalf picketing has been conducted, the petition
shall not be required to contain a statement that the employer declines
to recognize the petitioner as the representative within the meaning of
section 9(a) of the Act; or that the labor organization is currently
recognized but desires certification under the act; or that the
individuals or labor organizations who have been certified or are
currently recognized by the employer are no longer the representative;
or, if the petitioner is an employer, that one or more individuals or
labor organizations have presented to the petitioner a claim to be
recognized as the exclusive representative of the employees in the unit
claimed to be appropriate.



Sec. 102.77  Investigation of petition by regional director; directed
election.

    (a) Where a petition has been filed pursuant to Sec. 102.76 the
regional director shall make an investigation of the matters and
allegations set forth therein. Any party, and any individual or labor
organization purporting to act as representative of the employees
involved and any labor organization on whose behalf picketing has been
conducted as described in section 8(b)(7)(C) of the Act may present
documentary and other evidence relating to the matters and allegations
set forth in the petition.
    (b) If after the investigation of such petition or any petition
filed under subpart C of this part, and after the investigation of the
charge filed pursuant to Sec. 102.73 of this subpart, it appears to the
regional director that an expedited election under section 8(b)(7)(C) is
warranted, and that the policies of the act would be effectuated
thereby, he shall forthwith proceed to conduct an election by secret
ballot of the employees in an appropriate unit, or make other
disposition of the matter: Provided, however, That in any case in which
it appears to the regional director that the proceeding raises questions
which cannot be decided without a hearing, he may issue and cause to be
served on the parties, individuals, and labor organizations involved a
notice of hearing before a hearing officer at a time and place fixed
therein. In this event, the method of conducting the hearing and the
procedure following, including transfer of the case to the Board, shall
be governed insofar as applicable by Sec. Sec. 102.63 to 102.68 of this
part, inclusive, except that the parties shall not file briefs without
special permission of the regional director or the Board, as the case
may be, but shall, however, state their respective legal positions upon
the record at the close of the hearing, and except that any request for
review of a decision of the regional director shall be filed promptly
after the issuance of such decision.

[24 FR 9102, Nov. 7, 1959, as amended at 26 FR 3892, May 4, 1961; 76 FR
80188, Dec. 22, 2011; 79 FR 3494, Jan. 22, 2014]



Sec. 102.78  Election procedure; method of conducting balloting;
postballoting procedure.

    If no agreement such as that provided in Sec. 102.79 has been made,
the regional director shall fix the time and place of the election,
eligibility requirements for voting, and other arrangements for the
balloting. The method of conducting the balloting and the postballoting
procedure shall be governed, insofar as applicable, by the provisions of
Sec. Sec. 102.69 and 102.70 except that the labor organization on whose
behalf picketing has been conducted may not have its name removed from
the ballot without the consent of the regional director and except that
the regional director's rulings on any objections or challenged ballots
shall be final unless the Board grants special permission to appeal from
the regional director's rulings. Any request for such permission shall
be filed promptly, in writing, and shall briefly state the grounds
relied upon. The party requesting review shall immediately serve a copy
thereof on each other party. A request for review shall not operate as a

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stay of the regional director's rulings unless so ordered by the Board.



Sec. 102.79  Consent-election agreements.

    Where a petition has been duly filed, the parties involved may,
subject to the approval of the regional director, enter into an
agreement governing the method of conducting the election as provided
for in Sec. 102.62(a), insofar as applicable.



Sec. 102.80  Dismissal of petition; refusal to process petition under
expedited procedure.

    (a) If, after a petition has been filed pursuant to the provisions
of Sec. 102.76, and prior to the close of the hearing, it shall appear
to the regional director that further proceedings in respect thereto in
accordance with the provisions of Sec. 102.77 are not warranted, he may
dismiss the petition by administrative action, and the action of the
regional director shall be final, subject to a prompt appeal to the
Board on special permission which may be granted by the Board. Upon such
appeal the provisions of Sec. 102.71 shall govern insofar as
applicable. Such appeal shall not operate as a stay unless specifically
ordered by the Board.
    (b) If it shall appear to the regional director that an expedited
election is not warranted but that proceedings under subpart C of this
part are warranted, he shall so notify the parties in writing with a
simple statement of the grounds for his decision.
    (c) Where the regional director, pursuant to Sec. Sec. 102.77 and
102.78, has determined that a hearing prior to election is not required
to resolve the issues raised by the petition and has directed an
expedited election, any party aggrieved may file a request with the
Board for special permission to appeal from such determination. Such
request shall be filed promptly, in writing, and shall briefly state the
grounds relied upon. The party requesting such appeal shall immediately
serve a copy thereof on each other party. Should the Board grant the
requested permission to appeal, such action shall not, unless
specifically ordered by the Board, operate as a stay of any action by
the regional director.

[24 FR 9102, Nov. 7, 1959, as amended at 26 FR 3892, May 4, 1961]



Sec. 102.81  Review by the general counsel of refusal to proceed on
charge; resumption of proceedings upon charge held during pendency of

petition; review by the general counsel of refusal to proceed on
related charge.

    (a) Where an election has been directed by the regional director or
the Board in accordance with the provisions of Sec. Sec. 102.77 and
102.78, the regional director shall decline to issue a complaint on the
charge, and he shall so advise the parties in writing, accompanied by a
simple statement of the procedural or other grounds for his action. The
person making the charge may obtain a review of such action by filing an
appeal with the general counsel in Washington, DC, and filing a copy of
the appeal with the regional director, within 7 days from the service of
the notice of such refusal by the regional director. In all other
respects the appeal shall be subject to the provisions of Sec. 102.19.
Such appeal shall not operate as a stay of any action by the regional
director.
    (b) Where an election has not been directed and the petition has
been dismissed in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 102.80, the
regional director shall resume investigation of the charge and shall
proceed in accordance with Sec. 102.74.
    (c) If in connection with an 8(b)(7) proceeding, unfair labor
practice charges under other sections of the act have been filed and the
regional director upon investigation has declined to issue a complaint
upon such charges, he shall so advise the parties in writing,
accompanied by a simple statement of the procedural or other grounds for
his action. The person making such charges may obtain a review of such
action by filing an appeal with the general counsel in Washington, DC,
and filing a copy of the appeal with the regional director, within 7
days from the service of the notice of such refusal by the regional
director.

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In all other respects the appeal shall be subject to the provisions of
Sec. 102.19.

[32 FR 9550, July 1, 1967, as amended at 51 FR 23749, July 1, 1986]



Sec. 102.82  Transfer, consolidation, and severance.

    The provisions of Sec. Sec. 102.33 and 102.72, respecting the
filing of a charge or petition with the general counsel and the
transfer, consolidation, and severance of proceedings, shall apply to
proceedings under this subpart, except that the provisions of Sec. Sec.
102.73 to 102.81, inclusive, shall govern proceedings before the general
counsel.



    Subpart E_Procedure for Referendum Under Section 9(e) of the Act



Sec. 102.83  Petition for referendum under section 9(e)(1) of the Act;
who may file; where to file; withdrawal.

    A petition to rescind the authority of a labor organization to make
an agreement requiring as a condition of employment membership in such
labor organization may be filed by an employee or group of employees on
behalf of 30 percent or more of the employees in a bargaining unit
covered by such an agreement. The petition shall be in writing and
signed, and either shall be sworn to before a notary public, Board
agent, or other person duly authorized by law to administer oaths and
take acknowledgments or shall contain a declaration by the person
signing it, under the penalties of the Criminal Code, that its contents
are true and correct to the best of his knowledge and belief. One
original of the petition shall be filed with the Regional Director
wherein the bargaining unit exists or, if the unit exists in two or more
Regions, with the Regional Director for any of such Regions. A person
filing a petition by facsimile pursuant to Sec. 102.114(f) shall also
file an original for the Agency's records, but failure to do so shall
not affect the validity of the filing by facsimile, if otherwise proper.
The petition may be withdrawn only with the approval of the Regional
Director with whom such petition was filed, except that if the
proceeding has been transferred to the Board, pursuant to Sec. 102.67,
the petition may be withdrawn only with the consent of the Board. Upon
approval of the withdrawal of any petition the case shall be closed.

[67 FR 658, Jan. 7, 2002]



Sec. 102.84  Contents of petition to rescind authority.

    (a) The name of the employer.
    (b) The address of the establishments involved.
    (c) The general nature of the employer's business.
    (d) A description of the bargaining unit involved.
    (e) The name and address of the labor organization whose authority
it is desired to rescind.
    (f) The number of employees in the unit.
    (g) Whether there is a strike or picketing in progress at the
establishment involved and, if so, the approximate number of employees
participating, and the date such strike or picketing commenced.
    (h) The date of execution and of expiration of any contract in
effect covering the unit involved.
    (i) The name and address of the person designated to accept service
of documents for petitioners.
    (j) Any other relevant facts.



Sec. 102.85  Investigation of petition by regional director; consent
referendum; directed referendum.

    Where a petition has been filed pursuant to Sec. 102.83 of this
subpart and it appears to the regional director that the petitioner has
made an appropriate showing, in such form as the regional director may
determine, that 30 percent or more of the employees within a unit
covered by an agreement between their employer and a labor organization
requiring membership in such labor organization desire to rescind the
authority of such labor organization to make such an agreement, he shall
proceed to conduct a secret ballot of the employees involved on the
question whether they desire to rescind the authority of the labor
organization to make such an agreement with their employer: Provided,
however, That in any case in which it appears to the regional director
that the proceeding

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raises questions which cannot be decided without a hearing, he may issue
and cause to be served on the parties a notice of hearing before a
hearing officer at a time and place fixed therein. The regional director
shall fix the time and place of the election, eligibility requirements
for voting, and other arrangements of the balloting, but the parties may
enter into an agreement, subject to the approval of the regional
director, fixing such arrangements. In any such consent agreements,
provision may be made for final determination of all questions arising
with respect to the balloting by the regional director or by the Board.

[79 FR 3494, Jan. 22, 2014]



Sec. 102.86  Hearing; posthearing procedure.

    The method of conducting the hearing and the procedure following the
hearing, including transfer of the case to the Board, shall be governed,
insofar as applicable, by Sec. Sec. 102.63 to 102.68 of this part,
inclusive.

[79 FR 3495, Jan. 22, 2014]



Sec. 102.87  Method of conducting balloting; postballoting procedure.

    The method of conducting the balloting and the postballoting
procedure shall be governed by the provisions of Sec. 102.69, insofar
as applicable.



Sec. 102.88  Refusal to conduct referendum; appeal to Board.

    If, after a petition has been filed, and prior to the close of the
hearing, it shall appear to the regional director that no referendum
should be conducted, he shall dismiss the petition by administrative
action. Such dismissal shall be in writing and accompanied by a simple
statement of the procedural or other grounds. The petitioner may obtain
a review of such action by filing a request therefor with the Board in
Washington, DC, and filing a copy of such request with the regional
director and the other parties within 14 days from the service of notice
of such dismissal. The request shall contain a complete statement
setting forth the facts and reasons upon which the request is based.

[51 FR 30636, Aug. 28, 1986]



 Subpart F_Procedure To Hear and Determine Disputes Under Section 10(k)
                               of the Act



Sec. 102.89  Initiation of proceedings.

    Whenever it is charged that any person has engaged in an unfair
labor practice within the meaning of paragraph (4)(D) of section 8(b) of
the Act, the regional director of the office in which such charge is
filed or to which it is referred shall, as soon as possible after the
charge has been filed, serve upon the parties a copy of the charge
together with a notice of the filing of the charge and shall investigate
such charge and if it is deemed appropriate to seek injunctive relief of
a district court pursuant to section 10(1) of the Act, he shall give it
priority over all other cases in the office except other cases under
section 10(1) and cases of like character.

[26 FR 7546, Aug. 15, 1961]



Sec. 102.90  Notice of filing of charge; notice of hearing; hearing;
proceedings before the Board; briefs; determination of dispute.

    If it appears to the Regional Director that the charge has merit and
the parties to the dispute have not submitted satisfactory evidence to
the Regional Director that they have adjusted, or have agreed upon
methods for the voluntary adjustment of, the dispute out of which such
unfair labor practice shall have arisen, he shall cause to be served on
all parties to such dispute a notice of hearing under section 10(k) of
the Act before a hearing officer at a time and place fixed therein which
shall be not less than 10 days after service of the notice of the filing
of said charge. The notice of hearing shall contain a simple statement
of the issues involved in such dispute. Such notice shall be issued
promptly, and, in cases in which it is deemed appropriate to seek
injunctive relief pursuant to section 10(l) of the Act, shall normally
be issued within 5 days of the date upon which injunctive relief is
first sought. Hearings shall be conducted by a hearing officer, and the
procedure shall conform, insofar as applicable, to the procedure set
forth in Sec. Sec. 102.64 to

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102.68, inclusive. Upon the close of the hearing, the proceeding shall
be transferred to the Board and the Board shall proceed either forthwith
upon the record, or after oral argument, or the submission of briefs, or
further hearing, to determine the dispute or make other disposition of
the matter. Should any party desire to file a brief with the Board,
eight copies thereof shall be filed with the Board in Washington, DC,
within 7 days after the close of the hearing: Provided, however, That in
cases involving the national defense and so designated in the notice of
hearing no briefs shall be filed, and the parties, after the close of
the evidence, may argue orally upon the record their respective
contentions and positions: Provided further, That, in cases involving
the national defense, upon application for leave to file briefs
expeditiously made to the Board in Washington, DC, after the close of
the hearing, the Board may for good cause shown grant such leave and
thereupon specify the time for filing. Immediately upon such filing, a
copy shall be served on the other parties. Such brief shall be printed
or otherwise legibly duplicated: Provided, however, That carbon copies
of typewritten matter shall not be filed and if submitted will not be
accepted. Requests for extension of time in which to file a brief under
authority of this section shall be in writing with copies thereof served
on the other parties. No reply brief may be filed except upon special
leave of the Board.

[56 FR 49144, Sept. 27, 1991]



Sec. 102.91  Compliance with determination; further proceedings.

    If, after issuance of the determination by the Board, the parties
submit to the regional director satisfactory evidence that they have
complied with the determination, the regional director shall dismiss the
charge. If no satisfactory evidence of compliance is submitted, the
regional director shall proceed with the charge under paragraph (4)(D)
of section 8(b) and section 10 of the Act and the procedure prescribed
in Sec. Sec. 102.9 to 102.51, inclusive, shall, insofar as applicable,
govern: Provided, however, That if the Board determination is that
employees represented by a charged union are entitled to perform the
work in dispute, the regional director shall dismiss the charge as to
that union irrespective of whether the employer has complied with that
determination.

[36 FR 9133, May 20, 1971]



Sec. 102.92  Review of determination.

    The record of the proceeding under section 10(k) and the
determination of the Board thereon shall become a part of the record in
such unfair labor practice proceeding and shall be subject to judicial
review, insofar as it is in issue, in proceedings to enforce or review
the final order of the Board under section 10 (e) and (f) of the Act.



Sec. 102.93  Alternative procedure.

    If, either before or after service of the notice of hearing, the
parties submit to the regional director satisfactory evidence that they
have adjusted the dispute, the regional director shall dismiss the
charge and shall withdraw the notice of hearing if notice has issued.
If, either before or after issuance of notice of hearing, the parties
submit to the regional director satisfactory evidence that they have
agreed upon methods for the voluntary adjustment of the dispute, the
regional director shall defer action upon the charge and shall withdraw
the notice of hearing if notice has issued. If it appears to the
regional director that the dispute has not been adjusted in accordance
with such agreed-upon methods and that an unfair labor practice within
the meaning of section 8(b)(4)(D) of the Act is occurring or has
occurred, he may issue a complaint under Sec. 102.15, and the procedure
prescribed in Sec. Sec. 102.9 to 102.51, inclusive, shall, insofar as
applicable, govern; and Sec. Sec. 102.90 to 102.92, inclusive, are
inapplicable: Provided, however, That if an agreed-upon method for
voluntary adjustment results in a determination that employees
represented by a charged union are entitled to perform the work in
dispute, the regional director shall dismiss the charge as to that union
irrespective of whether the employer has complied with that
determination.

[36 FR 9133, May 20, 1971]

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 Subpart G_Procedure in Cases Under Section 10(j), (l), and (m) of the
                                   Act



Sec. 102.94  Expeditious processing of section 10(j) cases.

    (a) Whenever temporary relief or a restraining order pursuant to
section 10(j) of the Act has been procured by the Board, the complaint
which has been the basis for such temporary relief or restraining order
shall be heard expeditiously and the case shall be given priority by the
Board in its successive steps following the issuance of the complaint
(until ultimate enforcement or dismissal by the appropriate circuit
court of appeals) over all other cases except cases of like character
and cases under section 10 (l) and (m) of the Act.
    (b) In the event the trial examiner hearing a complaint, concerning
which the Board has procured temporary relief or a restraining order
pursuant to section 10(j), recommends a dismissal in whole or in part of
such complaint, the chief law officer shall forthwith suggest to the
district court which issued such temporary relief or restraining order
the possible change in circumstances arising out of the findings and
recommendations of the trial examiner.



Sec. 102.95  Priority of cases pursuant to section 10(l) and (m) of
the Act.

    (a) Whenever a charge is filed alleging the commission of an unfair
labor practice within the meaning of paragraph (4) (A), (B), (C), or (7)
of section 8(b) of the Act, or section 8(e) of the Act, the regional
office in which such charge is filed or to which it is referred shall
give it priority over all other cases in the office except cases of like
character and cases under paragraph (4)(D) of section 8(b) of the Act in
which it is deemed appropriate to seek injunctive relief of a district
court pursuant to section 10(l) of the Act.
    (b) Whenever a charge is filed alleging the commission of an unfair
labor practice within the meaning of subsection (a)(3) or (b)(2) of
section 8 of the Act, the regional office in which such charge is filed
or to which it is referred shall give it priority over all other cases
in the office except cases of like character and cases under section
10(l) of the Act.



Sec. 102.96  Issuance of complaint promptly.

    Whenever the regional attorney or other Board officer to whom the
matter may be referred seeks injunctive relief of a district court
pursuant to section 10(l) of the Act, a complaint against the party or
parties sought to be enjoined, covering the same subject matter as such
application for injunctive relief, shall be issued promptly, normally
within 5 days of the date upon which such injunctive relief is first
sought, except in those cases under section 10(l) of the Act in which
the procedure set forth in Sec. Sec. 102.90 to 102.92, inclusive, is
deemed applicable.



Sec. 102.97  Expeditious processing of section 10(l) and (m) cases in
successive stages.

    (a) Any complaint issued pursuant to Sec. 102.95(a) or, in a case
in which it is deemed appropriate to seek injunctive relief of a
district court pursuant to section 10(l) of the Act, any complaint
issued pursuant to Sec. 102.93 or notice of hearing issued pursuant to
Sec. 102.90 shall be heard expeditiously and the case shall be given
priority in such successive steps following its issuance (until ultimate
enforcement or dismissal by the appropriate circuit court of appeals)
over all cases except cases of like character.
    (b) Any complaint issued pursuant to Sec. 102.95(b) shall be heard
expeditiously and the case shall be given priority in its successive
steps following its issuance (until ultimate enforcement or dismissal by
the appropriate circuit court of appeals) over all cases except cases of
like character and cases under section 10(l) of the Act.



   Subpart H_Declaratory Orders and Advisory Opinions Regarding Board
                              Jurisdiction



Sec. 102.98  Petition for advisory opinion; who may file; where to file.

    Whenever an agency or court of any State or territory is in doubt
whether the Board would assert jurisdiction over the parties in a
proceeding pending before such agency or court, the

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agency or court may file a petition with the Board for an advisory
opinion on whether the Board would decline to assert jurisdiction over
the parties before the agency or the court (1) on the basis of its
current standards, or (2) because the employing enterprise is not within
the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Act.

[24 FR 9102, Nov. 7, 1959, as amended at 51 FR 15613, Apr. 25, 1986; 61
FR 65182, Dec. 11, 1996]



Sec. 102.99  Contents of petition for advisory opinion; contents of
request for administrative advice.

    (a) A petition for an advisory opinion, when filed by an agency or
court of a State or territory, shall allege the following:
    (1) The name of the agency or court.
    (2) The names of the parties to the proceeding and the docket
number.
    (3) The nature of the proceeding, and the need for the Board's
opinion on the jurisdictional issue to the proceeding.
    (4) The general nature of the business involved in the proceeding
and, where appropriate, the nature of and details concerning the
employing enterprise.
    (5) The findings of the agency or court or, in the absence of
findings, a statement of the evidence relating to the commerce
operations of such business and, where appropriate, to the nature of the
employing enterprise.
    (b) Eight copies of such petition or request shall be submitted to
the Board in Washington, DC. Such petition or request shall be printed
or otherwise legibly duplicated. Carbon copies of typewritten matter
will not be accepted.

[24 FR 9102, Nov. 7, 1959, as amended at 51 FR 15613, Apr. 25, 1986; 61
FR 65182, Dec. 11, 1996]



Sec. 102.100  Notice of petition; service of petition.

    Upon the filing of a petition the petitioner shall immediately serve
in the manner provided by Sec. 102.114(a) of these rules a copy of the
petition on all parties to the proceeding and on the director of the
Board's regional office having jurisdiction over the territorial area in
which such agency or court is located. A statement of service shall be
filed with the petition as provided by Sec. 102.114(b) of the rules.

[51 FR 23749, July 1, 1986]



Sec. 102.101  Response to petition; service of response.

    Any party served with such petition may, within 14 days after
service thereof, respond to the petition, admitting or denying its
allegations. Eight copies of such response shall be filed with the Board
in Washington, DC. Such response shall be printed or otherwise legibly
duplicated: Provided however, That carbon copies of typewritten
materials will not be accepted. Such response shall immediately be
served on all other parties to the proceeding, and a statement of
service shall be filed in accordance with the provisions of Sec.
102.114(b) of these rules.

[51 FR 23749, July 1, 1986]



Sec. 102.102  Intervention.

    Any person desiring to intervene shall make a motion for
intervention, stating the grounds upon which such person claims to have
an interest in the petition. Eight copies of such motion shall be filed
with the Board in Washington, DC. Such motion shall be printed or
otherwise legibly duplicated: Provided, however, That carbon copies of
typewritten matter shall not be filed and if submitted will not be
accepted.

[29 FR 15922, Nov. 28, 1964]



Sec. 102.103  Proceedings before the Board; briefs; advisory opinions.

    The Board shall thereupon proceed, upon the petition, responses, and
submission of briefs, to determine whether, on the facts before it, the
commerce operations of the employer involved are such that it would or
would not assert jurisdiction. Such determination shall be in the form
of an advisory opinion and shall be served upon the parties. No briefs
shall be filed except upon special permission of the Board.



Sec. 102.104  Withdrawal of petition.

    The petitioner may withdraw his petition at any time prior to
issuance of the Board's advisory opinion.



Sec. 102.105  Petitions for declaratory orders; who may file; where to
file; withdrawal.

    Whenever both an unfair labor practice charge and a representation
case

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relating to the same employer are contemporaneously on file in a
regional office of the Board, and the general counsel entertains doubt
whether the Board would assert jurisdiction over the employer involved,
he may file a petition with the Board for a declaratory order disposing
of the jurisdictional issue in the cases. Such petition may be withdrawn
at any time prior to the issuance of the Board's order.



Sec. 102.106  Contents of petition for declaratory order.

    A petition for a declaratory order shall allege the following:
    (a) The name of the employer.
    (b) The general nature of the employer's business.
    (c) The case numbers of the unfair labor practice and representation
cases.
    (d) The commerce data relating to the operations of such business.
    (e) Whether any proceeding involving the same subject matter is
pending before an agency or court of a State or territory. Eight copies
of the petition shall be filed with the Board in Washington, DC. Such
petition shall be printed or otherwise legibly duplicated: Provided,
however, That carbon copies of typewritten matter shall not be filed and
if submitted will not be accepted.
    (f) Seven copies of the petition shall be filed with the Board in
Washington, DC. Such petition shall be printed or otherwise legibly
duplicated: Provided, however, That carbon copies of typewritten matter
shall not be filed and if submitted will not be accepted.

[24 FR 9102, Nov. 7, 1959, as amended at 27 FR 5095, May 30, 1962; 29 FR
15922, Nov. 28, 1964]



Sec. 102.107  Notice of petition, service of petition.

    Upon filing a petition, the general counsel shall immediately serve
a copy thereof on all parties and shall file a statement of service as
provided by Sec. 102.114(b) of these rules.

[51 FR 23749, July 1, 1986]



Sec. 102.108  Response to petition; service of response.

    Any party to the representation or unfair labor practice case may,
within 14 days after service thereof, respond to the petition, admitting
or denying its allegations. Eight copies of such response shall be filed
with the Board in Washington, DC. Such response shall be printed or
otherwise legibly duplicated: Provided, however, That carbon copies of
typewritten materials will not be accepted. Such response shall be
served on the general counsel and all other parties, and a statement of
service shall be filed as provided by Sec. 102.114(b) of these rules.

[51 FR 23749, July 1, 1986]



Sec. 102.109  Intervention.

    Any person desiring to intervene shall make a motion for
intervention, stating the grounds upon which such person claims to have
an interest in the petition. Eight copies of such motion shall be filed
with the Board in Washington, DC. Such motion shall be printed or
otherwise legibly duplicated: Provided, however, That carbon copies of
typewritten matter shall not be filed and if submitted will not be
accepted.

[29 FR 15922, Nov. 28, 1964]



Sec. 102.110  Proceedings before the Board; briefs; declaratory orders.

    The Board shall thereupon proceed, upon the petition, responses, and
submission of briefs, to determine whether, on the facts before it, the
commerce operations of the employer involved are such that it would or
would not assert jurisdiction over them. Such determination shall be
made by a declaratory order, with like effect as in the case of other
orders of the Board, and shall be served upon the parties. Any party
desiring to file a brief shall file eight copies with the Board in
Washington, DC, with a statement that copies thereof are being served
simultaneously on the other parties.

[29 FR 15922, Nov. 28, 1964]



                 Subpart I_Service and Filing of Papers



Sec. 102.111  Time computation.

    (a) In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by these
rules, the day of the act, event, or default after which the designated
period of

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time begins to run is not to be included. The last day of the period so
computed is to be included, unless it is a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal
holiday, in which event the period runs until the official closing time
of the receiving office on the next Agency business day (see appendix A
to this part 102 setting forth the official business hours of the
Agency's several offices). When the period of time prescribed or allowed
is less than 7 days, intermediate Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays shall
be excluded in the computation.
    (b) When the Act or any of these rules require the filing of a
motion, brief, exception, or other paper in any proceeding, such
document must be received by the Board or the officer or agent
designated to receive such matter before the official closing time of
the receiving office on the last day of the time limit, if any, for such
filing or extension of time that may have been granted (see appendix A
to the part 102 setting forth the official business hours of the
Agency's several offices). A request for an extension of time to file a
document shall be filed no later than the official closing time of the
receiving office on the date on which the document is due. Requests for
extensions of time filed within three days of the due date must be
grounded upon circumstances not reasonably foreseeable in advance. In
construing this section of the rules, the Board will accept as timely
filed any document which is hand delivered to the Board on or before the
official closing time of the receiving office on the due date or
postmarked on the day before (or earlier than) the due date; documents
which are postmarked on or after the due date are untimely.
``Postmarking'' shall include timely depositing the document with a
delivery service that will provide a record showing that the document
was tendered to the delivery service in sufficient time for delivery by
the due date, but in no event later than the day before the due date.
Provided, however, The following documents must be received on or before
the official closing time of the receiving office on the last day for
filing:
    (1) Charges filed pursuant to section 10(b) of the Act (see also
Sec. 102.14).
    (2) Applications for awards and fees and other expenses under the
Equal Access to Justice Act.
    (3) Petitions to revoke subpoenas.
    (4) Requests for extensions of time to file any document for which
such an extension may be granted.
    (c) The following documents may be filed within a reasonable time
after the time prescribed by these rules only upon good cause shown
based on excusable neglect and when no undue prejudice would result:
    (1) In unfair labor practice proceedings, motions, exceptions,
answers to a complaint or a backpay specification, and briefs; and
    (2) In representation proceedings, exceptions, requests for review,
motions, briefs, and any responses to any of these documents. A party
seeking to file such documents beyond the time prescribed by these rules
shall file, along with the document, a motion that states the grounds
relied on for requesting permission to file untimely. The specific facts
relied on to support the motion shall be set forth in affidavit form and
sworn to by individuals with personal knowledge of the facts. The time
for filing any document responding to the untimely document shall not
commence until the date a ruling issues accepting the untimely document.
In addition, cross-exceptions shall be due within 14 days, or such
further period as the Board may allow, from the date a ruling issues
accepting the untimely filed documents.

[56 FR 49144, Sept. 27, 1991 as amended at 57 FR 4157, Feb. 4, 1992; 57
FR 9977, Mar. 23, 1992; 67 FR 70696, Nov. 26, 2002]



Sec. 102.112  Date of service; date of filing.

    The date of service shall be the day when the matter served is
deposited in the United States mail, or is deposited with a private
delivery service that will provide a record showing the date the
document was tendered to the delivery service, or is delivered in
person, as the case may be. Where service is made by facsimile
transmission, the date of service shall be the date on which
transmission is received. The date of filing shall be the day when the

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matter is required to be received by the Board as provided by Sec.
102.111.

[60 FR 56235, Nov. 8, 1995]



Sec. 102.113  Methods of service of process and papers by the Agency;
proof of service.

    (a) Service of complaints and compliance specifications. Complaints
and accompanying notices of hearing, compliance specifications, and
amendments to either complaints or to compliance specifications, shall
be served upon all parties either personally or by registered or
certified mail or by telegraph, or by leaving a copy thereof at the
principal office or place of business of the person required to be
served.
    (b) Service of final orders and decisions. Final orders of the Board
in unfair labor practice cases and administrative law judges' decisions
shall be served upon all parties either personally or by registered or
certified mail or by telegraph, or by leaving a copy thereof at the
principal office or place of business of the person required to be
served.
    (c) Service of subpoenas. Subpoenas shall be served upon the
recipient either personally or by registered or certified mail or by
telegraph, or by leaving a copy thereof at the principal office or place
of business of the person required to be served.
    (d) Service of other documents. Other documents may be served by the
Agency by any of the foregoing methods as well as regular mail or
private delivery service. Such other documents may be served by
facsimile transmission with the permission of the person receiving the
document.
    (e) Proof of service. In the case of personal service, or delivery
to a principal office or place of business, the verified return by the
individual so serving the same, setting forth the manner of such
service, shall be proof of the same. In the case of service by mail or
telegraph, the return post office receipt or telegraph receipt therefor
when registered or certified and mailed or when telegraphed shall be
proof of service of the same. However, these methods of proof of service
are not exclusive; any sufficient proof may be relied upon to establish
service.
    (f) Service upon representatives of parties. Whenever these rules
require or permit the service of pleadings or other papers upon a party,
a copy shall also be served on any attorney or other representative of
the party who has entered a written appearance in the proceeding on
behalf of the party. If a party is represented by more than one attorney
or representative, service upon any one of such persons in addition to
the party shall satisfy this requirement. Service by the Board or its
agents of any documents upon any such attorney or other representative
may be accomplished by any means of service permitted by these rules,
including regular mail.

[60 FR 56236, Nov. 8, 1995]



Sec. 102.114  Filing and service of papers by parties; form of papers;
manner and proof of filing or service; electronic filings.

    (a) Service of documents by a party on other parties may be made
personally, or by registered mail, certified mail, regular mail,
electronic mail (if the document was filed electronically) or private
delivery service. Service of documents by a party on other parties by
any other means, including facsimile transmission, is permitted only
with the consent of the party being served. Unless otherwise specified
elsewhere in these rules, service on all parties shall be made in the
same manner as that utilized in filing the document with the Board, or
in a more expeditious manner; however, when filing with the Board is
done by hand, the other parties shall be promptly notified of such
action by telephone, followed by service of a copy in a manner designed
to insure receipt by them by the close of the next business day. The
provisions of this section apply to the General Counsel after a
complaint has issued, just as they do to any other party, except to the
extent that the provisions of Sec. 102.113(a) or Sec. 102.113(c)
provide otherwise.
    (b) When service is made by registered mail, or by certified mail,
the return post office receipt shall be proof of service. When service
is made by a private delivery service, the receipt from that service
showing delivery shall be proof of service. However, these methods of
proof of service are

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not exclusive; any sufficient proof may be relied upon to establish
service.
    (c) Failure to comply with the requirements of this section relating
to timeliness of service on other parties shall be a basis for either:
    (1) A rejection of the document; or
    (2) Withholding or reconsidering any ruling on the subject matter
raised by the document until after service has been made and the served
party has had reasonable opportunity to respond.
    (d) Papers filed with the Board, General Counsel, Regional Director,
Administrative Law Judge, or Hearing Officer shall be typewritten or
otherwise legibly duplicated on 8\1/2\ by 11-inch plain white paper,
shall have margins no less than one inch on each side, shall be in a
typeface no smaller than 12 characters-per-inch (elite or the
equivalent), and shall be double spaced (except that quotations and
footnotes may be single spaced). Carbon copies shall not be filed and
will not be accepted. Nonconforming papers may, at the Agency's
discretion, be rejected.
    (e) The person or party serving the papers or process on other
parties in conformance with Sec. 102.113 and paragraph (a) of this
section shall submit a written statement of service thereof to the Board
stating the names of the parties served and the date and manner of
service. Proof of service as defined in paragraph (a) of this section
shall be required by the Board only if subsequent to the receipt of the
statement of service a question is raised with respect to proper
service. Failure to make proof of service does not affect the validity
of the service.
    (f) Unfair labor practice charges, petitions in representation
proceedings, objections to elections, and requests for extensions of
time for filing documents will be accepted by the Agency if transmitted
to the facsimile machine of the appropriate office. Other documents,
except those specifically prohibited in paragraph (g) of this section,
will be accepted by the Agency if transmitted to the facsimile machine
of the office designated to receive them only with advance permission
from the receiving office which may be obtained by telephone. Advance
permission must be obtained for each such filing. At the discretion of
the receiving office, the person submitting a document by facsimile may
be required simultaneously to serve the original and any required copies
on the office by overnight delivery service. When filing a charge, a
petition in a representation proceeding, or election objections by
facsimile transmission pursuant to this section, receipt of the
transmitted document by the Agency constitutes filing with the Agency. A
failure to timely file or serve a document will not be excused on the
basis of a claim that transmission could not be accomplished because the
receiving machine was off-line or busy or unavailable for any other
reason.
    (g) Facsimile transmissions of the following documents will not be
accepted for filing: Showing of Interest in Support of Representation
Petitions, including Decertification Petitions; Answers to Complaints;
Exceptions or Cross-Exceptions; Briefs; Requests for Review of Regional
Director Decisions; Administrative Appeals from Dismissal of Petitions
or Unfair Labor Practice Charges; Objections to Settlements; EAJA
Applications; Motions for Default Judgment; Motions for Summary
Judgment; Motions to Dismiss; Motions for Reconsideration; Motions to
Clarify; Motions to Reopen the Record; Motions to Intervene; Motions to
Transfer, Consolidate or Sever; or Petitions for Advisory Opinions.
Facsimile transmissions in contravention of this rule will not be filed.
    (h) Documents and other papers filed through facsimile transmission
shall be served on all parties in the same way as used to serve the
office where filed, or in a more expeditious manner, in conformance with
paragraph (a) of this section. Thus, facsimile transmission shall be
used for this purpose whenever possible. When a party cannot be served
by this method, or chooses not to accept service by facsimile as
provided for in paragraph (a) of this section, the party shall be
notified personally or by telephone of the substance of the transmitted
document and a copy of the document shall be served by personal service
or overnight delivery service.
    (i) The Agency's Web site (http://www.nlrb.gov) contains certain
forms

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that parties or other persons are permitted to file with the Agency
electronically. Parties or other persons choosing to utilize those forms
to file documents electronically are permitted to do so by following the
instructions described on the Web site, notwithstanding any contrary
provisions elsewhere in these rules. In the event the document being
filed electronically is required to be served on another party to a
proceeding, the other party shall be served by electronic mail (e-mail),
if possible. If the other party does not have the ability to receive
electronic service, the other party shall be notified by telephone of
the substance of the transmitted document and a copy of the document
shall be served by personal service no later than the next day, by
overnight delivery service, or, with the permission of the party
receiving the document, by facsimile transmission.

[60 FR 56236, Nov. 8, 1995, as amended at 67 FR 70695, Nov. 26, 2002; 69
FR 1677, Jan. 12, 2004; 74 FR 5619, Jan. 30, 2009]



           Subpart J_Certification and Signature of Documents



Sec. 102.115  Certification of papers and documents.

    The executive secretary of the Board or, in the event of his absence
or disability, whosoever may be designated by the Board in his place and
stead shall certify copies of all papers and documents which are a part
of any of the files or records of the Board as may be necessary or
desirable from time to time.



Sec. 102.116  Signature of orders.

    The executive secretary or the associate executive secretary or, in
the event of their absence or disability, whosoever may be designated by
the Board in their place and stead is hereby authorized to sign all
orders of the Board.



                    Subpart K_Records and Information



Sec. 102.117  Freedom of Information Act Regulations: Board materials
and formal documents available for public inspection and copying;

requests for described records; time limit for response; appeal from
denial of request; fees for document search and duplication; files
and records not subject to inspection.

    (a)(1) This subpart contains the rules that the National Labor
Relations Board follows in processing requests for records under the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552. Information routinely
provided to the public as part of a regular Agency activity (for
example, press releases issued by the Division of Information) may be
provided to the public without following this subpart. Such records may
also be made available in the Agency's reading room in paper form, as
well as electronically to facilitate public access. As a matter of
policy, the Agency will consider making discretionary disclosures of
records or information exempt under the FOIA whenever disclosure would
not foreseeably harm an interest protected by a FOIA exemption, but this
policy does not create any right enforceable in court.
    (2) The following materials are available to the public for
inspection and copying during normal business hours:
    (i) All final opinions and orders made in the adjudication of cases;
    (ii) Statements of policy and interpretations that are not published
in the Federal Register;
    (iii) Administrative staff manuals and instructions that affect any
member of the public (excepting those establishing internal operating
rules, guidelines, and procedures for investigation, trial, and
settlement of cases);
    (iv) A current index of final opinions and orders in the
adjudication of cases;
    (v) A record of the final votes of each Member of the Board in every
Agency proceeding;
    (vi) Records which have been released and which the Agency
determines, because of their subject matter, have become or are likely
to become the subject of subsequent requests for substantially the same
records; and

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    (vii) A general index of records referred to in paragraph (a)(2)(vi)
of this section. Items in paragraphs (a)(2)(i) through (vii) of this
section are available for inspection and copying during normal business
hours at the Board's offices in Washington, DC. Items in paragraph
(a)(2)(iii) of this section are also available for inspection and
copying during normal business hours at each Regional, Subregional, and
Resident Office of the Board. Final opinions and orders made by Regional
Directors in the adjudication of representation cases pursuant to the
delegation of authority from the Board under section 3(b) of the Act are
available to the public for inspection and copying in the original
office where issued. Records encompassed within paragraphs (a)(2)(i)
through (a)(2)(vii) of this section created on or after November 1,
1996, will be made available by November 1, 1997, to the public by
computer telecommunications or, if computer telecommunications means
have not been established by the Agency, by other electronic means. The
Agency shall maintain and make available for public inspection and
copying a current subject matter index of all reading room materials
which shall be updated regularly, at least quarterly, with respect to
newly included records. Copies of the index are available upon request
for a fee of the direct cost of duplication. The index of FOIA-processed
records referred to in paragraph (a)(2)(vii) of this section will be
available by computer telecommunications by December 31, 1999.
    (3) Copies of forms prescribed by the board for the filing of
charges under section 10 alleging violations of the Act under section 8,
or petitions under section 9, may be obtained without charge from any
Regional, Subregional, or Resident Office of the Board. These forms are
available electronically through the Agency's World Wide Web site (which
can be found at http://www.nlrb.gov).
    (4) The Agency shall, on or before February 1, 1998, and annually
thereafter, submit a FOIA report covering the preceding fiscal year to
the Attorney General of the United States. The report shall include
those matters required by 5 U.S.C. 552(e), and shall be made available
electronically.
    (b)(1) The formal documents constituting the record in a case or
proceeding are matters of official record and, until officially
destroyed pursuant to applicable statutory authority, are available to
the public for inspection and copying during normal business hours at
the appropriate Regional Office of the Board or at the Board's office in
Washington, DC, as the case may be. If the case or proceeding has been
closed for more than 2 years, the appropriate Regional Office of the
Board or the Board's office in Washington, DC, upon request, will
contact the Federal Records Center to obtain the records.
    (2) The Executive Secretary shall certify copies of all formal
documents upon request made a reasonable time in advance of need and
payment of lawfully prescribed costs.
    (c)(1) Requests for the inspection and copying of records other than
those specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section must be in
writing and must reasonably describe the record in a manner to permit
its identification and location. The envelope and the letter, or the
cover sheet of any fax transmittal, should be clearly marked to indicate
that it contains a request for records under the Freedom of Information
Act (FOIA). The request must contain a specific statement assuming
financial liability in accordance with paragraph (d)(2) of this section
for the direct costs of responding to the request. If the request is
made for records in a Regional or Subregional Office of the Agency, it
should be made to that Regional or Subregional Office. If the request is
for records located in Washington, DC (in the Office of the General
Counsel, the Offices of the Board, or the Office of the Inspector
General), it should be made to the NLRB FOIA Officer, Washington, DC.
Requests made to other than the appropriate office will be forwarded to
that office by the receiving office, but in that event the applicable
time limit for response set forth in (c)(2)(i) of this section shall be
calculated from the date of receipt by the appropriate office. FOIA
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records were generated may be referred to the generating office for
response. In the case of records generated by the Inspector General in
the possession of another office, or in the possession of the Inspector
General but generated by another office of the Agency, the request will
be referred to the appropriate FOIA officer for the generating office
for decision. If the Agency determines that a request does not
reasonably describe records, it may contact the requester to inform the
requester either what additional information is needed or why the
request is insufficient. Requesters may be given an opportunity to
discuss their request so that requests may be modified to meet the
requirements of this section.
    (2)(i) The Agency ordinarily shall respond to requests according to
their order of receipt. Effective October 2, 1997, an initial response
shall be made within 20 working days (i.e. exempting Saturdays, Sundays,
and legal public holidays) after the receipt of a request for a record
under this part by the Freedom of Information Officer or his designee.
An appeal under paragraph (c)(2)(v) of this section shall be decided
within 20 days (excepting Saturdays, Sundays, and legal public holidays)
after the receipt of such an appeal by the Office of Appeals or the
Chairman of the Board. Because the Agency has been able to process its
requests without a backlog of cases, the Agency will not institute a
multitrack processing system.
    (ii) Requests and appeals will be taken out of order and given
expedited treatment whenever it is determined that they involve:
Circumstances in which the lack of expedited treatment could reasonably
be expected to pose an imminent threat to the life or physical safety of
an individual; an urgency to inform the public about an actual or
alleged federal government activity, if made by a person primarily
engaged in disseminating information; the loss of substantial due
process rights; or a matter of widespread and exceptional media interest
in which there exist possible questions about the government's integrity
which affect public confidence. A request for expedited processing may
be made at the time of the initial request for records or at any later
time. A requester who seeks expedited processing must submit a
statement, certified to be true and correct to the best of that person's
knowledge and belief, explaining in detail the basis for requesting
expedited processing. The formality of certification may be waived as a
matter of administrative discretion. Within ten calendar days of its
receipt of a request for expedited processing, the Agency shall decide
whether to grant it and shall notify the requester of the decision. Once
the determination has been made to grant expedited processing, the
request shall be given priority and shall be processed as soon as
practicable. If a request for expedited processing is denied, the Agency
shall act expeditiously on any appeal of that decision.
    (iii) Within 20 working days after receipt of a request by the
appropriate office of the Agency, a determination shall be made whether
to comply with such request, and the person making the request shall be
notified in writing of that determination. In the case of requests made
for Inspector General records, that determination shall be made by the
Inspector General. In the case of all other requests, that determination
shall be made by the NLRB FOIA Officer, or the Regional or Subregional
Office, as the case may be. If the determination is to comply with the
request, the records shall be made promptly available to the person
making the request and, at the same time, a statement of any charges due
in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (d)(2) of this section
will be provided. If the determination is to deny the request in any
respect, the requester shall be notified in writing of that
determination. Adverse determinations, or denials of requests, consist
of: A determination to withhold any requested record in whole or in
part; a determination that a requested record does not exist or cannot
be located; a determination that what has been requested is not a record
subject to the FOIA; a determination on any disputed fee matter,
including a denial of a request for a fee waiver or reduction or
placement in a particular fee category; and a denial of a request for
expedited treatment. For a determination to deny a request in any
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the notification shall set forth the reasons therefor and the name and
title or position of each person responsible for the denial, shall
provide an estimate of the volume of records or information withheld, in
number of pages or in some other reasonable form of estimation (this
estimate does not need to be provided if the volume is otherwise
indicated through deletions on records disclosed in part, or if
providing an estimate would harm an interest protected by an applicable
exemption), and shall notify the person making the request of the right
to appeal the adverse determination under provisions of paragraph
(c)(2)(v) of this section.
    (iv) Business information obtained by the Agency from a submitter
will be disclosed under the FOIA only consistent with the procedures
established in this section.
    (A) For purposes of this section:
    (1) Business information means commercial or financial information
obtained by the Agency from a submitter that may be protected from
disclosure under Exemption 4 of the FOIA.
    (2) Submitter means any person or entity from whom the Agency
obtains business information, directly or indirectly. The term includes
corporations; state, local, and tribal governments; and foreign
governments.
    (B) A submitter of business information will use good faith efforts
to designate, by appropriate markings, either at the time of submission
or at a reasonable time thereafter, any portions of its submission that
it considers to be protected from disclosure under Exemption 4. These
designations will expire ten years after the date of the submission
unless the submitter requests, and provides justification for, a longer
designation period. The Agency shall provide a submitter with prompt
written notice of a FOIA request or administrative appeal that seeks its
business information wherever required under paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(C) of
this section, except as provided in paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(F) of this
section, in order to give the submitter an opportunity to object to
disclosure of any specified portion of that information under paragraph
(c)(2)(iv)(D) of this section. The notice shall either describe the
business information requested or include copies of the requested
records or record portions containing the information. When notification
of a voluminous number of submitters is required, notification may be
made by posting or publishing the notice in a place reasonably likely to
accomplish notification.
    (C) Notice shall be given to a submitter wherever: the information
has been designated in good faith by the submitter as information
considered protected from disclosure under Exemption 4; or the Agency
has reason to believe that the information may be protected from
disclosure under Exemption 4.
    (D) The Agency will allow a submitter a reasonable time to respond
to the notice described in paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(B) of this section. If a
submitter has any objection to disclosure, it is required to submit a
detailed written statement. The statement must specify all grounds for
withholding any portion of the information under any exemption of the
FOIA and, in the case of Exemption 4, it must show why the information
is a trade secret or commercial or financial information that is
privileged or confidential. In the event that a submitter fails to
respond to the notice within the time specified in it, the submitter
will be considered to have no objection to disclosure of the
information. Information provided by a submitter under this paragraph
may itself be subject to disclosure under the FOIA.
    (E) The Agency shall consider a submitter's objections and specific
grounds for nondisclosure in deciding whether to disclose business
information. Whenever the Agency decides to disclose business
information over the objection of a submitter, the Agency shall give the
submitter written notice, which shall include: A statement of the
reason(s) why each of the submitter's disclosure objections was not
sustained; a description of the business information to be disclosed;
and a specified disclosure date, which shall be a reasonable time
subsequent to the notice.
    (F) The notice requirements of paragraphs (c)(2)(iv)(B) and (E) of
this section shall not apply if: The Agency determines that the
information should

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not be disclosed; the information lawfully has been published or has
been officially made available to the public; disclosure of the
information is required by statute (other than the FOIA) or by a
regulation issued in accordance with the requirements of Executive Order
12600 (3 CFR, 1988 Comp., p. 235); or the designation made by the
submitter under paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(B) of this section appears
obviously frivolous-except that, in such a case, the Agency shall,
within a reasonable time prior to a specified disclosure date, give the
submitter written notice of any final decision to disclose the
information.
    (G) Whenever a requester files a lawsuit seeking to compel the
disclosure of business information, the Agency shall promptly notify the
submitter.
    (H) Whenever the Agency provides a submitter with notice and an
opportunity to object to disclosure under paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(B) of
this section, the Agency shall also notify the requester(s). Whenever
the Agency notifies a submitter of its intent to disclose requested
information under paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(E) of this section, the Agency
shall also notify the requester(s). Whenever a submitter files a lawsuit
seeking to prevent the disclosure of business information, the Agency
shall notify the requester(s).
    (v) An appeal from an adverse determination made pursuant to
paragraph (c)(2)(iii) of this section must be filed within 28 calendar
days of the service of the adverse determination, in whole or in part.
If the adverse determination was made by the NLRB FOIA Officer
concerning records located in the Office of the General Counsel,
Washington, DC, or by a Regional Office or a Subregional Office
concerning records located there, the appeal shall be filed with the
General Counsel in Washington, DC. If the adverse determination was made
by the NLRB FOIA Officer concerning records in the Offices of the Board,
or by the Inspector General concerning records generated by that office,
the appeal shall be filed with the Chairman of the Board in Washington,
DC. As provided in paragraph (c)(2)(iii) of this section, an adverse
determination will notify the requester of the right to appeal the
adverse determination and will specify where such appeal shall be filed.
Within 20 working days after receipt of an appeal, the General Counsel
or the Chairman of the Board, as the case may be, shall make a
determination with respect to such appeal and shall notify the person
making the request in writing. If the determination is to comply with
the request, the record shall be made promptly available to the person
making the request upon receipt of payment of any charges due in
accordance with the provisions of paragraph (d)(2) of this section. If
on appeal the denial of the request for records is upheld in whole or in
part, the person making the request shall be notified of the reasons for
the determination, the name and title or position of each person
responsible for the denial, and the provisions for judicial review of
that determination under the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552(4)(B). Even if
no appeal is filed from a denial in whole or in part of a request for
records by the person making the request, the General Counsel or the
Chairman of the Board may, without regard to the time limit for filing
of an appeal, sua sponte initiate consideration of an adverse
determination under this appeal procedure by written notification to the
person making the request. In such event, the time limit for making the
determination shall commence with the issuance of such notification. An
adverse determination by the General Counsel or the Chairman of the
Board, as the case may be, will be the final action of the Agency. If
the requester wishes to seek review by a court of any adverse
determination, the requester must first appeal it under this section.
    (vi) In unusual circumstances as specified in this paragraph, the
time limits prescribed in either paragraph (c)(2)(i) or (iv) of this
section may be extended by written notice to the person requesting the
record setting forth the reasons for such extension and the date on
which a determination is expected to be dispatched. No such notice or
notices shall specify a date or dates that would result in an extension
or extensions totaling more than 10 working days with respect to a
particular request, except as set forth below in this paragraph. As used
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unusual circumstances means, but only to the extent reasonably necessary
to the proper processing of the particular request:
    (A) The need to search for and collect the requested records from
field facilities or other establishments that are separate from the
office processing the request;
    (B) The need to search for, collect, and appropriately examine a
voluminous amount of separate and distinct records which are demanded in
a single request;
    (C) The need for consultation, which shall be conducted with all
practicable speed, with another agency having a substantial interest in
the determination of the request or with two or more components of the
Agency having a substantial subject matter interest in the request.
Where the extension is for more than ten working days, the Agency shall
provide the requester with an opportunity either to modify the request
so that it may be processed within the time limits or to arrange an
alternative time period for processing the request or a modified
request.
    (vii) The Agency shall preserve all correspondence pertaining to the
requests that it receives under this subpart, as well as copies of all
requested records, until disposition or destruction is authorized by
title 44 of the United States Code or the National Archives and Records
Administration's General Records Schedule 14. Records will not be
disposed of while they are the subject of a pending request, appeal, or
lawsuit under the FOIA.
    (d)(1) For purposes of this section, the following definitions
apply:
    (i) Direct costs means those expenditures which are actually
incurred in searching for and duplicating and, in the case of commercial
use requests, reviewing documents to respond to a FOIA request.
    (ii) Search refers to the process of looking for and retrieving
records or information responsive to a request. It includes page-by-page
or line-by-line identification of material within documents and also
includes reasonable efforts to locate and retrieve information from
records maintained in electronic form or format. The Agency shall ensure
that searches are done in the most efficient and least expensive manner
reasonably possible.
    (iii) Duplication refers to the process of making a copy of a
record, or the information contained in it, necessary to respond to a
FOIA request. Such copies can take the form of paper, microfilm,
videotape, audiotape, or electronic records (e.g., magnetic tape or
disk), among others. The Agency shall honor a requester's specified
preference of form or format of disclosure if the record is readily
reproducible with reasonable efforts in the requested form or format by
the office responding to the request.
    (iv) Review refers to the process of examining documents located in
response to a request that is for commercial use to determine whether
any portion of it is exempt from disclosure. It includes processing any
documents for disclosure, e.g., doing all that is necessary to redact
and prepare them for disclosure. Review time includes time spent
considering any formal objection to disclosure made by a business
submitter under paragraph (c)(2)(iv) of this section, but does not
include time spent resolving general legal or policy issues regarding
the application of exemptions.
    (v) Commercial use request refers to a request from or on behalf of
a person who seeks information for a use or purpose that furthers the
commercial, trade, or profit interests of the requester or the person on
whose behalf the request is made, which can include furthering those
interests through litigation.
    (vi) Educational institution refers to a preschool, a public or
private elementary or secondary school, an institution of undergraduate
higher education, an institution of graduate higher education, an
institution of professional education, or an institution of vocational
education, that operates a program of scholarly research. To be in this
category, a requester must show that the request is authorized by and is
made under the auspices of a qualifying institution and that the records
are not sought for a commercial use but are sought to further scholarly
research.
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gathering news for an entity that is organized and operated to publish
or broadcast news to the public. The term news means information that is
about current events or that would be of current interest to the public.
Examples of news media entities include television or radio stations
broadcasting to the public at large and publishers of periodicals (but
only in instances where they can qualify as disseminators of ``news'')
who make their products available for purchase or subscription by the
general public. For ``freelance'' journalists to be regarded as working
for a news organization, they must demonstrate a solid basis for
expecting publication through that organization. A publication contract
would be the clearest proof, but the Agency shall also look to the past
publication record of a requester in making this determination. To be in
this category, a requester must not be seeking the requested records for
commercial use. However, a request for records supporting the news
dissemination function of the requester shall not be considered to be
for a commercial use.
    (viii) Working days, as used in this paragraph, means calendar days
excepting Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays.
    (2) Persons requesting records from this Agency shall be subject to
a charge of fees for the full allowable direct costs of document search,
review, and duplicating, as appropriate, in accordance with the
following schedules, procedures, and conditions:
    (i) Schedule of charges:
    (A) For each one-quarter hour or portion thereof of clerical time *
* * $3.10.
    (B) For each one-quarter hour or portion thereof of professional
time * * * $9.25.
    (C) For each sheet of duplication (not to exceed 8\1/2\ by 14
inches) of requested records * * * $0.12.
    (D) All other direct costs of preparing a response to a request
shall be charged to the requester in the same amount as incurred by the
Agency. Such costs shall include, but not be limited to: Certifying that
records are true copies; sending records to requesters or receiving
records from the Federal records storage centers by special methods such
as express mail; and, where applicable, the cost of conducting computer
searches for information and for providing information in electronic
format.
    (ii) Fees incurred in responding to information requests are to be
charged in accordance with the following categories of requesters:
    (A) Commercial use requesters will be assessed charges to recover
the full direct costs for searching for, reviewing for release, and
duplicating the records sought. Requesters must reasonably describe the
records sought.
    (B) Educational institution requesters will be assessed charges for
the cost of reproduction alone, excluding charges for the first 100
pages. To be eligible for inclusion in this category, requesters must
show that the request is being made under the auspices of a qualifying
institution and that the records are not sought for commercial use, but
are sought in furtherance of scholarly research. Requesters must
reasonably describe the records sought.
    (C) Requesters who are representatives of the news media will be
assessed charges for the cost of reproduction alone, excluding charges
for the first 100 pages. To be eligible for inclusion in this category,
a requester must meet the criteria in paragraph (d)(1)(vii) of this
section, and the request must not be made for commercial use. In
reference to this class of requester, a request for records supporting
the news dissemination function of the requester shall not be considered
to be a request that is for commercial use. Requesters must reasonably
describe the records sought.
    (D) All other requesters, not elsewhere described, will be assessed
charges to recover the full reasonable direct cost of searching for and
reproducing records that are responsive to the request, except that the
first 100 pages of reproduction and the first 2 hours of search time
shall be furnished without charge. Requesters must reasonably describe
the records sought.
    (E) Absent a reasonably based factual showing that a requester
should be placed in a particular user category, fees will be imposed as
provided for in the commercial use requester category.
    (iii)(A) In no event shall fees be imposed on any requester when the
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charges are less than $5, which is the Agency's cost of collecting and
processing the fee itself.
    (B) If the Agency reasonably believes that a requester or a group of
requesters acting together is attempting to divide a request into a
series of requests for the purpose of avoiding fees, the Agency may
aggregate those requests and charge accordingly. The Agency may presume
that multiple requests of this type made within a 30-day period have
been made in order to avoid fees. Where requests are separated by a
longer period, the Agency will aggregate them only where there exists a
solid basis for determining that aggregation is warranted under all the
circumstances involved. Multiple requests involving unrelated matters
will not be aggregated.
    (iv) Documents are to be furnished without charge or at reduced
levels if disclosure of the information is in the public interest
because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding
of the operations or activities of the Government and is not primarily
in the commercial interest of the requester. Disclosure to data brokers
or others who merely compile and market government information for
direct economic return shall not be presumed to primarily serve the
public interest. A fee waiver or reduction is justified where the public
interest standard is satisfied and that public interest is greater in
magnitude than that of any identified commercial interest in disclosure.
Where only some of the requested records satisfy the requirements for a
waiver of fees, a waiver shall be granted for those records.
    (v) If a requester fails to pay chargeable fees that were incurred
as a result of the Agency's processing of the information request,
beginning on the 31st day following the date on which the notification
of charges was sent, the Agency may assess interest charges against the
requester in the manner prescribed in 31 U.S.C. 3717. Where appropriate,
other steps permitted by federal debt collection statutes, including
disclosure to consumer reporting agencies, use of collection agencies,
and offset, will be used by the Agency to encourage payment of amounts
overdue.
    (vi) Each request for records shall contain a specific statement
assuming financial liability, in full or to a specified maximum amount,
for charges, in accordance with paragraphs (d)(2)(i) and (ii) of this
section, which may be incurred by the Agency in responding to the
request. If the anticipated charges exceed the maximum limit stated by
the person making the request or if the request contains no assumption
of financial liability or charges, the person shall be notified and
afforded an opportunity to assume financial liability. In either case,
the request for records shall not be deemed received for purposes of the
applicable time limit for response until a written assumption of
financial liability is received. The Agency may require a requester to
make an advance payment of anticipated fees under the following
circumstances:
    (A) If the anticipated charges are likely to exceed $250, the Agency
shall notify the requester of the likely cost and obtain satisfactory
assurance of full payment when the requester has a history of prompt
payment of FOIA fees, or require an advance payment of an amount up to
the full estimated charges in the case of requesters with no history of
payment.
    (B) If a requester has previously failed to pay fees that have been
charged in processing a request within 30 days of the date of the
notification of fees was sent, the requester will be required to pay the
entire amount of fees that are owed, plus interest as provided for in
paragraph (d)(2)(v) of this section, before the Agency will process a
further information request. In addition, the Agency may require advance
payment of fees that the Agency estimates will be incurred in processing
the further request before the Agency commences processing that request.
When the Agency acts under paragraph (d)(2)(vi)(A) or (B) of this
section, the administrative time limits for responding to a request or
an appeal from initial denials will begin to run only after the Agency
has received the fee payments required above.
    (vii) Charges may be imposed even though the search discloses no
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located are determined to be exempt from disclosure.
    (e) Subject to the provisions of Sec. Sec. 102.31(c) and 102.66(c),
all fines, documents, reports, memoranda, and records of the Agency
falling within the exemptions specified in 5 U.S.C. 552(b) shall not be
made available for inspection or copying, unless specifically permitted
by the Board, its Chairman, or its General Counsel.

[40 FR 7290, Feb. 19, 1975, as amended at 53 FR 10872, Apr. 4, 1988; 58
FR 42235, Aug. 9, 1993; 60 FR 32587, June 23, 1995; 61 FR 13765, Mar.
28, 1996; 61 FR 65183, Dec. 11, 1996; 66 FR 50311, Oct. 3, 2001; 72 FR
38778, July 16, 2007; 72 FR 68503, Dec. 5, 2007; 77 FR 4662, Jan. 31,
2012]



Sec. 102.118  Present and former Board employees prohibited from
producing files, records, etc., pursuant to subpoena ad testificandum

or subpoena duces tecum; prohibited from testifying in regard
thereto; production of witnesses' statements after direct testimony.

    (a)(1) Except as provided in Sec. 102.117 of these rules respecting
requests cognizable under the Freedom of Information Act, no present or
former Regional Director, field examiner, administrative law judge,
attorney, specially designated agent, General Counsel, Member of the
Board, or other officer or employee of the Agency shall produce or
present any files, documents, reports, memoranda, or records of the
Board or of the General Counsel, whether in response to a subpoena duces
tecum or otherwise, without the written consent of the Board or the
Chairman of the Board if the document is in Washington, DC, and in
control of the Board; or of the General Counsel if the document is in a
Regional Office of the Agency or is in Washington, DC, and in the
control of the General Counsel. Nor shall any such person testify in
behalf of any party to any cause pending in any court or before the
Board, or any other board, commission, or other administrative agency of
the United States, or of any State, territory, or the District of
Columbia, or any subdivisions thereof, with respect to any information,
facts, or other matter coming to that person's knowledge in his or her
official capacity or with respect to the contents of any files,
documents, reports, memoranda, or records of the Board or the General
Counsel, whether in answer to a subpoena or otherwise, without the
written consent of the Board or the Chairman of the Board if the person
is in Washington, DC, and subject to the supervision or control of the
Board or was subject to such supervision or control when formerly
employed at the Agency; or of the General Counsel if the person is in a
Regional Office of the Agency or is in Washington, DC, and subject to
the supervision or control of the General Counsel or was subject to such
supervision or control when formerly employed at the Agency. A request
that such consent be granted shall be in writing and shall identify the
documents to be produced, or the person whose testimony is desired, the
nature of the pending proceeding, and the purpose to be served by the
production of the document or the testimony of the official. Whenever
any subpoena ad testificandum or subpoena duces tecum, the purpose of
which is to adduce testimony or require the production of records as
described hereinabove, shall have been served on any such person or
otherwise expressly directed by the Board or the Chairman of the Board
or the General Counsel, as the case may be, move pursuant to the
applicable procedure, whether by petition to revoke, motion to quash, or
other officer or employee of the Board, that person will, unless
otherwise, to have such subpoena invalidated on the ground that the
evidence sought is privileged against disclosure by this rule.
    (2) No regional director, field examiner, administrative law judge,
attorney, specially designated agent, general counsel, member of the
Board, or other officer or employee of the Board shall, by any means of
communication to any person or to another agency, disclose personal
information about an individual from a record in a system of records
maintained by this agency, as more fully described in the notices of
systems of records published by this agency in accordance with the
provisions of section (e)(4) of the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C.
552a(e)(4), or by the Notices of Government-wide Systems of Personnel
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Civil Service Commission in accordance with those statutory provisions,
except pursuant to a written request by, or with the prior written
consent of, the individual to whom the record pertains, unless
disclosure of the record would be in accordance with the provisions of
section (b) (1) through (11), both inclusive, of the Privacy Act of
1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a(b) (1) through (11).
    (b)(1) Notwithstanding the prohibitions of paragraph (a) of this
section, after a witness called by the general counsel or by the
charging party has testified in a hearing upon a complaint under section
10(c) of the act, the administrative law judge shall, upon motion of the
respondent, order the production of any statement (as hereinafter
defined) of such witness in the possession of the general counsel which
relates to the subject matter as to which the witness has testified. If
the entire contents of any such statement relate to the subject matter
of the testimony of the witness, the administrative law judge shall
order it to be delivered directly to the respondent for his examination
and use for the purpose of cross-examination.
    (2) If the general counsel claims that any statement ordered to be
produced under this section contains matter which does not relate to the
subject matter of the testimony of the witness, the administrative law
judge shall order the general counsel to deliver such statement for the
inspection of the administrative law judge in camera. Upon such delivery
the administrative law judge shall excise the portions of such statement
which do not relate to the subject matter of the testimony of the
witness except that he may, in his discretion, decline to excise
portions which, although not relating to the subject matter of the
testimony of the witness, do relate to other matters raised by the
pleadings. With such material excised the administrative law judge shall
then direct delivery of such statement to the respondent for his use on
cross-examination. If, pursuant to such procedure, any portion of such
statement is withheld from the respondent and the respondent objects to
such withholdings, the entire text of such statement shall be preserved
by the general counsel, and, in the event the respondent files
exceptions with the Board based upon such withholding, shall be made
available to the Board for the purpose of determining the correctness of
the ruling of the administrative law judge. If the general counsel
elects not to comply with an order of the administrative law judge
directing delivery to the respondent of any such statement, or such
portion thereof as the administrative law judge may direct, the
administrative law judge shall strike from the record the testimony of
the witness.
    (c) The provisions of paragraph (b) of this section shall also apply
after any witness has testified in any postelection hearing pursuant to
Sec. 102.69(d) and any party has moved for the production of any
statement (as hereinafter defined) of such witness in possession of any
agent of the Board which relates to the subject matter as to which the
witness has testified. The authority exercised by the administrative law
judge under paragraph (b) of this section shall be exercised by the
hearing officer presiding.
    (d) The term statement as used in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this
section means:
    (1) A written statement made by said witness and signed or otherwise
adopted or approved by him; or
    (2) A stenographic, mechanical, electrical, or other recording, or a
transcription thereof, which is a substantially verbatim recital of an
oral statement made by said witness to an agent of the party obligated
to produce the statement and recorded contemporaneously with the making
of such oral statement.

[33 FR 9819, July 9, 1968, as amended at 35 FR 10658, July 1, 1970; 40
FR 7291, Feb. 19, 1975; 40 FR 50662, Oct. 30, 1975; 52 FR 27990, July
27, 1987]

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Sec. 102.119  Privacy Act Regulations: notification as to whether a
system of records contains records pertaining to requesting

individuals; requests for access to records, amendment of such records,
or accounting of disclosures; time limits for response; appeal from
denial of requests; fees for document duplication; files and records
exempted from certain Privacy Act requirements.

    (a) An individual will be informed whether a system of records
maintained by this Agency contains a record pertaining to such
individual. An inquiry should be made in writing or in person during
normal business hours to the official of this Agency designated for that
purpose and at the address set forth in a notice of a system of records
published by this Agency, in a Notice of Systems of Governmentwide
Personnel Records published by the Office of Personnel Management, or in
a Notice of Governmentwide Systems of Records published by the
Department of Labor. Copies of such notices, and assistance in preparing
an inquiry, may be obtained from any Regional Office of the Board or at
the Board offices at 1099 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20570. The
inquiry should contain sufficient information, as defined in the notice,
to identify the record.
    Reasonable verification of the identity of the inquirer, as
described in paragraph (e) of this section, will be required to assure
that information is disclosed to the proper person. The Agency shall
acknowledge the inquiry in writing within 10 days (excluding Saturdays,
Sundays, and legal public holidays) and, wherever practicable, the
acknowledgment shall supply the information requested. If, for good
cause shown, the Agency cannot supply the information within 10 days,
the inquirer shall within that time period be notified in writing of the
reasons therefor and when it is anticipated the information will be
supplied. An acknowledgment will not be provided when the information is
supplied within the 10-day period. If the Agency refuses to inform an
individual whether a system of records contains a record pertaining to
an individual, the inquirer shall be notified in writing of that
determination and the reasons therefor, and of the right to obtain
review of that determination under the provisions of paragraph (f) of
this section. The provisions of this paragraph do not apply to the
extent that requested information from the relevant system of records
has been exempted from this Privacy Act requirement.
    (b) An individual will be permitted access to records pertaining to
such individual contained in any system of records described in the
notice of system of records published by this Agency, or access to the
accounting of disclosures from such records. The request for access must
be made in writing or in person during normal business hours to the
person designated for that purpose and at the address set forth in the
published notice of system of records. Copies of such notices, and
assistance in preparing a request for access, may be obtained from any
Regional Office of the Board or at the Board offices at 1099 14th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20570. Reasonable verification of the
identity of the requester, as described in paragraph (e) of this
section, shall be required to assure that records are disclosed to the
proper person. A request for access to records or the accounting of
disclosures from such records shall be acknowledged in writing by the
Agency within 10 days of receipt (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and
legal public holidays) and, wherever practicable, the acknowledgment
shall inform the requester whether access will be granted and, if so,
the time and location at which the records or accounting will be made
available. If access to the record or accounting is to be granted, the
record or accounting will normally be provided within 30 days (excluding
Saturdays, Sundays, and legal public holidays) of the request, unless
for good cause shown the Agency is unable to do so, in which case the
individual will be informed in writing within that 30-day period of the
reasons therefor and when it is anticipated that access will be granted.
An acknowledgment of a request will not be provided if the record is
made available within the 10-day period.
    If an individual's request for access to a record or an accounting
of disclosure from such a record under the provisions of this paragraph
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notice informing the individual of the denial shall set forth the
reasons therefor and advise the individual of the right to obtain a
review of that determination under the provisions of paragraph (f) of
this section. The provisions of this paragraph do not apply to the
extent that requested information from the relevant system of records
has been exempted from this Privacy Act requirement.
    (c) An individual granted access to records pertaining to such
individual contained in a system of records may review all such records.
For that purpose the individual may be accompanied by a person of the
individual's choosing, or the record may be released to the individual's
representative who has written consent of the individual, as described
in paragraph (e) of this section. A first copy of any such record or
information will ordinarily be provided without charge to the individual
or representative in a form comprehensible to the individual. Fees for
any other copies of requested records shall be assessed at the rate of
10 cents for each sheet of duplication.
    (d) An individual may request amendment of a record pertaining to
such individual in a system of records maintained by this Agency. A
request for amendment of a record must be in writing and submitted
during normal business hours to the person designated for that purpose
and at the address set forth in the published notice for the system of
records containing the record of which amendment is sought. Copies of
such notices, and assistance in preparing a request for amendment, may
be obtained from any Regional Office of the Board or at the Board
offices at 1099 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20570. The requester
must provide verification of identity as described in paragraph (e) of
this section, and the request should set forth the specific amendment
requested and the reason for the requested amendment. The Agency shall
acknowledge in writing receipt of the request within 10 days of receipt
(excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal public holidays) and, wherever
practicable, the acknowledgment shall advise the individual of the
determination of the request. If the review of the request for amendment
cannot be completed and a determination made within 10 days, the review
shall be completed as soon as possible, normally within 30 days
(Saturdays, Sundays, and legal public holidays excluded) of receipt of
the request unless unusual circumstances preclude completing the review
within that time, in which event the requester will be notified in
writing within that 30-day period of the reasons for the delay and when
the determination of the request may be expected. If the determination
is to amend the record, the requester shall be so notified in writing
and the record shall be amended in accordance with that determination.
If any disclosures accountable under the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)
have been made, all previous recipients of the record which was amended
shall be advised of the amendment and its substance. If it is determined
that the request should not be granted, the requester shall be notified
in writing of that determination and of the reasons therefor, and
advised of the right to obtain review of the adverse determination under
the provisions of paragraph (f) of this section. The provisions of this
paragraph do not apply to the extent that requested information from the
relevant system of records has been exempted from this Privacy Act
requirement.
    (e) Verification of the identification of individuals required under
paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this section to assure that records
are disclosed to the proper person shall be required by the Agency to an
extent consistent with the nature, location, and sensitivity of the
records being disclosed. Disclosure of a record to an individual in
person will normally be made upon the presentation of acceptable
identification. Disclosure of records by mail may be made on the basis
of the identifying information set forth in the request. Depending on
the nature, location, and sensitivity of the requested record, a signed
notarized statement verifying identity may be required by the Agency.
Proof of authorization as representative to have access to a record of
an individual shall be in writing, and a signed notarized statement of
such authorization may be required by the Agency if the record requested
is of a sensitive nature.

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    (f)(1) Review may be obtained with respect to:
    (i) A refusal, under paragraph (a) or (g) of this section, to inform
an individual if a system of records contains a record concerning that
individual,
    (ii) A refusal, under paragraph (b) or (g) of this section, to grant
access to a record or an accounting of disclosure from such a record, or
    (iii) A refusal, under paragraph (d) of this section, to amend a
record.
    (iv) The request for review should be made to the Chairman of the
Board if the system of records is maintained in the office of a Member
of the Board, the office of the Executive Secretary, the office of the
Solicitor, the Division of Information, or the Division of
Administrative Law Judges. Consonant with the provisions of section 3(d)
of the National Labor Relations Act, and the delegation of authority
from the Board to the General Counsel, the request should be made to the
General Counsel if the system of records is maintained by an office of
the Agency other than those enumerated above. Either the Chairman of the
Board or the General Counsel may designate in writing another officer of
the Agency to review the refusal of the request. Such review shall be
completed within 30 days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal public
holidays) from the receipt of the request for review unless the Chairman
of the Board or the General Counsel, as the case may be, for good cause
shown, shall extend such 30-day period.
    (2) If, upon review of a refusal under paragraph (a) or (g) of this
section, the reviewing officer determines that the individual should be
informed of whether a system of records contains a record pertaining to
that individual, such information shall be promptly provided. If the
reviewing officer determines that the information was properly denied,
the individual shall be so informed in writing with a brief statement of
the reasons therefor.
    (3) If, upon review of a refusal under paragraph (b) or (g) of this
section, the reviewing officer determines that access to a record or to
an accounting of disclosures should be granted, the requester shall be
so notified and the record or accounting shall be promptly made
available to the requester. If the reviewing officer determines that the
request for access was properly denied, the individual shall be so
informed in writing with a brief statement of the reasons therefor, and
of the right to judicial review of that determination under the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a(g)(1)(B).
    (4) If, upon review of a refusal under paragraph (i) of this
section, the reviewing official grants a request to amend, the requester
shall be so notified, the record shall be amended in accordance with the
determination, and, if any disclosures accountable under the provisions
of 5 U.S.C. 552a(c) have been made, all previous recipients of the
record which was amended shall be advised of the amendment and its
substance. If the reviewing officer determines that the denial of a
request for amendment should be sustained, the Agency shall advise the
requester of the determination and the reasons therefor, and that the
individual may file with the Agency a concise statement of the reason
for disagreeing with the determination, and may seek judicial review of
the Agency's denial of the request to amend the record. In the event a
statement of disagreement is filed, that statement--
    (i) Will be made available to anyone to whom the record is
subsequently disclosed together with, at the discretion of the Agency, a
brief statement summarizing the Agency's reasons for declining to amend
the record, and
    (ii) Will be supplied, together with any Agency statements, to any
prior recipients of the disputed record to the extent that an accounting
of disclosure was made.
    (g) To the extent that portions of system of records described in
notices of Governmentwide systems of records published by the Office of
Personnel Management are identified by those notices as being subject to
the management of an officer of this Agency, or an officer of this
Agency is designated as the official to contact for information, access,
or contents of those records, individual requests for access to those
records, requests for their amendment, and review of denials of requests
for amendment shall be in accordance with the provisions of 5 CFR
297.101, et seq.,

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as promulgated by the Office of Personnel Management. To the extent that
portions of system of records described in notices of Governmentwide
system of records published by the Department of Labor are identified by
those notices as being subject to the management of an officer of this
Agency, or an officer of this Agency is designated as the official to
contact for information, access, or contents of those records,
individual requests for access to those records, requests for their
amendment, and review of denials of requests for amendment shall be in
accordance with the provisions of this rule. Review of a refusal to
inform an individual whether such a system of records contains a record
pertaining to that individual and review of a refusal to grant an
individual's request for access to a record in such a system may be
obtained in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (f) of this
section.
    (h) Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), the system of records
maintained by the Office of the Inspector General of the National Labor
Relations Board that contains Investigative Files shall be exempted from
the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a, except subsections (b), (c)(1) and (2),
(e)(4)(A) through (F), (e)(6), (7), (9), (10), and (11), and (i), from
29 CFR 102.117(c) and (d), and from 29 CFR 102.119(a), (b), (c), (d),
(e), and (f), insofar as the system contains investigatory material
compiled for criminal law enforcement purposes.
    (i) Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2), the system of records
maintained by the Office of the Inspector General of the National Labor
Relations Board that contains the Investigative Files shall be exempted
from 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H), and (I), and (f),
from 29 CFR 102.117 (c) and (d), and from 29 CFR 102.119(a), (b), (c),
(d), (e), and (f), insofar as the system contains investigatory material
compiled for law enforcement purposes not within the scope of the
exemption at 29 CFR 102.119(h).
    (j) Privacy Act exemptions contained in paragraphs (h) and (i) of
this section are justified for the following reasons:
    (1) 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3) requires an agency to make the accounting of
each disclosure of records available to the individual named in the
record at his/her request. These accountings must state the date,
nature, and purpose of each disclosure of a record and the name and
address of the recipient. Accounting for each disclosure would alert the
subjects of an investigation to the existence of the investigation and
the fact that they are subjects of the investigation. The release of
such information to the subjects of an investigation would provide them
with significant information concerning the nature of the investigation
and could seriously impede or compromise the investigation, endanger the
physical safety of confidential sources, witnesses, law enforcement
personnel, and their families and lead to the improper influencing of
witnesses, the destruction of evidence, or the fabrication of testimony.
    (2) 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(4) requires an agency to inform any person or
other agency about any correction or notation of dispute made by the
agency in accordance with subsection (d) of the Act. Since this system
of records is being exempted from subsection (d) of the Act, concerning
access to records, this section is inapplicable to the extent that this
system of records will be exempted from subsection (d) of the Act.
    (3) 5 U.S.C. 552a(d) requires an agency to permit an individual to
gain access to records pertaining to him/her, to request amendment to
such records, to request a review of an agency decision not to amend
such records, and to contest the information contained in such records.
Granting access to records in this system of records could inform the
subject of an investigation of an actual or potential criminal
violation, of the existence of that investigation, of the nature and
scope of the information and evidence obtained as to his/her activities,
or of the identity of confidential sources, witnesses, and law
enforcement personnel and could provide information to enable the
subject to avoid detection or apprehension. Granting access to such
information could seriously impede or compromise an investigation,
endanger the physical safety of confidential sources, witnesses, law
enforcement personnel, and their families, lead to the improper
influencing of witnesses, the destruction

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of evidence, or the fabrication of testimony, and disclose investigative
techniques and procedures. In addition, granting access to such
information could disclose classified, security-sensitive, or
confidential business information and could constitute an unwarranted
invasion of the personal privacy of others.
    (4) 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(1) requires each agency to maintain in its
records only such information about an individual as is relevant and
necessary to accomplish a purpose of the agency required by statute or
by executive order of the President. The application of this provision
could impair investigations and law enforcement because it is not always
possible to detect the relevance or necessity of specific information in
the early stages of an investigation. Relevance and necessity are often
questions of judgment and timing, and it is only after the information
is evaluated that the relevance and necessity of such information can be
established. In addition, during the course of the investigation, the
investigator may obtain information which is incidental to the main
purpose of the investigative jurisdiction of another agency. Such
information cannot readily be segregated. Furthermore, during the course
of the investigation, the investigator may obtain information concerning
the violation of laws other than those which are within the scope of
his/her jurisdiction. In the interest of effective law enforcement, OIG
investigators should retain this information, since it can aid in
establishing patterns of criminal activity and can provide valuable
leads for other law enforcement agencies.
    (5) 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(2) requires an agency to collect information to
the greatest extent practicable directly from the subject individual
when the information may result in adverse determinations about an
individual's rights, benefits, and privileges under Federal programs.
The application of this provision could impair investigations and law
enforcement by alerting the subject of an investigation, thereby
enabling the subject to avoid detection or apprehension, to influence
witnesses improperly, to destroy evidence, or to fabricate testimony.
Moreover, in certain circumstances, the subject of an investigation
cannot be required to provide information to investigators and
information must be collected from other sources. Furthermore, it is
often necessary to collect information from sources other than the
subject of the investigation to verify the accuracy of the evidence
collected.
    (6) 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(3) requires an agency to inform each person
whom it asks to supply information, on a form that can be retained by
the person, of the authority under which the information is sought and
whether disclosure is mandatory or voluntary; of the principal purposes
for which the information is intended to be used; of the routine uses
which may be made of the information; and of the effects on the person,
if any, of not providing all or any part of the requested information.
The application of this provision could provide the subject of an
investigation with substantial information about the nature of that
investigation that could interfere with the investigation. Moreover,
providing such a notice to the subject of an investigation could
seriously impede or compromise an undercover investigation by revealing
its existence and could endanger the physical safety of confidential
sources, witnesses, and investigators by revealing their identities.
    (7) 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)(G) and (H) require an agency to publish a
Federal Register notice concerning its procedures for notifying an
individual, at his/her request, if the system of records contains a
record pertaining to him/her, how to gain access to such a record and
how to contest its content. Since this system of records is being
exempted from subsection (f) of the Act, concerning agency rules, and
subsection (d) of the Act, concerning access to records, these
requirements are inapplicable to the extent that this system of records
will be exempt from subsections (f) and (d) of the Act. Although the
system would be exempt from these requirements, OIG has published
information concerning its notification, access, and contest procedures
because, under certain circumstances, OIG could decide it is appropriate
for an individual to have access to all or a

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portion of his/her records in this system of records.
    (8) 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)(I) requires an agency to publish a Federal
Register notice concerning the categories of sources of records in the
system of records. Exemption from this provision is necessary to protect
the confidentiality of the sources of information, to protect the
privacy and physical safety of confidential sources and witnesses, and
to avoid the disclosure of investigative techniques and procedures.
Although the system will be exempt from this requirement, OIG has
published such a notice in broad generic terms.
    (9) 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(5) requires an agency to maintain its records
with such accuracy, relevance, timeliness, and completeness as is
reasonably necessary to assure fairness to the individual in making any
determination about the individual. Since the Act defines ``maintain''
to include the collection of information, complying with this provision
could prevent the collection of any data not shown to be accurate,
relevant, timely, and complete at the moment it is collected. In
collecting information for criminal law enforcement purposes, it is not
possible to determine in advance what information is accurate, relevant,
timely, and complete. Facts are first gathered and then placed into a
logical order to prove or disprove objectively the criminal behavior of
an individual. Material which seems unrelated, irrelevant, or incomplete
when collected can take on added meaning or significance as the
investigation progresses. The restrictions of this provision could
interfere with the preparation of a complete investigative report,
thereby impeding effective law enforcement.
    (10) 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(8) requires an agency to make reasonable
efforts to serve notice on an individual when any record on such
individual is made available to any person under compulsory legal
process when such process becomes a matter of public record. Complying
with this provision could prematurely reveal an ongoing criminal
investigation to the subject of the investigation.
    (11) 5 U.S.C. 552a(f)(1) requires an agency to promulgate rules
which shall establish procedures whereby an individual can be notified
in response to his/her request if any system of records named by the
individual contains a record pertaining to him/her. The application of
this provision could impede or compromise an investigation or
prosecution if the subject of an investigation were able to use such
rules to learn of the existence of an investigation before it could be
completed. In addition, mere notice of the fact of an investigation
could inform the subject and others that their activities are under or
may become the subject of an investigation and could enable the subjects
to avoid detection or apprehension, to influence witnesses improperly,
to destroy evidence, or to fabricate testimony. Since this system would
be exempt from subsection (d) of the Act, concerning access to records,
the requirements of subsection (f)(2) through (5) of the Act, concerning
agency rules for obtaining access to such records, are inapplicable to
the extent that this system of records will be exempted from subsection
(d) of the Act. Although this system would be exempt from the
requirements of subsection (f) of the Act, OIG has promulgated rules
which establish agency procedures because, under certain circumstances,
it could be appropriate for an individual to have access to all or a
portion of his/her records in this system of records.
    (12) 5 U.S.C. 552a(g) provides for civil remedies if an agency fails
to comply with the requirements concerning access to records under
subsections (d)(1) and (3) of the Act; maintenance of records under
subsection (e)(5) of the Act; and any other provision of the Act, or any
rule promulgated thereunder, in such a way as to have an adverse effect
on an individual. Since this system of records would be exempt from
subsections (c)(3) and (4), (d), (e)(1), (2), and (3) and (4)(G) through
(I), (e)(5), and (8), and (f) of the Act, the provisions of subsection
(g) of the Act would be inapplicable to the extent that this system of
records will be exempted from those subsections of the Act.
    (k) Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2), the system of records
maintained by the NLRB containing Agency Disciplinary Case Files
(Nonemployees) shall

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be exempted from the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d), (e)(1),
(e)(4)(G), (H), and (I), and (f) insofar as the system contains
investigatory material compiled for law enforcement purposes other than
material within the scope of 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2).
    (l) The Privacy Act exemption set forth in paragraph (k) of this
section is claimed on the ground that the requirements of subsections
(c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4) (G), (H), and (I), and (f) of the Privacy
Act, if applied to Agency Disciplinary Case Files, would seriously
impair the ability of the NLRB to conduct investigations of alleged or
suspected violations of the NLRB's misconduct rules, as set forth in
paragraphs (j)(1), (3), (4), (7), (8), and (11) of this section.
    (m) Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2), the following three proposed
systems of records shall be exempted in their entirety from the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (e)(4)(H),
(e)(4)(I), and (f), because the systems contain investigatory material
compiled for law enforcement purposes, other than material within the
scope of 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2): Case Activity Tracking System (CATS) and
Associated Regional Office Files (NLRB-25), Regional Advice and
Injunction Litigation System (RAILS) and Associated Headquarters Files
(NLRB-28), and Appeals Case Tracking System (ACTS) and Associated
Headquarters Files (NLRB-30). Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2), limited
categories of information from the following four proposed systems of
records shall be exempted from the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3),
(d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (e)(4)(H), (e)(4)(I), and (f), insofar as the
systems contain investigatory material compiled for law enforcement
purposes, other than material within the scope of 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2):
    (1) the Judicial Case Management Systems-Pending Case List (JCMS-
PCL) and Associated Headquarters Files (NLRB-21)--information relating
to requests to file injunctions under 29 U.S.C. 160(j), requests to
initiate federal court contempt proceedings, certain requests that the
Board initiate litigation or intervene in non-Agency litigation, and any
other investigatory material compiled for law enforcement purposes;
    (2) the Solicitor's System (SOL) and Associated Headquarters Files
(NLRB-23)--information relating to requests to file injunctions under 29
U.S.C. 160(j), requests to initiate federal court contempt proceedings,
certain requests that the Board initiate litigation or intervene in non-
Agency litigation, and any other investigatory material compiled for law
enforcement purposes;
    (3) the Special Litigation Case Tracking System (SPLIT) and
Associated Headquarters Files (NLRB-27)--information relating to
investigative subpoena enforcement cases, injunction and mandamus
actions regarding Agency cases under investigation, bankruptcy case
information in matters under investigation, Freedom of Information Act
cases involving investigatory records, certain requests that the Board
initiate litigation or intervene in non-Agency litigation, and any other
investigatory material compiled for law enforcement purposes; and
    (4) The Freedom of Information Act Tracking System (FTS) and
Associated Agency Files (NLRB-32)--information requested under the
Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, that relates to the Agency's
investigation of unfair labor practice and representation cases or other
proceedings described in paragraphs (m)(1) through (3) of this section.
    (n) The reasons for exemption under 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2) are as
follows:
    (1) 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3) requires an agency to make the accounting of
each disclosure of records available to the individual named in the
record at such individual's request. These accountings must state the
date, nature, and purpose of each disclosure of a record, and the name
and address of the recipient. Providing such an accounting of
investigatory information to a party in an unfair labor practice or
representation matter under investigation could inform that individual
of the precise scope of an Agency investigation, or the existence or
scope of another law enforcement investigation. Accordingly, this
Privacy Act requirement could seriously impede or compromise either the
Agency's investigation, or another law enforcement investigation,

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by causing the improper influencing of witnesses, retaliation against
witnesses, destruction of evidence, or fabrication of testimony.
    (2) 5 U.S.C. 552a(d) requires an agency to permit an individual to
gain access to records pertaining to such individual, to request
amendment to such records, to request review of an agency decision not
to amend such records, and, where the Agency refuses to amend records,
to submit a statement of disagreement to be included with the records.
Such disclosure of investigatory information could seriously impede or
compromise the Agency's investigation by revealing the identity of
confidential sources or confidential business information, or causing
the improper influencing of witnesses, retaliation against witnesses,
destruction of evidence, fabrication of testimony, or unwarranted
invasion of the privacy of others. Amendment of the records could
interfere with ongoing law enforcement proceedings and impose an undue
administrative burden by requiring investigations to be continuously
reinvestigated.
    (3) 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(1) requires an agency to maintain in its
records only such information about an individual as is relevant and
necessary to accomplish a purpose of the agency required by statute or
by executive order of the President. This requirement could foreclose
investigators from acquiring or receiving information the relevance and
necessity of which is not readily apparent and could only be ascertained
after a complete review and evaluation of all the evidence.
    (4) 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)(G) and (H) require an agency to publish a
Federal Register notice concerning its procedures for notifying an
individual, at the individual's request, if the system of records
contains a record pertaining to the individual, for gaining access to
such a record, and for contesting its content. Because certain
information from these systems of records is exempt from subsection (d)
of the Act concerning access to records, and consequently, from
subsection (f) of the Act concerning Agency rules governing access,
these requirements are inapplicable to that information.
    (5) 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)(I) requires an agency to publish a Federal
Register notice concerning the categories of sources of records in the
system of records. Exemption from this provision is necessary to protect
the confidentiality of sources of information, to protect against the
disclosure of investigative techniques and procedures, to avoid threats
or reprisals against informers by subjects of investigations, and to
protect against informers refusing to give full information to
investigators for fear of having their identities as sources revealed.
    (6) 5 U.S.C. 552a(f) requires an agency to promulgate rules for
notifying individuals of Privacy Act rights granted by subsection (d) of
the Act concerning access and amendment of records. Because certain
information from these systems is exempt from subsection (d) of the Act,
the requirements of subsection (f) of the Act are inapplicable to that
information.

[72 FR 38778, July 16, 2007]



Subpart L_Post-employment Restrictions on Activities by Former Officers
                              and Employees



Sec. 102.120  Post-employee restrictions on activities by former
Officers and employees.

    Former officers and employees of the Agency who were attached to any
of its regional offices or the Washington staff are subject to the
applicable post-employment restrictions imposed by 18 U.S.C. 207.
Guidance concerning those restrictions may be obtained from the
Designated Agency Ethics Officer and any applicable regulations issued
by the Office of Government Ethics.

[62 FR 58907, Oct. 31, 1997. Redesignated at 72 FR 38778, July 16, 2007]



                     Subpart M_Construction of Rules



Sec. 102.121  Rules to be liberally construed.

    The rules and regulations in this part shall be liberally construed
to effectuate the purposes and provisions of the act.

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 Subpart N_Enforcement of Rights, Privileges, and Immunities Granted or
Guaranteed Under Section 222(f), Communications Act of 1934, as Amended,
                to Employees of Merged Telegraph Carriers



Sec. 102.122  Enforcement.

    All matters relating to the enforcement of rights, privileges, or
immunities granted or guaranteed under section 222(f) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, shall be governed by the
provisions of subparts A, B, I, J, K, and M of this part, insofar as
applicable, except that reference in subpart B of this part to ``unfair
labor practices'' or ``unfair labor practices affecting commerce'' shall
for the purposes of this article mean the denial of any rights,
privileges, or immunities granted or guaranteed under section 222(f) of
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.



Sec. 102.123  Amendment or rescission of rules.

    Any rule or regulation may be amended or rescinded by the Board at
any time.



                          Subpart O_Amendments



Sec. 102.124  Petitions for issuance, amendment, or repeal of rules.

    Any interested person may petition the Board, in writing, for the
issuance, amendment, or repeal of a rule or regulation. An original and
seven copies of such petition shall be filed with the Board in
Washington, DC, and shall state the rule or regulation proposed to be
issued, amended, or repealed, together with a statement of grounds in
support of such petition.

[29 FR 15922, Nov. 28, 1964]



Sec. 102.125  Action on petition.

    Upon the filing of such petition, the Board shall consider the same
and may thereupon either grant or deny the petition in whole or in part,
conduct an appropriate hearing thereon, or make other disposition of the
petition. Should the petition be denied in whole or in part, prompt
notice shall be given of the denial, accompanied by a simple statement
of the grounds unless the denial is self-explanatory.



                    Subpart P_Ex Parte Communications

    Authority: Sec. 6, National Labor Relations Act, as amended (49
Stat. 452; 29 U.S.C. 156).

    Source: 42 FR 13113, Mar. 8, 1977, unless otherwise noted.



Sec. 102.126  Unauthorized communications.

    (a) No interested person outside this agency shall, in an on-the-
record proceeding of the types defined in Sec. 102.128, make or
knowingly cause to be made any prohibited ex parte communication to
Board agents of the categories designated in that section relevant to
the merits of the proceeding.
    (b) No Board agent of the categories defined in Sec. 102.128,
participating in a particular proceeding as defined in that section,
shall (i) request any prohibited ex parte communications; or (ii) make
or knowingly cause to be made any prohibited ex parte communications
about the proceeding to any interested person outside this agency
relevant to the merits of the proceeding.



Sec. 102.127  Definitions.

    When used in this subpart:
    (a) The term person outside this agency, to whom the prohibitions
apply, shall include any individual outside this agency, partnership,
corporation, association, or other entity, or an agent thereof, and the
general counsel or his representative when prosecuting an unfair labor
practice proceeding before the Board pursuant to section 10(b) of the
Act.
    (b) The term ex parte communication means an oral or written
communication not on the public record with respect to which reasonable
prior notice to all parties is not given, subject however, to the
provisions of Sec. Sec. 102.129 and 102.130.

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Sec. 102.128  Types of on-the-record proceedings; categories of Board
agents; and duration of prohibition.

    Unless otherwise provided by specific order of the Board entered in
the proceeding, the prohibition of Sec. 102.126 shall be applicable in
the following types of on-the-record proceedings to unauthorized ex
parte communications made to the designated categories of Board agents
who participate in the decision, from the stage of the proceeding
specified until the issues are finally resolved by the Board for the
purposes of that proceeding under prevailing rules and practices:
    (a) In a preelection proceeding pursuant to section 9(c)(1) or 9(e),
or in a unit clarification or certification amendment proceeding
pursuant to section 9(b) of the Act, in which a formal hearing is held,
communications to the regional director and members of his staff who
review the record and prepare a draft of his decision, and members of
the Board and their legal assistants, from the time the hearing is
opened.
    (b) In a postelection proceeding pursuant to section 9(c)(1) or 9(e)
of the Act, in which a formal hearing is held, communications to the
hearing officer, the regional director and members of his staff who
review the record and prepare a draft of his report or decision, and
members of the Board and their legal assistants, from the time the
hearing is opened.
    (c) In a postelection proceeding pursuant to section (c)(1) or 9(e),
or in a unit clarification or certification amendment proceeding
pursuant to section 9(b) of the Act, in which no formal hearing is held,
communications to members of the Board and their legal assistants, from
the time the regional director's report or decision is issued.
    (d) In a proceeding pursuant to section 10(k) of the Act,
communications to members of the Board and their legal assistants, from
the time the hearing is opened.
    (e) In an unfair labor practice proceeding pursuant to section 10(b)
of the Act, communications to the administrative law judge assigned to
hear the case or to make rulings upon any motions or issues therein and
members of the Board and their legal assistants, from the time the
complaint and/or notice of hearing is issued, or the time the
communicator has knowledge that a complaint or notice of hearing will be
issued, whichever occurs first.
    (f) In any other proceeding to which the Board by specific order
makes the prohibition applicable, to the categories of personnel and
from the stage of the proceeding specified in the order.



Sec. 102.129  Communications prohibited.

    Except as provided in Sec. 102.130, ex parte communications
prohibited by Sec. 102.126 shall include:
    (a) Such communications, when written, if copies thereof are not
contemporaneously served by the communicator on all parties to the
proceeding in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 102.114(a).
    (b) Such communications, when oral, unless advance notice thereof is
given by the communicator to all parties in the proceeding and adequate
opportunity afforded to them to be present.

[42 FR 13113, Mar. 8, 1977, as amended at 51 FR 30636, Aug. 28, 1986; 51
FR 32919, Sept. 17, 1986]



Sec. 102.130  Communications not prohibited.

    Ex parte communications prohibited by Sec. 102.126 shall not
include:
    (a) Oral or written communications which relate solely to matters
which the hearing officer, regional director, administrative law judge,
or member of the Board is authorized by law or Board rules to entertain
or dispose of on an ex parte basis.
    (b) Oral or written requests for information solely with respect to
the status of a proceeding.
    (c) Oral or written communications which all the parties to the
proceeding agree, or which the responsible official formally rules, may
be made on an ex parte basis.
    (d) Oral or written communications proposing settlement or an
agreement for disposition of any or all issues in the proceeding.

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    (e) Oral or written communications which concern matters of general
significance to the field of labor-management relations or
administrative practice and which are not specifically related to
pending on-the-record proceedings.
    (f) Oral or written communications from the general counsel to the
Board when the general counsel is acting as counsel for the Board.



Sec. 102.131  Solicitation of prohibited communications.

    No person shall knowingly and willfully solicit the making of an
unauthorized ex parte communication by any other person.



Sec. 102.132  Reporting of prohibited communications; penalties.

    (a) Any Board agent of the categories defined in Sec. 102.128 to
whom a prohibited oral ex parte communication is attempted to be made
shall refuse to listen to the communication, inform the communicator of
this rule, and advise him that if he has anything to say it should be
said in writing with copies to all parties. Any such Board agent who
receives, or who makes or knowingly causes to be made, an unauthorized
ex parte communication shall place or cause to be placed on the public
record of the proceeding:
    (1) The communication, if it was written,
    (2) A memorandum stating the substance of the communication, if it
was oral,
    (3) All written responses to the prohibited communication, and
    (4) Memoranda stating the substance of all oral responses to the
prohibited communication.
    (b) The executive secretary, if the proceeding is then pending
before the Board, the administrative law judge, if the proceeding is
then pending before any such judge, or the regional director, if the
proceeding is then pending before a hearing officer or the regional
director, shall serve copies of all such materials placed on the public
record of the proceeding on all other parties to the proceeding and on
the attorneys of record for the parties. Within 14 days after the
mailing of such copies, any party may file with the executive secretary,
administrative law judge, or regional director serving the
communication, and serve on all other parties, a statement setting forth
facts or contentions to rebut those contained in the prohibited
communication. All such responses shall be placed in the public record
of the proceeding, and provision may be made for any further action,
including reopening of the record which may be required under the
circumstances. No action taken pursuant to this provision shall
constitute a waiver of the power of the Board to impose an appropriate
penalty under Sec. 102.133.

[51 FR 32919, Sept. 17, 1986]



Sec. 102.133  Penalties and enforcement.

    (a) Where the nature and circumstances of a prohibited communication
made by or caused to be made by a party to the proceeding are such that
the interests of justice and statutory policy may require remedial
action, the Board, administrative law judge, or regional director, as
the case may be, may issue to the party making the communication a
notice to show cause, returnable before the Board within a stated period
not less than 7 days from the date thereof, why the Board should not
determine that the interests of justice and statutory policy require
that the claim or interest in the proceeding of a party who knowingly
makes a prohibited communication or knowingly causes a prohibited
communication to be made, should be dismissed, denied, disregarded or
otherwise adversely affected on account of such violation.
    (b) Upon notice and hearing, the Board may censure, suspend, or
revoke the privilege of practice before the agency of any person who
knowingly and willfully makes or solicits the making of a prohibited ex
parte communication. However, before the Board institutes formal
proceedings under this subsection, it shall first advise the person or
persons concerned in writing that it proposes to take such action and
that they may show cause, within a period to be stated in such written
advice, but not less than 7 days from the date thereof, why it should be
take such action.

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    (c) The Board may censure, or, to the extent permitted by law,
suspend, dismiss, or institute proceedings for the dismissal of, any
Board agent who knowingly and willfully violates the prohibitions and
requirements of this rule.

[42 FR 15410, Mar. 22, 1977]



 Subpart Q_Procedure Governing Matters Affecting Employment-Management
             Agreements Under the Postal Reorganization Act



Sec. 102.135  Employment-management agreements.

    (a) Employment-management agreements. All matters within the
jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board pursuant to the
Postal Reorganization Act (chapter 12 of title 39, U.S. Code, as
revised) shall be governed by the provisions of subparts A, B, C, D, F,
G, I, J, K, L, M, O, and P of the rules and regulations insofar as
applicable.
    (b) Inconsistencies. To the extent that any provision of this
subpart Q is inconsistent with any provision of title 39, United States
Code, the provision of said title 39 shall govern.
    (c) Exceptions. For the purposes of this subpart, references in the
subparts of the rules and regulations cited above to (1) employer shall
be deemed to include the Postal Service, (2) Act shall in the
appropriate context mean ``Postal Reorganization Act,'' (3) section 9(c)
of the Act and cited paragraphs thereof shall mean ``39 U.S.C. secs.
1203(c) and 1204,'' and (4) section 9(b) of the Act shall mean ``39
U.S.C. sec. 1202.''

[36 FR 12532, July 1, 1971]



                      Subpart R_Advisory Committees



Sec. 102.136  Establishment and utilization of advisory committees.

    Advisory committees may from time to time be established or utilized
by the agency in the interest of obtaining advice or recommendations on
issues of concern to the agency. The establishment, utilization, and
functioning of such committees shall be in accordance with the
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. I,
sections 1-15, and Office of Management and Budget Circular A-63 (rev.
March 27, 1975), Advisory Committee Management Guidance, 39 FR 12389-
12391, to the extent applicable.

(49 Stat. 449 (29 U.S.C. 151-166, as amended by Act of June 23, 1947) 61
Stat. 136 (29 U.S.C. Supp. 151-167), act of October 22, 1951, 65 Stat.
601 (29 U.S.C. 158, 159, 168), and Act of September 14, 1959 73 Stat.
519; 29 U.S.C. 141-168); 86 Stat. 770; (5 U.S.C. Appendix I, section 1
et seq.))

[40 FR 59728, Dec. 30, 1975]



                         Subpart S_Open Meetings

    Authority: Sec. 6, National Labor Relations Act, as amended (49
Stat. 452; 29 U.S.C. 156) and sec. 3(a), Government in the Sunshine Act,
Pub. L. 94-409, Sept. 13, 1976, 5 U.S.C. 552b(g).

    Source: 42 FR 13550, Mar. 11, 1977, unless otherwise noted.



Sec. 102.137  Public observation of Board meetings.

    Every portion of every meeting of the Board shall be open to public
observation, except as provided in Sec. 102.139 of these rules, and
Board members shall not jointly conduct or dispose of agency business
other than in accordance with the provisions of this subpart.



Sec. 102.138  Definition of meeting.

    For purposes of this subpart, meeting shall mean the deliberations
of at least three members of the full Board, or the deliberations of at
least two members of any group of three Board members to whom the Board
has delegated powers which it may itself exercise, where such
deliberations determine or result in the joint conduct or disposition of
official agency business, but does not include deliberations to
determine whether a meeting should be closed to public observation in
accordance with the provisions of this subpart.



Sec. 102.139  Closing of meetings; reasons therefor.

    (a) Except where the Board determines that the public interest
requires otherwise, meetings, or portions thereof, shall not be open to
public observation where the deliberations concern the issuance of a
subpoena, the Board's

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participation in a civil action or proceeding or an arbitration, or the
initiation, conduct or disposition by the Board of particular
representation or unfair labor practice proceedings under sections 8, 9,
or 10 of the Act, or any court proceedings collateral or ancillary
thereto.
    (b) Meetings, or portions thereof, may also be closed by the Board,
except where it determines that the public interest requires otherwise,
when the deliberations concern matters or information falling within the
reasons for closing meetings specified in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) (secret
matters concerning national defense or foreign policy); (c)(2) (internal
personnel rules and practices); (c)(3) (matters specifically exempted
from disclosure by statute); (c)(4) (privileged or confidential trade
secrets and commercial or financial information); (c)(5) (matters of
alleged criminal conduct or formal censure); (c)(6) (personal
information where disclosure would cause a clearly unwarranted invasion
of personal privacy); (c)(7) (certain materials or information from
investigatory files compiled for law enforcement purposes); or (c)(9)(B)
(disclosure would significantly frustrate implementation of a proposed
agency action).



Sec. 102.140  Action necessary to close meetings; record of votes.

    A meeting shall be closed to public observation under Sec. 102.139,
only when a majority of the members of the Board who will participate in
the meeting vote to take such action.
    (a) When the meeting deliberations concern matters specified in
Sec. 102.139(a), the Board members shall vote at the beginning of the
meeting, or portion thereof, on whether to close such meeting, or
portion thereof, to public observation, and on whether the public
interest requires that a meeting which may properly be closed should
nevertheless be open to public observation. A record of such vote,
reflecting the vote of each member of the Board, shall be kept and made
available to the public at the earliest practicable time.
    (b) When the meeting deliberations concern matters specified in
Sec. 102.139(b), the Board shall vote on whether to close such meeting,
or portion thereof, to public observation, and on whether there is a
public interest which requires that a meeting which may properly be
closed should nevertheless be open to public observation. The vote shall
be taken at a time sufficient to permit inclusion of information
concerning the open or closed status of the meeting in the public
announcement thereof. A single vote may be taken with respect to a
series of meetings at which the deliberations will concern the same
particular matters where such subsequent meetings are scheduled to be
held within thirty days after the initial meeting. A record of such
vote, reflecting the vote of each member of the Board, shall be kept and
made available to the public within one day after the vote is taken.
    (c) Whenever any person whose interests may be directly affected by
deliberations during a meeting, or a portion thereof, requests that the
Board close that meeting, or portion thereof, to public observation for
any of the reasons specified in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(5) (matters of alleged
criminal conduct or formal censure), (c)(6) (personal information where
disclosure would cause a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal
privacy), or (c)(7) (certain materials or information from investigatory
files compiled for law enforcement purposes), the Board members
participating in the meeting, upon request of any one of its members,
shall vote on whether to close such meeting, or a portion thereof, for
that reason. A record of such vote, reflecting the vote of each member
of the Board participating in the meeting shall be kept and made
available to the public within one day after the vote is taken.
    (d) After public announcement of a meeting as provided in Sec.
102.141 of this part, a meeting, or portion thereof, announced as closed
may be opened, or a meeting, or portion thereof, announced as open may
be closed, only if a majority of the members of the Board who will
participate in the meeting determine by a recorded vote that Board
business so requires and that an earlier announcement of the change was
not possible. The change made and the vote of each member on the change
shall be announced publicly at the earliest practicable time.

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    (e) Before a meeting may be closed pursuant to Sec. 102.139, the
solicitor of the Board shall certify that in his or her opinion the
meeting may properly be closed to public observation. The certification
shall set forth each applicable exemptive provision for such closing.
Such certification shall be retained by the agency and made publicly
available as soon as practicable.



Sec. 102.141  Notice of meetings; public announcement and publication.

    (a) A public announcement setting forth the time, place and subject
matter of meetings or portions thereof closed to public observation
pursuant to the provisions of Sec. 102.139(a) of this part, shall be
made at the earliest practicable time.
    (b) Except for meetings closed to public observation pursuant to the
provisions of Sec. 102.139(a) of this part, the agency shall make
public announcement of each meeting to be held at least 7 days before
the scheduled date of the meeting. The announcement shall specify the
time, place and subject matter of the meeting, whether it is to be open
to public observation or closed, and the name, address, and phone number
of an agency official designated to respond to requests for information
about the meeting. The 7 day period for advance notice may be shortened
only upon a determination by a majority of the members of the Board who
will participate in the meeting that agency business requires that such
meeting be called at an earlier date, in which event the public
announcements shall be made at the earliest practicable time. A record
of the vote to schedule a meeting at an earlier date shall be kept and
made available to the public.
    (c) Within one day after a vote to close a meeting, or any portion
thereof, pursuant to the provisions of Sec. 102.139(b) of this part,
the agency shall make publicly available a full written explanation of
its action closing the meeting, or portion thereof, together with a list
of all persons expected to attend the meeting and their affiliation.
    (d) If after public announcement required by paragraph (b) of this
section has been made, the time and place of the meeting are changed, a
public announcement shall be made at the earliest practicable time. The
subject matter of the meeting may be changed after the public
announcement only if a majority of the members of the Board who will
participate in the meeting determine that agency business so requires
and that no earlier announcement of the change was possible. When such a
change in subject matter is approved a public announcement of the change
shall be made at the earliest practicable time. A record of the vote to
change the subject matter of the meeting shall be kept and made
available to the public.
    (e) All announcements or changes thereto issued pursuant to the
provisions of paragraphs (b) and (d) of this section, or pursuant to the
provisions of Sec. 102.140(d), shall be submitted for publication in
the Federal Register immediately following their release to the public.
    (f) Announcements of meetings made pursuant to the provisions of
this section shall be made publicly available by the executive
secretary.



Sec. 102.142  Transcripts, recordings or minutes of closed meetings;
public availability; retention.

    (a) For every meeting or portion thereof closed under the provisions
of Sec. 102.139 of this part, the presiding officer shall prepare a
statement setting forth the time and place of the meeting and the
persons present, which statement shall be retained by the agency. For
each such meeting or portion thereof there shall also be maintained a
complete transcript or electronic recording of the proceedings, except
that for meetings closed pursuant to Sec. 102.139(a) the Board may, in
lieu of a transcript or electronic recording, maintain a set of minutes
fully and accurately summarizing any action taken, the reasons thereof
and views thereon, documents considered, and the members' vote on each
roll call vote.
    (b) The agency shall make promptly available to the public copies of
transcripts, recordings or minutes maintained as provided in accordance
with paragraph (a) of this section, except to the extent the items
therein contain

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information which the agency determines may be withheld pursuant to the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552(c). Copies of transcripts or minutes, or
transcriptions of electronic recordings including the identification of
speakers, shall to the extent determined to be publicly available, be
furnished to any person, subject to the payment of duplication costs in
accordance with the schedule of fees set forth in Sec.
102.117(c)(2)(iv), and the actual cost of transcription.
    (c) The agency shall maintain a complete verbatim copy of the
transcript, a complete electronic recording, or a complete set of the
minutes for each meeting or portion thereof closed to the public, for a
period of at least one year after the close of the agency proceeding of
which the meeting was a part, but in no event for a period of less than
two years after such meeting.



               Subpart T_Awards of Fees and Other Expenses

    Authority: Equal Access to Justice Act, Pub. L. 96-481, 94 Stat.
2325.

    Source: 46 FR 48087, Sept. 30, 1981, unless otherwise noted.



Sec. 102.143  ``Adversary adjudication'' defined; entitlement to
award; eligibility for award.

    (a) The term adversary adjudication, as used in this subpart, means
unfair labor practice proceedings pending before the Board on complaint
and backpay proceedings under Sec. Sec. 102.52 to 102.59 of these rules
pending before the Board on notice of hearing at any time after October
1, 1984.
    (b) A respondent in an adversary adjudication who prevails in that
proceeding, or in a significant and discrete substantive portion of that
proceeding, and who otherwise meets the eligibility requirements of this
section, is eligible to apply for an award of fees and other expenses
allowable under the provisions of Sec. 102.145 of these rules.
    (c) Applicants eligible to receive an award are as follows:
    (1) An individual with a net worth of not more than $2 million;
    (2) The sole owner of an unincorporated business who has a net worth
of not more than $7 million, including both personal and business
interests, and not more than 500 employees;
    (3) A charitable or other tax-exempt organization described in
section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3))
with not more than 500 employees;
    (4) A cooperative association as defined in section 15(a) of the
Agricultural Marketing Act (12 U.S.C. 1141j(a)) with not more than 500
employees; and
    (5) Any other partnership, corporation, association, unit of local
government, or public or private organization with a net worth of not
more than $7 million and not more than 500 employees.
    (d) For the purpose of eligibility, the net worth and number of
employees of an applicant shall be determined as of the date of the
complaint in an unfair labor practice proceeding or the date of the
notice of hearing in a backpay proceeding.
    (e) An applicant who owns an unincorporated business will be
considered as an ``individual'' rather than a ``sole owner of
unincorporated business'' if the issues on which the applicant prevails
are related primarily to personal interests rather than to business
interests.
    (f) The employees of an applicant include all persons who regularly
perform services for remuneration for the applicant, under the
applicant's direction and control. Part-time employees shall be included
on a proportional basis.
    (g) The net worth and number of employees of the applicant and all
of its affiliates shall be aggregated to determine eligibility. Any
individual, corporation or other entity that directly or indirectly
controls or owns a majority of the voting shares or other interest of
the applicant, or any corporation or other entity of which the applicant
directly or indirectly owns or controls a majority of the voting shares
or other interest, will be considered an affiliate for purposes of this
part, unless such treatment would be unjust and contrary to the purposes
of the Equal Access to Justice Act (94 Stat. 2325) in light of the
actual relationship between the affiliated entities. In addition
financial relationships of the applicant other than those described in

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this paragraph may constitute special circumstances that would make an
award unjust.
    (h) An applicant that participates in an adversary adjudication
primarily on behalf of one or more other persons or entities that would
be ineligible is not itself eligible for an award.

[46 FR 48087, Sept. 30, 1981, as amended at 51 FR 17733, May 15, 1986;
51 FR 36224, Oct. 9, 1986]



Sec. 102.144  Standards for awards.

    (a) An eligible applicant may receive an award for fees and expenses
incurred in connection with an adversary adjudication or in connection
with a significant and discrete substantive portion of that proceeding,
unless the position of the General Counsel over which the applicant has
prevailed was substantially justified. The burden of proof that an award
should not be made to an eligible applicant is on the General Counsel,
who may avoid an award by showing that the General Counsel's position in
the proceeding was substantially justified.
    (b) An award will be reduced or denied if the applicant has unduly
or unreasonably protracted the adversary adjudication or if special
circumstances make the award sought unjust.

[46 FR 48087, Sept. 30, 1981, as amended at 51 FR 17733, May 15, 1986]



Sec. 102.145  Allowable fees and expenses.

    (a) Awards will be based on rates customarily charged by persons
engaged in the business of acting as attorneys, agents and expert
witnesses, even if the services were made available without charge or at
a reduced rate to the applicant.
    (b) No award for the attorney or agent fees under these rules may
exceed $75.00 per hour. However, an award may also include the
reasonable expenses of the attorney, agent, or witness as a separate
item, if the attorney, agent or expert witness ordinarily charges
clients separately for such expenses.
    (c) In determining the reasonableness of the fee sought for an
attorney, agent or expert witness, the following matters shall be
considered:
    (1) If the attorney, agent or expert witness is in practice, his or
her customary fee for similar services, or, if an employee of the
applicant, the fully allocated cost of the services;
    (2) The prevailing rate for similar services in the community in
which the attorney, agent or expert witness ordinarily performs
services;
    (3) The time actually spent in the representation of the applicant;
    (4) The time reasonably spent in light of the difficulty or
complexity of the issues in the adversary adjudicative proceeding; and
    (d) The reasonable cost of any study, analysis, engineering report,
test, project or similar matter prepared on behalf of an applicant may
be awarded, to the extent that the charge for the service does not
exceed the prevailing rate for similar services, and the study or other
matter was necessary for preparation of the applicant's case.



Sec. 102.146  Rulemaking on maximum rates for attorney or agent fees.

    Any person may file with the Board a petition under Sec. 102.124 of
these rules for rulemaking to increase the maximum rate for attorney or
agent fees. The petition should specify the rate the petitioner believes
should be established and explain fully why the higher rate is warranted
by an increase in the cost of living or a special factor (such as the
limited availability of qualified attorneys or agents for the
proceedings involved).



Sec. 102.147  Contents of application; net worth exhibit;
documentation of fees and expenses.

    (a) An application for an award of fees and expenses under the Act
shall identify the applicant and the adversary adjudication for which an
award is sought. The application shall state the particulars in which
the applicant has prevailed and identify the positions of the General
Counsel in that proceeding that the applicant alleges were not
substantially justified. Unless the applicant is an individual, the
application shall also state the number, category, and work location of
employees of the applicant and its affiliates and describe briefly the
type and purpose of its organization or business.

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    (b) The application shall include a statement that the applicant's
net worth does not exceed $2 million (if an individual) or $7 million
(for all other applicants, including their affiliates). However, an
applicant may omit this statement if:
    (1) It attaches a copy of a ruling by the Internal Revenue Service
that it qualifies as an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)) or, in the case of a
tax-exempt organization not required to obtain a ruling from the
Internal Revenue Service on its exempt status, a statement that
describes the basis for the applicant's belief that it qualifies under
such section; or
    (2) It states that it is a cooperative association as defined in
section 15(a) of the Agricultural Marketing Act (12 U.S.C. 1141j(a)).
    (c) The application shall state the amount of fees and expenses for
which an award is sought.
    (d) The application may also include any other matters that the
applicant wishes this Agency to consider in determining whether and in
what amount an award should be made.
    (e) The application shall be signed by the applicant or an
authorized officer or attorney of the applicant. It shall also contain
or be accompanied by a written verification under oath or under penalty
of perjury that the information provided in the application is true.
    (f) Each applicant, except a qualified tax-exempt organization or
cooperative association, must provide with its application a detailed
exhibit showing the net worth of the applicant and any affiliates (as
defined in Sec. 102.143(g)) when the adversary adjudicative proceeding
was initiated. The exhibit may be in any form convenient to the
applicant that provides full disclosure of the applicant's and its
affiliates' assets and liabilities and is sufficient to determine
whether the applicant qualifies under the standards in this part. The
administrative law judge may require an applicant to file such
additional information as may be required to determine its eligibility
for an award.
    (g)(1) Unless otherwise directed by the administrative law judge,
the net worth exhibit will be included in the public record of the fee
application proceeding. An applicant that objects to public disclosure
of information in any portion of the exhibit may submit that portion of
the exhibit in a sealed envelope labeled ``Confidential Financial
Information'', accompanied by a motion to withhold the information from
public disclosure. The motion shall describe the information sought to
be withheld and explain, in detail, why public disclosure of the
information would adversely affect the applicant and why disclosure is
not required in the public interest. The exhibit shall be served on the
General Counsel but need not be served on any other party to the
proceeding. If the administrative law judge finds that the information
should not be withheld from disclosure, it shall be placed in the public
record of the proceeding.
    (2) If the administrative law judge grants the motion to withhold
from public disclosure, the exhibit shall remain sealed, except to the
extent that its contents are required to be disclosed at a hearing. The
granting of the motion to withhold from public disclosure shall not be
determinative of the availability of the document under the Freedom of
Information Act in response to a request made under the provisions of
Sec. 102.117. Notwithstanding that the exhibit may be withheld from
public disclosure, the General Counsel may disclose information from the
exhibit to others if required in the course of an investigation to
verify the claim of eligibility.
    (h) The application shall be accompanied by full documentation of
the fees and expenses for which an award is sought. A separate itemized
statement shall be submitted for each professional firm or individual
whose services are covered by the application, showing the dates and the
hours spent in connection with the proceeding by each individual, a
description of the specific services performed, the rate at which each
fee has been computed, any expenses for which reimbursement is sought,
the total amount claimed, and the total amount paid or payable by the
applicant or by any other person or entity for the services provided.
The administrative law judge may require

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the applicant to provide vouchers, receipts, or other substantiation for
any expenses claimed.

[46 FR 48087, Sept. 30, 1981, as amended at 51 FR 17733, May 15, 1986;
51 FR 36224, Oct. 9, 1986]



Sec. 102.148  When an application may be filed; place of filing;
service; referral to administrative law judge; stay of proceeding.

    (a) An application may be filed after entry of the final order
establishing that the applicant has prevailed in an adversary
adjudication proceeding or in a significant and discrete substantive
portion of that proceeding, but in no case later than 30 days after the
entry of the Board's final order in that proceeding. The application for
an award shall be filed in triplicate with the Board in Washington, DC,
together with a certificate of service. The application shall be served
on the regional director and all parties to the adversary adjudication
in the same manner as other pleadings in that proceeding, except as
provided in Sec. 102.147(g)(1) for financial information alleged to be
confidential.
    (b) Upon filing, the application shall be referred by the Board to
the administrative law judge who heard the adversary adjudication upon
which the application is based, or, in the event that proceeding had not
previously been heard by an administrative law judge, it shall be
referred to the chief administrative law judge for designation of an
administrative law judge, in accordance with Sec. 102.34, to consider
the application. When the administrative law judge to whom the
application has been referred is or becomes unavailable the provisions
of Sec. Sec. 102.34 and 102.36 shall be applicable.
    (c) Proceedings for the award of fees, but not the time limit of
this section for filing an application for an award, shall be stayed
pending final disposition of the adversary adjudication in the event any
person seeks reconsideration or review of the decision in that
proceeding.
    (d) For purposes of this section the withdrawal of a complaint by a
regional director under Sec. 102.18 of these rules shall be treated as
a final order, and an appeal under Sec. 102.19 of these rules shall be
treated as a request for reconsideration of that final order.



Sec. 102.149  Filing of documents; service of documents; motions for
extension of time.

    (a) All motions and pleadings after the time the case is referred by
the Board to the administrative law judge until the issuance of the
judge's decision shall be filed with the administrative law judge in
triplicate together with proof of service. Copies of all documents filed
shall be served on all parties to the adversary adjudication.
    (b) Motions for extensions of time to file motions, documents, or
pleadings permitted by Sec. 102.150 or by Sec. 102.152 shall be filed
with the chief administrative law judge in Washington, D.C., the
associate chief judge in San Francisco, California, the associate chief
judge in New York, New York, or the associate chief judge in Atlanta,
Georgia, as the case may be, not later than 3 days before the due date
of the document. Notice of the request shall be immediately served on
all other parties and proof of service furnished.

[46 FR 48087, Sept. 30, 1981, as amended at 62 FR 1668, Jan. 13, 1997]



Sec. 102.150  Answer to application; reply to answer; comments by
other parties.

    (a) Within 35 days after service of an application the general
counsel may file an answer to the application. Unless the general
counsel requests an extension of time for filing or files a statement of
intent to negotiate under paragraph (b) of this section, failure to file
a timely answer may be treated as a consent to the award requested. The
filing of a motion to dismiss the application shall stay the time for
filing an answer to a date 35 days after issuance of any order denying
the motion. Within 21 days after service of any motion to dismiss, the
applicant shall file a response thereto. Review of an order granting a
motion to dismiss an application in its entirety may be obtained by
filing a request therefor with the Board in Washington, DC, pursuant to
Sec. 102.27 of these rules.
    (b) If the General Counsel and the applicant believe that the issues
in the fee application can be settled, they

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may jointly file a statement of their intent to negotiate toward a
settlement. The filing of such a statement shall extend the time for
filing an answer for an additional 35 days.
    (c) The answer shall explain in detail any objections to the award
requested and identify the facts relied on in support of the General
Counsel's position. If the answer is based on alleged facts not already
in the record of the adversary adjudication supporting affidavits shall
be provided or a request made for further proceedings under Sec.
102.152.
    (d) Within 21 days after service of an answer, the applicant may
file a reply. If the reply is based on alleged facts not already in the
record of the adversary adjudication, supporting affidavits shall be
provided or a request made for further proceedings under Sec. 102.152.
    (e) Any party to an adversary adjudication other than the applicant
and the general counsel may file comments on a fee application within 35
days after it is served and on an answer within 21 days after it is
served. A commenting party may not participate further in the fee
application proceeding unless the administrative law judge determines
that such participation is required in order to permit full exploration
of matters raised in the comments.

[46 FR 48087, Sept. 30, 1981, as amended at 51 FR 23750, July 1, 1986;
51 FR 32919, Sept. 17, 1986]



Sec. 102.151  Settlement.

    The applicant and the General Counsel may agree on a proposed
settlement of the award before final action on the application. If a
prevailing party and the General Counsel agree on a proposed settlement
of an award before an application has been filed, the proposed
settlement shall be filed with the application. All such settlements
shall be subject to approval by the Board.



Sec. 102.152  Further proceedings.

    (a) Ordinarily the determination of an award will be made on the
basis of the documents in the record. The administrative law judge,
however, upon request of either the applicant or the General Counsel, or
on his or her own initiative, may order further proceedings, including
an informal conference, oral argument, additional written submissions or
an evidentiary hearing. An evidentiary hearing shall be held only when
necessary for resolution of material issues of fact.
    (b) A request that the administrative law judge order further
proceedings under this section shall specifically identify the disputed
issues and the evidence sought to be adduced, and shall explain why the
additional proceedings are necessary to resolve the issues.
    (c) An order of the administrative law judge scheduling further
proceedings shall specify the issues to be considered.
    (d) Any evidentiary hearing held pursuant to this section shall be
open to the public and shall be conducted in accordance with Sec. Sec.
102.30 to 102.44 of these rules, except Sec. Sec. 102.33, 102.34 and
102.38.
    (e) Rulings of the administrative law judge shall be reviewable by
the Board only in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 102.26.



Sec. 102.153  Administrative law judge's decision; contents; service;
transfer of case to the Board; contents of record in case.

    (a) Upon conclusion of proceedings under Sec. Sec. 102.147 to
102.152, the administrative law judge shall prepare a decision. The
decision shall include written findings and conclusions as necessary to
dispose of the application. The administrative law judge shall file the
original of his decision with the Board and cause a copy thereof to be
served on each of the parties. Upon the filing of the decision, the
Board shall enter an order transferring the case to the Board and shall
serve copies of the order, setting forth the date of such transfer, on
all the parties. Service of the administrative law judge's decision and
of the order transferring the case to the Board shall be complete upon
mailing.
    (b) The record in a proceeding on an application for an award of
fees and expenses shall include the application and any amendments or
attachments thereto, the net worth exhibit, the answer and any
amendments or attachments thereto, any reply to the answer, any comments
by other parties, motions, rulings, orders, stipulations,

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written submissions, the stenographic transcript of any oral argument,
the stenographic transcript of any hearing, exhibits and depositions,
together with the administrative law judge's decision and exceptions,
any cross-exceptions or answering briefs as provided in Sec. 102.46,
and the record of the adversary adjudication upon which the application
is based.



Sec. 102.154  Exceptions to administrative law judge's decision;
briefs; action of Board.

    Procedures before the Board, including the filing of exceptions to
the administrative law judge's decision and briefs, and action by the
Board, shall be in accordance with Sec. Sec. 102.46, 102.47, 102.48 and
102.50 of these rules. The Board will issue a decision on the
application or remand the proceeding to the administrative law judge for
further proceedings.



Sec. 102.155  Payment of award.

    To obtain payment of an award made by the Board the applicant shall
submit to the Director, Division of Administration, a copy of the
Board's final decision granting the award, accompanied by a statement
that the applicant will not seek court review of the decision. If such
statement is filed the Agency will pay the amount of the award within 60
days, unless judicial review of the award or of the underlying decision
has been sought.



      Subpart U_Debt-Collection Procedures by Administrative Offset

    Source: 62 FR 55164, Oct. 23, 1997, unless otherwise noted.



Sec. 102.156  Administrative offset; purpose and scope.

    The regulations in this subpart specify the Agency procedures that
will be followed to implement the administrative offset procedures set
forth in the Debt Collection Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97-365), 31 U.S.C.
3716.



Sec. 102.157  Definitions.

    (a) The term administrative offset means the withholding of money
payable by the United States to, or held by the United States on behalf
of, a person to satisfy a debt owed the United States by that person.
    (b) The term debtor is any person against whom the Board has a
claim.
    (c) The term person does not include any agency of the United
States, or any state or local government.
    (d) The terms claim and debt are synonymous and interchangeable.
They refer to an amount of money or property which has been determined
by an appropriate Agency official to be owed to the United States from
any person, organization, or entity, except another Federal agency.
    (e) A debt is considered delinquent if it has not been paid by the
date specified in the Agency's initial demand letter (Sec. 102.161),
unless satisfactory payment arrangements have been made by that date, or
if, at any time thereafter, the debtor fails to satisfy his obligations
under a payment agreement with the Agency.



Sec. 102.158  Agency requests for administrative offsets and
cooperation with other Federal agencies.

    Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Agency may request that
monies due and payable to a debtor by another Federal agency be
administratively offset in order to collect debts owed the Agency by the
debtor. In requesting an administrative offset, the Agency will provide
the other Federal agency holding funds of the debtor with written
certification stating:
    (a) That the debtor owes the Board a debt (including the amount of
debt); and
    (b) That the Agency has complied with the applicable Federal Claims
Collection Standards, including any hearing or review.



Sec. 102.159  Exclusions.

    (a)(1) The Agency is not authorized by the Debt Collection Act of
1982 (31 U.S.C. 3716) to use administrative offset with respect to:
    (i) Debts owed by any State or local government;
    (ii) Debts arising under or payments made under the Social Security
Act, the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, or the tariff laws of the United
States; or

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    (iii) When a statute explicitly provides for or prohibits using
administrative offset to collect the claim or type of claim involved.
    (2) No claim that has been outstanding for more than 10 years after
the Board's right to collect the debt first accrued may be collected by
means of administrative offset, unless facts material to the right to
collect the debt were not known and could not reasonably have been known
by the official of the Agency who was charged with the responsibility to
discover and collect such debts until within 10 years of the initiation
of the collection action. A determination of when the debt first accrued
should be made according to existing laws regarding the accrual of
debts, such as under 28 U.S.C. 2415. Unless otherwise provided by
contract or law, debts or payments owed the Board which are not subject
to administrative offset under 31 U.S.C. 3716 may be collected by
administrative offset under the common law or other applicable statutory
authority, pursuant to this paragraph or Board regulations established
pursuant to such other statutory authority.
    (b) Collection by offset against a judgment obtained by a debtor
against the United States shall be accomplished in accordance with 31
U.S.C. 3728.



Sec. 102.160  Agency responsibilities.

    (a) The Agency shall provide appropriate written or other guidance
to Agency officials in carrying out this subpart, including the issuance
of guidelines and instructions, which may be deemed appropriate. The
Agency shall also take such administrative steps as may be appropriate
to carry out the purposes and ensure the effective implementation of
this subpart.
    (b) Before collecting a claim by means of administrative offset, the
Agency must ensure that administrative offset is feasible, allowable and
appropriate, and must notify the debtor of the Agency's policies for
collecting a claim by means of administrative offset.
    (c) Whether collection by administrative offset is feasible is a
determination to be made by the Agency on a case-by-case basis, in the
exercise of sound discretion. The Agency shall consider not only whether
administrative offset can be accomplished, both practically and legally,
but also whether administrative offset will further and protect the best
interests of the United States Government. In appropriate circumstances,
the Agency may give due consideration to the debtor's financial
condition, and it is not expected that administrative offset will be
used in every available instance, particularly where there is another
readily available source of funds. The Agency may also consider whether
administrative offset would substantially interfere with or defeat the
purposes of the program authorizing the payments against which offset is
contemplated.
    (d) Administrative offset shall be considered by the Agency only
after attempting to collect a claim under 31 U.S.C. 3711(a).



Sec. 102.161  Notification.

    (a) The Agency shall send a written demand to the debtor in terms
which inform the debtor of the consequences of failure to cooperate. In
the demand letter, the Agency shall provide the name of an Agency
employee who can provide a full explanation of the claim. When the
Agency deems it appropriate to protect the Government's interests (for
example, to prevent the statute of limitations, 28 U.S.C. 2415, from
expiring), written demand may be preceded by other appropriate actions.
    (b) In accordance with guidelines established by the Agency, the
Agency official responsible for collection of the debt shall send
written notice to the debtor, informing such debtor as appropriate:
    (1) Of the nature and amount of the Board's claim;
    (2) Of the date by which payment is to be made (which normally
should be not more than 30 days from the date that the initial
notification was mailed or hand delivered);
    (3) Of the Agency's intention to collect by administrative offset
and of the debtor's rights in conjunction with such an offset;
    (4) That the Agency intends to collect, as appropriate, interest,
penalties, administrative costs and attorneys fees;

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    (5) Of the rights of such debtor to a full explanation of the claim,
of the opportunity to inspect and copy Agency records with respect to
the claim and to dispute any information in the Agency's records
concerning the claim;
    (6) Of the debtor's right to administrative appeal or review within
the Agency concerning the Agency's claim and how such review shall be
obtained;
    (7) Of the debtor's opportunity to enter into a written agreement
with the Agency to repay the debt; and
    (8) Of the date on which, or after which, an administrative offset
will begin.



Sec. 102.162  Examination and copying of records related to the claim;
opportunity for full explanation of the claim.

    Following receipt of the demand letter specified in Sec. 102.161,
and in conformity with Agency guidelines governing such requests, the
debtor may request to examine and copy publicly available records
pertaining to the debt, and may request a full explanation of the
Agency's claim.



Sec. 102.163  Opportunity for repayment.

    (a) The Agency shall afford the debtor the opportunity to repay the
debt or enter into a repayment plan which is agreeable to the Agency and
is in a written form signed by such debtor. The Agency may deem a
repayment plan to be abrogated if the debtor should, after the repayment
plan is signed, fail to comply with the terms of the plan.
    (b) The Agency has discretion and should exercise sound judgment in
determining whether to accept a repayment agreement in lieu of
administrative offset.



Sec. 102.164  Review of the obligation.

    (a) The debtor shall have the opportunity to obtain review by the
Agency of the determination concerning the existence or amount of the
debt as set forth in the notice. In cases where the amount of the debt
has been fully liquidated, the review is limited to ensuring that the
liquidated amount is correctly represented in the notice.
    (b) The debtor seeking review shall make the request in writing to
the Agency, not more than 15 days from the date the demand letter was
received by the debtor. The request for review shall state the basis for
challenging the determination. If the debtor alleges that the Agency's
information relating to the debt is not accurate, timely, relevant or
complete, the debtor shall provide information or documentation to
support this allegation.
    (c) The Agency may effect an administrative offset against a payment
to be made to a debtor prior to the completion of the due process
procedures required by this subpart, if failure to take the offset would
substantially prejudice the Agency's ability to collect the debt; for
example, if the time before the payment is to be made would not
reasonably permit the completion of due process procedures.
Administrative offset effected prior to completion of due process
procedures must be promptly followed by the completion of those
procedures. Amounts recovered by administrative offset, but later found
not owed to the Agency, will be promptly refunded.
    (d) Upon completion of the review, the Agency's reviewing official
shall transmit to the debtor the Agency's decision. If appropriate, this
decision shall inform the debtor of the scheduled date on or after which
administrative offset will begin. The decision shall also, if
appropriate, indicate any changes in information to the extent such
information differs from that provided in the initial notification to
the debtor under Sec. 102.161.
    (e) Nothing in this subpart shall preclude the Agency from sua
sponte reviewing the obligation of the debtor, including a
reconsideration of the Agency's determination concerning the debt, and
the accuracy, timeliness, relevance, and completeness of the information
on which the debt is based.



Sec. 102.165  Cost shifting.

    Costs incurred by the Agency in connection with referral of debts
for administrative offset will be added to the debt and thus increase
the amount of the offset. Such costs may include administrative costs
and attorneys fees.

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Sec. 102.166  Additional administrative collection action.

    Nothing contained in this subpart is intended to preclude the Agency
from utilizing any other administrative or legal remedy which may be
available.



Sec. 102.167  Prior provision of rights with respect to debt.

    To the extent that the rights of the debtor in relation to the same
debt have been previously provided for under some other statutory or
regulatory authority, the Agency is not required to duplicate those
efforts before effecting administrative offset.



Subpart V_Debt Collection Procedures By Federal Income Tax Refund Offset

    Source: 62 FR 55166, Oct. 23, 1997, unless otherwise noted.



Sec. 102.168  Federal income tax refund offset; purpose and scope.

    The regulations in this subpart specify the Agency procedures that
will be followed in order to implement the Federal income tax refund
offset procedures set forth in 26 U.S.C. 6402(d) of the Internal Revenue
Code (Code), 31 U.S.C. 3720A, and 301.6402-6 of the Treasury Regulations
on Procedure and Administration (26 CFR 301.6402-6). This statute and
the implementing regulations of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) at 26
CFR 301.6402-6 authorize the IRS to reduce a tax refund by the amount of
a past-due legally enforceable debt owed to the United States. The
regulations apply to past-due legally enforceable debts owed to the
Agency by individuals and business entities. The regulations are not
intended to limit or restrict debtor access to any judicial remedies to
which he or she may otherwise be entitled.



Sec. 102.169  Definitions.

    (a) Tax refund offset refers to the IRS income tax refund offset
program operated under authority of 31 U.S.C. 3720A.
    (b) Past-due legally enforceable debt is a delinquent debt
administratively determined to be valid, whereon no more than 10 years
have lapsed since the date of delinquency (unless reduced to judgment),
and which is not discharged under a bankruptcy proceeding or subject to
an automatic stay under 11 U.S.C. 362.
    (c) Individual refers to a taxpayer identified by a social security
number (SSN).
    (d) Business entity refers to an entity identified by an employer
identification number (EIN).
    (e) Taxpayer mailing address refers to the debtor's current mailing
address as obtained from IRS.
    (f) Memorandum of understanding refers to the agreement between the
Agency and IRS outlining the duties and responsibilities of the
respective parties for participation in the tax refund offset program.



Sec. 102.170  Agency referral to IRS for tax referral effect; Agency
responsibilities.

    (a) As authorized and required by law, the Agency may refer past-due
legally enforceable debts to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for
collection by offset from any overpayment of income tax that may
otherwise be due to be refunded to the taxpayer. By the date and in the
manner prescribed by the IRS, the Agency may refer for tax refund offset
past-due legally enforceable debts. Such referrals shall include the
following information:
    (1) Whether the debtor is an individual or a business entity;
    (2) The name and taxpayer identification number (SSN or EIN) of the
debtor who is responsible for the debt;
    (3) The amount of the debt;
    (4) A designation that the Agency is referring the debt and (as
appropriate) Agency account identifiers.
    (b) The Agency will ensure the confidentiality of taxpayer
information as required by IRS in its Tax Information Security
Guidelines.
    (c) As necessary, the Agency will submit updated information at the
times and in the manner prescribed by IRS to reflect changes in the
status of debts or debtors referred for tax refund offset.
    (d) Amounts erroneously offset will be refunded by the Agency or IRS
in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding.

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Sec. 102.171  Cost shifting.

    Costs incurred by the Agency in connection with referral of debts
for tax refund offset will be added to the debt and thus increase the
amount of the offset. Such costs may include administrative costs and
attorneys fees.



Sec. 102.172  Minimum referral amount.

    The minimum amount of a debt otherwise eligible for Agency referral
to the IRS is $25 for individual debtors and $100 for business debtors.
The amount referred may include the principal portion of the debt, as
well as any accrued interest, penalties, administrative cost charges,
and attorney fees.



Sec. 102.173  Relation to other collection efforts.

    (a) Tax refund offset is intended to be an administrative collection
remedy to be utilized consistent with IRS requirements for participation
in the program, and the costs and benefits of pursuing alternative
remedies when the tax refund offset program is readily available. To the
extent practical, the requirements of the program will be met by merging
IRS requirements into the Agency's overall requirements for delinquent
debt collection.
    (b) As appropriate, debts of an individual debtor of $100 or more
will be reported to a consumer or commercial credit reporting agency
before referral for tax refund offset.
    (c) Debts owed by individuals will be screened for administrative
offset potential using the most current information reasonably available
to the Agency, and will not be referred for tax refund offset where
administrative offset potential is found to exist.



Sec. 102.174  Debtor notification.

    (a) The Agency shall send appropriate written demand to the debtor
in terms which inform the debtor of the consequences of failure to repay
debts or claims owed the Board.
    (b) Before the Agency refers a debt to IRS for tax refund offset, it
will make a reasonable attempt to notify the debtor that:
    (1) The debt is past-due;
    (2) Unless the debt is repaid or a satisfactory repayment agreement
is established within 60 days thereafter, the debt will be referred to
IRS for offset from any overpayment of tax remaining after taxpayer
liabilities of greater priority have been satisfied; and
    (3) The debtor will have a minimum of 60 days from the date of
notification to present evidence that all or part of the debt is not
past due or legally enforceable, and the Agency will consider this
evidence in a review of its determination that the debt is past due and
legally enforceable. The debtor will be advised where and to whom
evidence is to be submitted.
    (c) The Agency will make a reasonable attempt to notify the debtor
by using the most recent address information available to the Agency or
obtained from the IRS, unless written notification to the Agency is
received from the debtor stating that notices from the Agency are to be
sent to a different address.
    (d) The notification required by paragraph (b) of this section and
sent to the address specified in paragraph (c) of this section may, at
the option of the Agency, be incorporated into demand letters required
by paragraph (a) of this section.



Sec. 102.175  Agency review of the obligation.

    (a) The Agency official responsible for collection of the debt will
consider any evidence submitted by the debtor as a result of the
notification required by Sec. 102.174 and notify the debtor of the
result. If appropriate, the debtor will also be advised where and to
whom to request a review of any unresolved dispute.
    (b) The debtor will be granted 30 days from the date of the
notification required by paragraph (a) of this section to request a
review of the determination of the Agency official responsible for
collection of the debt on any unresolved dispute. The debtor will be
advised of the result.



Sec. 102.176  Prior provision of rights with respect to debt.

    To the extent that the rights of the debtor in relation to the same
debt have been previously provided under some other statutory or
regulatory authority, including administrative offset procedures set
forth in subpart U,

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the Agency is not required to duplicate those efforts before referring a
debt for tax refund offset.



       Subpart W_Misconduct by Attorneys or Party Representatives



Sec. 102.177  Exclusion from hearings; Refusal of witness to answer
questions; Misconduct by attorneys and party representatives before the

Agency; Procedures for processing misconduct allegations.

    (a) Any attorney or other representative appearing or practicing
before the Agency shall conform to the standards of ethical and
professional conduct required of practitioners before the courts, and
the Agency will be guided by those standards in interpreting and
applying the provisions of this section.
    (b) Misconduct by any person at any hearing before an administrative
law judge, hearing officer, or the Board shall be grounds for summary
exclusion from the hearing. Notwithstanding the procedures set forth in
paragraph (e) of this section for handling allegations of misconduct,
the administrative law judge, hearing officer, or Board shall also have
the authority in the proceeding in which the misconduct occurred to
admonish or reprimand, after due notice, any person who engages in
misconduct at a hearing.
    (c) The refusal of a witness at any such hearing to answer any
question which has been ruled to be proper shall, in the discretion of
the administrative law judge or hearing officer, be grounds for striking
all testimony previously given by such witness on related matters.
    (d) Misconduct by an attorney or other representative at any stage
of any Agency proceeding, including but not limited to misconduct at a
hearing, shall be grounds for discipline. Such misconduct of an
aggravated character shall be grounds for suspension and/or disbarment
from practice before the Agency and/or other sanctions.
    (e) All allegations of misconduct pursuant to paragraph (d) of this
section, except for those involving the conduct of Agency employees,
shall be handled in accordance with the following procedures:
    (1) Allegations that an attorney or party representative has engaged
in misconduct may be brought to the attention of the Investigating
Officer by any person. The Investigating Officer, for purposes of this
paragraph, shall be the Associate General Counsel, Division of
Operations-Management, or his/her designee.
    (2) The Investigating Officer or his/her designee shall conduct such
investigation as he/she deems appropriate and shall have the usual
powers of investigation provided in Section 11 of the Act. Following the
investigation, the Investigating Officer shall make a recommendation to
the General Counsel, who shall make the determination whether to
institute disciplinary proceedings against the attorney or party
representative. The General Counsel's authority to make this
determination shall not be delegable to the Regional Director or other
personnel in the Regional Office. If the General Counsel determines not
to institute disciplinary proceedings, all interested persons shall be
notified of the determination, which shall be final.
    (3) If the General Counsel decides to institute disciplinary
proceedings against the attorney or party representative, the General
Counsel or his/her designee shall serve the Respondent with a complaint
which shall include: a statement of the acts which are claimed to
constitute misconduct including the approximate date and place of such
acts together with a statement of the discipline recommended;
notification of the right to a hearing before an administrative law
judge with respect to any material issues of fact or mitigation; and an
explanation of the method by which a hearing may be requested. Such a
complaint shall not be issued until the Respondent has been notified of
the allegations in writing and has been afforded a reasonable
opportunity to respond.
    (4) Within 14 days of service of the disciplinary complaint, the
respondent shall file an answer admitting or denying the allegations,
and may request a hearing. If no answer is filed or no material issue of
fact or relevant to mitigation warranting a hearing is raised, the
matter may be submitted directly

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to the Board. If no answer is filed, then the allegations shall be
deemed admitted.
    (5) Sections 102.24 through 102.51, rules applicable to unfair labor
practice proceedings, shall be applicable to disciplinary proceedings
under this section to the extent that they are not contrary to the
provisions of this section.
    (6) The hearing shall be conducted at a reasonable time, date, and
place. In setting the hearing date, the administrative law judge shall
give due regard to the respondent's need for time to prepare an adequate
defense and the need of the Agency and the respondent for an expeditious
resolution of the allegations.
    (7) The hearing shall be public unless otherwise ordered by the
Board or the administrative law judge.
    (8) Any person bringing allegations of misconduct or filing a
petition for disciplinary proceedings against an attorney or party
representative shall be given notice of the scheduled hearing. Any such
person shall not be a party to the disciplinary proceeding, however, and
shall not be afforded the rights of a party to call, examine or cross-
examine witnesses and introduce evidence at the hearing, to file
exceptions to the administrative law judge's decision, or to appeal the
Board's decision.
    (9) The respondent will, upon request, be provided with an
opportunity to read the transcript or listen to a recording of the
hearing.
    (10) The General Counsel must establish the alleged misconduct by a
preponderance of the evidence.
    (11) At any stage of the proceeding prior to hearing, the respondent
may submit a settlement proposal to the General Counsel, who may approve
the settlement or elect to continue with the proceedings. Any formal
settlement reached between the General Counsel and the respondent,
providing for entry of a Board order reprimanding, suspending,
disbarring or taking other disciplinary action against the respondent,
shall be subject to final approval by the Board. In the event any
settlement, formal or informal, is reached after opening of the hearing,
such settlement must be submitted to the administrative law judge for
approval. In the event the administrative law judge rejects the
settlement, either the General Counsel or the respondent may appeal such
ruling to the Board as provided in Sec. 102.26.
    (12) If it is found that the respondent has engaged in misconduct in
violation of paragraph (d) of this section, the Board may issue a final
order imposing such disciplinary sanctions as it deems appropriate,
including, where the misconduct is of an aggravated character,
suspension and/or disbarment from practice before the Agency, and/or
other sanctions.
    (f) Any person found to have engaged in misconduct warranting
disciplinary sanctions under paragraph (d) of this section may seek
judicial review of the administrative determination.

[61 FR 65331, Dec. 12, 1996]



       Subpart X_Special Procedures When the Board Lacks a Quorum

    Source: 76 FR 77700, Dec. 14, 2011, unless otherwise noted.



Sec. 102.178  Normal operations should continue.

    The policy of the National Labor Relations Board is that during any
period when the Board lacks a quorum normal Agency operations should
continue to the greatest extent permitted by law.



Sec. 102.179  Motions for default judgment, summary judgment, or
dismissal referred to Chief Administrative Law Judge.

    During any period when the Board lacks a quorum, all motions for
default judgment, summary judgment, or dismissal filed or pending
pursuant to Sec. 102.50 of this part shall be referred to the Chief
Administrative Law Judge in Washington, DC, for ruling. Such rulings by
the Chief Administrative Law Judge, and orders in connection therewith,
shall not be appealed directly to the Board, but shall be considered by
the Board in reviewing the record if exception to the ruling or order is
included in the statement of exceptions filed with the Board pursuant to
Sec. 102.46 of this part.

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Sec. 102.180  Requests for special permission to appeal referred to
Chief Administrative Law Judge.

    During any period when the Board lacks a quorum, any request for
special permission to appeal filed or pending pursuant to Sec. 102.26
of this part shall be referred to the Chief Administrative Law Judge in
Washington, DC, for ruling. Such rulings by the Chief Administrative Law
Judge, and orders in connection therewith, shall not be appealed
directly to the Board, but shall be considered by the Board in reviewing
the record if exception to the ruling or order is included in the
statement of exceptions filed with the Board pursuant to Sec. 102.46.



Sec. 102.181  Administrative and procedural requests referred to
Executive Secretary.

    During any period when the Board lacks a quorum, administrative and
procedural requests that would normally be filed with the Office of the
Executive Secretary for decision by the Board prior to the filing of a
request for review under Sec. 102.67 of this part, or exceptions under
Sec. Sec. 102.46 and 102.69 of this part, shall be referred to the
Executive Secretary for ruling. Such rulings by the Executive Secretary,
and orders in connection therewith, shall not be appealed directly to
the Board, but shall be considered by the Board if such matters are
raised by a party in its request for review or exceptions.



Sec. 102.182  Representation cases should be processed to certification.

    During any period when the Board lacks a quorum, the second proviso
of Sec. 102.67(b) regarding the automatic impounding of ballots shall
be suspended. To the extent practicable, all representation cases should
continue to be processed and the appropriate certification should be
issued by the Regional Director notwithstanding the pendency of a
request for review, subject to revision or revocation by the Board
pursuant to a request for review filed in accordance with this subpart.

[76 FR 82133, Dec. 30, 2011]



         Sec. Appendix A to Part 102--NLRB Official Office Hours

NLRB Headquarters, Business Hours
 (Local Time):
  Washington, DC......................  8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Division of Judges, Business Hours
 (Local Time):
  Washington, DC......................  8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
  San Francisco.......................  8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
  New York............................  8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
  Atlanta.............................  8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Regional Office Business Hours (Local
 Time):
  1--Boston...........................  8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
  2--New York.........................  8:45 a.m.-5:15 p.m.
  3--Buffalo..........................  8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
    Albany............................  8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
  4--Philadelphia.....................  8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
  5--Baltimore........................  8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
    Washington, DC....................  8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
  6--Pittsburgh.......................  8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
  7--Detroit..........................  8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
    Grand Rapids......................  8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
  8--Cleveland........................  8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
  9--Cincinnati.......................  8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
  10--Atlanta.........................  8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
    Birmingham........................  8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
  11--Winston-Salem...................  8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
  12--Tampa...........................  8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
    Jacksonville......................  8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
    Miami.............................  8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
  13--Chicago.........................  8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
  14--St. Louis.......................  8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
  15--New Orleans.....................  8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
  16--Fort Worth......................  8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
    Houston...........................  8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
    San Antonio.......................  8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
  17--Kansas City.....................  8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
    Tulsa.............................  8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
  18--Minneapolis.....................  8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
    Des Moines........................  8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
  19--Seattle.........................  8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
    Anchorage.........................  8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
    Portland..........................  8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
  20--San Francisco...................  8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
    Honolulu..........................  8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
  21--Los Angeles.....................  8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
    San Diego.........................  8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
  22--Newark..........................  8:45 a.m.-5:15 p.m.
  24--Puerto Rico.....................  8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
  25--Indianapolis....................  8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
  26--Memphis.........................  8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
    Little Rock.......................  8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
    Nashville.........................  8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
  27--Denver..........................  8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
  28--Phoenix.........................  8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
    Albuquerque.......................  8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
    El Paso...........................  8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
    Las Vegas.........................  8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
  29--Brooklyn........................  9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
  30--Milwaukee.......................  8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
  31--Los Angeles.....................  8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
  32--Oakland.........................  8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
  33--Peoria..........................  8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

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  34--Hartford........................  8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.



[57 FR 4158, Feb. 4, 1992]



PART 103_OTHER RULES--Table of Contents



                   Subpart A_Jurisdictional Standards

Sec.
103.1 Colleges and universities.
103.2 Symphony orchestras.
103.3 Horseracing and dogracing industries.

                      Subpart B_Election Procedures

103.20 Posting of election notices.

                 Subpart C_Appropriate Bargaining Units

103.30 Appropriate bargaining units in the health care industry.

Subpart E [Reserved]

                        Subpart F_Remedial Orders

103.100 Offers of reinstatement to employees in Armed Forces.

    Authority: 29 U.S.C. 156, in accordance with the procedure set forth
in 5 U.S.C. 553.



                   Subpart A_Jurisdictional Standards



Sec. 103.1  Colleges and universities.

    The Board will assert its jurisdiction in any proceeding arising
under sections 8, 9, and 10 of the Act involving any private nonprofit
college or university which has a gross annual revenue from all sources
(excluding only contributions which, because of limitation by the
grantor, are not available for use for operating expenses) of not less
than $1 million.

[35 FR 18370, Dec. 3, 1970]



Sec. 103.2  Symphony orchestras.

    The Board will assert its jurisdiction in any proceeding arising
under sections 8, 9, and 10 of the Act involving any symphony orchestra
which has a gross annual revenue from all sources (excluding only
contributions which are because of limitation by the grantor not
available for use for operating expenses) of not less than $1 million.

[38 FR 6177, Mar. 7, 1973]



Sec. 103.3  Horseracing and dogracing industries.

    The Board will not assert its jurisdiction in any proceeding under
sections 8, 9, and 10 of the Act involving the horseracing and dogracing
industries.

[38 FR 9507, Apr. 17, 1973]



                      Subpart B_Election Procedures



Sec. 103.20  Posting of election notices.

    (a) Employers shall post copies of the Board's official Notice of
Election in conspicuous places at least 3 full working days prior to
12:01 a.m. of the day of the election. In elections involving mail
ballots, the election shall be deemed to have commenced the day the
ballots are deposited by the Regional Office in the mail. In all cases,
the notices shall remain posted until the end of the election.
    (b) The term working day shall mean an entire 24-hour period
excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
    (c) A party shall be estopped from objecting to nonposting of
notices if it is responsible for the nonposting. An employer shall be
conclusively deemed to have received copies of the election notice for
posting unless it notifies the Regional Office at least 5 working days
prior to the commencement of the election that it has not received
copies of the election notice.
    (d) Failure to post the election notices as required herein shall be
grounds for setting aside the election whenever proper and timely
objections are filed under the provisions of Sec. 102.69(a).

[52 FR 25215, July 6, 1987]



                 Subpart C_Appropriate Bargaining Units



Sec. 103.30  Appropriate bargaining units in the health care industry.

    (a) This portion of the rule shall be applicable to acute care
hospitals, as defined in paragraph (f) of this section: Except in
extraordinary circumstances and in circumstances in which there are
existing non-conforming units, the following shall be appropriate units,
and the only appropriate units, for petitions filed pursuant to section

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9(c)(1)(A)(i) or 9(c)(1)(B) of the National Labor Relations Act, as
amended, except that, if sought by labor organizations, various
combinations of units may also be appropriate:
    (1) All registered nurses.
    (2) All physicians.
    (3) All professionals except for registered nurses and physicians.
    (4) All technical employees.
    (5) All skilled maintenance employees.
    (6) All business office clerical employees.
    (7) All guards.
    (8) All nonprofessional employees except for technical employees,
skilled maintenance employees, business office clerical employees, and
guards.

Provided That a unit of five or fewer employees shall constitute an
extraordinary circumstance.
    (b) Where extraordinary circumstances exist, the Board shall
determine appropriate units by adjudication.
    (c) Where there are existing non-conforming units in acute care
hospitals, and a petition for additional units is filed pursuant to sec.
9(c)(1)(A)(i) or 9(c)(1)(B), the Board shall find appropriate only units
which comport, insofar as practicable, with the appropriate unit set
forth in paragraph (a) of this section.
    (d) The Board will approve consent agreements providing for
elections in accordance with paragraph (a) of this section, but nothing
shall preclude regional directors from approving stipulations not in
accordance with paragraph (a), as long as the stipulations are otherwise
acceptable.
    (e) This rule will apply to all cases decided on or after May 22,
1989.
    (f) For purposes of this rule, the term:
    (1) Hospital is defined in the same manner as defined in the
Medicare Act, which definition is incorporated herein (currently set
forth in 42 U.S.C. 1395x(e), as revised 1988);
    (2) Acute care hospital is defined as: either a short term care
hospital in which the average length of patient stay is less than thirty
days, or a short term care hospital in which over 50% of all patients
are admitted to units where the average length of patient stay is less
than thirty days. Average length of stay shall be determined by
reference to the most recent twelve month period preceding receipt of a
representation petition for which data is readily available. The term
``acute care hospital'' shall include those hospitals operating as acute
care facilities even if those hospitals provide such services as, for
example, long term care, outpatient care, psychiatric care, or
rehabilitative care, but shall exclude facilities that are primarily
nursing homes, primarily psychiatric hospitals, or primarily
rehabilitation hospitals. Where, after issuance of a subpoena, an
employer does not produce records sufficient for the Board to determine
the facts, the Board may presume the employer is an acute care hospital.
    (3) Psychiatric hospital is defined in the same manner as defined in
the Medicare Act, which definition is incorporated herein (currently set
forth in 42 U.S.C. 1395x(f)).
    (4) The term rehabilitation hospital includes and is limited to all
hospitals accredited as such by either Joint Committee on Accreditation
of Healthcare Organizations or by Commission for Accreditation of
Rehabilitation Facilities.
    (5) A non-conforming unit is defined as a unit other than those
described in paragraphs (a) (1) through (8) of this section or a
combination among those eight units.
    (g) Appropriate units in all other health care facilities: The Board
will determine appropriate units in other health care facilities, as
defined in section 2(14) of the National Labor Relations Act, as
amended, by adjudication.

[54 FR 16347, Apr. 21, 1989]

Subpart E [Reserved]



                        Subpart F_Remedial Orders



Sec. 103.100  Offers of reinstatement to employees in Armed Forces.

    When an employer is required by a Board remedial order to offer an
employee employment, reemployment, or

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reinstatement, or to notify an employee of his or her entitlement to
reinstatement upon application, the employer shall, if the employee is
serving in the Armed Forces of the United States at the time such offer
or notification is made, also notify the employee of his or her right to
reinstatement upon application in accordance with the Military Selective
Service Act of 1967, as amended, after discharge from the Armed Forces.

[37 FR 21939, Oct. 17, 1972, as amended at 38 FR 9506, Apr. 17, 1973]



PART 104_NOTIFICATION OF EMPLOYEE RIGHTS; OBLIGATIONS OF EMPLOYERS
(effective date delayed indefinitely)--Table of Contents



Subpart A_Definitions, Requirements for Employee Notice, and Exceptions
                             and Exemptions

Sec.
104.201 What definitions apply to this part?
104.202 What employee notice must employers subject to the NLRA post in
          the workplace?
104.203 Are Federal contractors covered under this part?
104.204 What entities are not subject to this part?

Appendix to Subpart A--Text of Employee Notice

         Subpart B_General Enforcement and Complaint Procedures

104.210 How will the Board determine whether an employer is in
          compliance with this part?
104.211 What are the procedures for filing a charge?
104.212 What are the procedures to be followed when a charge is filed
          alleging that an employer has failed to post the required
          employee notice?
104.213 What remedies are available to cure a failure to post the
          employee notice?
104.214 How might other Board proceedings be affected by failure to post
          the employee notice?

                       Subpart C_Ancillary Matters

104.220 What other provisions apply to this part?

    Authority: National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), Section 6, 29 U.S.C.
156; Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553.

    Source: 76 FR 54046, Aug. 30, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

    Effective Date Note: At 76 FR 54046, Aug. 30, 2012 part 104 was
added, effective November 14, 2011. At 76 FR 63188, Oct. 12, 2011, the
effective date for part 104 was delayed to January 31, 2012. At 76 FR
82133, December 30, 2011, the effective date was further delayed to
April 30, 2012. At 77 FR 25868, May 2, 2012, the effective date was
delayed indefinitely.



Subpart A_Definitions, Requirements for Employee Notice, and Exceptions
                             and Exemptions



Sec. 104.201  What definitions apply to this part?

    Employee includes any employee, and is not limited to the employees
of a particular employer, unless the NLRA explicitly states otherwise.
The term includes anyone whose work has ceased because of, or in
connection with, any current labor dispute or because of any unfair
labor practice, and who has not obtained any other regular and
substantially equivalent employment. However, it does not include
agricultural laborers, supervisors, or independent contractors, or
anyone employed in the domestic service of any family or person at his
home, or by his parent or spouse, or by an employer subject to the
Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.), or by any other person who is
not an employer as defined in the NLRA. 29 U.S.C. 152(3).
    Employee notice means the notice set forth in the Appendix to
Subpart A of this part that employers subject to the NLRA must post
pursuant to this part.
    Employer includes any person acting as an agent of an employer,
directly or indirectly. The term does not include the United States or
any wholly owned Government corporation, or any Federal Reserve Bank, or
any State or political subdivision thereof, or any person subject to the
Railway Labor Act, or any labor organization (other than when acting as
an employer), or anyone acting in the capacity of officer or agent of
such labor organization. 29 U.S.C. 152(2). Further, the term
``employer'' does not include entities over which the Board has been
found not to have jurisdiction, or over which the Board has chosen
through regulation

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or adjudication not to assert jurisdiction.
    Labor organization means any organization of any kind, or any agency
or employee representation committee or plan, in which employees
participate and which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of
dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages,
rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of work. 29 U.S.C.
152(5).
    National Labor Relations Board (Board) means the National Labor
Relations Board provided for in section 3 of the National Labor
Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. 153. 29 U.S.C. 152(10).
    Person includes one or more individuals, labor organizations,
partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representatives,
trustees, trustees in cases under title 11 of the United States Code, or
receivers. 29 U.S.C. 152(1).
    Rules, regulations, and orders, as used in Sec. 104.202, means
rules, regulations, and relevant orders issued by the Board pursuant to
this part.
    Supervisor means any individual having authority, in the interest of
the employer, to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote,
discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees, or responsibly
to direct them, or to adjust their grievances, or effectively to
recommend such action, if in connection with the foregoing the exercise
of such authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but
requires the use of independent judgment. 29 U.S.C. 152(11).
    Unfair labor practice means any unfair labor practice listed in
section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. 158. 29 U.S.C.
152(8).
    Union means a labor organization as defined above.



Sec. 104.202  What employee notice must employers subject to the NLRA
post in the workplace?

    (a) Posting of employee notice. All employers subject to the NLRA
must post notices to employees, in conspicuous places, informing them of
their NLRA rights, together with Board contact information and
information concerning basic enforcement procedures, in the language set
forth in the Appendix to Subpart A of this part.
    (b) Size and form requirements. The notice to employees shall be at
least 11 inches by 17 inches in size, and in such format, type size, and
style as the Board shall prescribe. If an employer chooses to print the
notice after downloading it from the Board's Web site, the printed
notice shall be at least 11 inches by 17 inches in size.
    (c) Adaptation of language. The National Labor Relations Board may
find that an Act of Congress, clarification of existing law by the
courts or the Board, or other circumstances make modification of the
employee notice necessary to achieve the purposes of this part. In such
circumstances, the Board will promptly issue rules, regulations, or
orders as are needed to ensure that all future employee notices contain
appropriate language to achieve the purposes of this part.
    (d) Physical posting of employee notice. The employee notice must be
posted in conspicuous places where they are readily seen by employees,
including all places where notices to employees concerning personnel
rules or policies are customarily posted. Where 20 percent or more of an
employer's workforce is not proficient in English and speaks a language
other than English, the employer must post the notice in the language
employees speak. If an employer's workforce includes two or more groups
constituting at least 20 percent of the workforce who speak different
languages, the employer must either physically post the notice in each
of those languages or, at the employer's option, post the notice in the
language spoken by the largest group of employees and provide each
employee in each of the other language groups a copy of the notice in
the appropriate language. If an employer requests from the Board a
notice in a language in which it is not available, the requesting
employer will not be liable for non-compliance with the rule until the
notice becomes available in that language. An employer must take
reasonable steps to ensure that the notice is not altered, defaced,
covered by any other material, or otherwise rendered unreadable.
    (e) Obtaining a poster with the employee notice. A poster with the
required employee notice, including a

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poster with the employee notice translated into languages other than
English, will be printed by the Board, and may be obtained from the
Board's office, 1099 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20570, or from any
of the Board's regional, subregional, or resident offices. Addresses and
telephone numbers of those offices may be found on the Board's Web site
at http://www.nlrb.gov. A copy of the poster in English and in languages
other than English may also be downloaded from the Board's Web site at
http://www.nlrb.gov. Employers also may reproduce and use copies of the
Board's official poster, provided that the copies duplicate the official
poster in size, content, format, and size and style of type. In
addition, employers may use commercial services to provide the employee
notice poster consolidated onto one poster with other Federally mandated
labor and employment notices, so long as the consolidation does not
alter the size, content, format, or size and style of type of the poster
provided by the Board.
    (f) Electronic posting of employee notice. (1) In addition to
posting the required notice physically, an employer must also post the
required notice on an intranet or internet site if the employer
customarily communicates with its employees about personnel rules or
policies by such means. An employer that customarily posts notices to
employees about personnel rules or policies on an intranet or internet
site will satisfy the electronic posting requirement by displaying
prominently--i.e., no less prominently than other notices to employees--
on such a site either an exact copy of the poster, downloaded from the
Board's Web site, or a link to the Board's Web site that contains the
poster. The link to the Board's Web site must read, ``Employee Rights
under the National Labor Relations Act.''
    (2) Where 20 percent or more of an employer's workforce is not
proficient in English and speaks a language other than English, the
employer must provide notice as required in paragraph (f)(1) of this
section in the language the employees speak. If an employer's workforce
includes two or more groups constituting at least 20 percent of the
workforce who speak different languages, the employer must provide the
notice in each such language. The Board will provide translations of the
link to the Board's Web site for any employer that must or wishes to
display the link on its Web site. If an employer requests from the Board
a notice in a language in which it is not available, the requesting
employer will not be liable for non-compliance with the rule until the
notice becomes available in that language.



Sec. 104.203  Are Federal contractors covered under this part?

    Yes, Federal contractors are covered. However, contractors may
comply with the provisions of this part by posting the notices to
employees required under the Department of Labor's notice-posting rule,
29 CFR part 471.



Sec. 104.204  What entities are not subject to this part?

    (a) The following entities are excluded from the definition of
``employer'' under the National Labor Relations Act and are not subject
to the requirements of this part:
    (1) The United States or any wholly owned Government corporation;
    (2) Any Federal Reserve Bank;
    (3) Any State or political subdivision thereof;
    (4) Any person subject to the Railway Labor Act;
    (5) Any labor organization (other than when acting as an employer);
or
    (6) Anyone acting in the capacity of officer or agent of such labor
organization.
    (b) In addition, employers employing exclusively workers who are
excluded from the definition of ``employee'' under Sec. 104.201 are not
covered by the requirements of this part.
    (c) This part does not apply to entities over which the Board has
been found not to have jurisdiction, or over which the Board has chosen
through regulation or adjudication not to assert jurisdiction.
    (d)(1) This part does not apply to entities whose impact on
interstate commerce, although more than de minimis, is so slight that
they do not meet the Board's discretionary jurisdiction

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standards. The most commonly applicable standards are:
    (i) The retail standard, which applies to employers in retail
businesses, including home construction. The Board will take
jurisdiction over any such employer that has a gross annual volume of
business of $500,000 or more.
    (ii) The nonretail standard, which applies to most other employers.
It is based either on the amount of goods sold or services provided by
the employer out of state (called ``outflow'') or goods or services
purchased by the employer from out of state (called ``inflow''). The
Board will take jurisdiction over any employer with an annual inflow or
outflow of at least $50,000. Outflow can be either direct--to out-of-
state purchasers--or indirect--to purchasers that meet other
jurisdictional standards. Inflow can also be direct--purchased directly
from out of state--or indirect--purchased from sellers within the state
that purchased them from out-of-state sellers.
    (2) There are other standards for miscellaneous categories of
employers. These standards are based on the employer's gross annual
volume of business unless stated otherwise. These standards are listed
in the Table to this section.

                                             Table to Sec. 104.204
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Employer category                                     Jurisdictional standard
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amusement industry.........................  $500,000.
Apartment houses, condominiums,              $500,000.
 cooperatives.
Architects.................................  Nonretail standard.
Art museums, cultural centers, libraries...  $1 million.
Bandleaders................................  Retail/nonretail (depends on customer).
Cemeteries.................................  $500,000.
Colleges, universities, other private        $1 million.
 schools.
Communications (radio, TV, cable,            $100,000.
 telephone, telegraph).
Credit unions..............................  Either retail or nonretail standard.
Day care centers...........................  $250,000.
Gaming industry............................  $500,000.
Health care institutions:
    Nursing homes, visiting nurses           $100,000.
     associations.
    Hospitals, blood banks, other health     $250,000.
     care facilities (including doctors'
     and dentists' offices).
Hotels and motels..........................  $500,000.
Instrumentalities of interstate commerce...  $50,000.
Labor organizations (as employers).........  Nonretail standard.
Law firms; legal service organizations.....  $250,000.
Newspapers (with interstate contacts)......  $200,000.
Nonprofit charitable institutions..........  Depends on the entity's substantive purpose.
Office buildings; shopping centers.........  $100,000.
Private clubs..............................  $500,000.
Public utilities...........................  $250,000 or nonretail standard.
Restaurants................................  $500,000.
Social services organizations..............  $250,000.
Symphony orchestras........................  $1 million.
Taxicabs...................................  $500,000.
Transit systems............................  $250,000.
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    (3) If an employer can be classified under more than one category,
the Board will assert jurisdiction if the employer meets the
jurisdictional standard of any of those categories.
    (4) There are a few employer categories without specific
jurisdictional standards:
    (i) Enterprises whose operations have a substantial effect on
national defense or that receive large amounts of Federal funds
    (ii) Enterprises in the District of Columbia
    (iii) Financial information organizations and accounting firms
    (iv) Professional sports
    (v) Stock brokerage firms
    (vi) U. S. Postal Service
    (5) A more complete discussion of the Board's jurisdictional
standards may be found in An Outline of Law and Procedure in
Representation Cases, Chapter 1, found on the Board's Web site, http://
www.nlrb.gov.

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    (e) This part does not apply to the United States Postal Service.



           Sec. Appendix to Subpart A--Text of Employee Notice

        ``EMPLOYEE RIGHTS UNDER THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT

    The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) guarantees the right of
employees to organize and bargain collectively with their employers, and
to engage in other protected concerted activity or to refrain from
engaging in any of the above activity. Employees covered by the NLRA*
are protected from certain types of employer and union misconduct. This
Notice gives you general information about your rights, and about the
obligations of employers and unions under the NLRA. Contact the National
Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Federal agency that investigates and
resolves complaints under the NLRA, using the contact information
supplied below, if you have any questions about specific rights that may
apply in your particular workplace.
    ``Under the NLRA, you have the right to:
     Organize a union to negotiate with your employer
concerning your wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of
employment.
     Form, join or assist a union.
     Bargain collectively through representatives of
employees' own choosing for a contract with your employer setting your
wages, benefits, hours, and other working conditions.
     Discuss your wages and benefits and other terms
and conditions of employment or union organizing with your co-workers or
a union.
     Take action with one or more co-workers to
improve your working conditions by, among other means, raising work-
related complaints directly with your employer or with a government
agency, and seeking help from a union.
     Strike and picket, depending on the purpose or
means of the strike or the picketing.
     Choose not to do any of these activities,
including joining or remaining a member of a union.
    ``Under the NLRA, it is illegal for your employer to:
     Prohibit you from talking about or soliciting for
a union during non-work time, such as before or after work or during
break times; or from distributing union literature during non-work time,
in non-work areas, such as parking lots or break rooms.
     Question you about your union support or
activities in a manner that discourages you from engaging in that
activity.
     Fire, demote, or transfer you, or reduce your
hours or change your shift, or otherwise take adverse action against
you, or threaten to take any of these actions, because you join or
support a union, or because you engage in concerted activity for mutual
aid and protection, or because you choose not to engage in any such
activity.
     Threaten to close your workplace if workers
choose a union to represent them.
     Promise or grant promotions, pay raises, or other
benefits to discourage or encourage union support.
     Prohibit you from wearing union hats, buttons, t-
shirts, and pins in the workplace except under special circumstances.
     Spy on or videotape peaceful union activities and
gatherings or pretend to do so.
    ``Under the NLRA, it is illegal for a union or for the union that
represents you in bargaining with your employer to:
     Threaten or coerce you in order to gain your
support for the union.
     Refuse to process a grievance because you have
criticized union officials or because you are not a member of the union.
     Use or maintain discriminatory standards or
procedures in making job referrals from a hiring hall.
     Cause or attempt to cause an employer to
discriminate against you because of your union-related activity.
     Take adverse action against you because you have
not joined or do not support the union.
    ``If you and your co-workers select a union to act as your
collective bargaining representative, your employer and the union are
required to bargain in good faith in a genuine effort to reach a
written, binding agreement setting your terms and conditions of
employment. The union is required to fairly represent you in bargaining
and enforcing the agreement.
    ``Illegal conduct will not be permitted. If you believe your rights
or the rights of others have been violated, you should contact the NLRB
promptly to protect your rights, generally within six months of the
unlawful activity. You may inquire about possible violations without
your employer or anyone else being informed of the inquiry. Charges may
be filed by any person and need not be filed by the employee directly
affected by the violation. The NLRB may order an employer to rehire a
worker fired in violation of the law and to pay lost wages and benefits,
and may order an employer or union to cease violating the law. Employees
should seek assistance from the nearest regional NLRB office, which can
be found on the Agency's Web site: http://www.nlrb.gov.
    You can also contact the NLRB by calling toll-free: 1-866-667-NLRB
(6572) or (TTY) 1-866-315-NLRB (1-866-315-6572) for hearing impaired.
    If you do not speak or understand English well, you may obtain a
translation of this notice from the NLRB's Web site or by calling the
toll-free numbers listed above.

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    ``*The National Labor Relations Act covers most private-sector
employers. Excluded from coverage under the NLRA are public-sector
employees, agricultural and domestic workers, independent contractors,
workers employed by a parent or spouse, employees of air and rail
carriers covered by the Railway Labor Act, and supervisors (although
supervisors that have been discriminated against for refusing to violate
the NLRA may be covered).
    ``This is an official Government Notice and must not be defaced by
anyone.''



         Subpart B_General Enforcement and Complaint Procedures



Sec. 104.210  How will the Board determine whether an employer is in
compliance with this part?

    The Board has determined that employees must be aware of their NLRA
rights in order to exercise those rights effectively. Employers subject
to this rule are required to post the employee notice to inform
employees of their rights. Failure to post the employee notice may be
found to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise
of the rights guaranteed by NLRA Section 7, 29 U.S.C. 157, in violation
of NLRA Section 8(a)(1), 29 U.S.C. 158(a)(1).
    Normally, the Board will determine whether an employer is in
compliance when a person files an unfair labor practice charge alleging
that the employer has failed to post the employee notice required under
this part. Filing a charge sets in motion the Board's procedures for
investigating and adjudicating alleged unfair labor practices, and for
remedying conduct that the Board finds to be unlawful. See NLRA Sections
10-11, 29 U.S.C. 160-61, and 29 CFR part 102, subpart B.



Sec. 104.211  What are the procedures for filing a charge?

    (a) Filing charges. Any person (other than Board personnel) may file
a charge with the Board alleging that an employer has failed to post the
employee notice as required by this part. A charge should be filed with
the Regional Director of the Region in which the alleged failure to post
the required notice is occurring.
    (b) Contents of charges. The charge must be in writing and signed,
and must be sworn to before a Board agent, notary public, or other
person authorized to administer oaths or take acknowledgements, or
contain a declaration by the person signing it, under penalty of
perjury, that its contents are true and correct. The charge must
include:
    (1) The charging party's full name and address;
    (2) If the charge is filed by a union, the full name and address of
any national or international union of which it is an affiliate or
constituent unit;
    (3) The full name and address of the employer alleged to have
violated this part; and
    (4) A clear and concise statement of the facts constituting the
alleged unfair labor practice.



Sec. 104.212  What are the procedures to be followed when a charge is
filed alleging that an employer has failed to post the required

employee notice?

    (a) When a charge is filed with the Board under this section, the
Regional Director will investigate the allegations of the charge. If it
appears that the allegations are true, the Regional Director will make
reasonable efforts to persuade the respondent employer to post the
required employee notice expeditiously. If the employer does so, the
Board expects that there will rarely be a need for further
administrative proceedings.
    (b) If an alleged violation cannot be resolved informally, the
Regional Director may issue a formal complaint against the respondent
employer, alleging a violation of the notice-posting requirement and
scheduling a hearing before an administrative law judge. After a
complaint issues, the matter will be adjudicated in keeping with the
Board's customary procedures. See NLRA Sections 10 and 11, 29 U.S.C.
160, 161; 29 CFR part 102, subpart B.



Sec. 104.213  What remedies are available to cure a failure to post
the employee notice?

    (a) If the Board finds that the respondent employer has failed to
post the required employee notices as alleged, the respondent will be
ordered to cease and desist from the unlawful conduct and post the
required employee

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notice, as well as a remedial notice. In some instances additional
remedies may be appropriately invoked in keeping with the Board's
remedial authority.
    (b) Any employer that threatens or retaliates against an employee
for filing charges or testifying at a hearing concerning alleged
violations of the notice-posting requirement may be found to have
committed an unfair labor practice. See NLRA Section 8(a)(1) and
8(a)(4), 29 U.S.C. 158(a)(1), (4).



Sec. 104.214  How might other Board proceedings be affected by failure
to post the employee notice?

    (a) Tolling of statute of limitations. When an employee files an
unfair labor practice charge, the Board may find it appropriate to
excuse the employee from the requirement that charges be filed within
six months after the occurrence of the allegedly unlawful conduct if the
employer has failed to post the required employee notice unless the
employee has received actual or constructive notice that the conduct
complained of is unlawful. See NLRA Section 10(b), 29 U.S.C. 160(b).
    (b) Noncompliance as evidence of unlawful motive. The Board may
consider a knowing and willful refusal to comply with the requirement to
post the employee notice as evidence of unlawful motive in a case in
which motive is an issue.



                       Subpart C_Ancillary Matters



Sec. 104.220  What other provisions apply to this part?

    (a) The regulations in this part do not modify or affect the
interpretation of any other NLRB regulations or policy.
    (b)(1) This subpart does not impair or otherwise affect:
    (i) Authority granted by law to a department, agency, or the head
thereof; or
    (ii) Functions of the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
    (2) This subpart must be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
    (c) This part creates no right or benefit, substantive or
procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the
United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers,
employees, or agents, or any other person.

                        PARTS 105	199 [RESERVED]

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PART 215_GUIDELINES, SECTION 5333(b), FEDERAL TRANSIT LAW--Table of
Contents



Sec.
215.1 Purpose.
215.2 General.
215.3 Employees represented by a labor organization.
215.4 Employees not represented by a labor organization.
215.5 Processing of amendments.
215.6 The Model Agreement.
215.7 The Special Warranty.
215.8 Department of Labor contact.

    Authority: Secretary's Order No. 4-2007, 72 FR 26159, May 8, 2007.

    Source: 60 FR 62969, Dec. 7, 1995, unless otherwise noted.



Sec. 215.1  Purpose.

    The purpose of these guidelines is to provide information concerning
the Department of Labor's administrative procedures in processing
applications for assistance under the Federal Transit law, as codified
at 49 U.S.C. chapter 53.

[73 FR 47055, Aug. 13, 2008]



Sec. 215.2  General.

    Upon receipt of copies of applications for Federal assistance
subject to 49 U.S.C. 5333(b), together with a request for the
certification of employee protective arrangements from the Department of
Transportation, the Department of Labor will process those applications,
which must be in final form. The Federal Transit Administration will
provide the Department with the information necessary to enable the
Department to certify the project.

[60 FR 62969, Dec. 7, 1995, as amended at 73 FR 47055, Aug. 13, 2008]



Sec. 215.3  Employees represented by a labor organization.

    (a)(1) If affected employees are represented by a labor
organization, it is expected that where appropriate, protective
arrangements shall be the product of negotiation/discussion, pursuant to
these guidelines.
    (2) In instances where states or political subdivisions are subject
to legal restrictions on bargaining with employee organizations, the
Department of Labor will utilize special procedures to satisfy the
Federal statute in a manner which does not contravene state or local
law. For example, employee protective terms and conditions, acceptable
to both employee and applicant representatives, may be incorporated into
a resolution adopted by the involved local government.
    (3) If an application involves a grant to a state administrative
agency or designated recipient that will pass assistance through to
subrecipients, the Department will refer and process each subrecipient's
respective portion of the project in accordance with this section. If a
state administrative agency or designated recipient has previously
provided employee protections on behalf of subrecipients in accordance
with the terms of a negotiated agreement, the referral will be based on
those terms and conditions.
    (4) The referral procedures set forth in paragraphs (b) through (h)
of this section are not applicable to the following grants:
    (i) Grants to applicants for the Over-the-Road Bus Accessibility
Program, and grant applications for the Other Than Urbanized Program; a
special warranty will be applied to such grants under the procedures in
Sec. 215.7.
    (ii) Grants to applicants serving populations under 200,000 under
the Job Access and Reverse Commute Program or grants to capitalize State
Infrastructure Bank accounts under the State Infrastructure Bank
Program.
    (iii) Grants involving only capital assistance for replacement of
equipment and/or facilities of like-kind; these will be certified by the
Department without referral on the basis of existing agreements or the
Unified Protective Arrangement as referenced in paragraphs (b)(1) or
(b)(2) of this section. Where application of the existing protective
agreement(s) or the Unified Protective Arrangement would not satisfy the
requirements of the statute in the circumstances presented, the
Department will make necessary modifications to the existing protections
to ensure that the requirements of the statute are satisfied.
    (5) The Department will notify labor organizations representing
potentially

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affected transit employees of the certification of grants without
referral under paragraph (a)(4) of this section and inform them of their
rights under the applicable protective arrangements.
    (b) Upon receipt from the Federal Transit Administration of an
application involving affected employees represented by a labor
organization, the Department will refer a copy of the application and
proposed terms for certification to that organization and to the
applicant, and will also provide a copy to subrecipients with unions in
their service area.
    (1) For applicants with existing protections the Department's
referral will be based on those protective terms and conditions that are
appropriate to the grant and are set by:
    (i) A signed negotiated agreement or formal acceptance of the July
23, 1975 National (Model) Agreement;
    (ii) Agreed-upon terms adopted by a State or local government
through a resolution or similar instrument;
    (iii)) A determination of protective terms by the Department that
modifies in whole or in part negotiated or adopted protections; or
    (iv) A protective arrangement that has been modified to include
provisions that are more protective than the Unified Protective
Arrangement referred to in paragraph (b)(2) of this section.
    (2) For applicants without protective terms and conditions set by an
arrangement described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, the referral
will be based on the terms and conditions of the Unified Protective
Arrangement.
    (c) Following referral and notification under paragraph (b) of this
section, and subject to the exceptions defined in Sec. 215.5, parties
will be expected to engage in good faith efforts to reach mutually
acceptable protective arrangements through negotiation/discussion within
the timeframes designated under paragraphs (d) and (e) of this section.
    (d) As part of the Department of Labor's review of an application, a
time schedule for case processing will be established by the Department
of Labor and specified in its referral and notification letters under
paragraph 215.3(b) or subsequent written communications to the parties.
    (1) Parties will be given fifteen (15) days from the date of the
referral and notification letters to submit objections, if any, to the
referred terms. The parties are encouraged to engage in negotiations/
discussions during this period with the aim of arriving at a mutually
agreeable solution to objections any party has to the terms and
conditions of the referral.
    (2) Within ten (10) days of the date for submitting objections, the
Department of Labor will:
    (i) Determine whether the objections raised are sufficient; and
    (ii) Take one of the two steps described in paragraphs (d)(5) and
(6) of this section, as appropriate.
    (3) The Department of Labor will consider an objection to be
sufficient when:
    (i) The objection raises material issues that may require
alternative employee protections under 49 U.S.C. 5333(b); or
    (ii) The objection concerns changes in legal or factual
circumstances that may materially affect the rights or interests of
employees.
    (4) The Department of Labor will consult with the Federal Transit
Administration for technical advice as to the validity of objections.
    (5) If the Department of Labor determines that there are no
sufficient objections, the Department will issue its certification to
the Federal Transit Administration.
    (6) If the Department of Labor determines that an objection is
sufficient, the Department, as appropriate, will direct the parties to
commence or continue negotiations/discussions, limited to issues that
the Department deems appropriate and limited to a period not to exceed
thirty (30) days. The parties will be expected to negotiate/discuss
expeditiously and in good faith. The Department of Labor may provide
mediation assistance during this period where appropriate. The parties
may agree to waive any negotiations/discussions if the Department, after
reviewing the objections, develops new terms and conditions acceptable
to the parties. At the end of the designated negotiation/discussion
period, if all issues

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have not been resolved, each party must submit to the Department its
final proposal and a statement describing the issues still in dispute.
    (7) The Department will issue a certification to the Federal Transit
Administration within five (5) days after the end of the negotiation/
discussion period designated under paragraph (d)(6) of this section. The
certification will be based on terms and conditions agreed to by the
parties that the Department concludes meet the requirements of 49 U.S.C.
5333(b). To the extent that no agreement has been reached, the
certification will be based on terms and conditions determined by the
Department which are no less protective than the terms and conditions
included in the referral pursuant to Sec. 215.3(b)(1).
    (8) Notwithstanding that a certification has been issued to the
Federal Transit Administration pursuant to paragraph (d)(7) of this
section, no action may be taken which would result in irreparable harm
to employees if such action concerns matters subject to the steps set
forth in paragraph (e) of this section.
    (e) If the certification referred to in paragraph (d)(7) of this
section is not based on full mutual agreement of the parties, the
Department of Labor will take the following steps to resolve outstanding
differences:
    (1) The Department will set a schedule that provides for final
resolution of the disputed issue(s) within sixty (60) days of the
certification referred to in paragraph (d)(7) of this section.
    (2) Within ten (10) days of the issuance of the certification
referred to in paragraph (d)(7) of this section, and after reviewing the
parties' descriptions of the disputed issues, the Department will define
the issues still in dispute and set a schedule for final resolution of
all such issues.
    (3) The Department may establish a briefing schedule, usually
allowing no more than twenty (20) days for opening briefs and no more
than ten (10) days for reply briefs, when the Department deems reply
briefs to be beneficial. In either event, the Department will issue a
final certification to the Federal Transit Administration no later than
thirty (30) days after the last briefs are due.
    (4) The Department of Labor will decide the manner in which the
dispute will be resolved. In making this decision, the Department may
consider the form(s) of dispute resolution employed by the parties in
their previous dealings as well as various forms of third party dispute
resolution that may be appropriate. Any dispute resolution proceedings
will normally be expected to commence within thirty (30) days of the
certification referred to in paragraph (d)(7) of this section, and the
Department will render a final determination, including the bases
therefor, within thirty (30) days of the commencement of the
proceedings.
    (5) The Department will make available final decisions it renders on
disputed issues.
    (f) Nothing in these guidelines restricts the parties from
continuing to negotiate/discuss over final terms and conditions and
seeking a final certification of an agreement that meets the
requirements of the Act prior to the issuance of a final determination
by the Department.
    (g) If, subsequent to the issuance of the certification referred to
in paragraph (d)(7) of this section, the parties reach an agreement on
one or more disputed issues that meets the requirements of the Act, and/
or the Department of Labor issues a final decision containing revised
terms and conditions, the Department will take appropriate steps to
substitute the new terms and conditions for those previously certified
to the Federal Transit Administration.
    (h) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Department retains the right
to withhold certification where circumstances inconsistent with the
statute so warrant until such circumstances have been resolved.

[60 FR 62969, Dec. 7, 1995, as amended at 64 FR 40992, July 28, 1999; 73
FR 47055, Aug. 13, 2008]



Sec. 215.4  Employees not represented by a labor organization.

    (a) The certification made by the Department of Labor will afford
the same level of protection to those employees

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who are not represented by labor organizations.
    (b) If there is no labor organization representing employees, the
Department of Labor will set forth the protective terms and conditions
in the letter of certification.



Sec. 215.5  Processing of amendments.

    (a) Grant modifications in the form of grant amendments will be
transmitted by the Federal Transit Administration to the Department for
review. Applications amending a grant for which the Department has
already certified fair and equitable arrangements to protect the
interests of transit employees affected by the project, will be
processed by the Department following one of the two procedures
described in paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of this section.
    (1) When an application amends a grant for which the Department has
previously certified fair and equitable arrangements and the amendment
makes changes to a project that may necessitate alternative employee
protections, the Department will conclude that the amendment materially
amends the existing assistance agreement. The Department will refer and/
or process the labor certification provisions of such an amended grant
according to procedures specified under Sec. Sec. 215.3 and 215.4, as
appropriate.
    (2) When an application amends in a manner that is not material a
grant for which the Department has already certified fair and equitable
arrangements, the Department will, on its own initiative and without
referral to the parties, certify the subject grant on the same terms and
conditions as were certified for the project as originally constituted.
The Department's processing of these applications will be expedited and
copies will be forwarded to interested parties.
    (b) Budget Revisions that make minor changes within the scope of the
existing grant agreement and do not require a Federal Transit
Administration grant amendment, as set forth in Federal Transit
Administration guidance, will be covered under the Department's original
certifications.

[73 FR 47056, Aug. 13, 2008]



Sec. 215.6  The Model Agreement.

    The Model (or National) Agreement mentioned in paragraphs (b)(1)(i)
and (b)(2) of Sec. 215.3 refers to the agreement executed on July 23,
1975 by representatives of the American Public Transit Association (now
known as the American Public Transportation Association) and the
Amalgamated Transit Union and Transport Workers Union of America and on
July 31, 1975 by representatives of the Railway Labor Executives'
Association, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of Railway
and Airline Clerks and International Association of Machinists and
Aerospace Workers. The agreement is intended to serve as a ready-made
employee protective arrangement for adoption by local parties in
specific operating assistance project situations. The Department has
determined that this agreement provides fair and equitable arrangements
to protect the interests of employees in general purpose operating
assistance project situations and meets the requirements of 49 U.S.C.
5333(b).

[60 FR 62969, Dec. 7, 1995, as amended at 73 FR 47056, Aug. 13, 2008]



Sec. 215.7  The Special Warranty.

    (a) The Special Warranty mentioned in paragraph (b)(2) of Sec.
215.3 refers to the protective arrangements developed for application to
the Other Than Urbanized program. The warranty arrangement represents
the understandings of the Department of Labor and the Department of
Transportation, reached in May 1979, with respect to the protections to
be applied for such grants. The Special Warranty provides fair and
equitable arrangements to protect the interests of employees and meets
the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5333(b). The Special Warranty Arrangement
applicable to OTRB and Other Than Urbanized grants will be derived from
the terms and conditions of the May 1979 Special Section 13(c) Warranty,
and the Department's subsequent experience under 49 U.S.C. 5333(b). From
time to time, the Department may update this Special Warranty
Arrangement to reflect developments in the employee protection program.

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    (b) The requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5333(b) for OTRB and ``Other Than
Urbanized'' grants are satisfied through application of a Special
Warranty Arrangement certified by the Department of Labor; a copy of the
current arrangement will be included on the OLMS Web site.
    (c) The Federal Transit Administration will include the current
version of the Special Warranty Arrangement, through reference in its
Master Agreement, in each OTRB and Other Than Urbanized grant of
assistance under the statute.
    (1) The Federal Transit Administration will notify the Department
that it is funding an OTRB or Other Than Urbanized grant by transmitting
to the Department an information copy of each grant application upon
approval of the grant.
    (i) Each grant of assistance for an Other Than Urbanized program
will contain a labor section identifying labor organizations
representing transit employees of each subrecipient, the labor
organizations representing employees of other transit providers in the
service area, and a list of those transit providers. A sample format is
posted on the OLMS Web site to facilitate the inclusion of this
information in the grant application.
    (ii) OTRB grants of assistance will contain a labor section
identifying labor organizations representing employees of the recipient.
    (2) The Department will notify labor organizations representing
potentially affected transit employees of the approval of Other Than
Urbanized and OTRB grants and inform them of their rights under the
Special Warranty Arrangement.

[60 FR 62969, Dec. 7, 1995, as amended at 73 FR 47056, Aug. 13, 2008]



Sec. 215.8  Department of Labor contact.

    Questions concerning the subject matter covered by this part should
be addressed to Chief, Division of Statutory Programs, U.S. Department
of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; phone
number 202-693-0126 or e-mailed to [email protected].

[64 FR 40995, July 28, 1999, as amended at 73 FR 47057, Aug. 13, 2008]

                        PARTS 216	299 [RESERVED]

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300

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301             Rules of procedure..........................         145
302-399

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                           PART 300 [RESERVED]



PART 301_RULES OF PROCEDURE--Table of Contents



Sec.
301.1 General duties.
301.2 Classes of disputes.
301.3 Organization.
301.4 Jurisdiction.
301.5 Form of submission.
301.6 General.
301.7 Hearings.
301.8 Appearances.
301.9 Awards.

    Authority: Sec. 3, 44 Stat. 578, as amended; 45 U.S.C. 153.

    Source: Circular 1, Oct. 10, 1934, unless otherwise noted.



Sec. 301.1  General duties.

    (a) It shall be the duty of all carriers, their officers, agents and
employees to exert every reasonable effort to make and maintain
agreements concerning rates of pay, rules, and working conditions, and
to settle all disputes, whether arising out of the application of such
agreements or otherwise, in order to avoid any interruption to commerce
or to the operation of any carrier growing out of any disputes between
the carrier and the employees thereof.
    (b) All disputes between a carrier or carriers, and its or their
employees shall be considered, and, if possible, decided, with all
expedition, in conference between representatives designated and
authorized so to confer, respectively, by the carrier or carriers and by
the employees thereof interested in the dispute.



Sec. 301.2  Classes of disputes.

    (a) The disputes between an employee or group of employees and a
carrier or carriers growing out of grievances or out of the
interpretation or application of agreements concerning rates of pay,
rules, or working conditions, including cases pending and unadjusted on
the date of approval of this act (June 21, 1934, 48 Stat. 1185; 45
U.S.C. 151-162), shall be handled in the usual manner up to and
including the chief operating officer of the carrier designated to
handle such disputes; but, failing to reach an adjustment in this
manner, the disputes may be referred by petition of the parties or by
either party to the appropriate division of the Adjustment Board with a
full statement of the facts and all supporting data bearing upon the
disputes.
    (b) No petition shall be considered by any division of the Board
unless the subject matter has been handled in accordance with the
provisions of the Railway Labor Act, approved June 21, 1934.



Sec. 301.3  Organization.

    The National Railroad Adjustment Board was organized as of July 31,
1934, in accordance with the provisions of the Railway Labor Act,
approved June 21, 1934. The said Adjustment Board is composed of four
Divisions, whose proceedings shall be independent of one another. The
First, Second and Third Divisions thereof are each composed of 10
members, and the Fourth Division thereof is composed of 6 members.



Sec. 301.4  Jurisdiction.

    (a) First Division. The First Division will have jurisdiction over
disputes involving train-and yard-service employees of carriers; that
is, engineers, firemen, hostlers, and outside hostler helpers,
conductors, trainmen, and yard-service employees.
    (b) Second Division. The Second Division will have jurisdiction over
disputes involving machinists, boilermakers, blacksmiths, sheet-metal
workers, electrical workers, car men, the helpers and apprentices of all
the foregoing, coach cleaners, power-house employees, and railroad-shop
laborers.
    (c) Third Division. The Third Division will have jurisdiction over
disputes involving station tower, and telegraph employees, train
dispatchers, maintenance-of-way men, clerical employees, freight
handlers, express, station, and store employees, signal men, sleeping-
car conductors, sleeping-car porters, and maids and dining-car
employees.
    (d) Fourth Division. The Fourth Division will have jurisdiction over
disputes involving employees of carriers directly or indirectly engaged
in transportation of passengers or property by water, and all other
employees of carriers over which jurisdiction is not given to the First,
Second, and Third Divisions.

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Sec. 301.5  Form of submission.

    (a) Parties. All parties to the dispute must be stated in each
submission.
    (b) Statement of claim. Under the caption ``statement of claims''
the petitioner or petitioners must clearly state the particular question
upon which an award is desired.
    (c) Statement of facts. In a ``joint statement of facts,'' if
possible, briefly, but fully set forth the controlling facts involved.
In the event of inability to agree upon a ``joint statement of facts,''
then each party shall show separately the facts as they respectively
believe them to be.
    (d) Position of employees. Under the caption ``position of
employees'' the employees must clearly and briefly set forth all
relevant, argumentative facts, including all documentary evidence
submitted in exhibit form, quoting the agreement or rules involved, if
any; and all data submitted in support of employees' position must
affirmatively show the same to have been presented to the carrier and
made a part of the particular question in dispute.
    (e) Position of carrier. Under the caption ``position of carrier''
the carrier must clearly and briefly set forth all relevant,
argumentative facts, including all documentary evidence submitted in
exhibit form, quoting the agreement or rules involved, if any; and all
data submitted in support of carrier's position must affirmatively show
the same to have been presented to the employees or duly authorized
representative thereof and made a part of the particular question in
dispute.
    (f) Signatures. All submissions must be signed by the parties
submitting the same.
    (g) Ex parte submission. In event of an ex parte submission the same
general form of submission is required. The petitioner will serve
written notice upon the appropriate Division of the Adjustment Board of
intention to file an ex parte submission on a certain date (30 days
hence), and at the same time provide the other party with copy of such
notice. For the purpose of identification such notice will state the
question involved and give a brief description of the dispute. The
Secretary of the appropriate Division of the Adjustment Board will
immediately thereupon advise the other party of the receipt of such
notice and request that the submission of such other party be filed with
such Division within the same period of time.



Sec. 301.6  General.

    (a) To conserve time and expedite proceedings all parties within the
scope of the Adjustment Board should prepare submissions in such manner
that the pertinent and related facts and all supporting data bearing
upon the dispute will be fully set forth, thus obviating the need of
lengthy briefs and unnecessary oral discussions.
    (b) All submissions shall be typewritten or machine prepared,
addressed to the Secretary of the appropriate Division of the Adjustment
Board, and fifteen copies thereof filed by the petitioner or
petitioners.
    (c) Parties to a dispute are required to state in all submissions
whether or not an oral hearing is desired.



Sec. 301.7  Hearings.

    (a) Oral hearings will be granted if requested by the parties or
either of them and due notice will be given the parties of the time and
date of the hearing.
    (b) The parties are, however, charged with the duty and
responsibility of including in their original written submission all
known relevant, argumentative facts and documentary evidence.



Sec. 301.8  Appearances.

    Parties may be heard either in person, by counsel, or by other
representatives, as they may respectively elect.



Sec. 301.9  Awards.

    All awards of the Adjustment Board shall be signed by order of the
appropriate Division thereof and shall be attested by the signature of
its Secretary, as indicated thus:

national railroad adjustment board,

                                           By Order of----------Division
                                             Attest:--------------------
                                                             [Secretary]

                        PARTS 302	399 [RESERVED]

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  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR




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                SUBCHAPTER A--LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS
Part                                                                Page
400

[Reserved]

401             Meaning of terms used in this subchapter....         149
402             Labor organization information reports......         151
403             Labor organization annual financial reports.         154
404             Labor organization officer and employee
                    reports.................................         158
405             Employer reports............................         160
406             Reporting by labor relations consultants and
                    other persons, certain agreements with
                    employers...............................         162
408             Labor organization trusteeship reports......         165
409             Reports by surety companies.................         167
417             Procedure for removal of local labor
                    organization officers...................         168
451             Labor organizations as defined in the Labor-
                    Management Reporting and Disclosure Act
                    of 1959.................................         174
452             General statement concerning the election
                    provisions of the Labor-Management
                    Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959....         179
453             General statement concerning the bonding
                    requirements of the Labor-Management
                    Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959....         211
                   SUBCHAPTER B--STANDARDS OF CONDUCT
457             General.....................................         222
458             Standards of conduct........................         224

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459             Miscellaneous...............................         237
 SUBCHAPTER C--EMPLOYEE RIGHTS CONCERNING PAYMENT OF UNION DUES OR FEES
470

[Reserved]

 SUBCHAPTER D--NOTIFICATION OF EMPLOYEE RIGHTS UNDER FEDERAL LABOR LAWS
471             Obligations of Federal contractors and
                    subcontractors; notification of employee
                    rights under Federal labor laws.........         240
472-499

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                 SUBCHAPTER A_LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS



                           PART 400 [RESERVED]



PART 401_MEANING OF TERMS USED IN THIS SUBCHAPTER--Table of Contents



Sec.
401.1 Commerce.
401.2 State.
401.3 Industry affecting commerce.
401.4 Person.
401.5 Employer.
401.6 Employee.
401.7 Labor dispute.
401.8 Trusteeship.
401.9 Labor organization.
401.10 Labor organization engaged in an industry affecting commerce.
401.11 Secret ballot.
401.12 Trust in which a labor organization is interested.
401.13 Labor relations consultant.
401.14 Officer.
401.15 Member or member in good standing.
401.16 Secretary.
401.17 Act.
401.18 Office.
401.19 Director.

    Authority: Secs. 3, 208, 301, 401, 402, 73 Stat. 520, 529, 530, 532,
534 (29 U.S.C. 402, 438, 461, 481, 482); Secretary's Order No. 03-2012,
77 FR 69376, November 16, 2012; Sec. 401.4 also issued under sec. 320
of Title III of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, Pub. L. 95-598, 92
Stat. 2678.

    Source: 28 FR 14380, Dec. 27, 1963, unless otherwise noted.



Sec. 401.1  Commerce.

    Commerce means trade, traffic, commerce, transportation,
transmission, or communication among the several States or between any
State and any place outside thereof.



Sec. 401.2  State.

    State includes any State of the United States, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, Wake
Island, the Canal Zone, and Outer Continental Shelf lands defined in the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331-1343).



Sec. 401.3  Industry affecting commerce.

    Industry affecting commerce means any activity, business, or
industry in commerce or in which a labor dispute would hinder or
obstruct commerce or the free flow of commerce and includes any activity
or industry ``affecting commerce'' within the meaning of the Labor
Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended, or the Railway Labor Act, as
amended.



Sec. 401.4  Person.

    Person includes one or more individuals, labor organizations,
partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representatives, mutual
companies, joint-stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations,
trustees, trustees in cases under title 11 of the United States Code, or
receivers.

[45 FR 70445, Oct. 24, 1980, as amended at 59 FR 15115, Mar. 31, 1994]



Sec. 401.5  Employer.

    Employer means any employer or any group or association of employers
engaged in an industry affecting commerce (a) which is, with respect to
employees engaged in an industry affecting commerce, an employer within
the meaning of any law of the United States relating to the employment
of any employees or (b) which may deal with any labor organization
concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of
employment, or conditions of work, and includes any person acting
directly or indirectly as an employer or as an agent of an employer in
relation to an employee but does not include the United States or any
corporation wholly owned by the Government of the United States or any
State or political subdivision thereof.



Sec. 401.6  Employee.

    Employee means any individual employed by an employer, and includes
any individual whose work has ceased as a consequence of, or in
connection with, any current labor dispute or because of any unfair
labor practice or because of exclusion or expulsion from a labor
organization in any manner or for any reason inconsistent with the
requirements of this Act.

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Sec. 401.7  Labor dispute.

    Labor dispute includes any controversy concerning terms, tenure, or
conditions of employment, or concerning the association or
representation of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing,
or seeking to arrange terms or conditions of employment, regardless of
whether the disputants stand in the proximate relation of employer and
employee.



Sec. 401.8  Trusteeship.

    Trusteeship means any receivership, trusteeship, or other method of
supervision or control whereby a labor organization suspends the
autonomy otherwise available to a subordinate body under its
constitution or bylaws.



Sec. 401.9  Labor organization.

    Labor organization means a labor organization engaged in an industry
affecting commerce and includes any organization of any kind, any
agency, or employee representation committee, group, association, or
plan so engaged in which employees participate and which exists for the
purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning
grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours, or other terms
or conditions of employment, and any conference, general committee,
joint or system board, or joint council so engaged which is subordinate
to a national or international labor organization, other than a State or
local central body.



Sec. 401.10  Labor organization engaged in an industry affecting commerce.

    A labor organization shall be deemed to be engaged in an industry
affecting commerce if it:
    (a) Is the certified representative of employees under the
provisions of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, or the
Railway Labor Act, as amended; or
    (b) Although not certified, is a national or international labor
organization or a local labor organization recognized or acting as the
representative of employees of an employer or employers engaged in an
industry affecting commerce; or
    (c) Has chartered a local labor organization or subsidiary body
which is representing or actively seeking to represent employees of
employers within the meaning of paragraph (a) or (b) of this section; or
    (d) Has been chartered by a labor organization representing or
actively seeking to represent employees within the meaning of paragraph
(a) or (b) of this section as the local or subordinate body through
which such employees may enjoy membership or become affiliated with such
labor organization; or
    (e) Is a conference, general committee, joint or system board, or
joint council, subordinate to a national or international labor
organization, which includes a labor organization engaged in an industry
affecting commerce within the meaning of any of the preceding paragraphs
of this section, other than a State or local central body.



Sec. 401.11  Secret ballot.

    Secret ballot means the expression by ballot, voting machine, or
otherwise, but in no event by proxy, of a choice with respect to any
election or vote taken upon any matter, which is cast in such a manner
that the person expressing such choice cannot be identified with the
choice expressed.



Sec. 401.12  Trust in which a labor organization is interested.

    Trust in which a labor organization is interested means a trust or
other fund or organization (a) which was created or established by a
labor organization, or one or more of the trustees or one or more
members of the governing body of which is selected or appointed by a
labor organization, and (b) a primary purpose of which is to provide
benefits for the members of such labor organization or their
beneficiaries.



Sec. 401.13  Labor relations consultant.

    Labor relations consultant means any person who, for compensation,
advises or represents an employer, employer organization, or labor
organization concerning employee organizing, concerted activities, or
collective bargaining activities.



Sec. 401.14  Officer.

    Officer means any constitutional officer, any person authorized to
perform

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the functions of president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, or
other executive functions of a labor organization, and any member of its
executive board or similar governing body.



Sec. 401.15  Member or member in good standing.

    Member or member in good standing, when used in reference to a labor
organization, includes any person who has fulfilled the requirements for
membership in such organization, and who neither has voluntarily
withdrawn from membership nor has been expelled or suspended from
membership after appropriate proceedings consistent with lawful
provisions of the constitution and bylaws of such organization.



Sec. 401.16  Secretary.

    Secretary means the Secretary of Labor.



Sec. 401.17  Act.

    Act means the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959.



Sec. 401.18  Office.

    Office means the Office of Labor-Management Standards, United States
Department of Labor.

[62 FR 6092, Feb. 10, 1997, as amended at 78 FR 8024, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 401.19  Director.

    ``Director'' means the Director of the Office of Labor-Management
Standards, head of the Office of Labor-Management Standards.

[78 FR 8024, Feb. 5, 2013]



PART 402_LABOR ORGANIZATION INFORMATION REPORTS--Table of Contents



Sec.
402.1 Labor organization constitution and bylaws.
402.2 Labor organization initial information report.
402.3 Filing of initial reports.
402.4 Subsequent reports.
402.5 Terminal reports.
402.6 Receipt of reports and documents.
402.7 Effect of acknowledgment and filing by the Office of Labor-
          Management Standards.
402.8 Personal responsibility of signatories of reports.
402.9 Maintenance and retention of records.
402.10 Dissemination and verification of reports.
402.11 Attorney-client communications exempted.
402.12 Publication of reports required by this part.
402.13 OMB control number.

    Authority: Secs. 201, 207, 208, 73 Stat. 524, 529 (29 U.S.C. 431,
437, 438); Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376, November 16,
2012.

    Source: 28 FR 14381, Dec. 27, 1963, unless otherwise noted.



Sec. 402.1  Labor organization constitution and bylaws.

    Every labor organization shall adopt a constitution and bylaws
consistent with the provisions of the Act applicable thereto, within 90
days after the date the labor organization first becomes subject to the
Act. This shall not, however, require the formal readoption by a labor
organization of such a constitution and bylaws which it has previously
adopted and under which it is operating when the report prescribed by
Sec. 402.2 is filed. As used in this part constitution and bylaws means
the basic written rules governing the organization.

[28 FR 14381, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 40 FR 58856, Dec. 19, 1975]



Sec. 402.2  Labor organization initial information report.

    Every labor organization shall file a report signed by its president
and secretary or corresponding principal officers containing the
information required to be filed by section 201(a) of the Act, and found
necessary to be reported under section 208 thereof by the Secretary, on
United States Department of Labor Form LM-1 \1\ entitled, ``Labor
Organization Information Report''. There shall be attached to such
report and made a part thereof a copy of the constitution and bylaws
adopted by the reporting labor organization.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ Filed as part of the original document.

[28 FR 14381, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 50 FR 31309, Aug. 1, 1985; 78
FR 8024, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 402.3  Filing of initial reports.

    (a) Every labor organization shall file with the Office of Labor-
Management Standards the report and (subject to

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the provisions of paragraph (b) of this section, where applicable) a
copy of its constitution and bylaws required by section 201(a) of the
Act and Sec. 402.2, together with one additional copy of each, within
90 days after the date on which it first becomes subject to the Act.
    (b) A labor organization subject to paragraph (a) of this section
may adopt or may have adopted as its constitution and bylaws (whether by
formal action or by virtue of affiliation with a parent organization) a
constitution and bylaws of a national or international labor
organization which the national or international organization is
required to file under section 201(a) of the Act and this part. In such
a case, a filing by the national or international labor organization of
copies of such constitution and bylaws will be accepted as a filing of
such documents by each such adopting labor organization within the
meaning of section 201(a) of the Act and this part, if the following
conditions are met:
    (1) The national or international labor organizations shows in its
report filed under paragraph (a) of this section that copies of its
constitution and bylaws are being filed on behalf of such adopting
organizations as well as on its own behalf, and files such number of
additional copies as the Office of Labor-Management Standards may
request, and
    (2) The adopting labor organization shows in its report filed under
paragraph (a) of this section that the national or international
constitution and bylaws are also its constitution and bylaws and that
copies are filed on its behalf by the national or international labor
organization.

If the constitution and bylaws of the adopting labor organization
include other documents, this shall be shown in such report and copies
shall be filed as provided in paragraph (a) of this section.

[28 FR 14381, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 35 FR 2990, Feb. 13, 1970; 40
FR 58856, Dec. 19, 1975; 50 FR 31309, Aug. 1, 1985]



Sec. 402.4  Subsequent reports.

    (a) Except as noted elsewhere in this paragraph, every labor
organization which revises the most recent constitution and bylaws it
has filed with the Office of Labor-Management Standards shall file two
dated copies of its revised constitution and bylaws at the time it files
its annual financial report as provided in part 403 of this chapter.
However, a labor organization which has as its constitution and bylaws a
uniform constitution and bylaws prescribed by the reporting labor
organization's parent national or international labor organization in
accordance with Sec. 402.3(b) is not required to file copies of a
revised uniform constitution and bylaws if the parent national or
international labor organization files as many copies of the revised
constitution and bylaws with the Office of Labor-Management Standards as
the Office may request.
    (b) Every labor organization which changes the practices and
procedures for which separate statements must be filed pursuant to
subsection 201(a)(5) (A) through (M) of the Act shall file with the
Office of Labor-Management Standards two copies of an amended Form LM-1,
signed by its president and secretary or corresponding principal
officers. The amended Form LM-1 shall be filed when the labor
organization files its annual financial report as provided in part 403
of this chapter.

[58 FR 67604, Dec. 21, 1993]



Sec. 402.5  Terminal reports.

    (a) Any labor organization required to file reports under the
provisions of this part, which ceases to exist by virtue of dissolution
or any other form of termination of its existence as a labor
organization, or which loses its identity as a reporting labor
organization through merger, consolidation or otherwise, shall file a
report containing a detailed statement of the circumstances and
effective date of such termination or loss of reporting identity, and if
the latter, such report shall also state the name and mailing address of
the labor organization into which it has been consolidated, merged, or
otherwise absorbed. Such report shall be submitted on Form LM-2 in
connection with the terminal financial report required by Sec. 403.5 of
this chapter and shall be signed by the president and treasurer, or
corresponding principal officers, of the labor organization at the time
of its

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termination or loss of reporting identity and, together with a copy
thereof, shall be filed with the Office of Labor-Management Standards
within 30 days of the effective date of such termination or loss of
reporting identity, as the case may be.
    (b) Labor organizations which qualify to use Form LM-3, the Labor
Organization Annual Report, pursuant to Sec. Sec. 403.4 and 403.5 of
this chapter may file the terminal report called for in this section on
Form LM-3. This report must be signed by the president and treasurer, or
corresponding principal officers, of the labor organization.
    (c) Labor organizations which qualify to use Form LM-4, the Labor
Organization Annual Report, pursuant to Sec. Sec. 403.4 and 403.5 of
this chapter may file the terminal report called for in this section on
Form LM-4. The report must be signed by the president and treasurer, or
corresponding principal officers, of the labor organization.

[28 FR 14381, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 62 FR 6092, Feb. 10, 1997]



Sec. 402.6  Receipt of reports and documents.

    Upon receipt of all reports and documents submitted for filing under
the provisions of this part, the Office of Labor-Management Standards
shall assign to the initial information report filed by each labor
organization, an identifying number. This number thereafter shall be
entered by the reporting labor organization on all subsequent or
terminal reports and all other documents which it thereafter submits for
filing under this part, as well as on all communications directed to the
Office concerning such reports and documents.



Sec. 402.7  Effect of acknowledgment and filing by the Office of
Labor-Management Standards.

    Acknowledgment by the Office of Labor-Management Standards of the
receipt of reports and documents submitted for filing under this part,
is intended solely to inform the sender of the receipt thereof by the
Office, and neither such acknowledgment nor the filing of such reports
and documents by the Office constitutes express or implied approval
thereof, or in any manner indicates that the content of any such report
or document fulfills the reporting or other requirements of the Act, or
of the regulations in this chapter, applicable thereto.



Sec. 402.8  Personal responsibility of signatories of reports.

    Each individual required to sign any report under section 201(a) of
the Act and under this part shall be personally responsible for the
filing of such report and for any statement contained therein which he
knows to be false.



Sec. 402.9  Maintenance and retention of records.

    Every person required to file any report under this part shall
maintain records on the matters required to be reported which will
provide in sufficient detail the necessary basic information and data
from which the documents filed with the Office of Labor-Management
Standards may be verified, explained or clarified, and checked for
accuracy and completeness, and shall include vouchers, worksheets,
receipts, and applicable resolutions, and shall keep such records
available for examination for a period of not less than five years after
the filing of the documents based on the information which they contain.



Sec. 402.10  Dissemination and verification of reports.

    Every labor organization required to submit a report under section
201(a) of the Act and under this part shall make available to all its
members the information required to be contained in such report,
including the copy of the constitution and bylaws required to be filed
therewith, and every such labor organization and its officers shall be
under a duty to permit such member for just cause to examine any books,
records, and accounts necessary to verify such report and constitution
and bylaws.

[28 FR 14381, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 50 FR 31309, Aug. 1, 1985]



Sec. 402.11  Attorney-client communications exempted.

    Nothing contained in this part shall be construed to require an
attorney who is a member in good standing of

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the bar of any State, to include in any report required to be filed
pursuant to the provisions of section 201(a) of the Act, and of this
part, any information which was lawfully communicated to such attorney
by any of his clients in the course of a legitimate attorney-client
relationship.



Sec. 402.12  Publication of reports required by this part.

    Inspection and examination of any report or other document filed as
required by this part, and the furnishing by the Office of Labor-
Management Standards of copies thereof to any person requesting them,
shall be governed by part 70 of this title.

[35 FR 2990, Feb. 13, 1970]



Sec. 402.13  OMB control number.

    The collecting of information requirements in this part have been
approved by the Office of Management and Budget and assigned OMB control
number 1245-0003.

[59 FR 15115, Mar. 31, 1994, as amended at 63 FR 33779, June 19, 1998;
78 FR 8024, Feb. 5, 2013]



PART 403_LABOR ORGANIZATION ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTS--Table of Contents



Sec.
403.1 Fiscal year for reports required by this part.
403.2 Annual financial report.
403.3 Form of annual financial report--detailed report.
403.4 Simplified annual reports for smaller labor organizations.
403.5 Terminal financial report.
403.6 Personal responsibility of signatories of reports.
403.7 Maintenance and retention of records.
403.8 Dissemination and verification of reports.
403.9 Attorney-client communications exempted.
403.10 Publication of reports required by this part.
403.11 OMB control number.

    Authority: Secs. 201, 207, 208, 301, 73 Stat. 524, 529, 530 (29
U.S.C. 431, 437, 438, 461); Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376,
November 16, 2012.

    Source: 28 FR 14383, Dec. 27, 1963, unless otherwise noted.



Sec. 403.1  Fiscal year for reports required by this part.

    (a) As used in this part, unless otherwise defined, the term fiscal
year means the calendar year or other period of 12 consecutive calendar
months, on the basis of which financial accounts are kept by a labor
organization reporting under this part. Where a labor organization
designates a new fiscal year period prior to the expiration of a
previously established fiscal year period, the resultant period of less
than 12 consecutive calendar months, and thereafter the newly
established fiscal year, shall in that order each constitute a fiscal
year for purposes of the report required to be filed by section 201(b)
of the Act, and of the regulations in this part.
    (b) A labor organization which is subject to section 201(b) of the
Act for only a portion of its fiscal year because the labor organization
first becomes subject to the Act during such fiscal year, may consider
such portion as the entire fiscal year in making its report under this
part.

[28 FR 14383, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 42 FR 59070, Nov. 15, 1977]



Sec. 403.2  Annual financial report.

    (a) Every labor organization shall, as prescribed by the regulations
in this part, file with the Office of Labor-Management Standards within
90 days after the end of each of its fiscal years, a financial report
signed by its president and treasurer, or corresponding principal
officers.
    (b) Every labor organization shall include in its annual financial
report filed as provided in paragraph (a) of this section, in such
detail as may be necessary accurately to disclose its financial
condition and operations for its preceding fiscal year and in such
categories as prescribed by the Secretary under the provisions of this
part, the information required by section 201(b) of the Act and found by
the Secretary under section 208 thereof to be necessary in such report.
    (c) If, on the date for filing the annual financial report of a
labor organization required under section 201(b) of the Act and this
section, such labor organization is in trusteeship, the labor

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organization which has assumed trusteeship over such labor organization
shall file such report as provided in Sec. 408.5 of this chapter.

[28 FR 14383, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 50 FR 31309, Aug. 1, 1985; 68
FR 58447, Oct. 9, 2003; 71 FR 57737, Sept. 29, 2006; 73 FR 57449, Oct.
2, 2008; 75 FR 74959, Dec. 1, 2010; 78 FR 8024, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 403.3  Form of annual financial report--detailed report.

    Every labor organization shall, except as expressly provided
otherwise in this part, file an annual financial report as required by
Sec. 403.2, prepared on United States Department of Labor Form LM-2,
``Labor Organization Annual Report,'' in the detail required by the
instructions accompanying the form and constituting a part thereof.
    Note: Form LM-2 was revised at 58 FR 67594, December 21, 1993.

[28 FR 14383, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 62 FR 6092, Feb. 10, 1997]



Sec. 403.4  Simplified annual reports for smaller labor organizations.

    (a)(1) If a labor organization, not in trusteeship, has gross annual
receipts totaling less than $200,000 for its fiscal year, it may elect,
subject to revocation of the privileges as provided in section 208 of
the Act, to file the annual financial report called for in section
201(b) of the Act and Sec. 403.3 of this part on United States
Department of Labor Form LM-3 entitled ``Labor Organization Annual
Report,'' in accordance with the instructions accompanying such form and
constituting a part thereof.
    (2) If a labor organization, not in trusteeship, has gross annual
receipts totaling less than $10,000 for its fiscal year, it may elect,
subject to revocation of the privileges as provided in section 208 of
the Act, to file the annual financial report called for in section
201(b) of the Act and Sec. 403.3 on United States Department of Labor
Form LM-4 entitled ``Labor Organization Annual Report'' in accordance
with the instructions accompanying such form and constituting a part
thereof.
    (b) A local labor organization not in trusteeship, which has no
assets, no liabilities, no receipts and no disbursements during the
period covered by the annual report of the national organization with
which it is affiliated need not file the annual report required by Sec.
403.2 if the following conditions are met:
    (1) It is governed by a uniform constitution and bylaws filed on its
behalf pursuant to Sec. 402.3(b) of this chapter, and does not have
governing rules of its own;
    (2) Its members are subject to uniform fees and dues applicable to
all members of the local labor organizations for which such simplified
reports are submitted;
    (3) The national organization with which it is affiliated assumes
responsibility for the accuracy of, and submits with its annual report,
a separate letter-size sheet for each local labor organization
containing the following information with respect to each local
organization in the format illustrated below as part of this regulation:
    (i) The name and designation number or other identifying
information;
    (ii) The file number which the Office of Labor-Management Standards
has assigned to it;
    (iii) The mailing address;
    (iv) The beginning and ending date of the reporting period which
must be the same as that of the report for the national organization;
    (v) The names and titles of the president and treasurer or
corresponding principal officers as of the end of the reporting period;
    (4) At least thirty days prior to first submitting simplified annual
reports in accordance with this section, the national organization
notifies the Office of Labor-Management Standards in writing of its
intent to begin submitting simplified annual reports for affiliated
local labor organizations;
    (5) The national organization files the terminal report required by
29 CFR 403.5(a) on Form LM-3 or LM-4, as may be appropriate, clearly
labeled on the form as a terminal report, for any local labor
organization which has lost its identity through merger, consolidation,
or otherwise if the national organization filed a simplified annual
report on behalf of the local labor organization for its last reporting
period; and

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    (6) The national organization with which it is affiliated assumes
responsibility for the accuracy of, and submits with its annual report
and the simplified annual reports for the affiliated local labor
organizations, the following certification properly completed and signed
by the president and treasurer of the national organization:

                              Certification

    We, the undersigned, duly authorized officers of [name of national
organization], hereby certify that the local labor organizations
individually listed on the attached documents come within the purview of
29 CFR 403.4(b) for the reporting period from [beginning date of
national organization's fiscal year] through [ending date of national
organization's fiscal year], namely:
    (1) they are local labor organizations; (2) they are not in
trusteeship; (3) they have no assets, liabilities, receipts, or
disbursements; (4) they are governed by a uniform constitution and
bylaws, and fifty copies of the most recent uniform constitution and
bylaws have been filed with the Office of Labor-Management Standards;
(5) they have no governing rules of their own; and (6) they are subject
to the following uniform schedule of fees and dues: [specify schedule
for dues, initiation fees, fees required from transfer members, and work
permit fees, as applicable].
    Each document attached contains the specific information called for
in 29 CFR 403.4(b)(3)(i)-(v), namely: (i) the local labor organization's
name and designation number; (ii) the file number assigned the
organization by the Office of Labor-Management Standards; (iii) the
local labor organization's mailing address; (iv) the beginning and
ending date of the reporting period; and (v) the names and titles of the
president and treasurer or corresponding principal officers of the local
labor organization as of [the ending date of the national organization's
fiscal year].
    Furthermore, we certify that the terminal reports required by 29 CFR
403.4(b)(5) and 29 CFR 403.5(a) have been filed for any local labor
organizations which have lost their identity through merger,
consolidation, or otherwise on whose behalf a simplified annual report
was filed for the last reporting period.

                (Format for Simplified Annual Reporting)

                        simplified annual report

Affiliation name:
________________________________________________________________________
Designation name and number:
________________________________________________________________________
Unit name:
________________________________________________________________________
Mailing address:
________________________________________________________________________
Name of person:
________________________________________________________________________
Number and street:
________________________________________________________________________
City, State and zip:
________________________________________________________________________
File number:
________________________________________________________________________
Period covered:
________________________________________________________________________
From Through
________________________________________________________________________
Names and Titles of president and treasurer or corresponding principal
officers
________________________________________________________________________
    For certification see NHQ file folder file number:
President_______________________________________________________________
Where signed____________________________________________________________
Date____________________________________________________________________
Treasurer_______________________________________________________________
Where signed____________________________________________________________
Date____________________________________________________________________

[28 FR 14383, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 37 FR 10669, May 26, 1972; 41
FR 27318, July 2, 1976; 45 FR 7525, Feb. 1, 1980; 50 FR 31309, Aug. 1,
1985; 50 FR 31310, Aug. 1, 1985; 57 FR 49290, 49357, Oct. 30, 1992; 62
FR 6092, Feb. 10, 1997; 64 FR 71623, Dec. 21, 1999; 65 FR 21141, Apr.
20, 2000]



Sec. 403.5  Terminal financial report.

    (a) Any labor organization required to file a report under the
provisions of this part, which during its fiscal year loses its identity
as a reporting labor organization through merger, consolidation, or
otherwise, shall, within 30 days after such loss, file a terminal
financial report with the Office of Labor-Management Standards, on Form
LM-2, LM-3, or LM-4, as may be appropriate, signed by the president and
treasurer or corresponding principal officers of the labor organization
immediately prior to the time of its loss of reporting identity.
    (b) Every labor organization which has assumed trusteeship over a
subordinate labor organization shall file within 90 days after the
termination of such trusteeship on behalf of the subordinate labor
organization a terminal financial report with the Office of Labor-
Management Standards, on Form LM-2 and in conformance with the
requirements of this part.
    (c) For purposes of the reports required by paragraphs (a) and (b)
of this section, the period covered thereby

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shall be the portion of the labor organization's fiscal year ending on
the effective date of its loss of reporting identity, or the portion of
the subordinate labor organization's fiscal year ending on the effective
date of the termination of trusteeship over such subordinate labor
organization, as the case may be.

[28 FR 14383, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 50 FR 31309, 31310, Aug. 1,
1985; 62 FR 6092, Feb. 10, 1997; 68 FR 58447, Oct. 9, 2003; 71 FR 57737,
Sept. 29, 2006; 73 FR 57449, Oct. 2, 2008; 75 FR 74959, Dec. 1, 2010]



Sec. 403.6  Personal responsibility of signatories of reports.

    Each individual required to sign a report under section 201(b) of
the Act and under this part shall be personally responsible for the
filing of such report and for any statement contained therein which he
knows to be false.



Sec. 403.7  Maintenance and retention of records.

    Every person required to file any report under this part shall
maintain records on the matters required to be reported which will
provide in sufficient detail the necessary basic information and data
from which the documents filed with the Office of Labor-Management
Standards may be verified, explained or clarified, and checked for
accuracy and completeness, and shall include vouchers, worksheets,
receipts, and applicable resolutions, and shall keep such records
available for examination for a period of not less than five years after
the filing of the documents based on the information which they contain.



Sec. 403.8  Dissemination and verification of reports.

    (a) Every labor organization required to submit a report under
section 201(b) of the Act and under this part shall make available to
all its members the information required to be contained in such
reports, and every such labor organization and its officers shall be
under a duty to permit such member for just cause to examine any books,
records, and accounts necessary to verify such report.
    (b)(1) If a labor organization is required to file a report under
this part using the Form LM-2 and indicates that it has failed or
refused to disclose information required by the Form concerning any
disbursement, or receipt not otherwise reported on Statement B, to an
individual or entity in the amount of $5,000 or more, or any two or more
disbursements, or receipts not otherwise reported on Statement B, to an
individual or entity that, in the aggregate, amount to $5,000 or more,
because disclosure of such information may be adverse to the
organization's legitimate interests, then the failure or refusal to
disclose the information shall be deemed ``just cause'' for purposes of
paragraph (a) of this section.
    (2) Disclosure may be adverse to a labor organization's legitimate
interests under this paragraph if disclosure would reveal confidential
information concerning the organization's organizing or negotiating
strategy or individuals paid by the labor organization to work in a non-
union facility in order to assist the labor organization in organizing
employees, provided that such individuals are not employees of the labor
organization who receive more than $10,000 in the aggregate in the
reporting year from the union.
    (3) This provision does not apply to disclosure that is otherwise
prohibited by law or that would endanger the health or safety of an
individual.
    (c) In all other cases, a union member has the burden of
establishing ``just cause'' for purposes of paragraph (a) of this
section.

[28 FR 14383, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 68 FR 58447, Oct. 9, 2003; 71
FR 57737, Sept. 29, 2006; 73 FR 57449, Oct. 2, 2008; 75 FR 74959, Dec.
1, 2010]



Sec. 403.9  Attorney-client communications exempted.

    Nothing contained in this part shall be construed to require an
attorney who is a member in good standing of the bar of any State, to
include in any report required to be filed pursuant to the provisions of
section 201(b) of the Act, and of this part, any information which was
lawfully communicated to such attorney by any of his clients in the
course of a legitimate attorney-client relationship.

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Sec. 403.10  Publication of reports required by this part.

    Inspection and examination of any report or other document filed as
required by this part, and the furnishing by the Office of Labor-
Management Standards of copies thereof to any person requesting them,
shall be governed by part 70 of this title.

[35 FR 2990, Feb. 13, 1970]



Sec. 403.11  OMB control number.

    The collecting of information requirements in this part have been
approved by the Office of Management and Budget and assigned OMB control
number 1245-0003.

[59 FR 15115, Mar. 31, 1994, as amended at 63 FR 33779, June 19, 1998;
78 FR 8024, Feb. 5, 2013]



PART 404_LABOR ORGANIZATION OFFICER AND EMPLOYEE REPORTS--Table of
Contents



Sec.
404.1 Definitions.
404.2 Annual report.
404.3 Form of annual report.
404.4 [Reserved]
404.5 Attorney-client communications exempted.
404.6 Personal responsibility of signatories of reports.
404.7 Maintenance and retention of records.
404.8 Publication of reports required by this part.
404.9 OMB control number.

    Authority: Secs. 202, 207, 208, 73 Stat. 525, 529 (29 U.S.C. 432,
437, 438); Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376, November 16,
2012.

    Source: 28 FR 14384, Dec. 27, 1963, unless otherwise noted.



Sec. 404.1  Definitions.

    As used in this part the term:
    (a) Benefit with monetary value means anything of value, tangible or
intangible, including any interest in personal or real property, gift,
insurance, retirement, pension, license, copyright, forbearance, bequest
or other form of inheritance, office, options, agreement for employment
or property, or property of any kind. For reporting purposes, the
following are excepted: pension, health, or other benefit payments from
a trust that are provided pursuant to a written specific agreement
covering such payments.
    (b) Dealing means to engage in a transaction (bargain, sell,
purchase, agree, contract) or to in any way traffic or trade, including
solicitation of business.
    (c) Employer means any employer or any group or association of
employers engaged in an industry affecting commerce (1) which is, with
respect to employees engaged in an industry affecting commerce, an
employer within the meaning of any law of the United States relating to
the employment of any employees or (2) which may deal with any labor
organization concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay,
hours of employment, or conditions of work, and includes any person
acting directly or indirectly as an employer or as an agent of an
employer in relation to an employee but does not include the United
States or any corporation wholly owned by the Government of the United
States or any State or political subdivision thereof.
    (d)(1) Fiscal year means the calendar year or other period of 12
consecutive calendar months, on the basis of which financial accounts of
the labor organization officer or employee are kept. Where a labor
organization officer or employee designates a new fiscal year period
prior to the expiration of a previously established fiscal year period,
the resultant period of less than 12 consecutive calendar months, and
thereafter the newly established fiscal year, shall in that order
constitute the fiscal year for purposes of the reports required to be
filed by section 202(a) of the Act and the regulations in this part.
    (2) A labor organization officer or employee who is subject to
section 202(a) of the Act for only a portion of his fiscal year because
the labor organization officer or employee first becomes subject to the
Act during such fiscal year, may consider such portion as the entire
fiscal year in making this report under this part.
    (e) Income means all income from whatever source derived, including,
but not limited to, compensation for services, fees, commissions, wages,
salaries, interest, rents, royalties, copyrights, licenses, dividends,
annuities, honorarium, income and interest from insurance and endowment
contracts,

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capital gains, discharge of indebtedness, share of partnership income,
bequests or other forms of inheritance, and gifts, prizes or awards.
    (f) Labor organization employee means any individual (other than an
individual performing exclusively custodial or clerical services)
employed by a labor organization within the meaning of any law of the
United States relating to the employment of employees.
    (g) Labor organization officer means any constitutional officer, any
person authorized to perform the functions of president, vice president,
secretary, treasurer, or other executive functions of a labor
organization, and any member of its executive board or similar governing
body. An officer is:
    (1) A person identified as an officer by the constitution and bylaws
of the labor organization;
    (2) Any person authorized to perform the functions of president,
vice president, secretary, or treasurer;
    (3) Any person who in fact has executive or policy-making authority
or responsibility; and
    (4) A member of a group identified as an executive board or a body
which is vested with functions normally performed by an executive board.
    (h) Minor child means a son, daughter, stepson, or stepdaughter
under 21 years of age.
    (i) Trust in which a labor organization is interested means a trust
or other fund or organization:
    (1) Which was created or established by a labor organization, or one
or more of the trustees or one or more members of the governing body of
which is selected or appointed by a labor organization, and
    (2) A primary purpose of which is to provide benefits for the
members of such labor organization or their beneficiaries.

[28 FR 14384, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 50 FR 31310, Aug. 1, 1985; 72
FR 36158, July 2, 2007; 76 FR 66489, Oct. 26, 2011]



Sec. 404.2  Annual report.

    Every labor organization officer and employee who in any fiscal year
has been involved in transactions of the type described in section
202(a) of the Act, or who holds or has held any interest in an employer
or a business of the type referred to therein, or who has received any
payments of the type referred to in that section, or who holds or has
held an interest in or derived income or economic benefit with monetary
value from a business any part of which consists of dealing with a trust
in which his labor organization is interested, or whose spouse or minor
child has been involved in such transactions, holds or has held any such
interests, or has received such payments, is required to file with the
Office of Labor-Management Standards, within 90 days after the end of
his fiscal year, a signed report containing the detailed information
required therein by section 202(a) of the Act, and found by the
Secretary under section 208 thereof to be necessary in such report.

[28 FR 14384, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 50 FR 31309, Aug. 1, 1985; 78
FR 8024, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 404.3  Form of annual report.

    On and after the effective date of this section, every labor
organization officer and employee required to file an annual report
under Sec. 404.2 shall file such report on United States Department of
Labor Form LM-30 entitled ``Labor Organization Officer and Employee
Report,'' together with a true copy thereof, in the detail required by
the instructions accompanying such form and constituting a part thereof.



Sec. 404.4  [Reserved]



Sec. 404.5  Attorney-client communications exempted.

    Nothing contained in this part shall be construed to require an
attorney who is a member in good standing of the bar of any State, to
include in any report required to be filed pursuant to the provisions of
section 202(a) of the Act and of this part any information which was
lawfully communicated to such attorney by any of his clients in the
course of a legitimate attorney-client relationship.



Sec. 404.6  Personal responsibility of signatories of reports.

    Every labor organization officer or employee required to file a
report under section 202(a) of the Act and under this part shall be
personally responsible for the filing of such report

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and for any statement contained therein which he knows to be false.



Sec. 404.7  Maintenance and retention of records.

    Every person required to file any report under this part shall
maintain records on the matters required to be reported which will
provide in sufficient detail the necessary basic information and data
from which the documents filed with the Office of Labor-Management
Standards may be verified, explained or clarified, and checked for
accuracy and completeness, and shall include vouchers, worksheets,
receipts, financial and investment statements, contracts,
correspondence, and applicable resolutions, in their original electronic
and paper formats, and any electronic programs by which they are
maintained, available for examination for a period of not less than five
years after the filing of the documents based on the information which
they contain.

[72 FR 36159, July 2, 2007]



Sec. 404.8  Publication of reports required by this part.

    Inspection and examination of any report or other document filed as
required by this part, and the furnishing by the Office of Labor-
Management Standards of copies thereof to any person requesting them,
shall be governed by part 70 of this title.

[35 FR 2990, Feb. 13, 1970]



Sec. 404.9  OMB control number.

    The collecting of information requirements in this part have been
approved by the Office of Management and Budget and assigned OMB control
number 1245-0003.

[59 FR 15116, Mar. 31, 1994, as amended at 63 FR 33779, June 19, 1998;
78 FR 8024, Feb. 5, 2013]



PART 405_EMPLOYER REPORTS--Table of Contents



Sec.
405.1 Definitions.
405.2 Annual report.
405.3 Form of annual report.
405.4 Terminal report.
405.5 Special reports.
405.6 Exceptions from the filing requirements of Sec. 405.2.
405.7 Relation of section 8(c) of the National Labor Relations Act, as
          amended, to the reporting requirements of Sec. 405.2.
405.8 Personal responsibility of signatories of reports.
405.9 Maintenance and retention of records.
405.10 Publication of reports required by this part.
405.11 OMB control number.

    Authority: Secs. 203, 207, 208, 73 Stat. 526, 529 (29 U.S.C. 433,
437, 438); Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376, November 16,
2012.

    Source: 28 FR 14384, Dec. 27, 1963, unless otherwise noted.



Sec. 405.1  Definitions.

    As used in this part the term:
    (a) Fiscal year means the calendar year or other period of 12
consecutive calendar months, on the basis of which financial accounts
are kept by an employer. Where an employer designates a new fiscal year
period prior to the expiration of a previously established fiscal year
period, the resultant period of less than 12 consecutive calendar
months, and thereafter the newly established fiscal year, shall in that
order constitute the fiscal year for purposes of the reports required to
be filed by section 203(a) of the Act and of the regulations in this
part.
    (b) Corresponding principal officers shall include any person or
persons performing or authorized to perform principal executive
functions corresponding to those of president and treasurer, of any
employer engaged in whole or in part in the performance of the
activities described in section 203(a) of the Act.

[28 FR 14384, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 42 FR 59070, Nov. 15, 1977]



Sec. 405.2  Annual report.

    Every employer who in any fiscal year has made any payment, loan,
promise, agreement, arrangement or expenditure of the kind described and
required by section 203(a) of the Act to be reported, shall, as
prescribed by the regulations in this part, file with the Office of
Labor-Management Standards, within 90 days after the end of each of its
fiscal years, a report signed by its president and treasurer, or
corresponding principal officers, together with a true copy thereof,
containing the detailed information required

[[Page 161]]

therein by section 203(a) of the Act and found by the Secretary under
section 208 thereof to be necessary in such report.

[28 FR 14384, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 50 FR 31309, Aug. 1, 1985; 78
FR 8025, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 405.3  Form of annual report.

    On and after the effective date of this section, every employer
required to file an annual report by section 203(a) of the Act and Sec.
405.2 shall file such report on the United States Department of Labor
Form LM-10 entitled, ``Employer Report'' \1\ in the detail required by
the instructions \1\ accompanying such form and constituting a part
thereof.
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    \1\ Filed as part of the original document.

[28 FR 14384, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 38 FR 10715, May 1, 1973; 42
FR 59070, Nov. 15, 1977]



Sec. 405.4  Terminal report.

    (a) Every employer required to file a report under the provisions of
this part, who during its fiscal year loses its identity as a reporting
employer through merger, consolidation, dissolution, or otherwise,
shall, within 30 days of the effective date thereof, file a terminal
employer report, and one copy, with the Office of Labor-Management
Standards on Form LM-10 signed by the president and treasurer or
corresponding principal officers of such employer immediately prior to
the time of the employer's loss of reporting identity, together with a
statement of the effective date of such termination or loss of reporting
identity, and if the latter, the name and mailing address of the
employer entity into which it has been merged, consolidated or otherwise
absorbed.
    (b) For purposes of the report required by paragraph (a) of this
section, the period covered thereby shall be the portion of the
employer's fiscal year ending on the effective date of the employer's
termination or loss of reporting identity.



Sec. 405.5  Special reports.

    In addition to the report on Form LM-10, the Office of Labor-
Management Standards may require from employers subject to the Act the
submission of special reports on pertinent information, including but
not necessarily confined to reports with respect to specifically
identified personnel on the matters referred to in the second paragraph
under the instructions for Question 8A of Form LM-10.

[42 FR 59070, Nov. 15, 1977]



Sec. 405.6  Exceptions from the filing requirements of Sec. 405.2.

    Nothing contained in this part shall be construed to require:
    (a) An employer to file a report unless said employer has made an
expenditure, payment, loan, agreement, or arrangement of the kind
described in section 203(a) of the Act;
    (b) Any employer to file a report covering the services of any
person by reason of his (1) giving or agreeing to give advice to such
employer or (2) representing or agreeing to represent such employer
before any court, administrative agency, or tribunal of arbitration or
(3) engaging or agreeing to engage in collective bargaining on behalf of
such employer with respect to wages, hours, or other terms or conditions
of employment or the negotiation of an agreement or any question arising
thereunder;
    (c) Any employer to file a report covering expenditures made to any
regular officer, supervisor, or employee of an employer as compensation
for service as a regular officer, supervisor, or employee of such
employer;
    (d) An attorney who is a member in good standing of the bar of any
State, to include in any report required to be filed pursuant to the
provisions of this part any information which was lawfully communicated
to such attorney by any of his clients in the course of a legitimate
attorney-client relationship.



Sec. 405.7  Relation of section 8(c) of the National Labor Relations
Act, as amended, to the reporting requirements of Sec. 405.2.

    While nothing contained in section 203 of the Act shall be construed
as an amendment to, or modification of the rights protected by section
8(c) of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, activities
protected by such

[[Page 162]]

section of the said Act are not for that reason exempted from the
reporting requirements of section 203(a) of the Labor-Management
Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 and Sec. 405.2, and, if otherwise
subject to such reporting requirements, are required to be reported if
they have been engaged in during the course of the reporting fiscal
year. However, the information required to be reported in Question 8C of
Form LM-10 does not include matters protected by section 8(c) of the
National Labor Relations Act, as amended, because the definition in
section 203(g) of the term ``interfere with, restrain, or coerce'',
which is used in Question 8C does not cover such matters.

[42 FR 59070, Nov. 15, 1977]



Sec. 405.8  Personal responsibility of signatories of reports.

    Each individual required to sign a report under section 203(a) of
the Act and under this part shall be personally responsible for the
filing of such report and for any statement contained therein which he
knows to be false.



Sec. 405.9  Maintenance and retention of records.

    Every person required to file any report under this part shall
maintain records on the matters required to be reported which will
provide in sufficient detail the necessary basic information and data
from which the documents filed with the Office of Labor-Management
Standards may be verified, explained or clarified, and checked for
accuracy and completeness, and shall include vouchers, worksheets,
receipts, and applicable resolutions, and shall keep such records
available for examination for a period of not less than five years after
the filing of the documents based on the information which they contain.



Sec. 405.10  Publication of reports required by this part.

    Inspection and examination of any report or other document filed as
required by this part, and the furnishing by the Office of Labor-
Management Standards of copies thereof to any person requesting them,
shall be governed by part 70 of this title.

[35 FR 2990, Feb. 13, 1970]



Sec. 405.11  OMB control number.

    The collecting of information requirements in this part have been
approved by the Office of Management and Budget and assigned OMB control
number 1245-0003.

[59 FR 15116, Mar. 31, 1994, as amended at 63 FR 33779, June 19, 1998;
78 FR 8025, Feb. 5, 2013]



PART 406_REPORTING BY LABOR RELATIONS CONSULTANTS AND OTHER PERSONS,
CERTAIN AGREEMENTS WITH EMPLOYERS--Table of Contents



Sec.
406.1 Definitions.
406.2 Agreement and activities report.
406.3 Receipts and disbursements report.
406.4 Terminal report.
406.5 Persons excepted from filing reports.
406.6 Relation of section 8(c) of the National Labor Relations Act to
          this part.
406.7 Personal responsibility of signatories of reports.
406.8 Maintenance and retention of records.
406.9 Publication of reports required by this part.
406.10 OMB control number.

    Authority: Secs. 203, 207, 208, 73 Stat. 526, 529 (29 U.S.C. 433,
437, 438); Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376, November 16,
2012.

    Source: 28 FR 14385, Dec. 27, 1963, unless otherwise noted.



Sec. 406.1  Definitions.

    As used in this part, the term:
    (a) Corresponding principal officers means any person or persons
performing or authorized to perform, principal executive functions
corresponding to those of president and treasurer of any entity engaged
in whole or in part in the performance of the activities described in
section 203(b) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of
1959.
    (b) Fiscal year means the calendar year or other period of 12
consecutive calendar months, on the basis of which financial accounts
are kept by a person. Where a person designates a new fiscal year prior
to the expiration of a previously established fiscal year period, the
resultant period of less than

[[Page 163]]

12 consecutive calendar months, and thereafter the newly established
fiscal year, shall in that order constitute the fiscal years.
    (c) Undertake means not only the performing of activities, but also
the agreeing to perform them or to have them performed.
    (d) A direct or indirect party to an agreement or arrangement
includes persons who have secured the services of another or of others
in connection with an agreement or arrangement of the type referred to
in Sec. 406.2 as well as persons who have undertaken activities at the
behest of another or of others with knowledge or reason to believe that
they are undertaken as a result of an agreement or arrangement between
an employer and any other person, except bona fide regular officers,
supervisors or employees of their employer to the extent to which they
undertook to perform services as such bona fide regular officers,
supervisors or employees of their employer.

[28 FR 14385, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 42 FR 59070, Nov. 15, 1977;
63 FR 33779, June 19, 1998]



Sec. 406.2  Agreement and activities report.

    (a) Every person who as a direct or indirect party to any agreement
or arrangement with an employer undertakes, pursuant to such agreement
or arrangement, any activities where an object thereof is, directly or
indirectly, (1) to persuade employees to exercise or not to exercise, or
to persuade employees as to the manner of exercising, the right to
organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own
choosing; or, (2) to supply an employer with information concerning the
activities of employees or a labor organization in connection with a
labor dispute involving such employer, except information for use solely
in conjunction with an administrative or arbitral proceeding or a
criminal or civil judicial proceeding; shall, as prescribed by the
regulations in this part, file a report with the Office of Labor-
Management Standards, and one copy thereof, on Form LM-20 \1\ entitled
``Agreement and Activities Report (required of persons, including labor
relations consultants and other individuals and organizations)'' in the
detail required by such form and the instructions accompanying such form
and constituting a part thereof. The report shall be filed within 30
days after entering into an agreement or arrangement of the type
described in this section. If there is any change in the information
reported (other than that required by Item C, 10, (c) of the Form), it
must be filed in a report clearly marked ``Amended Report'' within 30
days of the change.
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    \1\ Filed as part of the original document.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) The report shall be signed by the president and treasurer or
corresponding principal officers of the reporting person. If the report
is filed by an individual in his own behalf, it need only bear his
signature.

[28 FR 14385, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 50 FR 31309, Aug. 1, 1985]



Sec. 406.3  Receipts and disbursements report.

    (a) Every person who, as a direct or indirect party to any agreement
or arrangement, undertakes any activities of the type described in Sec.
406.2 pursuant to such agreement or arrangement and who, as a result of
such agreement or arrangement made or received any payment during his
fiscal year, shall, as prescribed by the regulations in this part, file
a report and one copy thereof, with the Office of Labor-Management
Standards, on Form LM-21 \1\ entitled ``Receipts and Disbursements
Report (required of persons, including labor relations consultants,
other individuals and organizations)'', in the detail required by such
form and the instructions accompanying such form and constituting a part
thereof. The report shall be filed within 90 days after the end of such
person's fiscal year during which payments were made or received as a
result of such an agreement or arrangement.
    (b) The report shall be signed by the president and treasurer or
corresponding principal officers of the reporting person. If the report
is filed by an individual in his own behalf, it need only bear his
signature.

[28 FR 14385, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 50 FR 31310, Aug. 1, 1985]

[[Page 164]]



Sec. 406.4  Terminal report.

    (a) Every person required to file a report pursuant to the
provisions of this part who during his fiscal year loses his identity as
a reporting entity through merger, consolidation, dissolution, or
otherwise shall within 30 days of the effective date thereof or of the
effective date of this section, whichever is later, file a terminal
report, and one copy thereof, with the Office of Labor-Management
Standards, on Form LM-21 signed by the president and treasurer or
corresponding principal officers immediately prior to the time of the
person's loss of reporting identity (or by the person himself if he is
an individual), together with a statement of the effective date of
termination or loss of reporting identity, and if the latter, the name
and mailing address of the entity into which the person reporting has
been merged, consolidated or otherwise absorbed.
    (b) For purposes of the report referred to in paragraph (a) of this
section, the period covered thereby shall be the portion of the
reporting person's fiscal year ending on the effective date of the
termination or loss of identity.

[28 FR 14385, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 50 FR 31310, Aug. 1, 1985]



Sec. 406.5  Persons excepted from filing reports.

    Nothing contained in this part shall be construed to require:
    (a) Any person to file a report under this part unless he was a
direct or indirect party to an agreement or arrangement of the kind
described in Sec. 406.2;
    (b) Any person to file a report covering the services of such person
by reason of his (1) giving or agreeing to give advice to an employer;
or (2) representing or agreeing to represent an employer before any
court, administrative agency, or tribunal of arbitration; or (3)
engaging or agreeing to engage in collective bargaining on behalf of an
employer with respect to wages, hours, or other terms or conditions of
employment or the negotiation of an agreement or any question arising
thereunder;
    (c) Any regular officer, or employee of an employer to file a report
in connection with services rendered as such regular officer, supervisor
or employee to such employer;
    (d) An attorney who is a member in good standing of the bar of any
State, to include in any report required to be filed pursuant to the
provisions of this part any information which was lawfully communicated
to such attorney by any of his clients in the course of a legitimate
attorney-client relationship.



Sec. 406.6  Relation of section 8(c) of the National Labor Relations
Act to this part.

    While nothing contained in section 203 of the Act shall be construed
as an amendment to, or modification of the rights protected by, section
8(c) of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended (61 Stat. 142; 29
U.S.C. 158 (c)), activities protected by such section of the said Act
are not for that reason exempted from the reporting requirements of this
part and, if otherwise subject to such reporting requirements, are
required to be reported. Consequently, information required to be
included in Forms LM-20 and 21 must be reported regardless of whether
that information relates to activities which are protected by section
8(c) of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended.



Sec. 406.7  Personal responsibility of signatories of reports.

    Each individual required to file a report under this part shall be
personally responsible for the filing of such report and for any
statement contained therein which he knows to be false.



Sec. 406.8  Maintenance and retention of records.

    Every person required to file any report under this part shall
maintain records on the matters required to be reported which will
provide in sufficient detail the necessary basic information and data
from which the documents filed with the Office of Labor-Management
Standards may be verified, explained or clarified, and checked for
accuracy and completeness, and shall include vouchers, worksheets,
receipts and applicable resolutions, and shall keep such records
available for examination for a period

[[Page 165]]

of not less than five years after the filing of the documents based on
the information which they contain.



Sec. 406.9  Publication of reports required by this part.

    Inspection and examination of any report or other document filed as
required by this part, and the furnishing by the Office of Labor-
Management Standards of copies thereof to any person requesting them,
shall be governed by part 70 of this title.

[35 FR 2990, Feb. 13, 1970]



Sec. 406.10  OMB control number.

    The collecting of information requirements in this part have been
approved by the Office of Management and Budget and assigned OMB control
number 1245-0003.

[59 FR 15116, Mar. 31, 1994 as amended at 63 FR 46888, Sept. 3, 1998; 78
FR 8025, Feb. 5, 2013]



PART 408_LABOR ORGANIZATION TRUSTEESHIP REPORTS--Table of Contents



Sec.
408.1 Definitions.
408.2 Initial trusteeship report.
408.3 Form of initial report.
408.4 Semiannual trusteeship report.
408.5 Annual financial report.
408.6 Amendments to the Labor Organization Information Report filed by
          or on behalf of the subordinate labor organization.
408.7 Terminal trusteeship financial report.
408.8 Terminal trusteeship information report.
408.9 Personal responsibility of signatories of reports.
408.10 Maintenance and retention of records.
408.11 Dissemination and verification of reports.
408.12 Publication of reports required by this part.
408.13 OMB control number.

    Authority: Secs. 202, 207, 208, 73 Stat. 525, 529 (29 U.S.C. 432,
437, 438); Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376, November 16,
2012.

    Source: 28 FR 14387, Dec. 27, 1963, unless otherwise noted.



Sec. 408.1  Definitions.

    (a) Corresponding principal officers shall include any person or
persons performing or authorized to perform principal executive
functions corresponding to those of president and treasurer, of any
labor organization which has assumed or imposed a trusteeship over a
labor organization within the meaning of section 301(a) of the Labor-
Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959.
    (b) Trusteeship means any receivership, trusteeship, or other method
of supervision or control whereby a labor organization suspends the
autonomy otherwise available to a subordinate body under its
constitution or bylaws.
    (c) Policy determining body means any body which is convened by the
parent labor organization or other labor organization which is composed
of delegates from labor organizations and which formulates policy on
such matters as wages, hours, or other conditions of employment or
recommends or takes any action in the name of the participating labor
organizations. Such a body includes, for example, a district council,
area conference or joint board.



Sec. 408.2  Initial trusteeship report.

    Every labor organization which has or assumes trusteeship over any
subordinate labor organization shall file with the Office of Labor-
Management Standards within 30 days after the imposition of any such
trusteeship, a trusteeship report, pursuant to Sec. 408.3, together
with a true copy thereof, signed by its president and treasurer, or
corresponding principal officers, as well as by the trustees of such
subordinate labor organization.

[28 FR 14387, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 50 FR 31309, Aug. 1, 1985]



Sec. 408.3  Form of initial report.

    On and after the effective date of this section, every labor
organization required to file an initial report under Sec. 408.2 shall
file such report on United States Department of Labor Form LM-15
entitled ``Trusteeship Report'' in the detail required by the
instructions accompanying such form and constituting a part thereof.

[28 FR 14387, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 42 FR 59070, Nov. 15, 1977]

[[Page 166]]



Sec. 408.4  Semiannual trusteeship report.

    Every labor organization required to file an initial report under
Sec. 408.2 shall thereafter during the continuance of trusteeship over
the subordinate labor organization, file with the said Office of Labor-
Management Standards semiannually, and not later than six months after
the due date of the initial trusteeship report, a semiannual trusteeship
report on Form LM-15 containing the information required by that form
except for the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. If in answer to Item
9 of Form LM-15, there was (a) a convention or other policy determining
body to which the subordinate organization sent delegates or would have
sent delegates if not in trusteeship or (b) an election of officers of
the labor organization assuming trusteeship, Form LM-15A should be used
to report the required information with respect thereto.

[42 FR 59070, Nov. 15, 1977]



Sec. 408.5  Annual financial report.

    During the continuance of a trusteeship, the labor organization
which has assumed trusteeship over a subordinate labor organization,
shall file with the Office of Labor-Management Standards on behalf of
the subordinate labor organization the annual financial report and any
Form T-1 reports required by part 403 of this chapter, signed by the
president and treasurer or corresponding principal officers of the labor
organization which has assumed such trusteeship, and the trustees of the
subordinate labor organization on Form LM-2.

[28 FR 14387, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 68 FR 58448, Oct. 9, 2003]



Sec. 408.6  Amendments to the Labor Organization Information Report
filed by or on behalf of the subordinate labor organization.

    During the continuance of a trusteeship, the labor organization
which has assumed trusteeship over a subordinate labor organization,
shall file with the Office of Labor-Management Standards on behalf of
the subordinate labor organization any change in the information
required by part 402 of this chapter in accordance with the procedure
set out in Sec. 402.4.

[63 FR 33779, June 19, 1998]



Sec. 408.7  Terminal trusteeship financial report.

    Each labor organization which has assumed trusteeship over a
subordinate labor organization shall file within 90 days after the
termination of such trusteeship on behalf of the subordinate labor
organization a terminal financial report, and one copy, with the Office
of Labor-Management Standards, on Form LM-2 and in conformance with the
requirements of part 403 of this chapter.



Sec. 408.8  Terminal trusteeship information report.

    There shall be filed at the same time that the terminal trusteeship
financial report is filed a terminal trusteeship information report on
Form LM-16. If in answer to Item 6 of Form LM-16, there was (a) a
convention or other policy determining body to which the subordinate
organization sent delegates or would have sent delegates if not in
trusteeship or (b) an election of officers of the labor organization
assuming trusteeship, Form LM-15A should be used to report the required
information with respect thereto.

[40 FR 58856, Dec. 19, 1975]



Sec. 408.9  Personal responsibility of signatories of reports.

    Each individual required to sign a report under this part shall be
personally responsible for the filing of such report and for any
statement contained therein which he knows to be false.



Sec. 408.10  Maintenance and retention of records.

    Every person required to file any report under this part shall
maintain records on the matters required to be reported which will
provide in sufficient detail the necessary basic information and data
from which the documents filed with the Office of Labor-Management
Standards may be verified, explained or clarified, and

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checked for accuracy and completeness, and shall include vouchers,
worksheets, receipts, and applicable resolutions, and shall keep such
records available for examination for a period of not less than five
years after the filing of the documents based on the information which
they contain.



Sec. 408.11  Dissemination and verification of reports.

    Every labor organization required to submit a report shall make
available the information required to be contained in such report to all
of its members, and every such labor organization and its officers shall
be under a duty to permit such member for just cause to examine any
books, records, and accounts necessary to verify such report.



Sec. 408.12  Publication of reports required by this part.

    Inspection and examination of any report or other document filed as
required by this part, and the furnishing by the Office of Labor-
Management Standards of copies thereof to any person requesting them,
shall be governed by part 70 of this title.

[35 FR 2990, Feb. 13, 1970]



Sec. 408.13  OMB control number.

    The collecting of information requirements in this part have been
approved by the Office of Management and Budget and assigned OMB control
number 1245-0003.

[59 FR 15116, Mar. 31, 1994, as amended at 63 FR 46888, Sept. 3, 1998;
78 FR 8025, Feb. 5, 2013]



PART 409_REPORTS BY SURETY COMPANIES--Table of Contents



Sec.
409.1 Definitions.
409.2 Annual report.
409.3 Time for filing annual report.
409.4 Personal responsibility for filing of reports.
409.5 Maintenance and retention of records.
409.6 Publication of reports required by this part.
409.7 OMB control number.

    Authority: Secs. 207, 208, 211; 79 Stat. 888; 88 Stat. 852 (29
U.S.C. 437, 438, 441); Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376,
November 16, 2012.

    Source: 31 FR 11177, Aug. 24, 1966, unless otherwise noted.



Sec. 409.1  Definitions.

    As used in this part, the term:
    (a) Fiscal year means the calendar year, or other period of 12
consecutive calendar months. Once reported on one basis, a change in the
reporting year shall be effected only upon prior approval by the Office
of Labor-Management Standards.
    (b) Corresponding principal officers shall include any person or
persons performing or authorized to perform principal executive
functions corresponding to those of president and treasurer of any
surety underwriting a bond for which reports are required under section
211 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959.



Sec. 409.2  Annual report.

    Each surety company having in force any bond required by section 502
of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 or section
412 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act during the fiscal
year, shall file with the Office of Labor-Management Standards a report,
on U.S. Department of Labor Form S-1 entitled ``Surety Company Annual
Report'' \1\ signed by the president and treasurer or corresponding
principal officers, in the detail required by the instructions
accompanying such form and constituting a part thereof.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ Filed as part of the original document.

[42 FR 59070, Nov. 15, 1977, as amended at 50 FR 31309, Aug. 1, 1985; 50
FR 31310, Aug. 1, 1985]



Sec. 409.3  Time for filing annual report.

    Each surety company required to file an annual report by section 211
of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 and Sec.
409.2 shall file such report within 150 days after the end of the fiscal
year. The period of 150 days within which reports must be filed is
stipulated in lieu of the statutory period of 90 days (sec. 207(b), 73
Stat. 529, 29 U.S.C. 437(b) as amended by 79 Stat. 888) pursuant to a
finding under section 211 (79 Stat. 888) of the Act that information
required to be reported

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cannot be practicably ascertained within 90 days of the end of the
fiscal year.

[31 FR 11177, Aug. 24, 1966, as amended at 50 FR 31310, Aug. 1, 1985]



Sec. 409.4  Personal responsibility for filing of reports.

    Each individual required to file a report under section 211 of the
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, shall be
personally responsible for the filing of such reports and for the
accuracy of the information contained therein.



Sec. 409.5  Maintenance and retention of records.

    Each surety required to file any report under this part shall
maintain records on the matters required to be reported which will
provide in sufficient detail the necessary basic information and data
from which the reports filed with the Office of Labor-Management
Standards may be verified, explained or clarified and checked for
accuracy and completeness, and shall keep such records available for
examination for a period of not less than 5 years after the filing of
the reports based on the information which they contain.



Sec. 409.6  Publication of reports required by this part.

    Part 70 of this title shall govern inspection and examination of any
report or other document filed as required by this part, and the
furnishing by the Office of Labor-Management Standards of copies thereof
to any person requesting them.

[35 FR 2990, Feb. 13, 1970]



Sec. 409.7  OMB control number.

    The collecting of information requirements in this part have been
approved by the Office of Management and Budget and assigned OMB control
number 1245-0003.

[59 FR 15116, Mar. 31, 1994, as amended at 63 FR 33779, June 19, 1998;
78 FR 8025, Feb. 5, 2013]



PART 417_PROCEDURE FOR REMOVAL OF LOCAL LABOR ORGANIZATION
OFFICERS--Table of Contents



                                 General

Sec.
417.1 Purpose and scope.
417.2 Definitions.

 Subpart A_Procedures To Determine Adequacy of Constitution and Bylaws
          for Removal of Officers of Local Labor Organizations

417.3 Initiation of proceedings.
417.4 Pre-hearing conference.
417.5 Notice.
417.6 Powers of Administrative Law Judge.
417.7 Transcript.
417.8 Appearances.
417.9 Evidence; contumacious or disorderly conduct.
417.10 Rights of participants.
417.11 Objections to evidence.
417.12 Proposed findings and conclusions.
417.13 Initial decision of Administrative Law Judge.
417.14 Form and time for filing of appeal with the Administrative Review
          Board.
417.15 Decision of the Administrative Review Board.

Subpart B_Procedures Upon Failure of Union To Take Appropriate Remedial
                  Action Following Subpart A Procedures

417.16 Initiation of proceedings.
417.17 Investigation of complaint and court action.
417.18 Hearings--removal of officers of local labor organizations.
417.19 Director's representative.
417.20 Notice of hearing.
417.21 Transcript.
417.22 Vote among members of the labor organization.
417.23 Report to the Director.
417.24 Appeal to the Director.
417.25 Certification of results of vote.

    Authority: Secs. 401, 402, 73 Stat. 533, 534 (29 U.S.C. 481, 482);
Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376, November 16, 2012;
Secretary's Order No. 02-2012, 77 FR 69378, November 16, 2012.

    Source: 29 FR 8264, July 1, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

                                 General



Sec. 417.1  Purpose and scope.

    Section 401(h) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act
of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 481) provides that if,

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upon application of any member of a local labor organization, the
Secretary of Labor finds, after hearing in accordance with the
Administrative Procedure Act, that the constitution and bylaws of such
labor organization do not provide an adequate procedure for the removal
of an elected officer guilty of serious misconduct, such officer may be
removed for cause shown and after notice and hearing, by the members in
good standing voting in a secret ballot. Section 401(i) (29 U.S.C. 481)
requires the Secretary to promulgate rules and regulations prescribing
minimum standards and procedures for determining the adequacy of the
removal procedures referred to in section 401(h). Section 402(a) (29
U.S.C. 482) provides that a member of a labor organization who has
exhausted the available internal remedies of such organization and of
any parent body, or who has invoked such remedies without obtaining a
final decision within three months, may file a complaint with the
Secretary within one month thereafter alleging violation of section 401
(including violation of the constitution and bylaws of the labor
organization pertaining to the removal of officers). Section 402(b) (29
U.S.C. 482) provides that upon suit initiated by the Secretary, a
Federal court may direct the conduct of a hearing and vote upon the
removal of officers under the supervision of the Secretary, and in
accordance with such rules and regulations as the Secretary may
prescribe. It is the purpose of this part to implement those sections by
prescribing regulations relating to the procedures and standards for
determining the adequacy of removal procedures and the procedures for
holding elections for the removal of officers.



Sec. 417.2  Definitions.

    (a) Chief, DOE means the Chief of the Division of Enforcement within
the Office of Labor-Management Standards.
    (b) Adequate procedure shall mean any procedure which affords
reasonable and equitable opportunity for (1) trial of an officer(s)
charged with serious misconduct, and (2) removal of such an officer(s)
if found guilty, and which contains the elements set forth in each of
the subparagraphs of this paragraph: Provided, however, That any other
procedure which provides otherwise reasonable and equitable measures for
removal from office may also be considered adequate:
    (1) A reasonable opportunity is afforded for filing charges of
serious misconduct against any elected officer(s) without being subject
to retaliatory threats, coercion, or acts of intimidation.
    (2) The charges of serious misconduct are communicated to the
accused officer(s), and reasonable notice is given the members of the
organization, reasonably in advance of the time for hearing thereon.
    (3) Subject to reasonable restrictions, a fair and open hearing upon
such charges is held after adequate notice and adequate opportunity is
afforded for testimony or the submission of evidence in support of or in
opposition to such charges. Within a reasonable time following such
hearing, a decision is reached as to the guilt or innocence of the
accused.
    (4) If the hearing upon such charges is held before a trial
committee or other duly authorized body, reasonable notice of such
body's findings is given to the membership of the organization promptly.
    (5) If such accused officer(s) is found guilty, he may be removed by
a procedure which includes:
    (i) A secret ballot vote of the members at an appropriately called
meeting, or
    (ii) A vote of a trial committee or other duly authorized body,
subject to appeal and review by the members voting by a secret ballot at
an appropriately called meeting.
    (6) Within a reasonable time after the charges of serious misconduct
are filed with the labor organization final disposition (including
appellate procedures) is made of the charges.
    (c) Elected officer means any constitutional officer, any person
authorized to perform the functions of president, vice-president,
secretary, treasurer, or other executive functions of a labor
organization, and any member of its executive board or similar governing
body.
    (d) Cause shown means substantial evidence of serious misconduct.

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    (e) Interested person means any person or organization whose
interests are or may be affected by a proceeding.
    (f) Court means the district court of the United States in the
district in which the labor organization in question maintains its
principal office.

[29 FR 8264, July 1, 1964, as amended at 29 FR 8480, July 7, 1964; 29 FR
9537, July 14, 1964; 50 FR 31310, Aug. 1, 1985; 62 FR 6093, Feb. 10,
1997; 63 FR 33779, June 19, 1998; 78 FR 8025, Feb. 5, 2013]



 Subpart A_Procedures To Determine Adequacy of Constitution and Bylaws
          for Removal of Officers of Local Labor Organizations



Sec. 417.3  Initiation of proceedings.

    (a) Any member of a local labor organization who has reason to
believe that:
    (1) An elected officer(s) of such organization has been guilty of
serious misconduct, and
    (2) The constitution and bylaws of his organization do not provide
an adequate procedure for the removal of such officer(s), may file with
the Office of Labor-Management Standards a written application, which
may be in the form of a letter, for initiation of proceedings under
section 401(h) of the Act.
    (b) An application filed under paragraph (a) of this section shall
set forth the facts upon which it is based including a statement of the
basis for the charge that an elected officer(s) is guilty of serious
misconduct; and shall contain:
    (1) Information identifying the labor organization and the officer
or officers involved, and
    (2) Any data such member desires the Office of Labor-Management
Standards to consider in connection with his application.



Sec. 417.4  Pre-hearing conference.

    (a) Upon receipt of an application filed under Sec. 417.3, the
Chief, DOE shall cause an investigation to be conducted of the
allegations contained therein, and if he finds probable cause to believe
that the constitution and bylaws of the labor organization do not
provide an adequate procedure for the removal of an elected officer(s)
guilty of serious misconduct he shall:
    (1) Advise the labor organization of his findings and
    (2) Afford such labor organization the opportunity for a conference
to be set not earlier than 10 days thereafter except where all
interested persons elect to confer at an earlier time. Any such
conference shall be conducted for the purpose of hearing the views of
interested persons and attempting to achieve a settlement of the issue
without formal proceedings.
    (b)(1) If:
    (i) The labor organization declines the opportunity to confer
afforded under paragraph (a) of this section, and fails to undertake
compliance with the provisions of section 401(h) of the Act, or if
    (ii) After consideration of any views presented by the labor
organization the Chief, DOE still finds probable cause to believe that
the removal procedures are not adequate and if agreement for the
adoption of adequate procedures for removal has not been achieved and
the labor organization refuses to enter into a stipulation to comply
with the provisions of section 401(h) of the Act, the Chief, DOE shall
submit his findings and recommendations to the Director.
    (2) Upon consideration of the Chief, DOE's recommendations, the
Director may order a hearing to be conducted before an Administrative
Law Judge duly assigned by him to receive evidence and arguments (i) on
the applicability of section 401(h) of the Act to the labor organization
involved, and (ii) on the question of whether its constitution and
bylaws provide an adequate procedure for the removal of an elected union
officer guilty of serious misconduct.

[29 FR 8264, July 1, 1964, as amended at 50 FR 31310, Aug. 1, 1985; 62
FR 6093, Feb. 10, 1997; 78 FR 8025, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 417.5  Notice.

    Notice of hearing shall be given not less than 10 days before such
hearing is held unless the parties agree to a shorter notice period.
Such notice shall be transmitted to the labor organization and the
officer(s) accused of misconduct and other interested persons,

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insofar as they are known, and shall inform them of:
    (a) The time, place, and nature of the hearings;
    (b) The legal authority and jurisdiction under which the hearing is
to be held; and
    (c) The matters of fact and law asserted.

The Labor organization shall inform its members of the provisions of the
notice and copies of the notice shall be made available for inspection
at the offices of the labor organization.



Sec. 417.6  Powers of Administrative Law Judge.

    The designated Administrative Law Judge shall have authority:
    (a) To give notice concerning and to conduct hearings;
    (b) To administer oaths and affirmations;
    (c) To issue subpoenas;
    (d) To rule upon offers of proof and receive relevant evidence;
    (e) To take or cause depositions to be taken whenever the ends of
justice would be served thereby;
    (f) To regulate the course of the hearing;
    (g) To hold conferences for the settlement or simplification of the
issues by consent of the parties;
    (h) To dispose of procedural requests or other matters;
    (i) To limit the number of witnesses at hearings, or limit or
exclude evidence or testimony which may be irrelevant, immaterial, or
cumulative;
    (j) If appropriate or necessary to exclude persons or counsel from
participation in hearings for refusing any proper request for
information or documentary evidence, or for contumacious conduct;
    (k) To grant continuances or reschedule hearings for good cause
shown;
    (l) To consider and decide procedural matters;
    (m) To take any other actions authorized by the regulations in this
part.

The Administrative Law Judge's authority in the case shall terminate
upon his filing of the record and his initial decision with the
Director, or when he shall have withdrawn from the case upon considering
himself disqualified, or upon termination of his authority by the
Director for good cause stated. However, the Administrative Law Judge's
authority may be reinstated upon referral of some or all the issues by
the Director for rehearing. This authority will terminate upon
certification of the rehearing record to the Director.

[29 FR 8264, July 1, 1964, as amended at 78 FR 8025, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 417.7  Transcript.

    An official reporter shall make the only official transcript of the
proceedings. Copies of the official transcript shall be made available
upon request addressed to the Director in accordance with the provisions
of part 70 of this title.

[50 FR 31310, Aug. 1, 1985, as amended at 63 FR 33779, June 19, 1998; 78
FR 8025, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 417.8  Appearances.

    The Department of Labor does not maintain a register of persons or
attorneys who may participate at hearings. Any interested person may
appear and be heard in person or be represented by counsel.



Sec. 417.9  Evidence; contumacious or disorderly conduct.

    (a) Formal rules of evidence or procedure in use in courts of law or
equity shall not obtain. Rules of evidence are to be within the
discretion of the Administrative Law Judge. However, it shall be the
policy to exclude testimony or matter which is irrelevant, immaterial,
or unduly repetitious.
    (b) Contumacious or disorderly conduct at a hearing may be ground
for exclusion therefrom. The refusal of a witness at any hearing to
answer any questions which have been ruled to be proper shall, in the
discretion of the Administrative Law Judge be ground for striking all
testimony previously given by such witness on related matter.
    (c) At any stage of the hearing the Administrative Law Judge may
call for further evidence or testimony on any matter. After the hearing
has been closed, no further information shall be received on any matter,
except where provision shall have been made for it at

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the hearing, or except as the Administrative Law Judge or Director may
direct by reopening the hearing.

[29 FR 8264, July 1, 1964, as amended at 29 FR 8480, July 7, 1964; 78 FR
8025, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 417.10  Rights of participants.

    Every interested person shall have the right to present oral or
documentary evidence, to submit evidence in rebuttal, and to conduct
such examination or cross-examination as may be required for a full and
true disclosure of the facts (subject to the rulings of the
Administrative Law Judge), and to object to admissions or exclusions of
evidence. The Department of Labor, through its officers and attorneys
shall have all rights accorded interested persons by the provisions of
this subpart A.



Sec. 417.11  Objections to evidence.

    Objections to the admission or exclusion of evidence may be made
orally or in writing, but shall be in short form, stating the grounds
for such objection. The transcript shall not include argument or debate
thereon except as required by the Administrative Law Judge. Rulings on
such objections shall be a part of the transcript. No such objections
shall be deemed waived by further participation in the hearing. Formal
exceptions are unnecessary and will not be taken to rulings on
objections.



Sec. 417.12  Proposed findings and conclusions.

    Within 10 days following the close of hearings, interested persons
may submit proposed findings and conclusions to the Administrative Law
Judge, together with supporting reasons therefor, which shall become a
part of the record.



Sec. 417.13  Initial decision of Administrative Law Judge.

    Within 25 days following the period for submitting proposed findings
and conclusions, the Administrative Law Judge shall consider the whole
record, file an initial decision as to the adequacy of the constitution
and bylaws for the purpose of removing officers with the Administrative
Review Board, and forward a copy to each party participating in the
hearing. His decision shall become a part of the record and shall
include a statement of his findings and conclusions, as well as the
reasons or basis therefor, upon all material issues.

[29 FR 8264, July 1, 1964, as amended at 78 FR 8025, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 417.14  Form and time for filing of appeal with the
Administrative Review Board.

    (a) An interested person may appeal from the Administrative Law
Judge's initial decision by filing written exceptions with the
Administrative Review Board within 15 days of the issuance of the
Administrative Law Judge's initial decision (or such additional time as
the Administrative Review Board may allow), together with supporting
reasons for such exceptions. Blanket appeals shall not be received.
Impertinent or scandalous matter may be stricken by the Administrative
Review Board, or an appeal containing such matter or lacking in
specification of exceptions may be dismissed.
    (b) In the absence of either an appeal to the Administrative Review
Board or review of the Administrative Law Judge's initial decision by
the Administrative Review Board on his own motion, such initial decision
shall become the decision of the Administrative Review Board.

[29 FR 8264, July 1, 1964, as amended at 78 FR 8025, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 417.15  Decision of the Administrative Review Board.

    Upon appeal filed with the Administrative Review Board pursuant to
Sec. 417.14, or within his discretion upon his own motion, the complete
record of the proceedings shall be certified to him; he shall notify all
interested persons who participated in the proceedings; and he shall
review the record, the exceptions filed and supporting reasons, and
shall issue a decision as to the adequacy of the constitution and bylaws
for the purpose of removing officers, or shall order such further
proceedings as he deems appropriate. His decision shall become a part of
the record and shall include a statement of his findings and
conclusions,

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as well as the reasons or basis therefor, upon all material issues.

[29 FR 8264, July 1, 1964, as amended at 29 FR 8480, July 7, 1964; 78 FR
8025, Feb. 5, 2013]



Subpart B_Procedures Upon Failure of Union To Take Appropriate Remedial
                  Action Following Subpart A Procedures



Sec. 417.16  Initiation of proceedings.

    (a) Any member of a local labor organization may file a complaint
with the Office of Labor-Management Standards alleging that following a
finding by the Administrative Review Board pursuant to subpart A that
the constitution and bylaws of the labor organization pertaining to the
removal of officers are inadequate, or a stipulation of compliance with
the provisions of section 401(h) of the Act reached with the Chief, DOE
in connection with a prior charge of the inadequacy of a union's
constitution and bylaws to remove officers, as provided in subpart A of
this part, the labor organization (1) has failed to act within a
reasonable time, or (2) has violated the procedures agreed to with the
Chief, DOE, or (3) has violated the principles governing adequate
removal procedures under Sec. 417.2(b).
    (b) The complaint must be filed pursuant to section 402(a) of the
Act within one calendar month after one of the two following conditions
has been met:
    (1) The member has exhausted the remedies available to him under the
constitution and bylaws of the organization, or
    (2) The member has invoked such remedies without obtaining a final
decision within three calendar months after invoking them.

[59 FR 65716, Dec. 21, 1994, as amended at 62 FR 6093, Feb. 10, 1997; 78
FR 8025, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 417.17  Investigation of complaint and court action.

    The Office of Labor-Management Standards shall investigate such
complaint, and if upon such investigation the Secretary finds probable
cause to believe that a violation of section 401(h) of the Act has
occurred and has not been remedied, the Secretary shall within 60 days
after the filing of such complaint, bring a civil action against the
labor organization in the district court of the United States for the
district in which such labor organization maintains its principal
office, to direct the conduct of a hearing and vote upon the removal of
officer(s) under the supervision of the Director as provided in section
402(b) of the Act.

[59 FR 65717, Dec. 21, 1994, as amended at 78 FR 8025, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 417.18  Hearings--removal of officers of local labor
organizations.

    Hearings pursuant to order of the court and concerning the removal
of officers under section 402(b) of the Act shall be for the purpose of
introducing testimony and evidence showing why an officer or officers
accused of serious misconduct should or should not be removed. Hearings
shall be conducted by the officers of the labor organization (subject to
Sec. 417.19) in accordance with the constitution and bylaws of the
labor organization insofar as they are not inconsistent with title IV of
the Act, or with the provisions of this part 417: Provided, however,
That no officer(s) accused of serious misconduct shall participate in
such hearings in any capacity except as witness or counsel.



Sec. 417.19  Director's representative.

    The Director shall appoint a representative or representatives whose
functions shall be to supervise the hearing and vote. Such
representative(s) shall have final authority to issue such rulings as
shall be appropriate or necessary to insure a full and fair hearing and
vote. Upon his own motion or upon consideration of the petition of any
interested person the Director's Representative may disqualify any
officer(s) or member(s) of the union from participation in the conduct
of the hearing (except in the capacity of witness or counsel).

[29 FR 8264, July 1, 1964, as amended at 29 FR 8480, July 7, 1964 ; 78
FR 8025, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 417.20  Notice of hearing.

    Notice of hearing, not less than 10 days in advance of the date set
for such

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hearing, shall be transmitted to the officer or officers accused of
serious misconduct and other interested persons, insofar as they are
known, and shall inform them of (a) the time, place, and nature of the
hearing; (b) the legal authority and jurisdiction under which the
hearing is to be held; (c) the matters of fact and law asserted; and (d)
their rights to challenge the appointment of certain of, or all of, the
officers of the union to conduct the hearing in accordance with this
subpart. The labor organization shall promptly inform its members of the
provisions of the notice. Copies of the notice shall be made available
for inspection at the office of the labor organization.



Sec. 417.21  Transcript.

    It shall be within the discretion of the Director to require an
official reporter to make an official transcript of the hearings. In the
event he does so require, copies of the official transcript shall be
made available upon request addressed to the Director in accordance with
the provisions of part 70 of this title.

[50 FR 31310, Aug. 1, 1985, as amended at 63 FR 33779, June 19, 1998; 78
FR 8025, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 417.22  Vote among members of the labor organization.

    Within a reasonable time after completion of the hearing, and after
proper notice thereof, a secret ballot vote shall be conducted among the
members of the labor organization in good standing on the issue of
whether the accused officer or officers shall be removed from office.
The vote shall be in accordance with the constitution and bylaws of the
labor organization insofar as they are not inconsistent with the
provisions of the Act or this part 417. The presiding officer or
officers at the taking of such vote shall entertai objections or
suggestions as to the rules for conducting the vote, eligibility of
voters, and such other matters as may be pertinent; and shall rule on
such questions, shall establish procedures for the conduct of the vote,
and for tabulation of the ballots; and shall appoint observers and
compile a list of eligible voters. All rulings of the presiding officer
or officers shall be subject to the provisions of Sec. 417.19.



Sec. 417.23  Report to the Director.

    Following completion of the hearing and vote, the Director's
Representative shall file a report with the Director setting out the
results of the balloting; and pertinent details of the hearing and vote.
Notice thereof shall be given to the membership of such labor
organization promptly and copies shall be furnished to all interested
parties.

[29 FR 8264, July 1, 1964, as amended at 78 FR 8025, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 417.24  Appeal to the Director.

    (a) Within 15 days after mailing of the report of the Director's
Representative, any interested party may appeal the conduct of the
hearing or vote or both by filing written exceptions with the Director.
Blanket appeals shall not be received. Impertinent or scandalous matter
may be stricken by the Director, or an appeal containing such matter or
lacking in specifications may be dismissed.
    (b) Upon review of the whole record, the Director shall issue a
decision or may order further hearing, a new vote, or such further
proceedings as he deems appropriate.

[29 FR 8264, July 1, 1964, as amended at 50 FR 31310, Aug. 1, 1985; 78
FR 8025, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 417.25  Certification of results of vote.

    Upon receipt of the report of the Director's Representative on the
hearing and vote on removal, the Director shall certify the results of
the vote to the court as required by section 402(c) of the Act.

[29 FR 8264, July 1, 1964, as amended at 78 FR 8025, Feb. 5, 2013]



PART 451_LABOR ORGANIZATIONS AS DEFINED IN THE LABOR-MANAGEMENT
REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1959--Table of Contents



Sec.
451.1 Introductory statement.
451.2 General.
451.3 Requirements of section 3(i).
451.4 Labor organizations under section 3(j).
451.5 ``State or local central body.''

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451.6 Extraterritorial application.

    Authority: Secs. 3, 208, 401, 73 Stat. 520, 529, 532 (29 U.S.C. 402,
438, 481); Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376, November 16,
2012.

    Source: 28 FR 14388, Dec. 27, 1963, unless otherwise noted.



Sec. 451.1  Introductory statement.

    (a) This part discusses the meaning and scope of sections 3(i) and
3(j) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 \1\
(hereinafter referred to as the Act). These provisions define the terms
``labor organization'' and ``labor organization * * * in an industry
affecting commerce'' for purposes of the Act. \2\
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    \1\ 73 Stat. 520, 521, 29 U.S.C. 402.
    \2\ It should be noted that the definition of the term ``labor
organization,'' as well as other terms, in section 3 are for purposes of
those portions of the Act included in titles I, II, III, IV, V (except
section 505) and VI. They do not apply to title VII, which contains
amendments of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, nor to
section 505 of title V, which amends section 302 (a), (b), and (c) of
the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended. The terms used in
title VII and section 505 of title V have the same meaning as they have
under the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, and the Labor
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    (b) The Act imposes on labor organizations various obligations and
prohibitions relating generally, among other things, to the reporting of
information and election and removal of officers. Requirements are also
imposed on the officers, representatives, and employees of labor
organizations. In addition, certain rights are guaranteed the members
thereof. It thus becomes a matter of importance to determine what
organizations are included within the applicability of the Act.
    (c) The provisions of the Act, other than title I and amendments to
other statutes contained in section 505 and title VII, are subject to
the general investigatory authority of the Secretary of Labor embodied
in section 601 \3\ (and delegated by him to the Director), which
empowers him to investigate whenever he believes it necessary in order
to determine whether any person has violated or is about to violate such
provisions. The correctness of an interpretation of these provisions can
be determined finally and authoritatively only by the courts. It is
necessary, however, for the Director to reach informed conclusions as to
the meaning of the law to enable him to carry out his statutory duties
of administration and enforcement. The interpretations of the Director
contained in this part, which are issued upon the advice of the
Solicitor of Labor, indicate the construction of the law which will
guide him in performing his duties unless and until he is directed
otherwise by authoritative rulings of the courts or unless and until he
subsequently decides that a prior interpretation is incorrect. However,
the omission to discuss a particular problem in this part, or in
interpretations supplementing it, should not be taken to indicate the
adoption of any position by the Director with respect to such problem or
to constitute an administrative interpretation or practice.
Interpretations of the Director with respect to the meaning of the terms
``labor organization'' and ``labor organization * * * in an industry
affecting commerce,'' as used in the Act, are set forth in this part to
provide those affected by the provisions of the Act with ``a practical
guide * * * as to how the office representing the public interest in its
enforcement will seek to apply it.'' \4\
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    \3\ Sec. 601, 73 Stat. 539, 29 U.S.C. 521.
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    (d) To the extent that prior opinions and interpretations relating
to the meaning of ``labor organization'' and ``labor organization * * *
in an industry affecting commerce'' are inconsistent or in conflict with
the principles stated in this part, they are hereby rescinded and
withdrawn.

[28 FR 14388, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 50 FR 31309, Aug. 1, 1985; 78
FR 8026, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 451.2  General.

    A ``labor organization'' under the Act must qualify under section
3(i). It must also be engaged in an industry affecting commerce. In
accordance with the broad language used and the manifest congressional
intent, the language will be construed broadly to include all labor
organizations of any kind other

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than those clearly shown to be outside the scope of the Act.



Sec. 451.3  Requirements of section 3(i).

    (a) Organizations which deal with employers. (1) The term ``labor
organization'' includes ``any organization of any kind, any agency, or
employee representation committee, group, association, or plan * * * in
which employees participate and which exists for the purpose, in whole
or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor
disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours, or other terms or conditions of
employment, * * *.'' The quoted language is deemed sufficiently broad to
encompass any labor organization irrespective of size or formal
attributes. While it is necessary for employees to participate therein,
such participating employees need not necessarily be the employees of
the employer with whom the organization deals. In determining who are
``employees'' for purposes of this provision, resort must be had to the
broad definition of ``employee'' contained in section 3(f) of the Act.
\5\ It will be noted that the term includes employees whose work has
ceased for certain specified reasons, including any current labor
dispute.
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    \5\ Sec. 3(f) reads: `` `Employee' means any individual employed by
an employer, and includes any individual whose work has ceased as a
consequence of, or in connection with, any current labor dispute or
because of any unfair labor practice or because of exclusion or
expulsion from a labor organization in any manner or for any reason
inconsistent with the requirements of this Act.''
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    (2) To come within the quoted language in section 3(i) the
organization must exist for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing
with employers concerning grievances, etc. In determining whether a
given organization exists wholly or partially for such purpose,
consideration will be given not only to formal documents, such as its
constitution or bylaws, but the actual functions and practices of the
organization as well. Thus, employee committees which regularly meet
with management to discuss problems of mutual interest and handle
grievances are ``labor organizations'', even though they have no formal
organizational structure. \6\
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    \6\ National Labor Relations Board v. Cabot Carbon Co., 360 U.S.
203.
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    (3) Since the types of labor organizations described in subparagraph
(2) of this paragraph are those which deal with employers, it is
necessary to consider the definition of ``employer'' contained in
section 3(e) of the Act in determining the scope of the language under
consideration. \7\ The term ``employer'' is broadly defined to include
``any employer or any group or association of employers engaged in an
industry affecting commerce'' which is ``an employer within the meaning
of any law of the United States relating to the employment of any
employees * * *.'' Such laws would include, among others, the Railway
Labor Act, as amended, the Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended, the
Labor Management Relations Act, as amended, and the Internal Revenue
Code. The fact that employers may be excluded from the application of
any of the foregoing acts would not preclude their qualification as
employers for purposes of this Act. For example, employers of
agricultural labor who are excluded from the application of the Labor
Management Relations Act, as amended, would appear to be employers
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    \7\ Sec. 3(e) reads: `` `Employer' means any employer or any group
or association of employers engaged in an industry affecting commerce,
(1) which is, with respect to employees engaged in an industry affecting
commerce, an employer within the meaning of any law of the United States
relating to the employment of any employees or (2) which may deal with
any labor organization concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages,
rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of work, and includes
any person acting directly or indirectly as an employer or as an agent
of an employer in relation to an employee but does not include the
United States or any corporation wholly owned by the Government of the
United States or any State or political subdivision thereof.''
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    (4) In defining ``employer,'' section 3(e) expressly excludes the
``United States or any corporation wholly owned by the Government of the
United States or any State or political

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subdivision thereof.'' The term ``political subdivision'' includes,
among others, counties and municipal governments. A labor organization
composed entirely of employees of the governmental entities excluded by
section 3(e) would not be a labor organization for the purposes of the
Act with the exception of a labor organization composed of employees of
the United States Postal Service which is subject to the Act by virtue
of the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970. (Organizations composed of
Federal government employees that meet the definition of ``labor
organization'' in the Civil Service Reform Act or the Foreign Service
Act are subject to the standards of conduct requirements of those Acts,
5 U.S.C. 7120 and 22 U.S.C. 4117, respectively. In addition, labor
organizations subject to the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995
are subject to the standards of conduct provisions of the Civil Service
Reform Act pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 1351(a)(1). The regulations implementing
the standards of conduct requirements are contained in parts 457-459 of
this title.) However, in the case of a national, international or
intermediate labor organization composed both of government locals and
non-government or mixed locals, the parent organization as well as its
mixed and non-government locals would be ``labor organizations'' and
subject to the Act. In such case, the locals which are composed entirely
of government employees would not be subject to the Act, although
elections in which they participate for national officers or delegates
would be so subject. \8\
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    (b) Organizations which may or may not deal with employers.
Regardless of whether it deals with employers concerning terms and
conditions of employment and regardless of whether it is composed of
employees, any conference, general committee, joint or system board, or
joint council engaged in an industry affecting commerce and which is
subordinate to a national or international labor organization is a
``labor organization'' for purposes of the Act. Included are the area
conferences and the joint councils of the International Brotherhood of
Teamsters and similar units of other national and international labor
organizations.

[28 FR 14388, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 42 FR 59071, Nov. 15, 1977;
50 FR 31310, Aug. 1, 1985; 62 FR 6093, Feb. 10, 1997]



Sec. 451.4  Labor organizations under section 3(j).

    (a) General. Section 3(j) sets forth five categories of labor
organizations which ``shall be deemed to be engaged in an industry
affecting commerce'' within the meaning of the Act. Any organization
which qualifies under section 3(i) and falls within any one of these
categories listed in section 3(j) is subject to the requirements of the
Act.
    (b) Certified employee representatives. This category includes all
organizations certified as employee representatives under the Railway
Labor Act, as amended, or under the National Labor Relations Act, as
amended.
    (c) Labor organizations recognized or acting as employee
representatives though not certified. This category includes local,
national, or international labor organizations which, though not
formally certified, are recognized or acting as the representatives of
employees of an employer engaged in an industry affecting commerce.
Federations, such as the American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations, are included in this category, \9\ although
expressly excepted from the election provisions of the Act. \10\
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    \9\ See National Labor Relations Board v. Highland Park Mfg. Co.,
341 U.S. 322. See also paragraph (d) of this section.
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    (d) Organizations which have chartered local or subsidiary bodies.
This category includes any labor organization that has chartered a local
labor organization or subsidiary body which is within either of the
categories discussed in paragraph (b) or (c) of this section. Under this
provision, a labor organization not otherwise subject to the Act, such
as one composed of Government employees, would appear to be ``engaged in
an industry affecting commerce'' and, therefore, subject to the Act if
it charters one or more local

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labor organizations which deal with an ``employer'' as defined in
section 3(c). \11\ This category includes, among others, a federation of
national or international organizations which directly charters local
bodies. \12\
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    (e) Local or subordinate bodies which have been chartered by a labor
organization. This category includes any labor organization that has
been chartered by an organization within either of the categories
discussed in paragraph (b) or (c) of this section as the local or
subordinate body through which such employees may enjoy membership or
become affiliated with the chartering organization.
    (f) Intermediate bodies. Included in this category is any
conference, general committee, joint or system board, or joint council,
subordinate to a national or international labor organization, which
includes a labor organization engaged in an industry affecting commerce
within the categories discussed in paragraphs (b), (c), (d) and (e) of
this section. Excluded from this definition, however, are State or local
central bodies. \13\ (It should be noted that the above listing is
included in the Act as words of illustration, not of limitation.) The
following is a description of typical intermediate bodies:
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    (1) Conference. A conference is an organic body within a national or
international labor organization formed on a geographical area, trade
division, employer-wide or similar basis and composed of affiliate
locals of the parent national or international organization. The various
conferences of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, for example,
are in this category.
    (2) General committees. Typical of those bodies are the general
committees of the railroad labor organizations. The term includes any
subordinate unit of a national railroad labor organization, regardless
of the title or designation of such unit, which under the constitution
and bylaws of the organization of which it is a unit, is authorized to
represent that organization on a particular railroad or portion thereof
in negotiating with respect to wages and working conditions. \14\
General committees are sometimes known as system boards of adjustment,
general grievance committees, and general committees of adjustment. They
are to be distinguished from system boards of adjustment established
under the Railway Labor Act, which are composed of management and labor
members. These joint labor-management boards are not included within the
definition of a labor organization under the Act.
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    (3) Joint or system boards. As mentioned above, in connection with
railroad labor organizations the term ``general committee'' includes
system boards. However, as used here the term has a broader meaning and
includes, among others, boards which have members from more than one
labor organization.
    (4) Joint councils. A joint council is composed of locals not
necessarily of the same national or international labor organization
located in a particular area, such as a city or county. These bodies are
sometimes called joint boards, joint executive boards, joint councils,
or district councils. Included, for example, are councils of building
and construction trades labor organizations.

[28 FR 14388, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 42 FR 59071, Nov. 15, 1977]



Sec. 451.5  ``State or local central body.''

    (a) The definition of ``labor organization'' in section 3(i) and the
examples of labor organizations deemed to be engaged in an industry
affecting commerce in section 3(j)(5) both except from the term ``labor
organization'' a ``State or local central body.'' As used in these two
sections, the phrase State or local central body means an organization
that:
    (1) Is chartered by a federation of national or international
unions; and
    (2) Admits to membership local unions and subordinate bodies of
national or international unions that are affiliated with the chartering
federation within the State or local central body's territory and any
local unions

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or subordinate bodies directly affiliated with the federation in such
territory; and
    (3) Exists primarily to carry on educational, legislative and
coordinating activities.
    (b) The term does not include organizations of local unions or
subordinate bodies (1) of a single national or international union; or
(2) of a particular department of a federation or similar association of
national or international unions.

[29 FR 8060, June 25, 1964]



Sec. 451.6  Extraterritorial application.

    (a) It is not the purpose of the Act to impose on foreign labor
organizations any regulation of the activities they carry on under the
laws of the countries in which they are domiciled or have their
principal place of business. The applicability of the Act is limited to
the activities of persons or organizations within the territorial
jurisdiction of the United States. The foregoing would be applicable,
for example, to Canadian locals affiliated with international labor
organizations organized within the United States.
    (b) On the other hand, labor organizations otherwise subject to the
Act are not relieved of the requirements imposed upon them with respect
to actions taken by them in the United States or which will have effect
in the United States, by virtue of the fact that they have foreign
members or affiliates that participate in these actions. For example, a
national or international labor organization which conducts its required
election of officers by referendum or at a convention of delegates must
comply with the election provisions of the Act, \16\ even though members
of foreign locals participate in the balloting, or delegates of foreign
locals participate in the election at the convention.
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    (c) Similarly, the provisions of the Act with respect to imposition
of trusteeships \17\ are applicable to United States national or
international labor organizations subject to this Act even though the
action of the United States organization is taken with respect to a
foreign local.
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PART 452_GENERAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE ELECTION PROVISIONS OF THE
LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1959--Table of

Contents



                    Subpart A_General Considerations

Sec.
452.1 Introductory statement.
452.2 Application of union constitution and bylaws.
452.3 Interpretations of constitution and bylaws.
452.4 Investigatory provision--application.
452.5 Effect of violation on outcome.
452.6 Delegation of enforcement authority.

        Subpart B_Other Provisions of the Act Affecting Title IV

452.7 Bill of Rights, title I.
452.8 Trusteeship provisions, title III.
452.9 Prohibition against certain persons holding office; section 504.
452.10 Retaliation for exercising rights.

                Subpart C_Coverage of Election Provisions

452.11 Organizations to which election provisions apply.
452.12 Organizations comprised of government employees.
452.13 Extraterritorial application.
452.14 Newly formed or merged labor organizations.
452.15 Effect of trusteeship.
452.16 Offices which must be filled by election.
452.17 Officer.
452.18 Constitutional officers.
452.19 Executive functions.
452.20 Nature of executive functions.
452.21 Members of executive board.
452.22 Delegates to a convention.

               Subpart D_Frequency and Kinds of Elections

452.23 Frequency of elections.
452.24 Terms of office.
452.25 Vacancies in office.
452.26 Elections in local labor organizations.
452.27 National, international organizations, and intermediate bodies.
452.28 Unopposed candidates.
452.29 Primary elections.
452.30 Run-off elections.
452.31 One candidate for several offices.

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        Subpart E_Candidacy for Office; Reasonable Qualifications

452.32 Persons who may be candidates and hold office; secret ballot
          elections.
452.33 Persons who may be candidates and hold office; elections at
          conventions.
452.34 Application of section 504, LMRDA.
452.35 Qualifications for candidacy.
452.36 Reasonableness of qualifications.
452.37 Types of qualifications.
452.38 Meeting attendance requirements.
452.39 Participation in insurance plan.
452.40 Prior office holding.
452.41 Working at the trade.
452.42 Membership in particular branch or segment of the union.
452.43 Representative categories.
452.44 Dual unionism.
452.45 Multiple office holding.
452.46 Characteristics of candidate.
452.47 Employer or supervisor members.
452.48 Employees of union.
452.49 Other union rules.
452.50 Disqualification as a result of disciplinary action.
452.51 Declaration of candidacy.
452.52 Filing fee.
452.53 Application of qualifications for office.
452.54 Retroactive rules.

                    Subpart F_Nominations for Office

452.55 Statutory provisions concerning nomination.
452.56 Notice.
452.57 Procedures for nomination.
452.58 Self-nomination.
452.59 Presence of nominee.
452.60 Nominations for national, international, or intermediate body
          office.
452.61 Elimination contests--local unions.
452.62 Disqualification of candidates; procedural reasons.
452.63 Nominations at conventions.
452.64 Write-in votes.
452.65 Interval between nominations and election.

                      Subpart G_Campaign Safeguards

452.66 Statutory provisions.
452.67 Distribution of campaign literature.
452.68 Distribution to less than full membership.
452.69 Expenses of campaign literature.
452.70 Contents of literature.
452.71 Inspection of membership lists.
452.72 Period of inspection.
452.73 Use of union funds.
452.74 Expenditures permitted.
452.75 Union newspapers.
452.76 Campaigning by union officers.
452.77 Permissive use of union funds.
452.78 Expenditures by employers.
452.79 Opportunity to campaign.
452.80 Bona fide candidates.
452.81 Rights in intermediate body elections.
452.82 Reprisal for exercising rights.
452.83 Enforcement of campaign safeguards.

                         Subpart H_Right To Vote

452.84 General.
452.85 Reasonable qualifications on right to vote.
452.86 Vote conditioned on payment of dues.
452.87 Dues paid by checkoff.
452.88 Resumption of good standing.
452.89 Apprentices.
452.90 Visiting members.
452.91 Voting by employers, supervisors.
452.92 Unemployed members.
452.93 Retired members.
452.94 Reasonable opportunity to vote.
452.95 Absentee ballots.

            Subpart I_Election Procedures; Rights of Members

452.96 General.
452.97 Secret ballot.
452.98 Outside agencies.
452.99 Notice of election.
452.100 Use of union newspaper as notice.
452.101 Sample ballots as notice.
452.102 Notice in mail ballot election.
452.103 Primary elections.
452.104 Proximity of notice to election.
452.105 Interference or reprisal.
452.106 Preservation of records.
452.107 Observers.
452.108 Publication of results.
452.109 Constitution of labor organization.
452.110 Adequate safeguards.
452.111 Campaigning in polling places.
452.112 Form of ballot; slate voting.
452.113 Sectional balloting.
452.114 Write-in votes.
452.115 Distribution of ballots.
452.116 Determining validity of ballots.
452.117 Majority of votes not required for election.
452.118 Local union agents in international elections.
452.119 Indirect elections.
452.120 Officers as delegates.
452.121 Limitations on national or international officers serving as
          delegates.
452.122 Delegates from intermediate bodies; method of election.
452.123 Elections of intermediate body officers.
452.124 Delegates from units which are not labor organizations.
452.125 Delegates from labor organizations under trusteeship.
452.126 Delegates to conventions which do not elect officers.
452.127 Proportionate representation.
452.128 Under-strength representation.
452.129 Non-discrimination.

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452.130 Expenses of delegates.
452.131 Casting of ballots; delegate elections.
452.132 Proxy voting.
452.133 Election of delegates not members of the labor organization.
452.134 Preservation of records.

                Subpart J_Special Enforcement Provisions

452.135 Complaints of members.
452.136 Investigation of complaint by Office of Labor-Management
          Standards and court action by the Secretary.

                Subpart K_Dates and Scope of Application

452.137 Effective dates.
452.138 Application of other laws.

    Authority: Secs. 401, 402, 73 Stat. 532, 534 (29 U.S.C. 481, 482);
Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376, November 16, 2012.

    Source: 38 FR 18324, July 9, 1973, unless otherwise noted.



                    Subpart A_General Considerations



Sec. 452.1  Introductory statement.

    (a) This part discusses the meaning and scope of the provisions of
title IV of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act \1\
(hereinafter referred to as the Act), which deal with the election of
officers of labor organizations. These provisions require periodic
election of union officers, and prescribe minimum standards to insure
that such elections will be fairly conducted. Specific provisions are
included to assure the right of union members to participate in
selecting their officers without fear of interference or reprisal, and
to protect the right to nominate candidates, run for office, and vote in
officer elections. Title IV also sets forth the rights of candidates,
provides for secret ballots in appropriate cases, and requires notice of
nominations and elections, preservation of election records, and other
safeguards to insure fair elections. However, the Act does not prescribe
complete, detailed procedures for the nomination and election of union
officers.
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    (b) Interpretations of the Director with respect to the election
provisions of title IV are set forth in this part to provide those
affected by these provisions of the Act with ``a practical guide * * *
as to how the office representing the public interest in its enforcement
will seek to apply it.'' \2\ The correctness of an interpretation can be
determined finally and authoritatively only by the courts. It is
necessary, however, for the Director to reach informed conclusions as to
the meaning of the law to enable him to carry out his statutory duties
of administration and enforcement. The interpretations of the Director
contained in this part, which are issued upon the advice of the
Solicitor of Labor, indicate the construction of the law which will
guide him in performing his duties unless and until he is directed
otherwise by authoritative rulings of the courts or unless and until he
subsequently announces that a prior interpretation is incorrect.
However, the fact that a particular problem is not discussed in this
part, or in interpretations supplementing it, should not be taken to
indicate the adoption of any position by the Director with respect to
such problem or to constitute an administrative interpretation or
practice.
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    (c) To the extent that prior opinions and interpretations relating
to the election of officers of labor organizations under the Act are
inconsistent or in conflict with the principles stated in this part,
they are hereby rescinded and withdrawn.

[38 FR 18324, July 9, 1973, as amended at 78 FR 8026, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 452.2  Application of union constitution and bylaws.

    Elections required to be held as provided in title IV are to be
conducted in accordance with the validly adopted constitution and bylaws
of the labor organizations insofar as they are not inconsistent with the
provisions of the Act.

[38 FR 18324, July 9, 1973, as amended at 63 FR 33780, June 19, 1998]



Sec. 452.3  Interpretations of constitution and bylaws.

    The interpretation consistently placed on a union's constitution by
the

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responsible union official or governing body will be accepted unless the
interpretation is clearly unreasonable. \3\
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Sec. 452.4  Investigatory provision--application.

    The provisions of section 601 of the Act provide general
investigatory authority to investigate alleged violations of the Act
including violations of title IV. However, section 601 in and of itself
provides no remedy, and the section must be read in conjunction with the
remedy and statutory scheme of section 402, i.e., exhaustion of internal
union remedies and a complaint to the Secretary following completion of
the election before suit can be filed. In view of the remedy provided,
an investigation prior to completion of an election may have the effect
of publicizing the activities or unsubstantiated allegations of one
faction to the prejudice of the opposition. To avoid this result, and as
a matter of sound statutory construction, the Department will exercise
its investigatory authority only in circumstances in which the outcome
of the election could not be affected by the investigation. \4\ Thus,
the Department ordinarily will employ its investigatory authority only
where the procedural requirements for a title IV investigation have been
met; but in unusual circumstances or where necessary to collect or
preserve evidence an investigation may be conducted after the conclusion
of balloting.
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    \4\ However questions involving the use of force or violence or the
threat of the use of force or violence under circumstances which may
violate section 610 (29 U.S.C. 530) of the Act will be referred promptly
to the Department of Justice for appropriate action.
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Sec. 452.5  Effect of violation on outcome.

    Since the remedy under section 402 is contingent upon a finding by
the court, among other things, that the violation ``may have affected
the outcome of an election'' \5\ the Secretary as a matter of policy
will not file suit to enforce the election provisions unless the
violations found are such that the outcome may have been affected. \6\
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    \5\ Act, sec. 402(b) (29 U.S.C. 482).
    \6\ Dunlop v. Bachowski, 421 U.S. 560, 570 (1975), citing Wirtz v.
Glass Bottle Blowers, 389 U.S. 463, 472 (1968) and Schonfeld v. Wirtz,
285 F. Supp. 705, 707-708 (S.D.N.Y. 1966).

[38 FR 18324, July 9, 1973, as amended at 50 FR 31310, Aug. 1, 1985; 63
FR 33780, June 19, 1998]



Sec. 452.6  Delegation of enforcement authority.

    The authority of the Secretary under the Act has been delegated in
part to the Director.

[38 FR 18324, July 9, 1973, as amended at 50 FR 31309, Aug. 1, 1985; 78
FR 8026, Feb. 5, 2013]



        Subpart B_Other Provisions of the Act Affecting Title IV



Sec. 452.7  Bill of Rights, title I.

    The provisions of title I, ``Bill of Rights of Members of Labor
Organizations'' \7\ (particularly section 101(a)(1) ``Equal Rights,''
section 101(a)(2) ``Freedom of Speech and Assembly,'' and section
101(a)(5) ``Safeguards against Improper Disciplinary Action'') are
related to the rights pertaining to elections. Direct enforcement of
title I rights, as such, is limited to civil suit in a district court of
the United States by the person whose rights have been infringed. \8\
The exercise of particular rights of members is subject to reasonable
rules and regulations in the labor organization's constitution and
bylaws. \9\
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    \7\ 73 Stat. 522, 29 U.S.C. 411.
    \8\ But the Secretary may bring suit to enforce section 104 (29
U.S.C. 414).
    \9\ Act, sec. 101(a)(1), 101(a)(2), and 101(b) (29 U.S.C. 411).
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Sec. 452.8  Trusteeship provisions, title III.

    Placing a labor organization under trusteeship consistent with title
III, may have the effect of suspending the application of title IV to
the trusteed organization (see Sec. 452.15).



Sec. 452.9  Prohibition against certain persons holding office; section
504.

    Among the safeguards for labor organizations provided in title V is
a prohibition against the holding of office by

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certain classes of persons. \10\ This provision makes it a crime for any
person willfully to serve in certain positions, including as an elected
officer of a labor organization, for a period of three to thirteen years
after conviction or imprisonment for the commission of specified
offenses, including violation of titles II or III of the Act, or
conspiracy or attempt to commit such offenses. It is likewise a crime
for any labor organization or officer knowingly to permit such a person
to serve in such positions. Persons subject to the prohibition
applicable to convicted criminals may serve if their citizenship rights
have been fully restored after being taken away by reason of the
conviction, or if, following the procedures set forth in the Act, it is
determined that their service would not be contrary to the purposes of
the Act.
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    \10\ Act, sec. 504(a) (29 U.S.C. 504), as amended by the
Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984, Public Law 98-473, secs. 229,
235, 803 and 804. See text at footnote 23 for a list of the disabling
crimes.

[50 FR 31310, Aug. 1, 1985]



Sec. 452.10  Retaliation for exercising rights.

    Section 609, which prohibits labor organizations or their officials
from disciplining members for exercising their rights under the Act, and
section 610, which makes it a crime for any person to use or threaten
force or violence for the purpose of interfering with or preventing the
exercise of any rights protected under the Act, apply to rights relating
to the election of officers under title IV.



                Subpart C_Coverage of Election Provisions



Sec. 452.11  Organizations to which election provisions apply.

    Title IV of the Act contains election provisions applicable to
national and international labor organizations, except federations of
such organizations, to intermediate bodies such as general committees,
conferences, system boards, joint boards, or joint councils, certain
districts, district councils and similar organizations and to local
labor organizations. \11\ The provisions do not apply to State and local
central bodies, which are explicitly excluded from the definition of
``labor organization''. \12\ The characterization of a particular
organizational unit as a ``local,'' ``intermediate,'' etc., is
determined by its functions and purposes rather than the formal title by
which it is known or how it classifies itself.
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    \11\ For the scope of the term ``labor organization,'' see part 451
of this chapter.
    \12\ See Sec. 451.5 of this chapter for a definition of ``State or
local central body.''
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Sec. 452.12  Organizations comprised of government employees.

    An organization composed entirely of government employees (other
than employees of the United States Postal Service) is not subject to
the election provisions of the Act. Section 3(e) of the Act, defining
the term ``employer,'' specifically excludes the United States
Government, its wholly owned corporations, and the States and their
political subdivisions from the scope of that term, and section 3(f)
defines an ``employee'' as an individual employed by an ``employer.''
Since a ``labor organization'' is defined in section 3(i) as one in
which ``employees'' participate and which exists in whole or in part for
the purpose of ``dealing with employers,'' an organization composed
entirely of government employees would not be a ``labor organization''
\13\ as that term is defined in the Act. However, section 1209 of the
Postal Reorganization Act provides that organizations of employees of
the United States Postal Service shall be subject to the Labor-
Management Reporting and Disclosure Act. A national, international or
intermediate labor organization which has some locals of government
employees not covered by the Act and other locals which are mixed or are
composed entirely of employees covered by the Act would be subject to
the election requirements of the Act. Its mixed locals

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would also be subject to the Act. The requirements would not apply to
locals composed entirely of government employees not covered by the Act,
except with respect to the election of officers of a parent organization
which is subject to those requirements or the election of delegates to a
convention of such parent organization, or to an intermediate body to
which the requirements apply.
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    \13\ Most labor organizations composed of Federal Government
employees are subject to the standards of conduct provisions of the
Civil Service Reform Act, 5 U.S.C. 7120, or the Foreign Service Act, 22
U.S.C. 4117. The regulations implementing those statutory provisions are
contained in parts 457-459 of this chapter.

[38 FR 18324, July 9, 1973, as amended at 50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985; 63
FR 33780, June 19, 1998]



Sec. 452.13  Extraterritorial application.

    Although the application of the Act is limited to the activities of
persons and organizations within the territorial jurisdiction of the
United States, \14\ an international, national or intermediate body is
not exempted from the requirements of the Act by virtue of the
participation of its foreign locals or foreign membership in its
elections. For example, votes received from Canadian members in
referendum elections held by an international must have been cast under
procedures meeting the minimum requirements of the Act, and Canadian
delegates participating at conventions of the international at which
officers are elected must have been elected by secret ballot.
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Sec. 452.14  Newly formed or merged labor organizations.

    The initial selection of officers by newly formed or merged labor
organizations is not subject to the requirements of title IV. \15\ Such
labor organizations may have temporary or provisional officers serve
until a regular election subject to the Act can be scheduled. An
election under all the safeguards prescribed in these regulations must
be held within a reasonable period after the organization begins to
function. What would be a reasonable time for this purpose depends on
the circumstances, but after the formation or consolidation of the labor
organization, a regular election subject to title IV may not be deferred
longer than the statutory period provided for that type of organization.
However, when a pre-existing labor organization changes its affiliation
without substantially altering its basic structure or identity the terms
of its officers may not be extended beyond the maximum period specified
by the Act for the type of labor organization involved.
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Sec. 452.15  Effect of trusteeship.

    Establishment of a valid trusteeship may have the effect of
suspending the operation of the election provisions of the Act. When the
autonomy otherwise available to a subordinate labor organization has
been suspended consistent with the provisions of title III of the Act,
officers of the organization under trusteeship may be relieved of their
duties and temporary officers appointed by the trustee if necessary to
assist him in carrying out the purposes for which the trusteeship was
established. However, when a regular election of officers or an election
for purposes of terminating the trusteeship is being held during the
trusteeship, title IV would apply.



Sec. 452.16  Offices which must be filled by election.

    Section 401 of the Act identifies the types of labor organizations
whose officers must be elected and prescribes minimum standards and
procedures for the conduct of such elections. Under that section
officers of national or international labor organizations (except
federations of such organizations), local labor organizations, and
intermediate bodies such as general committees, system boards, joint
boards, joint councils, conferences, certain districts, district
councils and similar organizations must be elected. \16\
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the different types of labor organizations must conduct elections of
officers. See part 451 of this chapter for the scope of the term ``labor
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Sec. 452.17  Officer.

    Section 3(n) of the Act defines the word ``officer'' and it is this
definition which must be used as a guide in determining what particular
positions in a

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labor organization are to be filled in the manner prescribed in the Act.
For purposes of the Act, ``officer'' means ``any constitutional officer,
any person authorized to perform the functions of president, vice
president, secretary, treasurer, or other executive functions of a labor
organization, and any member of its executive board or similar governing
body.''



Sec. 452.18  Constitutional officers.

    A constitutional officer refers to a person holding a position
identified as an officer by the constitution and bylaws of the labor
organization. Thus, for example, a legislative representative of a labor
organization who performs no executive functions and whose duties are
confined to promoting the interests of members in legislative matters is
nevertheless an officer who is required to be elected where the labor
organization's constitution identifies the holder of such a position as
an officer. On the other hand, legislative representatives who are
required to be elected by the constitution and bylaws of a labor
organization are not considered to be officers within the meaning of the
Act if they are not designated as such by the constitution, are not
members of any executive board or similar governing body, and do not
perform executive functions. As defined in the Act, however, the term
``officer'' is not limited to individuals in positions identified as
such or provided for in the constitution or other organic law of the
labor organization. \17\ The post of Honorary President, President
Emeritus or Past President that is to be assumed by the retiring chief
executive officer of a union would not be an officer position unless it
is designated as an officer position by the union's constitution, or the
holder of the position performs executive functions or serves on an
executive board or similar governing body.
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    \17\ Cf. NLRB v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co., 350 U.S. 264 (1956). See
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Sec. 452.19  Executive functions.

    The definitional phrase ``a person authorized to perform the
functions of president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, or other
executive functions of a labor organization'' brings within the term
``officer'' any person who in fact has executive or policy-making
authority or responsibility, although he may not occupy a position
identified as an officer under the constitution and bylaws of the
organization. Authorization to perform such functions need not be
contained in any provision of the constitution or bylaws or other
document but may be inferred from actual practices or conduct. On the
other hand, a person is not an officer merely because he performs
ministerial acts for a designated officer who alone has responsibility.
The normal functions performed by business agents and shop stewards,
such as soliciting memberships, presenting or negotiating employee
grievances within the work place, and negotiating contracts are not
``other executive functions'' as that phrase is used in section 3(n) of
the Act. However, a directing business representative or a business
manager usually exercises such a degree of executive authority as to be
considered an officer and, therefore, must be elected. The duties
normally pertaining to membership on a bargaining committee do not come
within the phrase ``other executive functions.'' However, persons
occupying such non-executive positions may be ``officers'' if they are
ex officio members of the organization's executive board (or similar
governing body) or if the constitution or bylaws of the union designate
such positions as officers.



Sec. 452.20  Nature of executive functions.

    (a) The functions that will bring a particular position with a title
other than president, vice-president, secretary-treasurer, or executive
board member within the definition of ``officer'' cannot be precisely
defined. They are the functions typically performed by officers holding
these titles in current labor union practice. Decisions in each case
will require a practical judgment. As a general rule, a person will be
regarded as being authorized to perform the functions of president if he
is the chief or principal executive officer of the labor organization.
Similarly, he will be regarded as being authorized to perform the
functions of treasurer if he

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has principal responsibility for control and management of the
organization's funds and fiscal operation. A member of any group,
committee, or board which is vested with broad governing or policymaking
authority will be regarded as a member of an ``executive board or
similar governing body.'' The name or title that the labor organization
assigns to the position is not controlling.
    (b) The purpose of the election requirement of the Act is to assure
that persons in positions of control in labor organizations will be
responsive to the desires of the members. \18\ Professional and other
staff members of the labor organization who do not determine the
organization's policies or carry on its executive functions and who are
employed merely to implement policy decisions and managerial directives
established by the governing officials of the organization are not
officers and are not required to be elected.
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Sec. 452.21  Members of executive board.

    The phrase ``a member of its executive board or similar governing
body'' refers to a member of a unit identified as an executive board or
a body, whatever its title, which is vested with functions normally
performed by an executive board. Members of a committee which is
actually the executive board or similar governing body of the union are
considered officers within the meaning of section 3(n) of the Act even
if they are not so designated by the union's constitution and bylaws.
For example, members of an ``Executive-Grievance Committee'' which
exercises real governing powers are officers under the Act. However, it
should be noted that committee membership alone will not ordinarily be
regarded as an indication of officer status, unless the committee or its
members meet the requirements contained in section 3(n) of the Act.



Sec. 452.22  Delegates to a convention.

    Under certain circumstances, delegates to a convention of a national
or international labor organization, or to an intermediate body, must be
elected by secret ballot among the members in good standing of the labor
organization they represent even though such delegates are not
``officers'' of the organization. Such election is required by the Act
\19\ when the delegates are to nominate or elect officers of a national
or international labor organization, or of an intermediate body. There
is, of course, no requirement that delegates be elected in accordance
with the provisions of title IV if they do not nominate or elect
officers, unless delegates are designated as ``officers'' in the union's
constitution and bylaws or unless, by virtue of their position, they
serve as members of the executive board or similar governing body of the
union.
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               Subpart D_Frequency and Kinds of Elections



Sec. 452.23  Frequency of elections.

    The Act requires that all national and international labor
organizations (other than federations of such labor organizations) elect
their officers not less often than every five years. Officers of
intermediate bodies, such as general committees, system boards, joint
boards, joint councils, conferences, and certain districts, district
councils and similar organizations, must be elected at least every four
years, and officers of local labor organizations not less often than
every three years.



Sec. 452.24  Terms of office.

    The prescribed maximum period of three, four, or five years is
measured from the date of the last election. \20\ It would not be
consistent with these provisions of the Act for officers elected for the
maximum terms allowable under the statute to remain in office after the
expiration of their terms without a new election. Failure to hold an
election for any office after the statutory period has expired
constitutes a continuing violation of the Act, which may be brought to
the attention of the Secretary in the form of

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a complaint filed in accordance with the appropriate procedure. Title IV
establishes only maximum time intervals between elections for officers.
Labor organizations covered by these provisions may hold elections of
officers with greater frequency than the specified maximum period. For
example, a local labor organization is required to hold an election of
officers at least once every three years, but it must hold an election
every year if its governing rules so provide. It should be noted,
moreover, that the provisions of title IV apply to all regular elections
of officers in labor organizations subject to the Act. Thus, if a labor
organization chooses to hold elections of officers more frequently than
the statutory maximum intervals, it must observe the minimum standards
set forth in title IV for the conduct of such elections.
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Sec. 452.25  Vacancies in office.

    Title IV governs the regular periodic elections of officers in labor
organizations subject to the Act. No requirements are imposed with
respect to the filling by election or other method of any particular
office which may become vacant between such regular elections. If, for
example, a vacancy in office occurs in a local labor organization, it
may be filled by appointment, by automatic succession, or by a special
election which need not conform to the provisions of title IV. The
provisions of section 504 of the Act, which prohibit certain persons
from holding office, are applicable to such situations. While the
enforcement procedures of section 402 are not available to a member in
connection with the filling of an interim vacancy, remedies may be
available to an aggrieved member under section 102 of the Act or under
any pertinent State or local law.



Sec. 452.26  Elections in local labor organizations.

    Local labor organizations must conduct their regular elections of
officers by secret ballot among the members in good standing. All
members in good standing of the local labor organization must be given
an opportunity to vote directly for candidates to fill the offices that
serve them. Indirect election of officers of a local labor organization
would violate section 401(b) of the Act. For example, a procedure
whereby the local's membership elects an executive board or some similar
body by secret ballot which in turn selects (either from among its own
membership or from the local's membership at large) the persons to fill
specific offices would not comply with the Act. \21\ Similarly, the
election of a chief steward by the shop stewards would violate the Act
if the chief steward, by virtue of that position, also serves as a
member of the executive board, since members of the executive board must
be elected directly by secret ballot among the members in good standing.
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    \21\ Wirtz v. Independent Petroleum Workers of America, 75 LRRM
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Sec. 452.27  National, international organizations, and intermediate bodies.

    The officers of a national or international labor organization or of
an intermediate body must be elected either directly by secret ballot
among the members in good standing or indirectly by persons acting in a
representative capacity who have been elected by secret ballot among all
members in good standing. \22\
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Sec. 452.28  Unopposed candidates.

    An election of officers or delegates that would otherwise be
required by the Act to be held by secret ballot need not be held by
secret ballot when all candidates are unopposed and the following
conditions are met: (a) The union provides a reasonable opportunity for
nominations; (b) write-in votes are not permitted, as evidenced by
provisions in the constitution and bylaws, by an official interpretation
fairly placed on such documents, or by established union practice; and
(c) the union complies with all other provisions of title IV.



Sec. 452.29  Primary elections.

    Where a union holds primary elections or similar procedures for
eliminating candidates prior to the final

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vote in connection with regular elections subject to these provisions,
the primary election or other procedure must be conducted in accordance
with the same standards required under the Act for the final election.



Sec. 452.30  Run-off elections.

    A run-off election must meet the standards set forth in title IV if
the original election was subject to the requirements of the Act. For
example, if the run-off is to be held at the same meeting as the
original election, the original notice of election must have so stated
and all records pertaining to the run-off must be retained.



Sec. 452.31  One candidate for several offices.

    Where a union constitution or other validly adopted rule provides
that a single elected officer will perform the functions of more than
one office, a separate election need not be held for each office.



        Subpart E_Candidacy for Office; Reasonable Qualifications



Sec. 452.32  Persons who may be candidates and hold office; secret
ballot elections.

    Section 401(e) provides that in any election of officers required by
the Act which is held by secret ballot, every member in good standing
with the exceptions explained in sections following shall be eligible to
be a candidate and to hold office. This provision is applicable not only
to the election of officers in local labor organizations, but also to
elections of officers in national or international and intermediate
labor organizations where those elections are held by secret ballot
referendum among the members, and to the election of delegates to
conventions at which officers will be elected.



Sec. 452.33  Persons who may be candidates and hold office; elections
at conventions.

    Where elections of national or international labor organizations or
of intermediate bodies are held at a convention of delegates elected by
secret ballot, protection of the right to be a candidate and to hold
office is afforded by the requirement in section 401(f) that the
convention be conducted in accordance with the constitution and bylaws
of the labor organization insofar as they are not inconsistent with the
provisions of title IV. If members in good standing are denied the right
to be candidates by the imposition of unreasonable qualifications on
eligibility for office such qualifications would be inconsistent with
the provisions of title IV.



Sec. 452.34  Application of section 504, LMRDA.

    The eligibility of members of labor organizations to be candidates
and to hold office in such organizations is subject only to the
provisions of section 504(a), which bars individuals convicted of
certain crimes from holding office in labor organizations \23\ and to
reasonable qualifications uniformly imposed. A person who is barred from
serving in union office by section 504(a) is not eligible to be a
candidate. However, a labor organization may permit a person who is
barred from holding union office by section 504(a) to be a candidate for
office if the section 504 disability will terminate by the customary
date for the installation of officers. A labor organization may within
reasonable limits adopt stricter standards than those contained in
section

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504(a) by extending the period of disability or by barring from union
office persons who have been convicted of crimes other than those
specified.
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    \23\ The disabling crimes set forth in the Act, sec. 504(a), as
amended by sec. 803 of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984,
Public Law 98-473, (29 U.S.C. 504) are robbery, bribery, extortion,
embezzlement, grand larceny, burglary, arson, violation of narcotics
laws, murder, rape, assault with intent to kill, assault which inflicts
grievous bodily injury, or a violation of title II or III of this Act,
any felony involving abuse or misuse of a position or employment in a
labor organization or employee benefit plan to seek or obtain an illegal
gain at the expense of the members of the labor organization or the
beneficiaries of the employee benefit plan, or conspiracy to commit any
such crimes or attempt to commit any such crimes or a crime in which any
of the foregoing crimes is an element.''
    Note: The U.S. Supreme Court, on June 7, 1965, held unconstitutional
as a bill of attainder the section 504 provision which imposes criminal
sanctions on Communist Party members for holding union office; U.S. v.
Brown, 381 U.S. 437.

[38 FR 18324, July 9, 1973, as amended at 50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985]



Sec. 452.35  Qualifications for candidacy.

    It is recognized that labor organizations may have a legitimate
institutional interest in prescribing minimum standards for candidacy
and officeholding in the organization. On the other hand, a dominant
purpose of the Act is to ensure the right of members to participate
fully in governing their union and to make its officers responsive to
the members. A basic assumption underlying the concept of ``free and
democratic elections,'' is that voters will exercise common sense and
good judgment in casting their ballots. In union elections as in
political elections, the good judgment of the members in casting their
votes should be the primary determinant of whether a candidate is
qualified to hold office. Therefore, restrictions placed on the right of
members to be candidates must be closely scrutinized to determine
whether they serve union purposes of such importance, in terms of
protecting the union as an institution, as to justify subordinating the
right of the individual member to seek office and the interest of the
membership in a free, democratic choice of leaders.



Sec. 452.36  Reasonableness of qualifications.

    (a) The question of whether a qualification is reasonable is a
matter which is not susceptible of precise definition, and will
ordinarily turn on the facts in each case. However, court decisions in
deciding particular cases have furnished some general guidelines. The
Supreme Court in Wirtz v. Hotel, Motel and Club Employees Union, Local
6, 391 U.S. 492 at 499 (1968) held that:

    Congress plainly did not intend that the authorization in section
401(e) of `reasonable qualifications uniformly imposed' should be given
a broad reach. The contrary is implicit in the legislative history of
the section and in its wording that `every member in good standing shall
be eligible to be a candidate and to hold office * * *.' This conclusion
is buttressed by other provisions of the Act which stress freedom of
members to nominate candidates for Office. Unduly restrictive candidacy
qualifications can result in the abuses of entrenched leadership that
the LMRDA was expressly enacted to curb. The check of democratic
elections as a preventive measure is seriously impaired by candidacy
qualifications which substantially deplete the ranks of those who might
run in opposition to incumbents.


Union qualifications for office should not be based on assumptions that
certain experience or qualifications are necessary. Rather it must be
assumed that the labor organization members will exercise common sense
and judgment in casting their ballots. ``Congress' model of democratic
elections was political elections in this country'' (Wirtz v. Local 6,
391 U.S. at 502) and a qualification may not be required without a
showing that citizens assumed to make discriminating judgments in public
elections cannot be relied on to make such judgments when voting as
union members.
    (b) Some factors to be considered, therefore, in assessing the
reasonableness of a qualification for union office are:
    (1) The relationship of the qualification to the legitimate needs
and interests of the union;
    (2) The relationship of the qualification to the demands of union
office;
    (3) The impact of the qualification, in the light of the
Congressional purpose of fostering the broadest possible participation
in union affairs;
    (4) A comparison of the particular qualification with the
requirements for holding office generally prescribed by other labor
organizations; and
    (5) The degree of difficulty in meeting a qualification by union
members.



Sec. 452.37  Types of qualifications.

    Ordinarily the following types of requirements may be considered
reasonable, depending on the circumstances in which they are applied and
the effect of their application:
    (a) Period of prior membership. It would ordinarily be reasonable
for a local union to require a candidate to have been a member of the
organization for a reasonable period of time, not exceeding two years,
before the election. However, if a member is involuntarily compelled to
transfer from

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one local to another, such a requirement would not be reasonable if he
is not given credit for his prior period of membership.
    (b) Continuity of good standing. A requirement of continuous good
standing based on punctual payment of dues will be considered a
reasonable qualification only if (1) it provides a reasonable grace
period during which members may make up missed payments without loss of
eligibility for office, \24\ and (2) the period of time involved is
reasonable. What are reasonable periods of time for these purposes will
depend upon the circumstances. Section 401(e) of the Act provides that a
member whose dues have been withheld by the employer for payment to the
labor organization pursuant to his voluntary authorization provided for
in a collective bargaining agreement may not be declared ineligible to
vote or be a candidate for office by reason of alleged delay or default
in the payment of dues. If during the period allowed for payment of dues
in order to remain in good standing, a member on a dues checkoff system
has no earnings from which dues can be withheld, section 401(e) does not
relieve the member of the responsibility of paying his dues in order to
remain in good standing.
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    \24\ In Goldberg v. Amarillo General Drivers, Teamsters Local 577,
214 F. Supp. 74 (N.D. Tex. 1963), the disqualification of five nominees
for union office for failure to satisfy a constitutional provision
requiring candidates for office to have maintained continuous good
standing for two years by paying their dues on or before the first
business day of the current month, in advance, was held to be
unreasonable. See also Wirtz v. Local Unions No. 9, 9-A and 9-B,
International Union of Operating Engineers, 254 F. Supp. 980 (D. Colo.
1965), aff'd. 366 F. 2d 911 (CA 10 1966), vacated as moot 387 U.S. 96
(1967).
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Sec. 452.38  Meeting attendance requirements.

    (a) It may be reasonable for a labor organization to establish a
requirement of attendance at a specified number of its regular meetings
during the period immediately preceding an election, in order to insure
that candidates have a demonstrated interest in and familiarity with the
affairs of the organization. In the past, it was ordinarily considered
reasonable to require attendance at no more than 50 percent of the
meetings over a period not exceeding two years. Experience has
demonstrated that it is not feasible to establish arbitrary guidelines
for judging the reasonableness of such a qualification. Its
reasonableness must be gauged in the light of all the circumstances of
the particular case, including not only the frequency of meetings, the
number of meetings which must be attended and the period of time over
which the requirement extends, but also such factors as the nature,
availability and extent of excuse provisions, whether all or most
members have the opportunity to attend meetings, and the impact of the
rule, i.e., the number or percentage of members who would be rendered
ineligible by its application. \25\
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    \25\ If a meeting attendance requirement disqualifies a large
portion of members from candidacy, that large antidemocratic effect
alone may be sufficient to render the requirement unreasonable. In Doyle
v. Brock, 821 F.2d 778 (D.C. Circuit 1987), the court held that the
impact of a meeting attendance requirement which disqualified 97% of the
union's membership from candidacy was by itself sufficient to make the
requirement unreasonable notwithstanding any of the other factors set
forth in 29 CFR 452.38(a).
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    (a--1) In Steelworkers, Local 3489 v. Usery, 429 U.S. 305, 94 LRRM
2203, 79 L.C. ] 11,806 (1977), the Supreme Court found that this
standard for determining validity of meeting attendance qualifications
was the type of flexible result that Congress contemplated when it used
the word ``reasonable.'' The Court concluded that Congress, in
guaranteeing every union member the opportunity to hold office, subject
only to ``reasonable qualifications,'' disabled unions from establishing
eligibility qualifications as sharply restrictive of the openness of the
union political process as the Steelworkers' attendance rule. The rule
required attendance at fifty percent of the meetings for three years
preceding the election unless prevented by union activities or working
hours, with the result that 96.5 percent of the members were ineligible.
    (b) Other guidance is furnished by lower court decisions which have
held

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particular meeting attendance requirements to be unreasonable under the
following circumstances: One meeting during each quarter for the three
years preceding nomination, where the effect was to disqualify 99
percent of the membership (Wirtz v. Independent Workers Union of
Florida, 65 LRRM 2104, 55 L.C. par. 11,857 (M.D. Fla., 1967)); 75
percent of the meetings held over a two-year period, with absence
excused only for work or illness, where over 97 percent of the members
were ineligible (Wirtz v. Local 153, Glass Bottle Blowers Ass'n, 244 F.
Supp. 745 (W.D. Pa., 1965), order vacating decision as moot, 372 F. 2d
86 (C.A. 3 1966), reversed 389 U.S. 463; decision on remand, 405 F.2d
176 (C.A. 3 1968)); Wirtz v. Local 262, Glass bottle Blowers Ass'n., 290
F. Supp. 965 (N.D. Cal., 1968)); attendance at each of eight meetings in
the two months between nomination and election, where the meetings were
held at widely scattered locations within the State (Hodgson v. Local
Union No. 624 A-B, International Union of Operating Engineers, 80 LRRM
3049, 68 L.C. par. 12,816 (S.D. Miss. Feb. 19, 1972)); attendance at not
less than six regular meetings each year during the twenty-four months
prior to an election which has the effect of requiring attendance for a
period that must begin no later than eighteen months before a biennial
election (Usery v. Local Division 1205, Amalgamated Transit Union, 545
F. 2d 1300 (C.A. 1, 1976)).

[38 FR 18324, July 3, 1973; as amended at 42 FR 39105, Aug. 2, 1977; 42
FR 41280, Aug. 16, 1977; 42 FR 45306, Sept. 9, 1977; 50 FR 31311, Aug.
1, 1985; 60 FR 57178, Nov. 14, 1995]



Sec. 452.39  Participation in insurance plan.

    In certain circumstances, in which the duties of a particular office
require supervision of an insurance plan in more than the formal sense,
a union may require candidates for such office to belong to the plan.



Sec. 452.40  Prior office holding.

    A requirement that candidates for office have some prior service in
a lower office is not considered reasonable. \26\
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    \26\ Wirtz v. Hotel, Motel and Club Employees Union, Local 6, 391
U.S. 492 at 504. The Court stated that the union, in applying such a
rule, ``* * * assumes that rank and file union members are unable to
distinguish qualified from unqualified candidates for particular offices
without a demonstration of a candidate's performance in other offices.
But Congress' model of democratic elections was political elections in
this Country, and they are not based on any such assumption. Rather, in
those elections the assumption is that voters will exercise common sense
and judgment in casting their ballots. Local 6 made no showing that
citizens assumed to make discriminating judgments in public elections
cannot be relied on to make such judgments when, voting as union members
* * *.''
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Sec. 452.41  Working at the trade.

    (a) It would ordinarily be reasonable for a union to require
candidates to be employed at the trade or even to have been so employed
for a reasonable period. In applying such a rule an unemployed member is
considered to be working at the trade if he is actively seeking such
employment. Such a requirement should not be so inflexible as to
disqualify those members who are familiar with the trade but who because
of illness, economic conditions, or other good reasons are temporarily
not working.
    (b) It would be unreasonable for a union to prevent a person from
continuing his membership rights on the basis of failure to meet a
qualification which the union itself arbitrarily prevents the member
from satisfying. If a member is willing and able to pay his union dues
to maintain his good standing and his right to run for office, it would
be unreasonable for the union to refuse to accept such dues merely
because the person is temporarily unemployed. Where a union constitution
requires applicants for membership to be actively employed in the
industry served by the union, a person who becomes a member would not be
considered to forfeit his membership in the union or any of the
attendant rights of membership merely because he is discharged or laid
off.
    (c) Ordinarily members working part-time at the trade may not for
that reason alone be denied the right to run for office.

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    (d) A labor organization may postpone the right to run for office of
members enrolled in a bona fide apprenticeship program until such
members complete their apprenticeship.



Sec. 452.42  Membership in particular branch or segment of the union.

    A labor organization may not limit eligibility for office to
particular branches or segments of the union where such restriction has
the effect of depriving those members who are not in such branch or
segment of the right to become officers of the union. \27\
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    \27\ Hodgson v. Local Unions No. 18, etc., IUOE, 440 F. 2d 485 (C.A.
6), cert. den. 404 U.S. 852 (1971); Hodgson v. Local 610, Unit. Elec.
Radio & Mach. Work. of Am., 342 F. Supp. 1344 (W.D. Pa. 1972).
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Sec. 452.43  Representative categories.

    In the case of a position which is representative of a unit defined
on a geographic, craft, shift, or similar basis, a labor organization
may by its constitution or bylaws limit eligibility for candidacy and
for holding office to members of the represented unit. For example, a
national or international labor organization may establish regional
vice-presidencies and require that each vice-president be a member of
his respective region. This kind of limitation would not be considered
reasonable, however, if applied to general officers such as the
president, vice-president, recording secretary, financial secretary, and
treasurer. If eligibility of delegates to a convention which will elect
general officers is limited to special categories of members, all such
categories within the organization must be represented.



Sec. 452.44  Dual unionism.

    While the Act does not prohibit a person from maintaining membership
or holding office in more than one labor organization, it would be
considered reasonable for a union to bar from candidacy for office
persons who hold membership in a rival labor organization.



Sec. 452.45  Multiple office holding.

    An officer may hold more than one office in a labor organization so
long as this is consistent with the constitution and bylaws of the
organization.



Sec. 452.46  Characteristics of candidate.

    A labor organization may establish certain restrictions on the right
to be a candidate on the basis of personal characteristics which have a
direct bearing on fitness for union office. A union may, for example,
require a minimum age for candidacy. However, a union may not establish
such rules if they would be inconsistent with any other Federal law.
Thus, it ordinarily may not limit eligibility for office to persons of a
particular race, color, religion, sex, or national origin since this
would be inconsistent with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. \28\ Nor may it
establish a general compulsory retirement age or comparable age
restriction on candidacy since this would be inconsistent with the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended. A union may not
require candidates for office to be registered voters and to have voted
in public elections during the year preceding their nominations. Nor may
it require that candidates have voted in the previous union election to
be eligible. Such restrictions may not be said to be relevant to the
members' fitness for office.
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    \28\ Shultz v. Local 1291, International Longshoremen's Association,
338 F. Supp. 1204 (E.D. Pa.), aff'd, 461 F.2d 1262 (C.A. 3 1972).

[53 FR 8751, Mar. 17, 1988, as amended at 53 FR 23233, June 21, 1988]



Sec. 452.47  Employer or supervisor members.

    Inasmuch as it is an unfair labor practice under the Labor
Management Relations Act (LMRA) for any employer (including persons
acting in that capacity) to dominate or interfere with the
administration of any labor organization, it follows that employers,
while they may be members, may not be candidates for office or serve as
officers. Thus, while it is recognized that in some industries,
particularly construction, members who become supervisors, or
contractors traditionally keep their union membership as a form of job
security or as a means of retaining union benefits, such persons may

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not be candidates for or hold office. \29\ Whether a restriction on
officeholding by members who are group leaders or others performing some
supervisory duties is reasonable depends on the particular
circumstances. For instance, if such persons might be considered
``supervisors'' \30\ under the LMRA, their right to be candidates under
the Act may be limited. Another factor in determining the reasonableness
of a ban on such persons is the position (if any) of the NLRB on the
status of the particular employees involved. If, for example, the NLRB
has determined that certain group leaders are part of the bargaining
unit, it might be unreasonable for the union to prohibit them from
running for office. An overall consideration in determining whether a
member may fairly be denied the right to be a candidate for union office
as an employer or supervisor is whether there is a reasonable basis for
assuming that the person involved would be subject to a conflict of
interest in carrying out his representative duties for employees and
rank and file union members.
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    \29\ See Nassau and Suffolk Contractors' Association, 118 NLRB No.
19 (1957). See also Local 636, Plumbers v. NLRB, 287 F.2d 354 (C.A. D.C.
1961).
    \30\ Under section 2(11) of the Labor Management Relations Act,
supervisors include individuals ``having authority, in the interest of
the employer, to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote,
discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees, or responsibly
to direct them, or to adjust their grievances, or effectively to
recommend such action, if in connection with the foregoing the exercise
of such authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but
requires the use of independent judgment.''

[38 FR 18324, July 3, 1973, as amended at 39 FR 37360, Oct. 21, 1974]



Sec. 452.48  Employees of union.

    A labor organization may in its constitution and bylaws prohibit
members who are also its full-time non-elective employees from being
candidates for union office, because of the potential conflict of
interest arising from the employment relationship which could be
detrimental to the union as an institution.



Sec. 452.49  Other union rules.

    (a) Unions may establish such other reasonable rules as are
necessary to protect the members against leaders who may have committed
serious offenses against the union. For example, a union may, after
appropriate proceedings, bar from office persons who have
misappropriated union funds, even if such persons were never indicted
and convicted in a court of law for their offenses. Of course, the union
would have to provide reasonable precautions to insure that no member is
made ineligible to hold office on the basis of unsupported allegations
and that any rights guaranteed him by the constitution and bylaws are
protected. Similarly, a union may require an elected officer to sign an
affidavit averring that he is not barred from serving as an officer by
the provisions of section 504 of the Act since the union and its
officers may not permit a person to serve as an officer if he is so
barred (see footnote 23).
    (b) It would not violate the Act for a union to prohibit successive
terms in office or to limit the number of years an officer may serve.
Such rules are intended to encourage as many members as possible to seek
positions of leadership in the organization.



Sec. 452.50  Disqualification as a result of disciplinary action.

    Section 401(e) was not intended to limit the right of a labor
organization to take disciplinary action against members guilty of
misconduct. So long as such action is conducted in accordance with
section 101(a)(5), a union may, for example, if its constitution and
bylaws so provide, bar from office for a period of time any member who
is guilty of specific acts, such as strikebreaking, detrimental to the
union as an institution. However, if a union has improperly disciplined
a member and barred him from candidacy, the Secretary may, in an
appropriate case, treat him as a member in good standing entitled to all
of the rights of members guaranteed by title IV.



Sec. 452.51  Declaration of candidacy.

    A union may not adopt rules which in their effect discourage or
paralyze any opposition to the incumbent officers.

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Therefore, it would not be a reasonable qualification to require members
to file a declaration of candidacy several months in advance of the
nomination meeting since such a requirement would have such effect and
``serves no reasonable purpose which cannot otherwise be satisfied
without resort to this procedure.'' \31\
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    \31\ Wirtz v. Local 30, IUOE, 242 F. Supp. 631 (S.D. N.Y. 1965)
reversed as moot 366 F.2d 438 (C.A. 2, 1966), reh. den. 366 F.2d 438.
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Sec. 452.52  Filing fee.

    It would be unreasonable to require candidates for office to pay a
filing fee because a fee limits the right of members to a reasonable
opportunity to nominate the candidates of their choice and there is no
objective relationship between the requirement and the ability to
perform the duties of the office.



Sec. 452.53  Application of qualifications for office.

    Qualifications for office which may seem reasonable on their face
may not be proper if they are applied in an unreasonable manner or if
they are not applied in a uniform way. An essential element of
reasonableness is adequate advance notice to the membership of the
precise terms of the requirement. A qualification which is not part of
the constitution and bylaws or other duly enacted rules of the
organization may not be the basis for denial of the right to run for
office, unless required by Federal or State law. \32\ Qualifications
must be specific and objective. They must contain specific standards of
eligibility by which any member can determine in advance whether or not
he is qualified to be a candidate. For example, a constitutional
provision which states that ``a candidate shall not be eligible to run
for office who intends to use his office as a cloak to effect purposes
inimical to the scope and policies of the union'' would not be a
reasonable qualification within the meaning of section 401(e) because it
is so general as to preclude a candidate from ascertaining whether he is
eligible and would permit determinations of eligibility based on
subjective judgments. Further, such a requirement is by its nature not
capable of being uniformly imposed as required by section 401(e).
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    \32\ Wirtz v. Local Union 559, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America, 61 LRRM 2618, 53 L.C. ] 11.044 (W.D. Ky. 1966);
Hodgson v. Longshoremen's Local 1655 New Orleans Dray Clerks, 79 LRRM
2893, 67 L.C. ] 12,466 (E.D. La. January 5, 1972).
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Sec. 452.54  Retroactive rules.

    (a) The reasonableness of applying a newly adopted restriction on
candidacy retroactively depends in part upon the nature of the
requirement. It would be unreasonable for a labor organization to
enforce eligibility requirements which the members had no opportunity to
satisfy. For example, it would not be reasonable for a union to apply a
newly adopted meeting attendance requirement retroactively since members
would have no opportunity to comply with such requirement prior to its
effective date. \33\ When such a rule is in effect the membership is
entitled to advance notice of the requirements of the rule and of the
means to be used in verifying attendance. It would not be unreasonable,
however, for a union to adopt and enforce a rule disqualifying persons
convicted of a felony from being candidates or holding office.
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    \33\ Hodgson v. Longshoremen's Local 1655, New Orleans Dray Clerks,
79 LRRM 2893, 67 L.C. ] 12,466 (E.D. La. January 5, 1972)
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    (b) It would not be proper for a labor organization to amend its
constitution after an election to make eligible a person who had been
elected but who was not eligible at the time of the election.



                    Subpart F_Nominations for Office



Sec. 452.55  Statutory provisions concerning nomination.

    In elections subject to the provisions of title IV a reasonable
opportunity must be afforded for the nomination of candidates. Although
the Act does not prescribe particular forms of nomination procedures, it
does require that the procedures employed be reasonable and that they
conform to the provisions of the labor organization's constitution and
bylaws insofar as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of title
IV.

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Sec. 452.56  Notice.

    (a) To meet this requirement, the labor organization must give
timely notice reasonably calculated to inform all members of the offices
to be filled in the election as well as the time, place, and form for
submitting nominations. Such notice should be distinguished from the
notice of election, discussed in Sec. 452.99. Notice of nominations
need not necessarily be given at least 15 days before nominations are
held, nor is it required to be given by mail. In an election which is to
be held by secret ballot, accordingly, notice of nominations may be
given in any manner reasonably calculated to reach all members in good
standing and in sufficient time to permit such members to nominate the
candidates of their choice, so long as it is in accordance with the
provisions of the labor organization's constitution or bylaws. Mailing
such notice to the last known address of each member within a reasonable
time prior to the date for making nominations would satisfy this
requirement. Likewise, timely publication in the union newspaper with
sufficient prominence to be seen by all members would be adequate
notice. The method of making nominations, whether by mail, petition, or
at meetings, could affect the determination of the timeliness of the
notice. The nomination notice may be combined with the election notice
if the requirements of both are met. Posting of a nomination notice may
satisfy the requirement of a reasonable opportunity for making
nominations if such posting is reasonably calculated to inform all
members in good standing in sufficient time to permit such members to
nominate the candidates of their choice.
    (b) The requirement of a reasonable opportunity for the nomination
of candidates has been met only when the members of a labor organization
are fully informed of the proper method of making such nominations.



Sec. 452.57  Procedures for nomination.

    (a) Since the Act does not prescribe particular procedures for the
nomination of candidates, the labor organization is free to employ any
method that will provide a reasonable opportunity for making
nominations. There are various methods which, if properly and fairly
employed, would be considered reasonable under the Act. For example,
nominations may be by petition, or from the floor at a nomination
meeting.
    (b) Whether a particular procedure is sufficient to satisfy the
requirements of the Act is a question which will depend upon the
particular facts in each case. While a particular procedure may not on
its face violate the requirements of the Act, its application in a given
instance may make nomination so difficult as to deny the members a
reasonable opportunity to nominate.



Sec. 452.58  Self-nomination.

    A system of self-nomination, if this is the only method for making
nominations, deprives union members of a reasonable opportunity to
nominate candidates and thus is inconsistent with the provisions of
title IV. \34\ Self-nomination is permissible only if the members are
afforded additional methods whereby they may nominate the candidates of
their choice.
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    \34\ See Wirtz v. National Maritime Union of America, 399 F.2d 544
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Sec. 452.59  Presence of nominee.

    A requirement that members must be present at the nomination meeting
in order to be nominated for office might be considered unreasonable in
certain circumstances; for example, in the absence of a provision for an
alternative method under which a member who is unavoidably absent from
the nomination meeting may be nominated, such a restriction might be
regarded as inconsistent with the requirement in section 401(e) that
there be a reasonable opportunity to nominate and to be a candidate.



Sec. 452.60  Nominations for national, international or intermediate
body office.

    (a) When officers of a national or international labor organization
or of an intermediate body are to be elected by secret ballot among the
members of the constituent local unions, it is not unreasonable for the
organization to employ a nominating procedure whereby each local may
nominate only one

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candidate for each office. When such a procedure is employed the
organization may require that each candidate be nominated by a certain
number of locals before his name will appear on the ballot. The
reasonableness of the number of local union nominations or endorsements
required depends upon the size and dispersion of the organization.
    (b) Nominations for national, international or intermediate body
office by locals or other subordinate organizations differ from primary
elections in that they are not subject to all the technical requirements
of secret ballot elections. \35\ However, where nominations are made by
locals or other subordinate organizations fundamental safeguards must be
observed including the right of members to vote for and support the
candidates of their choice without improper interference.
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    \35\ In Hodgson v. United Mine Workers of America, the Court
directed that the nomination proceedings within the local unions be
conducted by secret ballot and in accordance with the provisions of
title IV. [80 LRRM 3451, 68 L.C. ] 12,786 (D.D.C. June 15, 1972)]. This
Order indicates that the use of secret ballot nominating procedures may
be an appropriate remedial measure in a supervised election.
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Sec. 452.61  Elimination contests--local unions.

    (a) A procedure in a local under which nominees compete in an
elimination process to reduce the number of candidates in the final
balloting is also part of the election process and must be conducted by
secret ballot.
    (b) When such an elimination process is used it would be
unreasonable for some nominees, such as those selected by a nominating
committee, to be exempt from the process since they would thus be given
an unfair advantage over other nominees.



Sec. 452.62  Disqualification of candidates; procedural reasons.

    A candidate who is otherwise eligible for office may not be
disqualified because of the failure of a union officer to perform his
duties which are beyond the candidate's control. For example, the
failure of a local recording secretary to perform his duty to complete
and forward a candidate's nomination certificate to the district may not
be used as the basis for disqualifying the candidate.



Sec. 452.63  Nominations at conventions.

    In elections at conventions at which nominations are also made,
delegates who have been elected by secret ballot must be given ample
opportunity to nominate candidates on behalf of themselves or the
members they represent. A union may adopt a rule limiting access to the
convention floor to delegates. However, once the candidates have been
nominated, they must be accorded equal opportunity to campaign. \36\
Where delegates are instructed by locals to nominate candidates, the
constitution of the organization or the convention rules should provide
a specific procedure for the implementation of nominating instructions
issued by any local to its delegate.
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Sec. 452.64  Write-in votes.

    The Act neither requires nor prohibits write-in candidacy or write-
in votes. These matters are governed by appropriate provisions of the
union's constitution and bylaws, applicable resolutions, or the
established practice of the union.



Sec. 452.65  Interval between nominations and election.

    The Act specifies no time interval between nominations and election.
Thus, both may be scheduled to be held at the same meeting if, during a
reasonable period prior to such nomination-election meeting, every
member eligible to hold office who intends to run for office is afforded
the protection provided in section 401(c), including sufficient
opportunity to campaign for office.



                      Subpart G_Campaign Safeguards



Sec. 452.66  Statutory provisions.

    The opportunity for members to have a free, fair, and informed
expression of

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their choices among candidates seeking union office is a prime objective
of title IV of the Act. Voters can best be assured opportunity for an
informed choice if certain campaign rights are guaranteed to candidates
and their supporters. To this end, the statute provides that adequate
safeguards to insure a fair election shall be provided, and states
certain specific safeguards. These safeguards apply not only to
candidates for officer positions as defined in the Act but also to
candidates for delegate posts, if the delegates are to nominate or elect
officers.



Sec. 452.67  Distribution of campaign literature.

    The Act imposes the duty on the union and its officers to comply
with all reasonable requests of any candidate to distribute his campaign
literature to the membership at his expense. When the organization or
its officers authorize distribution of campaign literature on behalf of
any candidate, similar distribution under the same conditions must be
made for any other candidate, if he requests it. In order to avoid
charges of disparity of treatment among candidates, it is advised that a
union inform all candidates in advance of the conditions under which
distribution will be made and promptly advise them of any change in
those conditions.



Sec. 452.68  Distribution to less than full membership.

    Although section 401(c) specifies distribution to ``all members in
good standing,'' a labor organization must also honor requests for
distribution of literature to only a portion of the membership if such
distribution is practicable. Each candidate may choose his own ways of
campaigning for election according to his own ingenuity and resources.
For example, some candidates for national or international union office
may desire to limit distribution to delegates, but others may want to
appeal directly to the membership or parts thereof in an effort to
influence particular constituencies to choose delegates favorable to
their candidacy.



Sec. 452.69  Expenses of campaign literature.

    Each candidate must be treated equally with respect to the expense
of such distribution. Thus, a union and its officers must honor a
candidate's request for distribution where the candidate is willing and
able to bear the expense of such distribution. However, should the
candidate be unable to bear such expense, there is no requirement that
the union distribute the literature of the candidate free of charge. In
the event the union distributes any candidate's literature without
charge, however, all other candidates are entitled to have their
literature distributed on the same basis. Since labor organizations have
an affirmative duty to comply with all reasonable requests of any
candidate to distribute campaign literature (at the candidate's
expense), a union rule refusing all such distributions would not be
proper, even though applied in a nondiscriminatory fashion. In view of
the fact that expenses of distribution are to be borne by the candidate
a labor organization may not refuse to distribute campaign literature
merely because it may have a small staff which cannot handle such
distribution for all candidates. If this is the case, the organization
may employ additional temporary staff or contract the job to a
professional mailer and charge the expense incurred to the candidates
for whom the service is being rendered. The organization may require
candidates to tender in advance the estimated costs of distributing
their literature, if such requirement is applied uniformly.



Sec. 452.70  Contents of literature.

    The Act does not and unions may not regulate the contents of
campaign literature which candidates may wish to have distributed by the
union. This is left to the discretion of each candidate. The labor
organization may not require that it be permitted to read a copy of the
literature before it is sent out, nor may it censor the statements of
the candidates in any way, even though the statement may include
derogatory remarks about other candidates. Furthermore, a union's
contention that mailing of certain campaign literature may constitute
libel for which it may

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be sued has been held not to justify its refusal to distribute the
literature, since the union is under a statutory duty to distribute the
material. \37\
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    \37\ See Philo v. Stellato, (E.D. Mich. Civil No. 21244, May 24,
1961); Ansley v. Fulco, (Calif. Ct. of Appeal, First App. District, Div.
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Sec. 452.71  Inspection of membership lists.

    (a) Each bona fide candidate for office has a right, once within 30
days prior to any election in which he is a candidate, to inspect a list
containing the names and last known addresses of all members of the
labor organization who are subject to a collective bargaining agreement
requiring membership therein as a condition of employment. The right of
inspection does not include the right to copy the list but does include
the right to compare it with a personal list of members. It is the
intent of the Act that such membership lists be made available for
inspection at the candidates' option any time within the 30-day period.
The list is not required to be maintained continuously and may be
compiled immediately before each election. The form in which the list is
to be maintained is not specified by the Act. Thus, a card index system
may satisfy the requirements of the Act. The list may be organized
alphabetically or geographically, or by local in a national or
international labor organization.
    (b) It is the duty of the labor organization and its officers to
refrain from discrimination in favor of or against any candidate with
respect to the use of lists of members. Thus, if a union permits any
candidate to use such lists in any way other than the right of
inspection granted by the Act, it must inform all candidates of the
availability of the list for that purpose and accord the same privilege
to all candidates who request it. Such privileges may include permitting
inspection of the list where members are not subject to a collective
bargaining agreement requiring membership as a condition of employment,
inspecting the list more than once, or copying the list.

[38 FR 18324, July 9, 1973, as amended at 50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985]



Sec. 452.72  Period of inspection.

    The Act specifies the maximum period during which the right of
inspection of membership lists is to be granted. The opportunity to
inspect the lists must be granted once during the 30-day period prior to
the casting of ballots in the election. Thus, where a mail ballot system
is employed under which ballots are returnable as soon as received by
members, the right to inspect must be accorded within the 30-day period
prior to the mailing of the ballots to members. It would be an
unreasonable restriction to permit inspection of lists only after the
ballots have been mailed or the balloting has commenced.



Sec. 452.73  Use of union funds.

    In the interest of fair union elections, section 401(g) of the Act
places two limitations upon the use of labor organization funds derived
from dues, assessments, or similar levy. These limitations are:
    (a) No such funds may be contributed or applied to promote the
candidacy of any person in an election subject to title IV, either in an
election within the organization expending the funds or in any other
labor organization; and
    (b) No such funds may be used for issuing statements involving
candidates in the election.

This section is not intended to prohibit a union from assuming the cost
of distributing to the membership on an equal basis campaign literature
submitted to the union by the candidates pursuant to the rights granted
by section 401(c), as previously discussed, nor does it prohibit the
expenditure of such funds for notices, factual statements of issues not
involving candidates, and other expenses necessary for the holding of
the election.



Sec. 452.74  Expenditures permitted.

    The Act does not prohibit impartial publication of election
information. Thus, it would not be improper for a union to sponsor a
debate at which all candidates for a particular office are afforded
equal opportunity to express their views to the membership prior to an
election. Similarly, a union may issue information sheets containing
biographical data on all candidates so

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long as all candidates are given equal opportunity to submit such data.



Sec. 452.75  Union newspapers.

    The provisions of section 401(g) prohibit any showing of preference
by a labor organization or its officers which is advanced through the
use of union funds to criticize or praise any candidate. Thus, a union
may neither attack a candidate in a union-financed publication nor urge
the nomination or election of a candidate in a union-financed letter to
the members. Any such expenditure regardless of the amount, constitutes
a violation of section 401(g). \38\
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    \38\ Hodgson v. Liquor Salesmen's Union, Local No. 2, 334 F.Supp.
1369 (S.D. N.Y.) aff'd 444 F.2d 1344 (C.A. 2 1971); Shultz v. Local
Union 6799, United Steelworkers, 426 F.2d 969 (C.A. 9 1970).
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Sec. 452.76  Campaigning by union officers.

    Unless restricted by constitutional provisions to the contrary,
union officers and employes retain their rights as members to
participate in the affairs of the union, including campaigning
activities on behalf of either faction in an election. However, such
campaigning must not involve the expenditure of funds in violation of
section 401(g). Accordingly, officers and employees may not campaign on
time that is paid for by the union, nor use union funds, facilities,
equipment, stationery, etc., to assist them in such campaigning.
Campaigning incidental to regular union business would not be a
violation.



Sec. 452.77  Permissible use of union funds.

    Certain uses of union funds are considered permissible under section
401(g). For example, a court ruled that money of a subordinate union may
be contributed to a committee formed to challenge the results of a
national union election under title IV when such contributions are
properly authorized by the members in an effort to pursue election
remedies both within and outside the union. In holding such activity to
be outside the prohibitions of section 401(g), although the committee
was formed by defeated candidates and their supporters, the court stated
that ``* * * It does not promote the candidacy of any person if an
election is declared invalid by a court under title IV's procedure
despite the fact that in the rerun election the candidates may be
identical. Neither the winner nor the loser of the disputed election
gains votes by the setting aside of the election. Such action is not a
vote-getting device but merely returns the parties to their pre-election
status; it does not place any candidate into office.'' \39\
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    \39\ Retail Clerks Union, Local 648 v. Retail Clerks International
Association, 299 F.Supp. 1012, 1024 (D.D.C. 1969).

[38 FR 18324, July 9, 1973, as amended at 63 FR 33780, June 19, 1998]



Sec. 452.78  Expenditures by employers.

    (a) As an additional safeguard, section 401(g) provides that no
money of an employer is to be contributed or applied to promote the
candidacy of any person in an election subject to the provisions of
title IV. This includes indirect as well as direct expenditures. Thus,
for example, campaigning by union stewards on company time with the
approval of the employer would violate section 401(g) unless it can be
shown that they are on legitimate work assignments, and that their
campaign activities are only incidental to the performance of their
assigned task and do not interfere with its performance. This
prohibition against the use of employer money includes any costs
incurred by an employer, or anything of value contributed by an
employer, in order to support the candidacy of any individual in an
election. It would not, however, extend to ordinary business practices
which result in conferring a benefit, such as, for example, a discount
on the cost of printing campaign literature which is made available on
the same terms to other customers.
    (b) The prohibition against the use of employer money to support the
candidacy of a person in any election subject to the provisions of title
IV is not restricted to employers who employ members of the labor
organization in which the election is being conducted,

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or who have any business or contractual relationship with the labor
organization.



Sec. 452.79  Opportunity to campaign.

    There must be a reasonable period prior to the election during which
office-seekers and their supporters may engage in the campaigning that
the Act contemplates and guarantees. What is a reasonable period of time
would depend upon the circumstances, including the method of nomination
and the size of the union holding the election, both in terms of the
number of members and the geographic area in which it operates. For
example, a candidate for office in a local labor organization was
improperly disqualified and then appealed to the international union
which directed that his name be placed on the ballot. A complaint was
considered properly filed alleging election violations because the
candidate's name was restored to the ballot two days prior to the
election so that he was denied an equal opportunity to campaign.
Similarly, in a mail ballot election a union's delay in the distribution
of campaign literature until after the ballots have been distributed and
some have been cast would not satisfy the requirement to distribute such
literature in compliance with a reasonable request. \40\ Such a delay
would deny the candidate a reasonable opportunity to campaign prior to
the election and would thus not meet the requirement for adequate
safeguards to insure a fair election. Where access to the convention
floor is limited exclusively to delegates at a convention at which
officers are to be elected, there must, nevertheless, be equal
opportunity for all nominees to campaign. Thus, if the privilege of
addressing the convention is accorded to any of the nominees, it must be
accorded to all nominees who request it, whether they are delegates or
not.
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    \40\ Wirtz v. American Guild of Variety Artists, 267 F. Supp. 527
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Sec. 452.80  Bona fide candidates.

    A person need not be formally nominated in order to be a bona fide
candidate entitled to exercise the rights mentioned in Sec. Sec. 452.67
and 452.71. \41\ Thus, any qualified member seeking to be nominated and
elected at a convention would be able to take advantage of the
distribution rights even before the convention meets and thus attempt to
influence members to select delegates favorable to his candidacy or to
persuade the delegates to support his candidacy. A union may reasonably
require that a person be nominated in order to be elected, but may not
prevent a member who actively seeks office and is otherwise qualified
from taking advantage of the campaign safeguards in the Act in an effort
to gain the support necessary to be nominated.
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    \41\ Yablonski v. United Mine Workers, 71 LRRM 2606, 60 L.C. 10,204
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Sec. 452.81  Rights in intermediate body elections.

    While the literal language in section 401(c) relating to
distribution of campaign literature and to discrimination with respect
to the use of membership lists would seem to apply only to national,
international and local labor organizations, two United States District
Courts have held that these provisions also apply to intermediate
bodies. \42\ The Department of Labor considers these rulings to be
consistent with the intent of Congress and, therefore, has adopted this
position.
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    \42\ Antal v. UMW District 5, 64 LRRM 2222, 54 L.C. 11,621 (W.D. Pa.
1966); Schonfeld v. Rarback, 49 L.C. 19,039 (S.D.N.Y. 1964).
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Sec. 452.82  Reprisal for exercising rights.

    A member has a right to support the candidate of his choice without
being subject to penalty, discipline, or improper interference or
reprisal of any kind by the labor organization conducting the election
or any member thereof.



Sec. 452.83  Enforcement of campaign safeguards.

    Certain of the safeguards of section 401(c) are enforceable at the
suit of any bona fide candidate. This special statutory right to sue is
limited to the distribution of campaign literature by the labor
organization and the forbearance of such organization from
discrimination among candidates with respect to

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the use of membership lists. Of course, all title IV safeguards,
including those discussed in this paragraph, are subject to enforcement
as provided in section 402. It should be noted that the right of a bona
fide candidate to sue in the circumstances described herein is limited
to the period prior to election. After the election, the only remedy
would be through a suit by the Secretary under section 402.



                         Subpart H_Right To Vote



Sec. 452.84  General.

    Under the provisions of section 401(e), every member in good
standing is entitled to vote in elections required under title IV which
are to be held by secret ballot. The phrase ``member in good standing''
includes any person who has fulfilled the requirements for membership
and who neither has withdrawn from membership nor has been expelled or
suspended from membership after appropriate proceedings consistent with
lawful provisions of the constitution and bylaws of the organization.
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Sec. 452.85  Reasonable qualifications on right to vote.

    The basic right of members to vote in elections of the labor
organization may be qualified by reasonable rules and regulations in its
constitution and bylaws. \44\
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Sec. 452.86  Vote conditioned on payment of dues.

    A labor organization may condition the exercise of the right to vote
upon the payment of dues, which is a basic obligation of membership.
Such a rule must be applied uniformly. If a member has not paid his dues
as required by the labor organization's constitution or bylaws he may
not be allowed to vote. Thus, a rule which suspends a member's right to
vote in an election of officers while the member is laid off and is not
paying dues would not, in ordinary circumstances, be considered
unreasonable, so long as it is applied in a nondiscriminatory manner.
However, members must be afforded a reasonable opportunity to pay dues,
including a grace period during which dues may be paid without any loss
of rights. In the case where a member is laid off but desires to
maintain his good standing and thus his membership rights by continuing
to pay dues, it would be clearly unreasonable for the labor organization
to refuse to accept his payment.



Sec. 452.87  Dues paid by checkoff.

    A member in good standing whose dues are checked off by his employer
pursuant to his voluntary authorization provided for in a collective
bargaining agreement may not be disqualified from voting by reason of
alleged delay or default in the payment of dues. For example, the
constitution and bylaws of a labor organization call for suspension of
members whose dues are three months in arrears. Dues to be paid directly
by a member are two months in arrears when the union changes to a
checkoff system. The member may not be denied the right to vote merely
because the employer is late in submitting the checked off dues for the
first month. It would not be inconsistent with the Act, however, for a
union to require a new member who executes a checkoff authorization to
pay one month's dues in advance on the date he becomes a member in order
to be in good standing for the current month.



Sec. 452.88  Resumption of good standing.

    While it is permissible for a labor organization to deny the right
to vote to those delinquent in paying their dues (with the exceptions
noted) or to those who have been suspended or disciplined in accordance
with section 101(a)(5) of the Act, a provision under which such persons
are disqualified from voting for an extended period of time after
payment of back dues or after reinstatement would not be considered
reasonable. After a member has resumed his good-standing status, it
would be unreasonable to continue to deprive him of his right to vote
for a period longer than that for a new member. A new member may
reasonably be required to establish a relationship with the union by
remaining in good standing for a continuous period of time, e.g., 6

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months or a year, before being permitted to vote in an election of
officers. However, while the right to vote may be deferred within
reasonable limits, a union may not create special classes of nonvoting
members.



Sec. 452.89  Apprentices.

    A labor organization may condition the right to vote upon completion
of a bona fide program of apprenticeship training which is designed to
produce competent tradesmen in the industry the union serves.



Sec. 452.90  Visiting members.

    A decision about the voting rights of visiting members is properly
one for resolution by the union in accordance with the organization's
constitution and bylaws or applicable resolutions. For purposes of the
Act, a person is ordinarily considered to be a member of the local to
which he pays his dues.



Sec. 452.91  Voting by employers, supervisors.

    Voting in union elections by employers, self-employed persons,
supervisors or other persons who are considered to be part of management
is not precluded by title IV of the Act even if they are not required to
maintain union membership as a condition of employment. However, as
mentioned in the discussion of qualifications for candidacy (see Sec.
452.47), such persons may not dominate or interfere with the
administration of any labor organization.



Sec. 452.92  Unemployed members.

    Members who are otherwise qualified to vote may not be disqualified
from voting merely because they are currently unemployed or are employed
on a part-time basis in the industry served by the union, provided, of
course, that such members are paying dues.



Sec. 452.93  Retired members.

    The right of retirees to vote may be restricted to the extent
provided by the constitution and bylaws of the labor organization.



Sec. 452.94  Reasonable opportunity to vote.

    The statutory protection of the right to vote implies that there
must be a reasonable opportunity to vote. Thus, there is an obligation
on the labor organization to conduct its periodic election of officers
in such a way as to afford all its members a reasonable opportunity to
cast ballots. A union may meet this obligation in a variety of ways,
depending on factors such as the distance between the members' work site
or homes and the polling place, the means of transportation available,
the nature of the members' occupations, and their hours of work. A
reasonable opportunity to vote may require establishing multiple polling
places or the use of a mail ballot referendum when the members are
widely dispersed. It would also be reasonable for the time period for
voting to be extended to accommodate members who might otherwise be
prevented from voting due to conflicting work schedules. Shortening the
voting period by a late opening of the polls would not, in itself, be
improper unless the intent or practical effect of such action is to
deprive members of their right to vote.



Sec. 452.95  Absentee ballots.

    Where the union knows in advance that a substantial number or a
particular segment of the members will not be able to exercise their
right to vote in person, as, for example, when access to a polling place
is impracticable for many members because of shipping assignments,
absentee ballots or other means of voting must be made available. \45\
In the event absentee ballots are necessary the organization must give
its members reasonable notice of the availability of such ballots. \46\
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    \45\ Goldberg v. Marine Cooks and Stewards Union, 204 F. Supp. 844
(N.D. Cal. 1962).
    \46\ Wirtz v. Local Union 262, Glass Bottle Blowers Association, 290
F. Supp. 965 (N.D. Calif. 1968).
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            Subpart I_Election Procedures; Rights of Members



Sec. 452.96  General.

    The Act safeguards democratic processes by prescribing, in section
401, minimum standards for the regular periodic election of officers in
labor organizations subject to its provisions. It

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does not, however, prescribe in detail election procedures which must be
followed. Labor organizations are free to establish procedures for
elections as long as they are fair to all members and are consistent
with lawful provisions of the organization's constitution and bylaws and
with section 401. The rights granted to members in section 401(e) refer
to individuals, not labor organizations. For example, while locals may
be members of an intermediate body, they are not entitled to the rights
granted ``members'' in section 401(e).



Sec. 452.97  Secret ballot.

    (a) A prime requisite of elections regulated by title IV is that
they be held by secret ballot among the members or in appropriate cases
by representatives who themselves have been elected by secret ballot
among the members. A secret ballot under the Act is ``the expression by
ballot, voting machine, or otherwise, but in no event by proxy, of a
choice * * * cast in such a manner that the person expressing such
choice cannot be identified with the choice expressed.'' \47\ Secrecy
may be assured by the use of voting machines, or, if paper ballots are
used, by providing voting booths, partitions, or other physical
arrangements permitting privacy for the voter while he is marking his
ballot. The ballot must not contain any markings which upon examination
would enable one to identify it with the voter. Balloting by mail
presents special problems in assuring secrecy. Although no particular
method of assuring such secrecy is prescribed, secrecy may be assured by
the use of a double envelope system for return of the voted ballots with
the necessary voter identification appearing only on the outer envelope.
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    (b) Should any voters be challenged as they are casting their
ballots, there should be some means of setting aside the challenged
ballots until a decision regarding their validity is reached without
compromising the secrecy requirement. For example, each such ballot
might be placed in an envelope with the voter's name on the outside. Of
course, it would be a violation of the secrecy requirement to open these
envelopes and count the ballots one at a time in such a way that each
vote could be identified with a voter.
    (c) In a mail ballot election, a union may require members to sign
the return envelope if the signatures may be used in determining
eligibility. However, it would be unreasonable for a union to void an
otherwise valid ballot merely because a member printed rather than
signed his name if the union does not use the signatures to determine
voter eligibility.



Sec. 452.98  Outside agencies.

    There is nothing in the Act to prevent a union from employing an
independent organization as its agent to handle the printing, mailing,
and counting of ballots in such elections if all the standards of the
Act are met.



Sec. 452.99  Notice of election.

    Elections required by title IV to be held by secret ballot must be
preceded by a notice of election mailed to each member at his last known
home address not less than fifteen days prior to the election. \48\ For
purposes of computing the fifteen day period, the day on which the
notices are mailed is not counted whereas the day of the election is
counted. For example, if the election is to be held on the 20th day of
the month, the notices must be mailed no later than the 5th day. The
notice must include a specification of the date, time and place of the
election and of the offices to be filled, and it must be in such form as
to be reasonably calculated to inform the members of the impending
election. Specification of the offices to be filled would not be
necessary if it is a regular, periodic election of all officers and the
notice so indicates. A statement in the union bylaws that an election
will be held at a certain time does not constitute the notice required
by the statute. Since the Act specifies that the notice must be mailed,
other means of transmission such as posting on a bulletin board or hand
delivery will not satisfy the requirement. A notice of election must be
sent to every member as defined in section 3(o) of the Act, not only to

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members who are eligible to vote in the election. Where the notice, if
mailed to the last known permanent or legal residence of the member,
would not be likely to reach him because of a known extended absence
from that place, the statutory phrase ``last known home address'' may
reasonably be interpreted to refer to the last known temporary address
of definite duration. A single notice for both nominations and election
may be used if it meets the requirements of both such notices. \49\
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    \48\ Act, sec. 401(e).
    \49\ See Sec. 452.56 for a discussion of the requirements for
notices of nomination.

[38 FR 18324, July 9, 1973, as amended at 63 FR 33780, June 19, 1998]



Sec. 452.100  Use of union newspaper as notice.

    A labor organization may comply with the election notice requirement
by publishing the notice in the organization's newspaper which is mailed
to the last known home address of each member not less than fifteen days
prior to the election. Where this procedure is used (a) the notice
should be conspicuously placed on the front page of the newspaper, or
the front page should have a conspicuous reference to the inside page
where the notice appears, so that the inclusion of the election notice
in a particular issue is readily apparent to each member; (b) the notice
should clearly identify the particular labor organization holding the
election; (c) the notice should specify the time and place of the
election and the offices to be filled; and (d) a reasonable effort must
be made to keep the mailing list of the publication current.



Sec. 452.101  Sample ballots as notice.

    Sample ballots together with information as to the time and place of
the election and the offices to be filled, if mailed fifteen days prior
to the election, will fulfill the election notice requirements.



Sec. 452.102  Notice in mail ballot election.

    If the election is conducted by mail and no separate notice is
mailed to the members, the ballots must be mailed to the members no
later than fifteen days prior to the date when they must be mailed back
in order to be counted.



Sec. 452.103  Primary elections.

    The fifteen-day election notice provision applies to a ``primary
election'' at which nominees are chosen. Likewise, the fifteen-day
election notice requirement applies to any runoff election which may be
held after an inconclusive election. However, a separate notice would
not be necessary if the election notice for the first election advises
the members of the possibility of a runoff election and specifies such
details as the time and place of such runoff election as may be
necessary.



Sec. 452.104  Proximity of notice to election.

    (a) The statutory requirement for giving fifteen days' notice of
election is a minimum standard. There is no objection to giving more
notice than is required by law. However, it was clearly the intent of
Congress to have members notified at a time which reasonably precedes
the date of the election. For example, notice in a union publication
which is expected to cover elections to be held six months later would
not be considered reasonable.
    (b) Should a union change the date of an election from the date
originally announced in the mail notice to the members, it must mail a
second notice, containing the corrected date, at least fifteen days
before the election.



Sec. 452.105  Interference or reprisal.

    Title IV expressly provides for the right of a member to vote for
and otherwise support the candidates of his choice without being subject
to penalty, discipline, or improper interference or reprisal of any kind
by the labor organization conducting the election or any officer or
member thereof. \50\
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    \50\ Act, section 401(e). In Wirtz v. Local 1752, ILA, 56 LRRM 2303,
49 L.C. ] 18,998 (S.D. Miss. 1963), the court, under its equitable
jurisdiction, granted a preliminary injunction on the motion of the
Secretary to enjoin a union from taking disciplinary action against a
member. The member had filed a complaint with the Secretary under
section 402(a) that resulted in the Secretary filing suit under 402(b).

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Sec. 452.106  Preservation of records.

    In every secret ballot election which is subject to the Act, the
ballots and all other records pertaining to the election must be
preserved for one year. \51\ The responsibility for preserving the
records is that of the election officials designated in the constitution
and bylaws of the labor organization or, if none is so designated, its
secretary. Since the Act specifies that ballots must be retained, all
ballots, marked or unmarked, must be preserved. Independent
certification as to the number and kind of ballots destroyed may not be
substituted for preservation. In addition, ballots which have been
voided, for example, because they were received late or because they
were cast for an ineligible candidate, must also be preserved.
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Sec. 452.107  Observers.

    (a) Under the provisions of section 401(c), each candidate must be
permitted to have an observer (1) at the polls and (2) at the counting
of the ballots. This right encompasses every phase and level of the
counting and tallying process, including the counting and tallying of
the ballots and the totaling, recording, and reporting of tally sheets.
If there is more than one polling place, the candidate may have an
observer at each location. If ballots are being counted at more than one
location or at more than one table at a single location, a candidate is
entitled to as many observers as necessary to observe the actual
counting of ballots. The observer may note the names of those voting so
that the candidates may be able to ascertain whether unauthorized
persons voted in the election. The observers should be placed so that
they do not compromise, or give the appearance of compromising, the
secrecy of the ballot. The observer is not required to be a member of
the labor organization unless the union's constitution and bylaws
require him to be a member. There is no prohibition on the use of
alternate observers, when necessary, or on a candidate serving as his
own observer. Observers do not have the right to count the ballots.
    (b) The right to have an observer at the polls and at the counting
of the ballots extends to all candidates for office in an election
subject to title IV, i.e., this includes elections in intermediate
bodies as well as elections in locals and national and international
labor organizations.
    (c) In any secret ballot election which is conducted by mail,
regardless of whether the ballots are returned by members to the labor
organization office, to a mail box, or to an independent agency such as
a firm of certified public accountants, candidates must be permitted to
have an observer present at the preparation and mailing of the ballots,
their receipt by the counting agency and at the opening and counting of
the ballots.
    (d) Paying election observers is the responsibility of the candidate
they represent unless the union has a rule providing for the payment of
observers. If the union does have such a rule, it must be uniformly
applied to all candidates.



Sec. 452.108  Publication of results.

    In any election which is required by the Act to be held by secret
ballot, the votes cast by members of each local labor organization must
be counted, and the results published, separately. \52\ For example,
where officers of an intermediate body are elected directly by members,
the votes of each local must be tabulated and published separately. The
publishing requirement is to assure that the results of the voting in
each local are made known to all interested members. Thus, the
presentation of the election report at a regular local membership
meeting, and the entry of the report in the minutes, would normally
accomplish this purpose in a local election. Such minutes would have to
be available for inspection by members at reasonable times, unless
copies of the report are made available. In an election that encompasses
more than one local, publication may be accomplished by posting on
appropriate

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bulletin boards, or in a union newspaper, or by any procedure which
allows any member to obtain the information without unusual effort. Of
course, the counting and reporting should account for all ballots cast
in the election, although only valid votes will be counted in
determining the successful candidates.
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    \52\ Act, sec. 401(e). See also Senate Report 187, 86th Cong. 1st
sess., p. 47; Daily Cong. Rec. p. 13682, Aug. 3, 1959, and p. A6573,
July 29, 1959.
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Sec. 452.109  Constitution of labor organization.

    Elections must be conducted in accordance with the constitution and
bylaws of the organization insofar as they are not inconsistent with the
provisions of title IV. \53\
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    \53\ Act, sec. 401(e). Under 29 CFR 402.10, a labor organization is
required to make available to all members a copy of its constitution and
bylaws.
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Sec. 452.110  Adequate safeguards.

    (a) In addition to the election safeguards discussed in this part,
the Act contains a general mandate in section 401(c), that adequate
safeguards to insure a fair election shall be provided. Such safeguards
are not required to be included in the union's constitution and bylaws,
but they must be observed. A labor organization's wide range of
discretion regarding the conduct of elections is thus circumscribed by a
general rule of fairness. For example, if one candidate is permitted to
have his nickname appear on the ballot, his opponent should enjoy the
same privilege.
    (b) A union's failure to provide voters with adequate instructions
for properly casting their ballots may violate the requirement of
adequate safeguards to insure a fair election.



Sec. 452.111  Campaigning in polling places.

    There must not be any campaigning within a polling place \54\ and a
union may forbid any campaigning within a specified distance of a
polling place.
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Sec. 452.112  Form of ballot; slate voting.

    The form of the ballot is not prescribed by the Act. Thus, a union
may, if it so desires, include a proposed bylaw change or other similar
proposal on a ballot along with the candidates for office so long as
this is permissible under the union's constitution and bylaws. A
determination as to the position of a candidate's name on the ballot may
be made by the union in any reasonable manner permitted by its
constitution and bylaws, consistent with the requirement of fairness and
the other provisions of the Act. For example, candidates may be listed
according to their affiliation with a particular slate. However, while
``slate voting'' is permissible, the balloting must be consistent with
the right of members to vote for the candidates of their choice. Thus,
there must be provision for the voter to choose among individual
candidates if he does not wish to vote for an entire slate. To avoid any
misunderstanding in this regard, the voting instructions should
specifically inform the voter that he need not vote for an entire slate.



Sec. 452.113  Sectional balloting.

    The ballots may be prepared so that the names of candidates for
positions representative of a particular area appear only on the ballots
received by members living in that area.



Sec. 452.114  Write-in votes.

    Where write-in votes are permitted in an election subject to title
IV, details of the format of the ballot are left to the discretion of
the union. Ordinarily, the Secretary would become involved in such
matters only in the context of an election complaint under section 402
and then only if the arrangements for write-in votes were so
unreasonable that the outcome of the election may have been affected. Of
course, a union may, in accordance with its constitution and bylaws or
as a matter of stated policy, refuse to permit write-in votes.



Sec. 452.115  Distribution of ballots.

    So long as secrecy of the ballot is maintained, there is no
restriction on how the ballots are distributed to the voters. Any method
which actually provides each eligible voter with one blank ballot would
be in conformance with the law.

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Sec. 452.116  Determining validity of ballots.

    Generally, a labor organization has a right to establish reasonable
rules for determining the validity of ballots cast in an election.
However, where the union has no published guides for determining the
validity of a voted ballot, it must count any ballot voted in such a way
as to indicate fairly the intention of the voter. An entire ballot may
not be voided because of a mistake made in voting for one of the offices
on the ballot.



Sec. 452.117  Majority of votes not required for election.

    A labor organization may by its constitution and bylaws provide for
the election of the candidate who receives the greatest number of votes,
although he does not have a majority of all the votes cast.
Alternatively, it may provide that where no candidate receives a
majority of all the votes cast, a run-off election be held between the
two candidates having the highest vote. Similarly, a labor organization
conducting an election to choose five members of an executive board may
designate as elected from among all the nominees the five candidates who
receive the highest vote.



Sec. 452.118  Local unions agents in international elections.

    An international union may establish internal rules which require
local or intermediate union officials to act as agents of the
international in conducting designated aspects of the international
referendum election of officers. The consequences of the failure to
perform as directed by such officials will, of course, depend on the
totality of the circumstances involved.



Sec. 452.119  Indirect elections.

    National or international labor organizations subject to the Act
have the option of electing officers either directly by secret ballot
among the members in good standing or at a convention of delegates or
other representatives who have been elected by secret ballot among the
members. Intermediate labor organizations subject to the Act have the
option of electing officers either directly by secret ballot among the
members in good standing or by labor organization officers or delegates
elected by secret ballot vote of the members they represent. Local
unions, in contrast, do not have the option of conducting their periodic
elections of officers indirectly through representatives.



Sec. 452.120  Officers as delegates.

    Officers of labor organizations who have been elected by secret
ballot vote of their respective memberships may, by virtue of their
election to office, serve as delegates to conventions at which officers
will be elected, if the constitution and bylaws of the labor
organization so provide. In such cases it is advisable to have a
statement to this effect included on the ballots. Persons who have been
appointed to serve unexpired terms of officers who are ex officio
delegates to a convention at which officers will be elected may not vote
for officers in such election.



Sec. 452.121  Limitations on national or international officers
serving as delegates.

    While officers of national or international labor organizations or
of intermediate bodies who have been elected by a vote of the delegates
to a convention may serve as delegates to conventions of their
respective labor organizations if the constitution and bylaws so
provide, they may not vote in officer elections at such conventions
unless they have also been elected as delegates by a secret ballot vote
of the members they are to represent. Of course, such officers may
participate in the convention, i.e., they may preside over the
convention, be nominated as candidates, or act in other capacities
permitted under the organization's constitution and bylaws.



Sec. 452.122  Delegates from intermediate bodies; method of election.

    A delegate from an intermediate body who participates in the
election of officers at a national or international convention must have
been elected by a secret ballot vote of the individual members of the
constituent units of that body. He may not participate if he was elected
by the delegates who make up the intermediate body.

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The secret ballot election required by the Act is an election among the
general membership and not an election of delegates by other delegates.



Sec. 452.123  Elections of intermediate body officers.

    Section 401(d) states that officers of intermediate bodies shall be
elected either by secret ballot among the members in good standing or by
labor organization officers representative of such members who have been
elected by secret ballot. The phrase ``officers representative of such
members'' includes delegates who have been elected by secret ballot to
represent labor organizations in intermediate bodies. Such delegates may
therefore participate in the election of officers of intermediate bodies
regardless of whether they are characterized as officers of the labor
organization they represent.



Sec. 452.124  Delegates from units which are not labor organizations.

    To the extent that units, such as committees, which do not meet the
definition of a labor organization under the Act \55\ participate in the
election of officers of a national or international labor organization
or an intermediate body, through delegates to the convention or
otherwise, the provisions of title IV are, nevertheless, applicable to
the election of such delegates. The following example is typical in
organizations of railway employees. The chairman of a local grievance
committee, which is not a labor organization under the Act, is not an
officer within the meaning of the Act. If such a local chairman is a
delegate to the general grievance committee, which is considered to be
an intermediate body under the Act, however, he must be elected by
secret ballot vote of the members he represents, if he votes for
officers of the general grievance committee.
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Sec. 452.125  Delegates from labor organizations under trusteeship.

    It would be unlawful under section 303(a)(1) of the Act to count the
votes of delegates from a labor organization under trusteeship in any
convention or election of officers of the organization imposing the
trusteeship unless such delegates were chosen by secret ballot vote in
an election in which all the members in good standing of the subordinate
organization were eligible to participate. \56\
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Sec. 452.126  Delegates to conventions which do not elect officers.

    Delegates to conventions need not be elected by secret ballot when
officers of the organization are elected by a secret ballot vote of the
entire membership. However, if the only method of making nominations is
by delegates, then the delegates must be elected by secret ballot.



Sec. 452.127  Proportionate representation.

    When officers of a national, international or intermediate labor
organization are elected at a convention of delegates who have been
chosen by secret ballot, the structure of representation of the
membership is a matter for the union to determine in accordance with its
constitution and bylaws. There is no indication that Congress intended,
in enacting title IV of the Act, to require representation in delegate
bodies of labor organizations to reflect the proportionate number of
members in each subordinate labor organization represented in such
bodies. Questions of such proportionate representation are determined in
accordance with the labor organization's constitution and bylaws insofar
as they are not inconsistent with the election provisions of the Act.
Congress did not attempt to specify the organizational structure or the
system of representation which unions must adopt. However, all members
must be represented; the union may not deny representation to locals
below a certain size.



Sec. 452.128  Under-strength representation.

    A local union may elect fewer delegates than it is permitted under
the union constitution as long as the local is allowed to determine for
itself

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whether or not it will send its full quota of delegates to the union
convention. The delegates present from a local may cast the entire vote
allotted to that local if this is permitted by the constitution and
bylaws.



Sec. 452.129  Non-discrimination.

    Further, distinctions in representational strength among or within
locals may not be based on arbitrary and unreasonable factors such as
race, sex, or class of membership based on type of employment.



Sec. 452.130  Expenses of delegates.

    A local may elect two groups--one which would receive expenses while
the other would be required to pay its own way, provided each member has
an equal opportunity to run for the expense-paid as well as the non-
expense-paid positions.



Sec. 452.131  Casting of ballots; delegate elections.

    The manner in which the votes of the representatives are cast in the
convention is not subject to special limitations. For example, the
voting may be by secret ballot, by show of hands, by oral roll call
vote, or if only one candidate is nominated for an office, by
acclamation or by a motion authorizing the convention chairman to cast a
unanimous vote of the delegates present.



Sec. 452.132  Proxy voting.

    There is no prohibition on delegates in a convention voting by
proxy, if the constitution and bylaws permit.



Sec. 452.133  Election of delegates not members of the labor organization.

    A labor organization's constitution and bylaws may authorize the
election of delegates who are not members of the subordinate labor
organization they represent, provided the members of the subordinate
organization are also eligible to be candidates.



Sec. 452.134  Preservation of records.

    The credentials of delegates, and all minutes and other records
pertaining to the election of officers at conventions, must be preserved
for one year by the officials designated in the constitution and bylaws
or by the secretary if no other officer is designated. This requirement
applies not only to conventions of national or international labor
organizations, but also to representative bodies of intermediate labor
organizations.



                Subpart J_Special Enforcement Provisions



Sec. 452.135  Complaints of members.

    (a) Any member of a labor organization may file a complaint with the
Office of Labor-Management Standards alleging that there have been
violations of requirements of the Act concerning the election of
officers, delegates, and representatives (including violations of
election provisions of the organization's constitution and bylaws that
are not inconsistent with the Act.). \57\ The complaint may not be filed
until one of the two following conditions has been met: (1) The member
must have exhausted the remedies available to him under the constitution
and bylaws of the organization and its parent body, or (2) he must have
invoked such remedies without obtaining a final decision within three
calendar months after invoking them.
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    (b) If the member obtains an unfavorable final decision within three
calendar months after invoking his available remedies, he must file his
complaint within one calendar month after obtaining the decision. If he
has not obtained a final decision within three calendar months, he has
the option of filing his complaint or of waiting until he has exhausted
the available remedies within the organization. In the latter case, if
the final decision is ultimately unfavorable, he will have one month in
which to file his complaint.



Sec. 452.136  Investigation of complaint by Office of Labor-Management
Standards, court action by the Secretary.

    (a) The Office of Labor-Management Standards is required to
investigate each complaint of a violation filed in accordance with the
requirements of the Act and, if the Secretary finds probable cause to
believe that a violation has occurred and has not been

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remedied, he is directed to bring within 60 days after the complaint has
been filed a civil action against the labor organization in a Federal
district court. In any such action brought by the Secretary the statute
provides that if, upon a preponderance of the evidence after a trial
upon the merits, the court finds (1) that an election has not been held
within the time prescribed by the election provisions of the Act or (2)
that a violation of these provisions ``may have affected the outcome of
an election'', the court shall declare the election, if any, to be void
and direct the conduct of an election under the supervision of the
Secretary, and, so far as is lawful and practicable, in conformity with
the constitution and bylaws of the labor organization.
    (b) Violations of the election provisions of the Act which occurred
in the conduct of elections held within the prescribed time are not
grounds for setting aside an election unless they ``may have affected
the outcome.'' The Secretary, therefore, will not institute court
proceedings upon the basis of a complaint alleging such violations
unless he finds probable cause to believe that they ``may have affected
the outcome of an election.''
    (b-1) The Supreme Court, in Hodgson v. Local Union 6799,
Steelworkers Union of America, 403 U.S. 333, 91 S.Ct. 1841 (1971), ruled
that the Secretary of Labor may not include in his complaint a violation
which was known to the protesting member but was not raised in the
member's protest to the union.

Complaints filed by the Department of Labor will accordingly be limited
by that decision to the matters which may fairly be deemed to be within
the scope of the member's internal protest and those which investigation
discloses he could not have been aware of.
    (c) Elections challenged by a member are presumed valid pending a
final decision. The statute provides that until such time, the affairs
of the labor organization shall be conducted by the elected officers or
in such other manner as the union constitution and bylaws provide.
However, after suit is filed by the Secretary the court has power to
take appropriate action to preserve the labor organization's assets.

[38 FR 18324, July 3, 1973, as amended at 39 FR 37360, Oct. 21, 1974]



                Subpart K_Dates and Scope of Application



Sec. 452.137  Effective dates.

    (a) Section 404 states when the election provisions of the Act
become applicable. \58\ In the case of labor organizations whose
constitution and bylaws can be lawfully modified or amended by action of
the organization's ``constitutional officers or governing body,'' the
election provisions become applicable 90 days after the enactment of the
statute (December 14, 1959). Where the modification of the constitution
and bylaws of a local labor organization requires action by the
membership at a general meeting or by referendum, the general membership
would be a ``governing body'' within the meaning of this provision. In
the cases where any necessary modification of the constitution and
bylaws can be made only by a constitutional convention of the labor
organization, the election provisions become applicable not later than
the next constitutional convention after the enactment of the statute,
or one year after the enactment of the statute, whichever is sooner.
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    (b) The statute does not require the calling of a special
constitutional convention to make such modifications. However, if no
convention is held within the one-year period, the executive board or
similar governing body that has the power to act for the labor
organization between conventions is empowered by the statute to make
such interim constitutional changes as are necessary to carry out the
provisions of title IV of the Act. Any election held thereafter would
have to comply with the requirements of the Act.



Sec. 452.138  Application of other laws.

    (a) Section 403 \59\ provides that no labor organization shall be
required by law to conduct elections of officers with greater frequency
or in a different

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form or manner than is required by its own constitution or bylaws,
except as otherwise provided by the election provisions of the Act.
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    (b) The remedy \60\ provided in the Act for challenging an election
already conducted is exclusive. \61\ However, existing rights and
remedies to enforce the constitutions and bylaws of such organizations
before an election has been held are unaffected by the election
provisions. Section 603 \62\ which applies to the entire Act, states
that except where explicitly provided to the contrary, nothing in the
Act shall take away any right or bar any remedy of any union member
under other Federal law or law of any State.
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    \60\ Act, sec. 402.
    \61\ Act, sec. 403. See Daily Cong. Rec. 86th Cong., 1st sess., p.
9115, June 8, 1959, pp. 13017 and 13090, July 27, 1959. H. Rept. No.
741, p. 17; S. Rept. No. 187, pp. 21-22, 101, 104. Hearings, House Comm.
on Education and Labor, 86th Cong., 1st sess., pt. 1, p. 1611. See also
Furniture Store Drivers Local 82 v. Crowley, 104 S.Ct. 2557 (1984).
    \62\ Act, sec. 603.

[38 FR 18324, July 9, 1973, as amended at 50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985]



PART 453_GENERAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE BONDING REQUIREMENTS OF THE
LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1959--Table of

Contents



                              Introduction

Sec.
453.1 Scope and significance of this part.

               Criteria for Determining Who Must Be Bonded

453.2 Provisions of the statute.
453.3 Labor organizations within the coverage of section 502(a).
453.4 Trusts (in which a labor organization is interested) within the
          coverage of section 502(a).
453.5 Officers, agents, shop stewards, or other representatives or
          employees of a labor organization.
453.6 Officers, agents, shop stewards or other representatives or
          employees of a trust in which a labor organization is
          interested.
453.7 ``Funds or other property'' of a labor organization or of a trust
          in which a labor organization is interested.
453.8 Personnel who ``handle'' funds or other property.
453.9 ``Handling'' of funds or other property by personnel functioning
          as a governing body.

                            Scope of the Bond

453.10 The statutory provision.
453.11 The nature of the ``duties'' to which the bonding requirement
          relates.
453.12 Meaning of fraud or dishonesty.

                             Amount of Bonds

453.13 The statutory provision.
453.14 The meaning of ``funds''.
453.15 The meaning of funds handled ``during the preceding fiscal
          year''.
453.16 Funds handled by more than one person.
453.17 Term of the bond.

                              Form of Bonds

453.18 Bonds ``individual or schedule in form.''
453.19 The designation of the ``insured'' on bonds.

Qualified Agents, Brokers, and Surety Companies for the Placing of Bonds

453.20 Corporate sureties holding grants of authority from the Secretary
          of the Treasury.
453.21 Interests held in agents, brokers, and surety companies.

                        Miscellaneous Provisions

453.22 Prohibition of certain activities by unbonded persons.
453.23 Persons becoming subject to bonding requirements during fiscal
          year.
453.24 Payment of bonding costs.
453.25 Effective date of the bonding requirement.
453.26 Powers of the Secretary of Labor to exempt.

    Authority: Sec. 502, 73 Stat. 536; 79 Stat. 888 (29 U.S.C. 502);
Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376, November 16, 2012.

    Source: 28 FR 14394, Dec. 27, 1963, unless otherwise noted.

                              Introduction



Sec. 453.1  Scope and significance of this part.

    (a) Functions of the Department of Labor. This part discusses the
meaning and scope of section 502 of the Labor-Management Reporting and
Disclosure Act of 1959 \1\ (hereinafter referred to as

[[Page 212]]

the Act), which requires the bonding of certain officials,
representatives, and employees of labor organizations and of trusts in
which labor organizations are interested. The provisions of section 502
are subject to the general investigatory authority of the Secretary of
Labor, embodied in section 601 of the Act (and delegated by him to the
Director), which empowers him to investigate whenever he believes it
necessary in order to determine whether any person has violated or is
about to violate any provisions of the Act (except title I or amendments
to other statutes made by section 505 or title VII). The Department of
Labor is also authorized, under the general provisions of section 607,
to forward to the Attorney General, for appropriate action, any evidence
of violations of section 502 developed in such investigations, as may be
found to warrant criminal prosecution under the Act or other Federal
law.
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    (b) Purpose and effect of interpretations. Interpretations of the
Director with respect to the bonding provisions are set forth in this
part to provide those affected by these provisions of the Act with ``a
practical guide * * * as to how the office representing the public
interest in its enforcement will seek to apply it.'' \2\ The correctness
of an interpretation can be determined finally and authoritatively only
by the courts. It is necessary, however, for the Director to reach
informed conclusions as to the meaning of the law to enable him to carry
out his statutory duties of administration and enforcement. The
interpretations of the Director contained in this part, which are issued
upon the advice of the Solicitor of Labor, indicate the construction of
the law which will guide him in performing his duties unless and until
he is directed otherwise by authoritative rulings of the courts or
unless and until he subsequently decides that a prior interpretation is
incorrect. However, the omission to discuss a particular problem in this
part, or in interpretations supplementing it, should not be taken to
indicate the adoption of any position by the Director with respect to
such problem or to constitute an administrative interpretation or
practice.
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    (c) Earlier interpretations superseded. To the extent that prior
opinions and interpretations under the Act, relating to the bonding of
certain officials, representatives, and employees of labor organizations
and of trusts in which labor organizations are interested, are
inconsistent or in conflict with the principles stated in this part,
they are hereby rescinded and withdrawn.

[28 FR 14394, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 50 FR 31309, Aug. 1, 1985; 78
FR 8026, Feb. 5, 2013]

               Criteria for Determining Who Must Be Bonded



Sec. 453.2  Provisions of the statute.

    (a) Section 502(a) requires that:

    Every officer, agent, shop steward, or other representative or
employee of any labor organization (other than a labor organization
whose property and annual financial receipts do not exceed $5,000 in
value), or of a trust in which a labor organization is interested, who
handles funds or other property thereof shall be bonded to provide
protection against loss by reason of acts of fraud or dishonesty on his
part directly or through connivance with others.

    (b) This section sets forth, in the above language and in its
further provisions, the minimum requirements regarding the bonding of
the specified personnel. There is no provision in the Act which
precludes the bonding of such personnel in amounts exceeding those
specified in section 502(a). Similarly, the Act contains no provision
precluding the bonding of such personnel as are not required to be
bonded by this section. Such excess coverage may be in any amount and in
any form otherwise lawful and acceptable to the parties to such bonds.

[28 FR 14394, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 30 FR 14925, Dec. 2, 1965]



Sec. 453.3  Labor organizations within the coverage of section 502(a).

    Any labor organization as defined in sections 3(i) and 3(j) of the
Act \3\ is a labor organization within the coverage of section 502(a)
unless its property and annual financial receipts do not exceed $5,000
in value. The determination as to

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whether a particular labor organization is excepted from the application
of section 502(a) is to be made at the beginning of each of its fiscal
years on the basis of the total value of all its property at the
beginning of, and its total financial receipts during, the preceding
fiscal year of the organization.
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Sec. 453.4  Trusts (in which a labor organization is interested) within
the coverage of section 502(a).

    Section 3(l) of the Act defines a trust in which a labor
organization is interested as:

    * * * a trust or other fund or organization (1) which was created or
established by a labor organization, or one or more of the trustees or
one or more members of the governing body of which is selected or
appointed by a labor organization, and (2) a primary purpose of which is
to provide benefits for the members of such labor organization or their
beneficiaries.


Both the language and the legislative history \4\ make it clear that
this definition covers pension funds, health and welfare funds, profit
sharing funds, vacation funds, apprenticeship and training funds, and
funds or trusts of a similar nature which exist for the purpose of, or
have as a primary purpose, the providing of the benefits specified in
the definition. This is so regardless of whether these trusts, funds, or
organizations are administered solely by labor organizations, or jointly
by labor organizations and employers, or by a corporate trustee, unless
they were neither created or established by a labor organization nor
have any trustee or member of the governing body who was selected or
appointed by a labor organization.
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Sec. 453.5  Officers, agents, shop stewards, or other representatives or
employees of a labor organization.

    With respect to labor organizations, the term ``officer, agent, shop
steward, or other representative'' is defined in section 3(q) of the Act
to include ``elected officials and key administrative personnel, whether
elected or appointed (such as business agents, heads of departments or
major units, and organizers who exercise substantial independent
authority)''. Other individuals employed by a labor organization,
including salaried non-supervisory professional staff, stenographic, and
service personnel are ``employees'' and must be bonded if they handle
\5\ funds or other property of the labor organization.
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Sec. 453.6  Officers, agents, shop stewards or other representatives or
employees of a trust in which a labor organization is interested.

    (a) Officers, agents, shop stewards or other representatives. While
the definition of the collective term ``Officer, agent, shop steward, or
other representative'' in section 3(q) of the Act is expressly
applicable only ``when used with respect to a labor organization,'' the
use of this term in connection with trusts in which a labor organization
is interested makes it clear that, in that connection, it refers to
personnel of such trusts in positions similar to those enumerated in the
definition. Thus, the term covers trustees and key administrative
personnel of trusts, such as the administrator of a trust, heads of
departments or major units, and persons in similar positions. It covers
such personnel, including trustees, regardless of whether they are
representatives of or selected by labor organizations, or
representatives of or selected by employers, \6\ and such personnel must
be bonded if they handle

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funds or other property of the trust within the meaning of section
502(a).
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    \6\ See the contrast between section 308 of S. 1555 as passed by the
Senate (``All officers, agents, representatives, and employees of any
labor organization engaged in an industry affecting commerce who handle
funds of such organization or of a trust in which such organization is
interested shall be bonded * * *'') and section 502 of the Act as
finally enacted. The change between the two versions originated in the
House Committee on Education and Labor. Prior to the reporting of the
bill (H.R. 8342) by that Committee, a joint subcommittee of that
Committee held extensive hearings, during the course of which witnesses
including President Meany of the AFL-CIO criticized the bonding
provision of the Senate bill on the ground that it required only union
personnel of joint employer-union trusts to be bonded. (See Record of
Hearings before a Joint Subcommittee of the Committee on Education and
Labor, House of Representatives, 86th Congress, 1st Session, on H.R.
3540, H.R. 3302, H.R. 4473 and H.R. 4474, pp. 1493-94, 1979.
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    (b) Independent institutions not included. The analogy to the
definition of the term ``officer, agent, shop steward, or other
representative,'' when used with respect to a labor organization, shows
that banks and other qualified financial institutions in which trust
funds are deposited are not to be considered as ``agents'' or
``representatives'' of trusts within the meaning of section 502 and thus
are not subject to the bonding requirement, even though they may also
have administrative or management responsibilities with respect to such
trusts. Similarly, the bonding requirement does not apply to brokers or
other independent contractors who have contracted with trusts for the
performance of functions which are normally not carried out by officials
or employees of such trusts such as the buying of securities, the
performance of other investment functions, or the transportation of
funds by armored truck.
    (c) Employees of a trust in which a labor organization is
interested. As in the case of labor organizations, all individuals
employed by a trust in which a labor organization is interested are
``employees,'' regardless of whether, technically, they are employed by
the trust, by the trustees, by the trust administrator, or by trust
officials in similar positions.

[28 FR 14394, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985]



Sec. 453.7  ``Funds or other property'' of a labor organization or of
a trust in which a labor organization is interested.

    The affirmative requirement for bonding the specified personnel is
applicable only if they handle ``funds or other property'' of the labor
organization or trust concerned. A consideration of the purpose of
section 502 and a reading of the section as a whole, including
provisions for fixing the amount of bonds, suffice to show that the term
``funds or other property'', as used in this section of the Act,
encompasses more than cash alone but that it does not embrace all of the
property of a labor organization or of a trust in which a labor
organization is interested. The term does not include property of a
relatively permanent nature, such as land, buildings, furniture,
fixtures and office and delivery equipment used in the operations of a
labor organization or trust. It does, however, include items in the
nature of quick assets, such as checks and other negotiable instruments,
government obligations and marketable securities, as well as cash, and
other property held, not for use, but for conversion into cash or for
similar purposes making it substantially equivalent to funds.



Sec. 453.8  Personnel who ``handle'' funds or other property.

    (a) General considerations. Section 502(a) requires ``every'' person
specified in its bonding requirement ``who handles'' funds or other
property of the labor organization or trust to be bonded. It does not
contain any exemption based on the amount of the funds or other property
handled by particular personnel. Therefore, if the bonding requirement
is otherwise applicable to such persons, the amount of the funds or the
value of the property handled by them does not affect such
applicability. In determining whether a person ``handles'' funds or
other property within the meaning of section 502(a), however, it is
important to consider the term ``handles'' in the light of the basic
purpose which Congress sought to achieve by the bonding requirement and
the language chosen to make that purpose effective. Thus, while it is
clear that section 502(a) should be considered as representing the
minimum requirements which Congress deemed necessary in order to insure
the reasonable protection of the funds and other property of labor
organizations and trusts within the coverage of the section, it is
equally clear from the legislative history \7\ and the language used

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that Congress was aware of cost considerations and did not intend to
require unreasonable, unnecessary or duplicative bonding. In terms of
these general considerations, more specific content may be assigned to
the term ``handles'' by reference to the prohibition in section 502(a)
against permitting any person not covered by an appropriate bond ``to
receive, handle, disburse, or otherwise exercise custody or control'' of
the funds or other property of a labor organization or of a trust in
which a labor organization is interested. The phrase ``receive, handle,
disburse, or otherwise exercise custody or control'' is not to be
considered as expanding the scope of the term ``handles'' but rather as
indicating facets of ``handles'' which in a specific prohibition,
Congress believed should be clearly set forth.
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    \7\ House Report No. 1147, 86th Congress, 1st Session, p. 35; Daily
Cong. Record 16419, Senate, Sept. 3, 1959; Hearings Before the
Subcommittee on Labor of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public
Welfare on S. 505, S. 748, S. 76, S. 1002, S. 1137, and S. 1311, 86th
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    (b) Persons included generally. The basic objective of section
502(a) is to provide reasonable protection of funds or other property
rather than to insure against every conceivable possibility of loss.
Accordingly, a person shall be deemed to be ``handling'' funds or other
property, so as to require bonding under that section, whenever his
duties or activities with respect to given funds or other property are
such that there is a significant risk of loss by reason of fraud or
dishonesty on the part of such person, acting either alone or in
collusion with others.
    (c) Physical contact as criterion of ``handling.'' Physical dealing
with funds or other property is, under the principles above stated, not
necessarily a controlling criterion in every case for determining the
persons who ``handle'' within the meaning of section 502(a). Physical
contact with cash, checks or similar property generally constitutes
``handling.'' On the other hand, bonding may not be required for office
personnel who from time to time perform counting, packaging, tabulating
or similar duties which involve physical contact with checks,
securities, or other funds or property but which are performed under
conditions that cannot reasonably be said to give rise to significant
risks with respect to the receipt, safekeeping or disbursement of funds
or property. This may be the case where significant risks of fraud or
dishonesty in the performance of duties of an essentially clerical
character are precluded by the closeness of the supervision provided or
by the nature of the funds or other property handled.
    (d) ``Handling'' funds or other property without physical contact.
Personnel who do not physically handle funds or property may
nevertheless ``handle'' within the meaning of section 502(a) where they
have or perform significant duties with respect to the receipt,
safekeeping or disbursement of funds or other property. For example,
persons who have access to a safe deposit box or similar depository for
the purpose of adding to, withdrawing, checking or otherwise dealing
with its contents may be said to ``handle'' these contents within the
meaning of section 502(a) even though they do not at any time during the
year actually secure such access for such purposes. Similarly, those
charged with general responsibility for the safekeeping of funds or
other property such as the treasurer of a labor organization, should be
considered as handling funds or other property. It should also be noted
that the extent of actual authority to deal with funds or property may
be immaterial where custody or other functions have been granted which
create a substantial risk of fraud or dishonesty. Thus, if a bank
account were maintained in the name of a particular officer or employee
whose signature the bank were authorized to honor, it could not be
contended that he did not ``handle'' funds merely because he had been
forbidden by the organization or by his superiors to make deposits or
withdrawals.
    (e) Disbursement of funds or other property. It is clear from both
the purpose and language of section 502(a) that personnel described in
the section who actually disburse funds or other property, such as
officers or trustees authorized to sign checks or persons who make cash
disbursements, must be considered as handling such funds and property.
Whether others who may influence, authorize or direct disbursements must
also be considered to handle funds or other property can be determined
only by reference to the specific

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duties or responsibilities of these persons in a particular labor
organization or trust.

[28 FR 14394, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 30 FR 14925, Dec. 2, 1965]



Sec. 453.9  ``Handling'' of funds or other property by personnel
functioning as a governing body.

    (a)(1) General considerations. For many labor organizations and
trusts special problems involving disbursements will be presented by
those who, as trustees or members of an executive board or similar
governing body, are, as a group, charged with general responsibility for
the conduct of the business and affairs of the organization or trust.
Often such bodies may approve contracts, authorize disbursements, audit
accounts and exercise similar responsibilities.
    (2) It is difficult to formulate any general rule for such cases.
The mere fact that a board of trustees, executive board or similar
governing body has general supervision of the affairs of a trust or
labor organization, including investment policy and the establishment of
fiscal controls, would not necessarily mean that the members of this
body ``handle'' the funds or other property of the organization. On the
other hand, the facts may indicate that the board or other body
exercises such close, day-to-day supervision of those directly charged
with the handling of funds or other property that it might be
unreasonable to conclude that the members of such board were not, as a
group, also participating in the handling of such funds and property.
\8\ Also, whether or not the members of a particular board of trustees
or executive board handle funds or other property in their capacity as
such, certain of these members may hold other offices or have other
functions involving duties directly related to the receipt, safekeeping
or disbursement of the funds or other property of the organization so
that it would be necessary that they be bonded irrespective of their
board membership.
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    (b) Nature of responsibilities as affecting ``handling.'' With
respect to particular responsibilities of boards of trustees, executive
boards and similar bodies in disbursing funds or other property, much
would depend upon the system of fiscal controls provided in a particular
trust or labor organization. The allocation of funds or authorization of
disbursements for a particular purpose is not necessarily handling of
funds within the meaning of the section. If the allocation or
authorization merely permits expenditures by a disbursing officer who
has responsibility for determining the validity or propriety of
particular expenditures, then the action of the disbursing officer and
not that of the board would constitute handling. But if pursuant to a
direction of the board, the disbursing officer performed only
ministerial acts without responsibility to determine whether the
expenditures were valid or appropriate, then the board's action would
constitute handling. In such a case, the absence of fraud or dishonesty
in the acts of the disbursing officer alone would not necessarily
prevent fraudulent or dishonest disbursements. The person or persons who
are charged with or exercise responsibility for determining whether
specific disbursements are bona fide, regular, and in accordance with
the applicable constitution, trust instrument, resolution or other laws
or documents governing the disbursement of funds or other property
should be considered to handle such funds and property and be bonded
accordingly.

[28 FR 14394, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 30 FR 14926, Dec. 2, 1965]

                            Scope of the Bond



Sec. 453.10  The statutory provision.

    The statute requires that every covered person ``shall be bonded to
provide protection against loss by reason of acts of fraud or dishonesty
on his part directly or through connivance with others.''

[30 FR 14926, Dec. 2, 1965]



Sec. 453.11  The nature of the ``duties'' to which the bonding
requirement relates.

    The bonding requirement in section 502(a) relates only to duties of
the specified personnel in connection with their handling of funds or
other property to

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which this section refers. It does not have reference to the special
duties imposed upon representatives of labor organizations by virtue of
the positions of trust which they occupy, which are dealt with in
section 501(a), and for which civil remedies for breach of the duties
are provided in section 501(b). The fact that the bonding requirement is
limited to personnel who handle funds or other property indicates the
correctness of these conclusions. They find further support in the
differences between sections 501(a) and 502(a) of the Act which
sufficiently indicate that the scope of the two sections is not
coextensive.



Sec. 453.12  Meaning of fraud or dishonesty.

    The term ``fraud or dishonesty'' shall be deemed to encompass all
those risks of loss that might arise through dishonest or fraudulent
acts in handling of funds as delineated in Sec. Sec. 453.8 and 453.9.
As such, the bond must provide recovery for loss occasioned by such acts
even though no personal gain accrues to the person committing the act
and the act is not subject to punishment as a crime or misdemeanor,
provided that within the law of the State in which the act is committed,
a court would afford recovery under a bond providing protection against
fraud or dishonesty. As usually applied under State laws, the term
``fraud or dishonesty'' encompasses such matters as larceny, theft,
embezzlement, forgery, misappropriation, wrongful abstraction, wrongful
conversion, willful misapplication or any other fraudulent or dishonest
acts resulting in financial loss.

[30 FR 14926, Dec. 2, 1965]

                             Amount of Bonds



Sec. 453.13  The statutory provision.

    Section 502(a) of the Act requires that the bond of each ``person''
handling ``funds or other property'' who must be bonded be fixed ``at
the beginning of the organization's fiscal year * * * in an amount not
less than 10 percentum of the funds handled by him and his predecessor
or predecessors, if any, during the preceding fiscal year, but in no
case more than $500,000.'' If there is no preceding fiscal year, the
amount of each required bond is set at not less than $1,000 for local
labor organizations and at not less than $10,000 for other labor
organizations or for trusts in which a labor organization is interested.



Sec. 453.14  The meaning of ``funds.''

    While the protection of bonds required under the Act must extend to
any actual loss from the acts of fraud or dishonesty in the handling of
``funds or other property'' (Sec. 453.7), the amount of the bond
depends upon the ``funds'' handled by the personnel bonded and their
predecessors, if any. ``Funds'' as here used is not defined in the Act.
As in the case of ``funds or other property'' discussed earlier in Sec.
453.7, the term would not include property of a relatively permanent
nature such as land, buildings, furniture, fixtures, or property
similarly held for use in the operations of the labor organization or
trust rather than as quick assets. In its normal meaning, however,
``funds'' would include, in addition to cash, items such as bills and
notes, government obligations and marketable securities, and in a
particular case might well include all the ``funds or other property''
handled during the year in the positions occupied by the particular
personnel for whom the bonding is required. In any event, it is clear
that bonds fixed in the amount of 10 percent or more of the total
``funds or other property'' handled by the occupants of such positions
during the preceding fiscal year would be in amounts sufficient to meet
the statutory requirement. Of course, in situations where a significant
saving in bonding costs might result from computing separately the
amounts of ``funds'' and of ``other property'' handled, criteria for
distinguishing particular items to be included in the quoted terms would
prove useful. While the criteria to be applied in a particular case
would depend on all the relevant facts concerning the specific items
handled, it may be assumed as a general principle that at least those
items which may be handled in a manner similar to cash and which involve
a like risk of loss

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should be included in computing the amount of ``funds'' handled.

[30 FR 14926, Dec. 2, 1965]



Sec. 453.15  The meaning of funds handled ``during the preceding fiscal
year''.

    The funds handled by personnel required to be bonded and their
predecessors during the course of a fiscal year would ordinarily include
the total of whatever such funds were on hand at the beginning of the
fiscal year plus any items received or added in the form of funds during
the year for any reason, such as dues, fees and assessments, trust
receipts, or items received as a result of sales, investments,
reinvestments, or otherwise. It would not, however, be necessary to
count the same item twice in arriving at the total funds handled by
personnel during a year. Once an item properly within the category of
``funds'' had been counted as handled by personnel during a year, there
would be no need to count it again should it subsequently be handled by
the same personnel during the same year in some other connection.



Sec. 453.16  Funds handled by more than one person.

    The amount of any required bond is determined by the total funds
handled during a fiscal year by each ``person'' bonded, and any
predecessors of such ``person''. The term ``person'', however, is
defined in section 3(d) of the Act to include ``one or more'' of the
various individuals or entities there listed, so that there may be
numerous instances where the bond of a ``person'' may include several
individuals. Wherever this is the case, the amount of the bond for that
``person'' would, of course, be based on the total funds handled by all
who comprise the ``person'' included in the bond, without regard to the
precise extent to which any particular individual might have handled
such funds. This would be the situation, for example, in many cases of
joint or group activity in the performance of a single function. It
would also be true where various individuals performed the same type of
function for an organization, even though they acted independently of
one another. There would, however, be no objection to bonding each
individual separately, and fixing the amount of his bond on the basis of
the total funds which he individually handled during the year.



Sec. 453.17  Term of the bond.

    The amount of any required bond must in each instance be based on
funds handled ``during the preceding fiscal year,'' and must be fixed
``at the beginning'' of an organization's fiscal year--that is, as soon
after the date when such year begins as the necessary information from
the preceding fiscal year can practicably be ascertained. This does not
mean, however, that a new bond must be obtained each year. There is
nothing in the Act which prohibits a bond for a term longer than one
year, with whatever advantages such a bond might offer by way of a lower
premium, but at the beginning of each fiscal year during its term the
bond must be in at least the requisite amount. If it is below that level
at that time for any reason, it would then be necessary either to modify
the existing bond to increase it to the proper amount or to obtain a
supplementary bond. In either event, the terms upon which this could
best be done would be left to the parties directly concerned.

                              Form of Bonds



Sec. 453.18  Bonds ``individual or schedule in form''.

    (a) General consideration. In addition to such substantive matters
as the personnel who must be bonded and the scope and the amount of the
prescribed bonds, which have been discussed previously, the form of the
bonds is the subject of a specific provision of section 502(a). Under
this provision, a bond meeting the substantive requirements of the
section may be either ``individual or schedule in form.'' These terms
are not specially defined and could be descriptive of a variety of
possible forms of bonds. According to trade usage, an individual bond is
a single bond covering a single named individual to a designated amount,
and bonds ``schedule in form'' may include either name schedule or
position schedule bonds. A name schedule bond is typically a single bond
covering a series or list of named individuals, each

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of whom is bonded separately to a designated amount. A position schedule
bond is typically a single bond providing coverage with respect to any
occupant or holder of one or more specified positions during the term of
the bond, each office or position being covered to a designated amount.
In a statute relating to trade or commerce, it is frequently helpful to
consider whatever trade or commercial usages may have developed with
respect to the statutory terms. \9\ References to individual, schedule
and position schedule bonds may be found in other acts of Congress and
indicate a clear awareness of trade usages and terminology in this
field. \10\
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    \9\ See 2 Sutherland, Statutory Construction (3d ed. 1943) Sec.
4919.
    \10\ Act of August 24, 1954, 68 Stat. 335, 12 U.S.C. 1766(g); Act of
August 9, 1955, 69 Stat. 618, 6 U.S.C. 14.
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    (b) Particular forms of bonds. If the phrase ``individual or
schedule in form'' is considered in light of the trade usages, section
502(a) at least permits bonds which are individual, name schedule or
position schedule in form. Of course, section 502(a) does not require
any particular type of individual or schedule bonds where different
types exist or may be developed. It could not be said, for example, that
a bond which schedules positions according to similarities in duties,
risks, or required amounts of coverage is not ``schedule in form''
within the meaning of section 502(a) merely because the particular form
of scheduling involved was not employed in bonds current at the time the
section became law. A more specific illustration would be a bond
scheduling shop stewards as a group because of the similar duties they
perform in collecting dues, or members of an executive board as a group
because of the fact that duties are imposed upon the board as such. A
bond of this type would be ``schedule in form'' within the meaning of
section 502(a) and, assuming adequacy of amount and coverage of all
persons whom it is necessary to bond, such a bond would be in conformity
with the statute. Also, a bond scheduling positions or groups of
positions according to amounts of funds handled by occupants of the
positions could be viewed as ``schedule in form.''
    (c) Additional bonding. Section 502(a) neither prevents additional
bonding beyond that required by its terms nor prescribes the form in
which such additional coverage may be taken. Thus, so long as a
particular bond is schedule in form as to the personnel required to be
bonded and schedules coverage of these persons in at least the minimum
required amount, additional coverage either as to personnel or amount
may be taken in any form either in the same or in separate bonds. A bond
which provided name or position schedule coverage for all persons
required to be bonded under section 502(a), each scheduled person or
position being bonded in at least the required minimum amount, would
clearly be ``schedule in form'' within the meaning of section 502(a)
regardless of the extent or form of additional schedule or blanket
coverage provided in the same bond.



Sec. 453.19  The designation of the ``insured'' on bonds.

    Since section 502 is intended to protect the funds or other property
of labor organizations and trusts in which labor organizations are
interested, bonds under this section should allow for enforcement or
recovery for the benefit of the labor organization or trust concerned by
those ordinarily authorized to act for it in such matters. For example,
in the case of a local labor organization, a bond would not be
appropriate under section 502 if it protected only the interests of a
national or international labor organization with which the local labor
organization is affiliated or if it designated as the insured only some
particular officer of the organization who does not legally represent it
in similar formal instruments.

Qualified Agents, Brokers, and Surety Companies for the Placing of Bonds



Sec. 453.20  Corporate sureties holding grants of authority from the
Secretary of the Treasury.

    The provisions of section 502(a) require that any surety company
with which a bond is placed pursuant to that section must be a corporate
surety which holds a grant of authority from

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the Secretary of the Treasury under the Act of July 30, 1947 (6 U.S.C.
6-13), as an acceptable surety on Federal bonds. That Act provides,
among other things, that in order for a surety company to be eligible
for such grant of authority, it must be incorporated under the laws of
the United States or of any State and the Secretary of the Treasury
shall be satisfied of certain facts relating to its authority and
capitalization. Such grants of authority are evidenced by Certificates
of Authority which are issued by the Secretary of the Treasury and which
expire on the June 30 following the date of their issuance. A list of
the companies holding such Certificates of Authority is published
annually in the Federal Register, usually in July. Changes in the list,
occurring between July 1 and June 30, either by addition to or removal
from the list of companies, are also published in the Federal Register
following each such change.

[28 FR 14394, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985]



Sec. 453.21  Interests held in agents, brokers, and surety companies.

    (a) Section 502(a) of the Act prohibits the placing of bonds
required therein through any agent or broker or with any surety company
in which any labor organization or any officer, agent, shop steward, or
other representative of a labor organization has any direct or indirect
interest. The purpose of this provision, as shown by its legislative
history, is to insure against the existence of any ``financial or other
influential'' interests which would affect the objectivity of the action
of agents, brokers, or surety companies in bonding the personnel
specified in the section. \11\ It appears, therefore, that it was the
intent of Congress to prevent the placing of bonds through agents or
brokers, and with surety companies, in which any labor organization or
any officer, agent, shop steward, or other representative of a labor
organization holds more than a nominal interest.
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    \11\ Daily Cong. Rec. 9114, Senate, June 8, 1959; Record of Hearings
before a Joint Subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor,
House of Representatives, 86th Congress, 1st Session, on H.R. 3540, H.R.
3302, H.R. 4473 and H.R. 4474, p. 1607.
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    (b) Since the statute provides that either a direct or indirect
interest by a labor organization or by the specified persons may
disqualify an agent, broker, or surety company from having a bond placed
through or with it, the disqualification would be effective if a labor
organization or any of the specified persons are in a position to
influence or control the activities or operations of such brokers,
agents, or surety companies, by virtue of interests held either directly
by them or by relatives or third parties which they own or control. The
question of whether the relationship between the labor organization or
the specified persons on the one hand, and another party or parties
holding an interest in a broker, agent, or surety company on the other
hand, is so close as to put the former in a position to influence or
control the activities or operations of such broker, agent, or surety
company through the latter, presents a question of fact which must
necessarily be determined in each case in the light of all the pertinent
circumstances.
    (c) It is also to be noted that the statute does not appear to
restrict the disqualification to cases in which a direct or indirect
interest is held by a labor organization as a whole, or by a substantial
number of officers, agents, shop stewards, or other representatives of a
labor organization, but provides for the disqualification also in cases
where any one officer, agent, shop steward, or other representative of a
labor organization holds such an interest.

[28 FR 14394, Dec. 27, 1963, as amended at 63 FR 33780, June 19, 1998]

                        Miscellaneous Provisions



Sec. 453.22  Prohibition of certain activities by unbonded persons.

    (a) Section 502(a) provides that persons who are not covered by
bonds as required by that section shall not be permitted to receive,
handle, disburse, or otherwise exercise custody or control of the funds
or other property of a labor organization or of a trust in which a labor
organization is interested. This prohibits personnel who are

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required to be bonded, as explained in Sec. 453.8 from performing any
of these acts without being covered by the required bonds. In addition,
this provision makes it unlawful for any person with power to do so to
delegate or assign the duties of receiving, handling, disbursing, or
otherwise exercising custody or control of such funds or property to any
person who is not bonded in accordance with the provisions of section
502(a).
    (b) The legislative history of the Act indicates, however, that it
was not the intent of Congress to make compliance with the bonding
requirements of section 502(a) a condition on the right of banks or
other financial institutions to serve as the depository of the funds of
labor organizations or trusts. Similarly, it appears that the provisions
of that section do not require the bonding of brokers or other
independent contractors who have contracted with labor organizations or
trusts for the performance of functions which are normally not carried
out by such labor organizations' or trusts' own officials or employees,
such as the buying of securities, the performance of other investment
functions, or the transportation of funds by armored truck. \12\
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Sec. 453.23  Persons becoming subject to bonding requirements during
fiscal year.

    Considering the purpose of section 502, the language of the
prohibition should be considered to apply to persons who because of
election, employment or change in duties begin to handle funds or other
property during the course of a particular fiscal year. Bonds should be
secured for such persons, in an amount based on the funds handled by
their predecessors during the preceding fiscal year, before they are
permitted to engage in any of the fund-handling activities referred to
in the prohibition, unless coverage with respect to such persons is
already provided by bonds in force meeting the requirements of section
502(a).



Sec. 453.24  Payment of bonding costs.

    The Act does not prohibit payment of the cost of the bonds, required
by section 502(a), by labor organizations or by trusts in which a labor
organization is interested. The decision whether such costs are to be
borne by the labor organization or trust or by the bonded person is left
to the duly authorized discretion and agreement of the parties concerned
in each case.



Sec. 453.25  Effective date of the bonding requirement.

    While the bonding provision in section 502(a) became effective on
September 14, 1959, its requirement for obtaining bonds does not become
applicable to a labor organization or a trust in which a labor
organization is interested, or to the personnel of any such
organization, until the subsequent date when such organization's next
fiscal year begins. This is so because the Act requires each such bond
to be fixed at the beginning of the organization's fiscal year in an
amount based on funds handled in the preceding fiscal year, and it could
not well have been intended that the obtaining of a bond would be
necessary in advance of the time when it would be possible to meet this
requirement.



Sec. 453.26  Powers of the Secretary of Labor to exempt.

    Section 502(a) of the Act provides that when in the opinion of the
Secretary of Labor a labor organization has made other bonding
arrangements which would provide the protection required at comparable
cost or less, he may exempt such labor organization from placing a bond
through a surety company holding a grant of authority from the Secretary
of the Treasury under the Act of July 30, 1947 (6 U.S.C. 6-13), as
acceptable surety on Federal bonds.

[30 FR 14926, Dec. 2, 1965]

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                    SUBCHAPTER B_STANDARDS OF CONDUCT





PART 457_GENERAL--Table of Contents



                       Subpart A_Purpose and Scope

Sec.
457.1 Purpose and scope.

          Subpart B_Meaning of Terms as Used in This Subchapter

457.10 CSRA; FSA; CAA; LMRDA.
457.11 Agency, employee, labor organization, dues, Department, activity,
          employing office.
457.12 Authority; Board.
457.13 Director
457.14 Standards of conduct for labor organizations.
457.15 District Director.
457.16 Chief, DOE.
457.17 Administrative Law Judge.
457.18 Chief Administrative Law Judge.
457.19 Party.
457.20 Intervenor.

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7120, 7134; 22 U.S.C. 4117; 2 U.S.C. 1351(a)(1);
Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376, November 16, 2012;
Secretary's Order No. 02-2012, 77 FR 69378, November 16, 2012.

    Source: 50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985, unless otherwise noted.



                       Subpart A_Purpose and Scope



Sec. 457.1  Purpose and scope.

    The regulations contained in this subchapter are designed to
implement 5 U.S.C. 7120 and 22 U.S.C. 4117, which relate to the
standards of conduct for labor organizations in the Federal sector set
forth in title VII of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 and chapter
10 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980. They prescribe procedures and
basic principles which the Director of Labor will utilize in
effectuating the standards of conduct required of labor organizations
composed of Federal government employees that are covered by these Acts.
(Regulations implementing the other provisions of title VII of the Civil
Service Reform Act are issued by the Federal Labor Relations Authority,
the General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, and the
Federal Service Impasses Panel in title 5 of the Code of Federal
Regulations. Regulations implementing the other provisions of chapter 10
of the Foreign Service Act are issued by the Foreign Service Labor
Relations Board, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, the General
Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, and the Foreign
Service Impasse Disputes Panel in title 22 of the Code of Federal
Regulations.) \1\
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    \1\ Pursuant to section 220(a)(1) of the Congressional
Accountability Act of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 1351(a)(1), labor organizations
covered by that statute are subject to the standards of conduct
provisions of the Civil Service Reform Act, 5 U.S.C. 7120, and are
therefore subject to the regulations in this subchapter. Regulations
implementing the Congressional Accountability Act were issued at 142
Cong. R. S12062 (daily ed., October 1, 1996) and 142 Cong. R. H10369
(Daily ed., September 12, 1996).

[50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985, as amended at 62 FR 6093, Feb. 10, 1997; 78
FR 8026, Feb. 5, 2013]



           Subpart B_Meaning of Terms as Used in This Chapter



Sec. 457.10  CSRA; FSA; CAA; LMRDA.

    CSRA means the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978; FSA means the
Foreign Service Act of 1980; CAA means the Congressional Accountability
Act of 1995; LMRDA means the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure
Act of 1959, as amended.

[62 FR 6093, Feb. 10, 1997]



Sec. 457.11  Agency, employee, labor organization, dues, Department,
activity, employing office.

    Agency, employee, labor organization, and dues, when used in
connection with the CSRA, have the meanings set forth in 5 U.S.C. 7103.
Employee, labor organization, and dues, when used in connection with the
FSA, have the meanings set forth in 22 U.S.C. 4102; Department, when
used in connection with the FSA, means the Department of State, except
that with reference to the exercise of functions under the FSA with
respect to another agency authorized to utilize the Foreign Service
personnel system, such term means that other agency. Covered employee,
employee, employing

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office, and agency, when used in connection with the CAA, have the
meanings set forth in 2 U.S.C. 1301 and 1351(a)(2). Activity means any
facility, organizational entity, or geographical subdivision or
combination thereof of any agency or employing office.

[62 FR 6093, Feb. 10, 1997]



Sec. 457.12  Authority; Board.

    Authority means the Federal Labor Relations Authority as described
in the CSRA, 5 U.S.C. 7104 and 7105. Board, when used in connection with
the FSA, means the Foreign Service Labor Relations Board as described in
the FSA, 22 U.S.C. 4106(a). ``Board,'' when used in connection with the
CAA, means the Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance as
described in 2 U.S.C. 1301 and 1381(b).

[62 FR 6093, Feb. 10, 1997]



Sec. 457.13  Director.

    Director means the Director of the Office of Labor-Management
Standards, head of the Office of Labor-Management Standards.\2\
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    \2\ Pursuant to Secretary of Labor's Orders No. 02-2012, 77 FR 69378
(November 16, 2012), and 03-2012, 77 FR 69376 (November 16, 2012), the
Director of the Office of Labor-Management Standards has certain
responsibilities and authority for implementing the standards of conduct
provisions of the CSRA and the FSA.

[78 FR 8026, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 457.14  Standards of conduct for labor organizations.

    Standards of conduct for labor organizations shall have the meaning
as set forth in the CSRA, 5 U.S.C. 7120, and the FSA, 22 U.S.C. 4117,
and as amplified in part 458 of this subchapter. The standards of
conduct provisions of the CSRA and the regulations in this subchapter
are applicable to labor organizations covered by the CAA pursuant to 2
U.S.C. 1351(a)(1).

[62 FR 6093, Feb 10, 1997]



Sec. 457.15  District Director.

    District Director means the Director of a district office within the
Office of Labor-Management Standards.

[78 FR 8026, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 457.16  Chief, DOE.

    Chief, DOE means the Chief of the Division of Enforcement within the
Office of Labor-Management Standards.

[78 FR 8026, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 457.17  Administrative Law Judge.

    Administrative Law Judge means the Chief Administrative Law Judge or
any Administrative Law Judge designated by the Chief Administrative Law
Judge to conduct a hearing in cases under 5 U.S.C. 7120 or 22 U.S.C.
4117 as implemented by part 458 of this subchapter and such other
matters as may be assigned.



Sec. 457.18  Chief Administrative Law Judge.

    Chief Administrative Law Judge means the Chief Administrative Law
Judge, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC 20210.



Sec. 457.19  Party.

    Party means any person, employee, group of employees, labor
organization, Department, activity or agency:
    (a) Filing a complaint, petition, request, or application;
    (b) Named in a complaint, petition, request, or application; or
    (c) Whose intervention in a proceeding has been permitted or
directed by the Director, Chief Administrative Law Judge, or
Administrative Law Judge, as the case may be.

[50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985, as amended at 78 FR 8026, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 457.20  Intervenor.

    Intervenor means a party in a proceeding whose intervention has been
permitted or directed by the Director, Chief Administrative Law Judge,
or Administrative Law Judge, as the case may be.

[50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985, as amended at 78 FR 8026, Feb. 5, 2013]

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PART 458_STANDARDS OF CONDUCT--Table of Contents



   Subpart A_Substantive Requirements Concerning Standards of Conduct

Sec.
458.1 General.
458.2 Bill of rights of members of labor organizations.
458.3 Application of LMRDA labor organization reporting requirements.
458.4 Informing members of the standards of conduct provisions.

                              Trusteeships

458.26 Purposes for which a trusteeship may be established.
458.27 Prohibited acts relating to subordinate body under trusteeship.
458.28 Presumption of validity.

                                Elections

458.29 Election of officers.

                    Additional Provisions Applicable

458.30 Removal of elected officers.
458.31 Maintenance of fiscal integrity in the conduct of the affairs of
          labor organizations.
458.32 Provision for accounting and financial controls.
458.33 Prohibition of conflicts of interest.
458.34 Loans to officers or employees.
458.35 Bonding requirements.
458.36 Prohibitions against certain persons holding office or
          employment.
458.37 Prohibition of certain discipline.
458.38 Deprivation of rights under the CSRA or FSA by violence or threat
          of violence.

        Subpart B_Proceedings for Enforcing Standards of Conduct

458.50 Investigations.
458.51 Inspection of records and questioning.
458.52 Report of investigation.
458.53 Filing of complaints.

      Procedures Involving Bill of Rights or Prohibited Discipline

458.54 Complaints alleging violations of Sec. 458.2, Bill of rights of
          members of labor organizations, or Sec. 458.37, prohibition
          of certain discipline.
458.55 Content of complaint.
458.56 Service on respondent.
458.57 Additional information and report.
458.58 Dismissal of complaint.
458.59 Review of dismissal.
458.60 Actionable complaint.
458.61 Transfer and consolidation of cases.
458.62 Hearing procedures.

                Procedures Involving Election of Officers

458.63 Complaints alleging violations of Sec. 458.29, election of
          officers.
458.64 Investigations; dismissal of complaint.
458.65 Procedures following actionable complaint.

                      Other Enforcement Procedures

458.66 Procedures for institution of enforcement proceedings.
458.67 Standards complaint; initiation of proceedings.
458.68 Answer.

                  Subpart C_Hearing and Related Matters

458.69 Notice of hearing.
458.70 Administrative Law Judge.
458.71 Procedure upon admission of facts.
458.72 Motions and requests.
458.73 Prehearing conferences.
458.74 Conduct of hearing.
458.75 Intervention.
458.76 Duties and powers of the Administrative Law Judge.
458.77 Rights of parties.
458.78 Rules of evidence.
458.79 Burden of proof.
458.80 Unavailability of Administrative Law Judges.
458.81 Objection to conduct of hearing.
458.82 Motions after a hearing.
458.83 Waiver of objections.
458.84 Oral argument at the hearing.
458.85 Transcript.
458.86 Filing of brief.
458.87 Proposed findings and conclusions.
458.88 Submission of the Administrative Law Judge's recommended decision
          and order to the Assistant Secretary; exceptions.
458.89 Contents of exceptions to Administrative Law Judge's recommended
          decision and order.
458.90 Briefs in support of exceptions.
458.91 Action by the Assistant Secretary.
458.92 Compliance with decisions and orders of the Assistant Secretary.
458.93 Stay of remedial action.

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7105, 7111, 7120, 7134; 22 U.S.C. 4107, 4111,
4117; 2 U.S.C. 1351(a)(1); Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376,
November 16, 2012; Secretary's Order No. 02-2012, 77 FR 69378, November
16, 2012.

    Source: 45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980, unless otherwise noted.
Redesignated at 50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985.

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   Subpart A_Substantive Requirements Concerning Standards of Conduct



Sec. 458.1  General.

    The term LMRDA means the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure
Act of 1959, as amended (29 U.S.C. 401 et seq.). Unless otherwise
provided in this part or in the CSRA or FSA, any term in any section of
the LMRDA which is incorporated into this part by reference, and any
term in this part which is also used in the LMRDA, shall have the
meaning which that term has under the LMRDA, unless the context in which
it is used indicates that such meaning is not applicable. In applying
the standards contained in this subpart the Director will be guided by
the interpretations and policies followed by the Department of Labor in
applying the provisions of the LMRDA and by applicable court decisions.

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980. Redesignated at 50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985,
as amended at 78 FR 8026, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 458.2  Bill of rights of members of labor organizations.

    (a)(1) Equal rights. Every member of a labor organization shall have
equal rights and privileges within such organization to nominate
candidates, to vote in elections or referendums of the labor
organization, to attend membership meetings and to participate in the
deliberations and voting upon the business of such meetings, subject to
reasonable rules and regulations in such organization's constitution and
bylaws.
    (2) Freedom of speech and assembly. Every member of any labor
organization shall have the right to meet and assemble freely with other
members; and to express any views, arguments or opinions; and to express
at meetings of the labor organization his views upon candidates in an
election of the labor organization or upon any business properly before
the meeting, subject to the organization's established and reasonable
rules pertaining to the conduct of meetings: Provided, That nothing
herein shall be construed to impair the right of a labor organization to
adopt and enforce reasonable rules as to the responsibility of every
member toward the organization as an institution and to his refraining
from conduct that would interfere with its performance of its legal or
contractual obligations.
    (3) Dues, initiation fees, and assessments. Except in the case of a
federation of national or international labor organizations, the rates
of dues and initiation fees payable by members of any labor organization
in effect on the date this section is published shall not be increased,
and no general or special assessment shall be levied upon such members,
except:
    (i) In the case of a local organization, (A) by majority vote by
secret ballot of the members in good standing voting at a general or
special membership meeting, after reasonable notice of the intention to
vote upon such question, or (B) by majority vote of the members in good
standing voting in a membership referendum conducted by secret ballot;
or
    (ii) In the case of a labor organization, other than a local labor
organization or a federation of national or international labor
organizations, (A) by majority vote of the delegates voting at a regular
convention, or at a special convention of such labor organization held
upon not less than 30 days written notice to the principal office of
each local or constituent labor organization entitled to such notice, or
(B) by majority vote of the members in good standing of such labor
organization voting in a membership referendum conducted by secret
ballot, or (C) by majority vote of the members of the executive board or
similar governing body of such labor organization, pursuant to express
authority contained in the constitution and bylaws of such labor
organization: Provided, That such action on the part of the executive
board or similar governing body shall be effective only until the next
regular convention of such labor organization.
    (4) Protection of the right to sue. No labor organization shall
limit the right of any member thereof to institute an action in any
court, or in a proceeding before any administrative agency, irrespective
of whether or not the labor organization or its officers are named as
defendants or respondents in such action or proceedings, or the right of
any

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member of a labor organization to appear as a witness in any judicial,
administrative, or legislative proceeding, or to petition any
legislature or to communicate with any legislator: Provided, That any
such member may be required to exhaust reasonable hearing procedures
(but not to exceed a 4-month lapse of time) within such organization,
before instituting legal or administrative proceedings against such
organizations or any officer thereof.
    (5) Safeguards against improper disciplinary action. No member of
any labor organization may be fined, suspended, expelled, or otherwise
disciplined, except for nonpayment of dues by such organization or by
any officer thereof unless such member has been (i) served with written
specific charges; (ii) given a reasonable time to prepare his defense;
(iii) afforded a full and fair hearing.
    (b) Any provision of the constitution and bylaws of any labor
organization which is inconsistent with the provisions of this section
shall not be a defense to any proceeding instituted against the labor
organization under this part or under the CSRA or FSA.
    (c) Nothing contained in this section shall limit the rights and
remedies of any member of a labor organization under any State or
Federal law or before any court or other tribunal, or under the
constitution and bylaws of any labor organization.
    (d) It shall be the duty of the secretary or corresponding principal
officer of each labor organization, in the case of a local labor
organization, to forward a copy of each agreement made by such labor
organization with an agency, Department or activity to any employee who
requests such a copy and whose rights as such employee are directly
affected by such agreement, and in the case of a labor organization
other than a local labor organization, to forward a copy of any such
agreement to each constituent unit which has members directly affected
by such agreement; and such officer shall maintain at the principal
office of the labor organization of which he is an officer, copies of
any such agreement made or received by such labor organization, which
copies shall be available for inspection by any member or by any
employee whose rights are affected by such agreement. An employee's
rights under this paragraph shall be enforceable in the same manner as
the rights of a member.

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980. Redesignated and amended at 50 FR 31311,
31312, Aug. 1, 1985]



Sec. 458.3  Application of LMRDA labor organization reporting
requirements.

    The reporting provisions of parts 402, 403, and 408 of this chapter
shall apply to labor organizations subject to the requirements of the
CSRA or FSA.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number
1215-0188)

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980. Redesignated at 50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985,
as amended at 59 FR 15116, Mar. 31, 1994; 63 FR 33780, June 19, 1998]



Sec. 458.4  Informing members of the standards of conduct provisions.

    (a) Every labor organization subject to the requirements of the
CSRA, the FSA, or the CAA shall inform its members concerning the
standards of conduct provisions of the Acts and the regulations in this
subchapter. Labor organizations shall provide such notice to members by
October 2, 2006 and thereafter to all new members within 90 days of the
time they join and to all members at least once every three years.
Notice must be provided by hand delivery, U.S. mail or e-mail or a
combination of the three as long as the method is reasonably calculated
to reach all members. Such notice may be included with the required
notice of local union elections. Where a union newspaper is used to
provide notice, the notice must be conspicuously placed on the front
page of the newspaper, or the front page should have a conspicuous
reference to the inside page where the notice appears, so that the
inclusion of the notice in a particular issue is readily apparent to
each member.
    (b) A labor organization may demonstrate compliance with the
requirements of paragraph (a) of this section by showing that another
labor organization provided an appropriate notice to all of its members
during the necessary time frame.
    (c) Labor organizations may use the Department of Labor publication

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Union Member Rights and Officer Responsibilities under the Civil Service
Reform Act (available on the OLMS Web site at http://www.dol.gov/olms)
or may devise their own language as long as the notice accurately states
all of the CSRA standards of conduct provisions as set forth in the fact
sheet.
    (d) If a labor organization has a Web site, the site must contain a
conspicuous link to Union Member Rights and Officer Responsibilities
under the Civil Service Reform Act or, alternatively, to the labor
organization's own notice prepared in accordance with paragraph (c) of
this section.

[71 FR 31492, June 2, 2006, as amended at 78 FR 8026, Feb. 5, 2013]

                              Trusteeships



Sec. 458.26  Purposes for which a trusteeship may be established.

    Trusteeships shall be established and administered by a labor
organization over a subordinate body only in accordance with the
constitution and bylaws of the organization which has assumed
trusteeship over the subordinate body and for the purpose of (a)
correcting corruption or financial malpractice, (b) assuring the
performance of negotiated agreements or other duties of a representative
of employees, (c) restoring democratic procedures, or (d) otherwise
carrying out the legitimate objects of such labor organization.



Sec. 458.27  Prohibited acts relating to subordinate body under
trusteeship.

    During any period when a subordinate body of a labor organization is
in trusteeship, (a) the votes of delegates or other representatives from
such body in any convention or election of officers of the labor
organization shall not be counted unless the representatives have been
chosen by secret ballot in an election in which all the members in good
standing of such subordinate body were eligible to participate; and (b)
no current receipts or other funds of the subordinate body except the
normal per capita tax and assessments payable by subordinate bodies not
in trusteeship shall be transferred directly or indirectly to the labor
organization which has imposed the trusteeship; Provided, however, That
nothing contained in this section shall prevent the distribution of the
assets of a labor organization in accordance with its constitution and
bylaws upon the bona fide dissolution thereof.



Sec. 458.28  Presumption of validity.

    In any proceeding involving Sec. 458.26, a trusteeship established
by a labor organization in conformity with the procedural requirements
of its constitution and bylaws and authorized or ratified after a fair
hearing either before the executive board or before such other body as
may be provided in accordance with its constitution and bylaws shall be
presumed valid for a period of 18 months from the date of its
establishment and shall not be subject to attack during such period
except upon clear and convincing proof that the trusteeship was not
established or maintained in good faith for purposes allowable under
Sec. 458.26. After the expiration of 18 months the trusteeship shall be
presumed invalid in any such proceeding, unless the labor organization
shall show by clear and convincing proof that the continuation of the
trusteeship is necessary for a purpose allowable under Sec. 458.26.

                                Elections



Sec. 458.29  Election of officers.

    Every labor organization subject to the CSRA or FSA shall conduct
periodic elections of officers in a fair and democratic manner. All
elections of officers shall be governed by the standards prescribed in
sections 401 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of the LMRDA to the
extent that such standards are relevant to elections held pursuant to
the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 7120 or 22 U.S.C. 4117 .

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980; 45 FR 28322, Apr. 29, 1980. Redesignated and
amended at 50 FR 31311, 31312, Aug. 1, 1985]

                    Additional Provisions Applicable



Sec. 458.30  Removal of elected officers.

    When an elected officer of a local labor organization is charged
with serious misconduct and the constitution and bylaws of such
organization do not provide an adequate procedure meeting

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the standards of Sec. 417.2(b) of this chapter for removal of such
officer, the labor organization shall follow a procedure which meets
those standards.

[62 FR 6094, Feb. 10, 1997]



Sec. 458.31  Maintenance of fiscal integrity in the conduct of the
affairs of labor organizations.

    The standards of fiduciary responsibility prescribed in section
501(a) of the LMRDA are incorporated into this subpart by reference and
made a part hereof.



Sec. 458.32  Provision for accounting and financial controls.

    Every labor organization shall provide accounting and financial
controls necessary to assure the maintenance of fiscal integrity.



Sec. 458.33  Prohibition of conflicts of interest.

    (a) No officer or agent of a labor organization shall, directly or
indirectly through his spouse, minor child, or otherwise (1) have or
acquire any pecuniary or personal interest which would conflict with his
fiduciary obligation to such labor organization, or (2) engage in any
business or financial transaction which conflicts with his fiduciary
obligation.
    (b) Actions prohibited by paragraph (a) of this section include, but
are not limited to, buying from, selling, or leasing directly or
indirectly to, or otherwise dealing with the labor organization, its
affiliates, subsidiaries, or trusts in which the labor organization is
interested, or having an interest in a business any part of which
consists of such dealings, except bona fide investments of the kind
exempted from reporting under section 202(b) of the LMRDA. The receipt
of salaries and reimbursed expenses for services actually performed or
expenses actually incurred in carrying out the duties of the officer or
agent is not prohibited.



Sec. 458.34  Loans to officers or employees.

    No labor organization shall directly or indirectly make any loan to
any officer or employee of such organization which results in a total
indebtedness on the part of such officer or employee to the labor
organization in excess of $2,000.



Sec. 458.35  Bonding requirements.

    Every officer, agent, shop steward, or other representative or
employee of any labor organization subject to the CSRA or FSA (other
than a labor organization whose property and annual financial receipts
do not exceed $5,000 in value), or of a trust in which a labor
organization is interested, who handles funds or other property thereof
shall be bonded in accordance with the principles of section 502(a) of
the LMRDA. In enforcing this requirement the Director will be guided by
the interpretations and policies followed by the Department of Labor in
applying the provisions of section 502(a) of the LMRDA and by applicable
court decisions.

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980; 45 FR 28322, Apr. 29, 1980. Redesignated at
50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985, as amended at 78 FR 8026, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 458.36  Prohibitions against certain persons holding office or
employment.

    The prohibitions against holding office or employment in a labor
organization contained in section 504(a) of the LMRDA are incorporated
into this subpart by reference and made a part hereof. The prohibitions
shall also be applicable to any person who has been convicted of, or who
has served any part of a prison term resulting from his conviction of,
violating 18 U.S.C. 1001 by making a false statement in any report
required to be filed pursuant to this subpart, or who has been
determined by the Director after an appropriate proceeding pursuant to
Sec. Sec. 458.66 through 458.92 to have willfully violated Sec.
458.27: Provided, however, That the Director or such other person as he
may designate may exempt a person from the prohibition against holding
office or employment or may reduce the period of the prohibition where
he determines that it would not be contrary to the purposes of the CSRA
or the FSA and this section to permit a person barred from holding
office or employment to hold such office or employment.

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980. Redesignated and amended at 50 FR 31311,
31312, Aug. 1, 1985, as amended at 78 FR 8026, Feb. 5, 2013]

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Sec. 458.37  Prohibition of certain discipline.

    No labor organization or any officer, agent, shop steward, or other
representative or any employee thereof shall fine, suspend, expel, or
otherwise discipline any of its members for exercising any right to
which he is entitled under the provisions of the CSRA or FSA or this
subchapter.



Sec. 458.38  Deprivation of rights under the CSRA or FSA by violence
or threat of violence.

    No labor organization or any officer, agent, shop steward, or other
representative or any employee thereof shall use, conspire to use, or
threaten to use force or violence to restrain, coerce, or intimidate, or
attempt to restrain, coerce, or intimidate any member of a labor
organization for the purpose of interfering with or preventing the
exercise of any right to which he is entitled under the provisions of
the CSRA or FSA or of this subchapter.



        Subpart B_Proceedings for Enforcing Standards of Conduct



Sec. 458.50  Investigations.

    (a) When he believes it necessary in order to determine whether any
person has violated or is about to violate any provision of Sec. Sec.
458.26 through 458.30, the Chief, DOE may cause an investigation to be
conducted.
    (b) When he believes it necessary in order to determine whether any
person has violated or is about to violate any provision of this part
(other than Sec. Sec. 458.2, 458.26 through 458.30 or 458.37), a
District Director may conduct an investigation.
    (c) The authority to investigate possible violations of this part
(other than Sec. 458.2 or 458.37) shall not be contingent upon receipt
of a complaint.

[50 FR 31312, Aug. 1, 1985. Redesignated at 50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985,
as amended at 59 FR 15117, Mar. 31, 1994; 62 FR 6094, Feb. 10, 1997]



Sec. 458.51  Inspection of records and questioning.

    In connection with such investigation the Chief, DOE or a District
Director or his representative may inspect such records and question
such persons as he may deem necessary to enable him to determine the
relevant facts. Every labor organization, its officers, employees,
agents, or representatives shall cooperate fully in any investigation
and shall testify and produce the records or other documents requested
in connection with the investigation. This section shall be enforced in
accordance with the procedures in Sec. Sec. 458.66 through 458.92.

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980. Redesignated and amended at 50 FR 31311,
31312, Aug. 1, 1985; 59 FR 15117, Mar. 31, 1994; 62 FR 6094, Feb. 10,
1997]



Sec. 458.52  Report of investigation.

    The Chief, DOE may report to interested persons concerning any
matter which he deems to be appropriate as a result of an investigation
of possible violations of Sec. Sec. 458.26 through 458.30. The District
Director may report to interested persons concerning any matter which he
deems to be appropriate as a result of an investigation of possible
violations of any provision of this part (other than Sec. Sec. 458.2,
458.26 through 458.30 and 458.37).

[50 FR 31312, Aug. 1, 1985. Redesignated at 50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985,
as amended at 59 FR 15117, Mar. 31, 1994; 62 FR 6094, Feb. 10, 1997]



Sec. 458.53  Filing of complaints.

    A complaint alleging violations of this part may be filed with any
district office, or any other office of the Office of Labor-Management
Standards.

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980. Redesignated and amended at 50 FR 31311,
31313, Aug. 1, 1985; 63 FR 33780, June 19, 1998]

      Procedures Involving Bill of Rights or Prohibited Discipline



Sec. 458.54  Complaints alleging violations of Sec. 458.2, Bill of
rights of members of labor organization, or Sec. 458.37, prohibition

of certain discipline.

    Any member of a labor organization whose rights under the provisions
of Sec. 458.2 or Sec. 458.37 are alleged to have been infringed or
violated, may file a complaint in accordance with Sec. 458.53:
Provided, however, That such member may be required to exhaust
reasonable hearing procedures (but not to exceed a

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4-month lapse of time) within such organization.

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980; 45 FR 28322, Apr. 29, 1980. Redesignated at
50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985]



Sec. 458.55  Content of complaint.

    (a) The complaint shall contain appropriate identifying information
and a clear and concise statement of the facts constituting the alleged
violation.
    (b) The complainant shall submit with his complaint a statement
setting forth the procedures, if any, invoked to remedy the alleged
violation, including the dates when such procedures were invoked and
copies of any written ruling or decision which he has received.



Sec. 458.56  Service on respondent.

    Upon the filing of a complaint, a copy of the complaint shall be
served upon the respondent, and a written statement of such service
shall be furnished to the District Director.

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980. Redesignated at 50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985,
as amended at 59 FR 15117, Mar. 31, 1994; 62 FR 6094, Feb. 10, 1997]



Sec. 458.57  Additional information and report.

    Upon the filing of a complaint pursuant to Sec. Sec. 458.54 through
458.56, the District Director shall obtain such additional information
as he deems necessary, including the positions of the parties and any
offers of settlement.

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980. Redesignated and amended at 50 FR 31311,
31313, Aug. 1, 1985; 59 FR 15117, Mar. 31, 1994; 62 FR 6094, Feb. 10,
1997]



Sec. 458.58  Dismissal of complaint.

    If the District Director determines that a reasonable basis for the
complaint has not been established, or that an offer of settlement
satisfactory to the complainant has been made, he may dismiss the
complaint. If he dismisses the complaint, he shall furnish the
complainant with a written statement of the grounds for dismissal,
sending a copy of the statement to the respondent.

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980; 45 FR 28322, Apr. 29, 1980. Redesignated and
amended at 50 FR 31311, 31313, Aug. 1, 1985; 59 FR 15117, Mar. 31, 1994;
62 FR 6094, Feb. 10, 1997]



Sec. 458.59  Review of dismissal.

    The complainant may obtain a review of a dismissal by filing a
request for review with the Director within fifteen (15) days of service
of the notice of dismissal. A copy of such request shall be served on
the District Director and the respondent, and a statement of service
shall be filed with the Director. The request for review shall contain a
complete statement of the facts and reasons upon which a request is
based.

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980. Redesignated at 50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985,
as amended at 59 FR 15117, Mar. 31, 1994; 62 FR 6094, Feb. 10, 1997; 78
FR 8026, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 458.60  Actionable complaint.

    If it appears to the District Director that there is a reasonable
basis for the complaint, and that no offer of settlement satisfactory to
the complainant has been made, he shall refer the matter to the Chief
Administrative Law Judge, U.S. Department of Labor, for the issuance of
a notice of hearing as set forth in Sec. 458.69.

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980. Redesignated at 50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985,
as amended at 59 FR 15117, Mar. 31, 1994; 62 FR 6094, Feb. 10, 1997]



Sec. 458.61  Transfer and consolidation of cases.

    In any matter arising pursuant to the regulations in this
subchapter, whenever it appears necessary in order to effectuate the
purposes of the CSRA or FSA or to avoid unnecessary costs or delay, the
District Director may consolidate cases within his own area or may
transfer such cases to any other area, for the purpose of consolidation
with any proceedings which may have been instituted in, or transferred
to, such area.

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980; 45 FR 28322, Apr. 29, 1980. Redesignated at
50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985, as amended at 59 FR 15117, Mar. 31, 1994; 62
FR 6094, Feb. 10, 1997]

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Sec. 458.62  Hearing procedures.

    The proceedings following issuance of the notice of hearing shall be
as provided in Sec. Sec. 458.69 through 458.92 of this part.

                Procedures Involving Election of Officers



Sec. 458.63  Complaints alleging violations of Sec. 458.29, election of
officers.

    (a) A member of a labor organization may file a complaint alleging
violations of Sec. 458.29 within 1 calendar month after he has (1)
exhausted the remedies available under the constitution and bylaws of
the labor organization and of any parent body, or (2) invoked such
available remedies without obtaining a final decision within 3 calendar
months of such invocation.
    (b) The complaint shall contain a clear and concise statement of the
facts constituting the alleged violation(s), the remedies which have
been invoked under the constitution and bylaws of the labor organization
and when such remedies were invoked.
    (c) The complainant shall submit with his complaint a copy of any
ruling or decision he has received in connection with the subject matter
of his complaint.



Sec. 458.64  Investigations; dismissal of complaint.

    (a) If it is determined after preliminary inquiry that a complaint
is deficient in any of the following respects, the District Director
shall conduct no investigation:
    (1) The complainant is not a member of the labor organization which
conducted the election being challenged;
    (2) The labor organization is not subject to the CSRA or FSA;
    (3) The election was not a regular periodic election of officers;
    (4) The allegations, if true, do not constitute a violation or
violations of Sec. 458.29;
    (5) The complainant has not complied with the requirements of Sec.
458.63(a).
    (b) If investigation discloses (1) that there has been no violation
or (2) that a violation has occurred but could not have affected the
outcome or (3) that a violation has occurred but has been remedied, the
Chief, DOE shall issue a determination dismissing the complaint and
stating the reasons for his action.
    (c) A determination dismissing the complaint may be reviewed by the
Director, but only on the basis of deciding whether the Chief, DOE's
decision was arbitrary and capricious. The request for review must be
made within fifteen (15) days after service of notice of dismissal.

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980. Redesignated at 50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985,
as amended at 59 FR 15117, Mar. 31, 1994; 62 FR 6094, Feb. 10, 1997; 78
FR 8026, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 458.65  Procedures following actionable complaint.

    (a) If the Chief, DOE concludes that there is probable cause to
believe that a violation has occurred which may have affected the
outcome and which has not been remedied, he shall proceed in accordance
with Sec. Sec. 458.66 through 458.92.
    (b) The challenged election shall be presumed valid pending a final
decision thereon by the Director, and in the interim the affairs of the
organization shall be conducted by the officers elected or in such other
manner as its constitution and bylaws may provide.
    (c) When the Chief, DOE supervises an election pursuant to an order
of the Director issued under Sec. 458.70 or Sec. 458.91, he shall
certify to the Director the names of the persons elected. The Director
shall thereupon issue an order declaring such persons to be the officers
of the labor organization.

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980. Redesignated and amended at 50 FR 31311,
31313, Aug. 1, 1985; 62 FR 6094, FEb. 10, 1997; 78 FR 8026, Feb. 5,
2013]

                      Other Enforcement Procedures



Sec. 458.66  Procedures for institution of enforcement proceedings.

    (a) Whenever it appears to the Chief, DOE that a violation of any
provision of Sec. Sec. 458.26 through 458.30 has occurred and has not
been remedied, he shall immediately notify any appropriate person and
labor organization. Within fifteen (15) days following receipt of such
notification, any such person or labor organization may request a
conference with the Chief, DOE or his representative concerning such
alleged violation.

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    (b) Whenever it appears to a District Director that a violation of
this part (other than Sec. 458.2, Sec. Sec. 458.26-458.30, or Sec.
458.37) has occurred and has not been remedied, he shall immediately
notify any appropriate person and labor organization. Within fifteen
(15) days following receipt of such notification, any such person or
labor organization may request a conference with the District Director
or his representative concerning such alleged violation.
    (c) At any conference held pursuant to this section, the Chief, DOE
or District Director may enter into an agreement providing for
appropriate remedial action. If no person or labor organization requests
such a conference, or upon failure to reach agreement following any such
conference, the Chief, DOE or District Director shall institute
enforcement proceedings by filing a complaint with the Chief
Administrative Law Judge, U.S. Department of Labor, and shall cause a
copy of the complaint to be served on each respondent named therein. If
an agreement is reached and the Chief, DOE or District Director
concludes that there has not been compliance with all the terms of the
agreement, he may refer the matter to the Director for appropriate
enforcement action or file a complaint with the Chief Administrative Law
Judge.

[50 FR 31313, Aug. 1, 1985. Redesignated at 50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985,
as amended at 59 FR 15117, Mar. 31, 1994; 62 FR 6094, Feb. 10, 1997; 78
FR 8026, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 458.67  Standards complaint; initiation of proceedings.

    A complaint filed under Sec. 458.66 shall constitute the
institution of a formal enforcement proceeding in the name of the Chief,
DOE or District Director, who shall be the only complaining party in the
proceeding and shall, where he believes it appropriate, refrain from
disclosing the identity of any person who called the violation to his
attention (except in proceedings involving violations of Sec. 458.29,
Election of officers). The complaint shall include the following:
    (a) The name and identity of each respondent.
    (b) A clear and concise statement of the facts alleged to constitute
violations of the CSRA or FSA or of this part.
    (c) A statement of the relief requested.
    (d) In any complaint filed by the Chief, DOE on the basis of a
complaint received from a member of a labor organization pursuant to
Sec. 458.63, a statement setting forth the procedures, if any, followed
to invoke available remedies, including the dates when such procedures
were invoked, and the substance of any ruling or decision received by
the complaining member from the labor organization or any parent body.

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980. Redesignated and amended at 50 FR 31311,
31313, Aug. 1, 1985; 59 FR 15117, Mar. 31, 1994; 62 FR 6094, Feb. 10,
1997]



Sec. 458.68  Answer.

    (a) Within twenty (20) days from the service of the complaint the
respondent shall file an answer thereto with the Chief Administrative
Law Judge and shall serve a copy on all parties. The answer shall be
signed by the respondent or his attorney or other agent or
representative.
    (b) The answer (1) shall contain a statement of the facts which
constitute the grounds of defense, and shall specifically admit,
explain, or deny each of the allegations of the complaint unless the
respondent is without knowledge, in which case the answer shall so
state; or (2) shall state that the respondent admits all of the
allegations in the complaint. Failure to file an answer to or plead
specifically to any allegation in the complaint shall constitute an
admission of such allegation.



                  Subpart C_Hearing and Related Matters



Sec. 458.69  Notice of hearing.

    The Chief Administrative Law Judge shall issue and cause to be
served upon each of the parties a notice of hearing. The notice of
hearing shall include the following:
    (a) The name and identity of each party and the case number.
    (b) A statement of the authority and jurisdiction under which the
hearing is to be held.

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    (c) A statement of the time and place of the hearing which shall be
not less than fifteen (15) days after service of the notice of hearing.



Sec. 458.70  Administrative Law Judge.

    Each enforcement proceeding instituted pursuant to this part shall
be conducted before an Administrative Law Judge designated by the Chief
Administrative Law Judge for the Department of Labor except, however,
that when the Administrative Law Judge approves a stipulated agreement
for appropriate remedial action, he shall prepare his recommended
decision and order adopting that agreement and transfer the case to the
Administrative Review Board. The Administrative Review Board may order
the remedial action set forth in the stipulated agreement or take such
other action as he deems appropriate.

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980; 45 FR 28322, Apr. 29, 1980. Redesignated at
50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985, as amended at 78 FR 8026, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 458.71  Procedure upon admission of facts.

    The admission of all the material allegations of fact in the
complaint shall constitute a waiver of hearing. Upon such admission, the
Administrative Law Judge without further hearing shall prepare his
recommended decision and order in which he shall adopt as his proposed
findings of fact the material facts alleged in the complaint.



Sec. 458.72  Motions and requests.

    (a) Motions and requests made prior to the hearing shall be filed
with the Chief Administrative Law Judge. The moving party shall serve a
copy of all motions and requests on all other parties. Motions during
the course of the hearing may be stated orally or filed in writing and
shall be made part of the record. Each motion shall state the particular
order, ruling, or action desired, and the grounds therefor. The
Administrative Law Judge is authorized to rule upon all motions made
prior to the filing of his report.
    (b) A party may request the attendance of witnesses and/or the
production of documents at a hearing held pursuant to this part, by
written application before the hearing or orally during the hearing.
Copies of an application filed before the opening of the hearing shall
be served on the other parties, who may file written objections to the
request within seven (7) days after such service. The Administrative Law
Judge after consideration of any objections, shall grant the request
provided the specified testimony and/or documents appear to be necessary
to the matters under investigation. If the Administrative Law Judge
denies the request he shall set forth the basis for his ruling. Upon the
failure of any party or officer or employee of any party to comply with
such a request which has been granted by the Administrative Law Judge,
the Administrative Law Judge and the Administrative Review Board may
disregard all related evidence offered by the party failing to comply
with the request or take such other action as may be appropriate.
    (c) Employees who have been determined to be necessary as witnesses
at a hearing shall be granted official time only for such participation
as occurs during their regular work hours and when they would otherwise
be in a work or paid leave status. Participation as witnesses includes
the time necessary to travel to and from the site of a hearing, and the
time spent giving testimony and waiting to give testimony, when such
time falls during regular work hours.

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980. Redesignated and amended at 50 FR 31311,
31313, Aug. 1, 1985; 78 FR 8026, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 458.73  Prehearing conferences.

    (a) Upon his own motion or the motion of the parties, the
Administrative Law Judge may direct the parties or their counsel to meet
with him for a conference to consider:
    (1) Simplification of the issues;
    (2) Necessity or desirability of amendments to pleadings for
purposes of clarification, simplification, or limitations;
    (3) Stipulations, admissions of fact, and contents and authenticity
of documents;
    (4) Limitation of the number of expert witnesses; and
    (5) Such other matters as may tend to expedite the disposition of
the proceeding.

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    (b) The record shall show the matters disposed of by order and by
agreement in such prehearing conferences. The subsequent course of the
proceeding shall be controlled by such action.

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980. Redesignated and amended at 50 FR 31311,
31313, Aug. 1, 1985]



Sec. 458.74  Conduct of hearing.

    Hearings shall be conducted by an Administrative Law Judge and shall
be open to the public unless otherwise ordered by the Administrative Law
Judge.



Sec. 458.75  Intervention.

    Any person desiring to intervene in a hearing shall file a motion in
writing in accordance with the procedures set forth in Sec. 458.72 or,
if made at the hearing, may move orally on the record, stating the
grounds upon which such person claims an interest. Such a motion shall
be filed with the Administrative Law Judge who shall rule upon such
motion.



Sec. 458.76  Duties and powers of the Administrative Law Judge.

    It shall be the duty of the Administrative Law Judge to inquire
fully into the facts as they relate to the matter before him and to
prepare, serve and submit his recommended decision and order pursuant to
Sec. 458.88. Upon assignment to him and before transfer of the case to
the Administrative Review Board, the Administrative Law Judge shall have
the authority to:
    (a) Grant requests for appearance of witnesses or production of
ducuments;
    (b) Rule upon offers of proof and receive relevant evidence;
    (c) Take or cause depositions to be taken whenever the ends of
justice would be served thereby;
    (d) Limit lines of questioning or testimony which are immaterial,
irrelevant, or unduly repetitious;
    (e) Regulate the course of the hearing and if appropriate, exclude
from the hearing persons who engage in misconduct and strike all related
testimony of witnesses refusing to answer any questions ruled to be
proper;
    (f) Hold conferences for the settlement or simplification of the
issues by consent of the parties or upon his own motion;
    (g) Dispose of procedural requests, motions, or similar matters
which shall be made part of the record of the proceeding, including
motions to amend pleadings; also to recommend dismissal of cases or
portions thereof, and to order hearings reopened prior to issuance of
his recommended decision and order;
    (h) Examine and cross-examine witnesses and introduce into the
record documentary or other evidence;
    (i) Request the parties at any time during the hearing to state
their respective positions concerning any issue in the case or theory in
support thereof;
    (j) Continue, at his discretion, the hearing from day-to-day, or
adjourn it to a later date or to a different place, by announcement
thereof at the hearing or by other appropriate notice;
    (k) Take official notice of any material fact not appearing in
evidence in the record, which is among the traditional matters of
judicial notice and also concerning which the Department of Labor by
reason of its functions is presumed to be expert: Provided, That the
parties shall be given adequate notice, at the hearing or by reference
in the Administrative Law Judge's recommended decision and order, of the
matters so noticed, and shall be given adequate opportunity to show the
contrary;
    (l) Correct or approve proposed corrections of the official
transcript when deemed necessary; and
    (m) Take any other action necessary under the foregoing and not
prohibited by these regulations.

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980. Redesignated and amended at 50 FR 31311,
31313, Aug. 1, 1985; 78 FR 8026, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 458.77  Rights of parties.

    Any party shall have the right to appear at such hearing in person,
by counsel, or by other representative, to examine and cross-examine
witnesses, and to introduce into the record documentary or other
relevant evidence, except that the participation of any party shall be
limited to the extent prescribed by the Administrative Law Judge. Two
(2) copies of documentary evidence shall be submitted and a copy
furnished to each of the other parties.

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Stipulations of fact may be introduced in evidence with respect to any
issue.



Sec. 458.78  Rules of evidence.

    The technical rules of evidence do not apply. Any evidence may be
received, except that an Administrative Law Judge may exclude any
evidence or offer of proof which is immaterial, irrelevant, unduly
repetitious, or customarily privileged. Every party shall have a right
to present his case by oral and documentary evidence and to submit
rebuttal evidence.



Sec. 458.79  Burden of proof.

    In a hearing concerning an alleged violation of Sec. 458.2 (Bill of
rights of members of labor organizations) or Sec. 458.37 (Prohibition
of certain discipline), the complainant shall have the burden of proving
the allegations of the complaint by a preponderance of the evidence. In
a hearing concerning an alleged violation of Sec. Sec. 458.26-458.30,
the Chief, DOE shall have the burden of proving the allegations of the
complaint by a preponderance of the evidence. In a hearing concerning an
alleged violation of other standards of conduct matters, the District
Director shall have the burden of proving the allegations of the
complaint by a preponderance of the evidence.

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980. Redesignated and amended at 50 FR 31311,
31313, Aug. 1, 1985; 59 FR 15117, Mar. 31, 1994; 62 FR 6094, Feb. 10,
1997]



Sec. 458.80  Unavailability of Administrative Law Judges.

    In the event the Administrative Law Judge designated to conduct the
hearing becomes unavailable, the Chief Administrative Law Judge shall
designate another Administrative Law Judge for the purpose of further
hearing or issuance of a recommended decision and order on the record as
made, or both.



Sec. 458.81  Objection to conduct of hearing.

    (a) Any objection with respect to the conduct of the hearing,
including any objection to the introduction of evidence, may be stated
orally or in writing accompanied by a short statement of the grounds for
such objection and included in the record. No such objection shall be
deemed waived by further participation in the hearing. Such objection
shall not stay the conduct of the hearing.
    (b) Automatic exceptions will be allowed to all adverse rulings.
Rulings by the Administrative Law Judge shall not be appealed prior to
the transfer of the case to the Administrative Review Board, but shall
be considered by the Administrative Review Board only upon the filing of
exceptions to the Administrative Law Judge's recommended decision and
order in accordance with Sec. 458.88.

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980; 45 FR 28322, Apr. 29, 1980. Redesignated at
50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985, as amended at 78 FR 8026, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 458.82  Motions after a hearing.

    All motions made after the transfer of the case to the
Administrative Review Board, except motions to correct the record under
Sec. 458.76(l), shall be made in writing to the Administrative Review
Board. The moving party shall serve a copy of all motion papers on all
other parties. A statement of service shall accompany the motion.
Answers, if any, must be served on all parties and the original thereof,
together with a statement of service, shall be filed with the
Administrative Review Board after the hearing, within seven (7) days
after service of the moving papers unless it is otherwise directed.

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980; 45 FR 28322, Apr. 29, 1980. Redesignated at
50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985, as amended at 78 FR 8027, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 458.83  Waiver of objections.

    Any objection not duly urged before an Administrative Law Judge
shall be deemed waived.



Sec. 458.84  Oral argument at the hearing.

    Any party shall be entitled, upon request, to a reasonable period
prior to the close of the hearing for oral argument, which shall be
included in the official transcript of the hearing.



Sec. 458.85  Transcript.

    An official reporter shall make the only official transcript of such
proceedings. Copies of the official transcript will be provided to the
parties,

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in accordance with the provisions of part 70 of this title, or they may
be examined in the district office in whose geographic jurisdiction the
hearing has been held.

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980. Redesignated at 50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985,
as amended at 63 FR 33780, June 19, 1998]



Sec. 458.86  Filing of brief.

    Any party desiring to submit a brief to the Administrative Law Judge
shall file the original within ten (10) days after the close of the
hearing: Provided, however, That prior to the close of the hearing and
for good cause, the Administrative Law Judge may grant a reasonable
extension of time. Copies of such brief shall be served on all of the
parties to the proceeding. Requests for additional time in which to file
a brief under authority of this section made after the hearing shall be
made in writing to the Administrative Law Judge and copies thereof
served on the other parties. A statement of such service shall be
furnished. A request for extension of time shall be received not later
than three (3) days before the date such briefs are due. In the absence
of the Administrative Law Judge such requests shall be ruled upon by the
Chief Administrative Law Judge. No reply brief may be filed except by
permission of the Administrative Law Judge.



Sec. 458.87  Proposed findings and conclusions.

    Within fifteen (15) days following the close of the hearing, the
parties may submit proposed findings and conclusions to the
Administrative Law Judge, together with supporting reasons therefor,
which shall become part of the record.



Sec. 458.88  Submission of the Administrative Law Judge's recommended
decision and order to the Administrative Review Board; exceptions.

    (a) After the close of the hearing, and the receipt of briefs, or
findings and conclusions, if any, the Administrative Law Judge shall
prepare his recommended decision and order expeditiously. The
recommended decision and order shall contain findings of fact,
conclusions, and the reasons or basis therefor including credibility
determinations, and recommendations as to the disposition of the case
including the remedial action to be taken.
    (b) The Administrative Law Judge shall cause his recommended
decision and order to be served promptly on all parties to the
proceeding. Thereafter, the Administrative Law Judge shall transfer the
case to the Administrative Review Board including his recommended
decision and order and the record. The record shall include the
complaint, the notice of hearing, motions, rulings, orders, official
transcript of the hearing, stipulations, objections, depositions,
exhibits, documentary evidence and any briefs or other documents
submitted by the parties.
    (c) Exceptions to the Administrative Law Judge's recommended
decision and order may be filed by any party with the Administrative
Review Board within fifteen (15) days after service of the recommended
decision and order: Provided, however, That the Administrative Review
Board may for good cause shown extend the time for filing such
exceptions. Requests for additional time in which to file exceptions
shall be in writing, and copies thereof shall be served on the other
parties. Requests for extension of time must be received no later than
three (3) days before the date the exceptions are due. Copies of such
exceptions and any supporting briefs shall be served on all other
parties, and a statement of such service shall be furnished to the
Administrative Review Board.

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980; 45 FR 28322, Apr. 29, 1980. Redesignated at
50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985, as amended at 78 FR 8027, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 458.89  Contents of exceptions to Administrative Law Judge's
recommended decision and order.

    (a) Exceptions to an Administrative Law Judge's recommended decision
and order shall:
    (1) Set forth specifically the questions upon which exceptions are
taken;
    (2) Identify that part of the Administrative Law Judge's recommended
decision and order to which objection is made;
    (3) Designate by precise citation of page the portions of the record
relied

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on, state the grounds for the exceptions and include the citation of
authorities unless set forth in a supporting brief.
    (b) Any exception to a ruling, finding, conclusion, or
recommendation which is not specifically urged shall be deemed to have
been waived. Any exception which fails to comply with the foregoing
requirements may be disregarded.



Sec. 458.90  Briefs in support of exceptions.

    (a) Any brief in support of exceptions shall contain only matters
included within the scope of the exceptions and shall contain, in the
order indicated, the following:
    (1) A concise statement of the case containing all that is material
to the consideration of the questions presented;
    (2) A specification of the questions involved and to be argued;
    (3) The argument, presenting clearly the points of fact and law
relied on in support of the position taken on each question, with
specific page reference to the transcript and the legal or other
material relied on.
    (b) Answering briefs to the exceptions may be filed with the
Administrative Review Board within ten (10) days after service of the
exceptions.

[45 FR 15158, Mar. 7, 1980; 45 FR 28322, Apr. 29, 1980. Redesignated at
50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985, as amended at 78 FR 8027, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 458.91  Action by the Administrative Review Board.

    (a) After consideration of the Administrative Law Judge's
recommended decision and order, the record, and any exceptions filed,
the Administrative Review Board shall issue its decision affirming or
reversing the Administrative Law Judge, in whole, or in part, or making
such other disposition of the matter as it deems appropriate: Provided,
however, That unless exceptions are filed which are timely and in
accordance with Sec. 458.89, the Administrative Review Board may, at
its discretion, adopt without discussion the recommended decision and
order of the Administrative Law Judge, as contained in his recommended
decision and order, shall, upon appropriate notice to the parties,
automatically become the decision of the Administrative Review Board.
    (b) Upon finding a violation of the CSRA, FSA or this part, the
Administrative Review Board may order respondent to cease and desist
from such violative conduct and may require the respondent to take such
affirmative action as it deems appropriate to effectuate the policies of
the CSRA or FSA.
    (c) Upon finding no violation of the CSRA, FSA or this part, the
Administrative Review Board shall dismiss the complaint.

[78 FR 8027, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 458.92  Compliance with decisions and orders of the
Administrative Review Board.

    When remedial action is ordered, the respondent shall report to the
Director, within a specified period, that the required remedial action
has been effected. When the Director finds that the required remedial
action has not been effected, he shall refer the matter for appropriate
action to the Federal Labor Relations Authority (in the case of labor
organizations covered by the CSRA), the Foreign Service Labor Relations
Board (in the case of labor organizations covered by the FSA), or the
Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance (in the case of labor
organizations covered by the Congressional Accountability Act).

[78 FR 8027, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec. 458.93  Stay of remedial action.

    In cases involving violations of this part, the Administrative
Review Board may direct, subject to such conditions at it deems
appropriate, that the remedial action ordered by stayed.

[78 FR 8027, Feb. 5, 2013]



PART 459_MISCELLANEOUS--Table of Contents



Sec.
459.1 Computation of time for filing papers.
459.2 Additional time after service by mail.
459.3 Documents in a proceeding.
459.4 Service of pleading and other papers under this subchapter.
459.5 Rules to be construed liberally.


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    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7120, 7134; 22 U.S.C. 4117; 2 U.S.C. 1351(a)(1);
Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376, November 16, 2012.

    Source: 45 FR 15165, Mar. 7, 1980, unless otherwise noted.
Redesignated at 50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985.



Sec. 459.1  Computation of time for filing papers.

    In computing any period of time prescribed by or allowed by the
regulations contained in part 458 of this subchapter, the day of the
act, event, or default after which the designated period of time begins
to run, shall not be included. The last day of the period so computed is
to be included unless it is a Saturday, Sunday or Federal legal holiday
in which event the period shall run until the end of the next day which
is neither a Saturday, Sunday, or a Federal legal holiday. When the
period of time prescribed or allowed is seven (7) days or less,
intermediate Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal legal holidays shall be
excluded from the computations. When these regulations require the
filing of any paper, such document must be received by the Director or
the officer or agent designated to receive such matter before the close
of business of the last day of the time limit, if any, for such filing
or extension of time that may have been granted.

[45 FR 15165, Mar. 7, 1980. Redesignated at 50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985,
as amended at 78 FR 8027, Feb. 5, 2012]



Sec. 459.2  Additional time after service by mail.

    Whenever a party has the right or is required to do some act
pursuant to these regulations within a prescribed period after service
of a notice or other paper upon him and the notice or paper is served on
him by mail, five (5) days shall be added to the prescribed period:
Provided, however, That five (5) days shall not be added if any
extension of time may have been granted.



Sec. 459.3  Documents in a proceeding.

    (a) Title. Documents in any proceeding under part 458 of this
subchapter, including correspondence, shall show the title of the
proceeding and the case number, if any.
    (b) Signature. The original of each document required to be filed
under these regulations shall be signed by the party or by an attorney
or representative of record for the party, or by an officer of the
party, and shall contain the address and telephone number of the person
signing it.



Sec. 459.4  Service of pleading and other papers under this subchapter.

    (a) Method of service. Notices of hearing, decisions, orders and
other papers may be served personally or by registered or certified mail
or by telegraph. When service is by mail, the date of service shall be
the day when the matter served is deposited in the United States mail.
    (b) Upon whom served. All papers, except as herein otherwise
provided, shall be served upon all counsel of record and upon parties
not represented by counsel or by their agents designated by them or by
law and upon the Director, or his designated officer, or agent or
Administrative Law Judge where appropriate. Service upon such counsel or
representative shall constitute service upon the party, but a copy also
shall be transmitted to the party.

[45 FR 15165, Mar. 7, 1980. Redesignated at 50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985,
as amended at 78 FR 8027, Feb. 5, 2012]



Sec. 459.5  Rules to be construed liberally.

    (a) The regulations in this subchapter may be construed liberally to
effectuate the purposes and provisions of the CSRA or FSA.
    (b) When an act is required or allowed to be done at or within a
specified time, the Director may at any time order the period altered
where it shall be manifest that strict adherence will work surprise or
injustice or interfere with the proper effectuation of the CSRA or FSA.

[45 FR 15165, Mar. 7, 1980. Redesignated at 50 FR 31311, Aug. 1, 1985,
as amended at 78 FR 8027, Feb. 5, 2012]

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  SUBCHAPTER C_EMPLOYEE RIGHTS CONCERNING PAYMENT OF UNION DUES OR FEES



                           PART 470 [RESERVED]

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  SUBCHAPTER D_NOTIFICATION OF EMPLOYEE RIGHTS UNDER FEDERAL LABOR LAWS





PART 471_OBLIGATIONS OF FEDERAL CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS;
NOTIFICATION OF EMPLOYEE RIGHTS UNDER FEDERAL LABOR LAWS--Table of

Contents



Subpart A_Definitions, Requirements for Employee Notice, and Exceptions
                             and Exemptions

Sec.
471.1 What definitions apply to this part?
471.2 What employee notice clause must be included in Government
          contracts?
471.3 What exceptions apply and what exemptions are available?
471.4 What employers are not covered under this part?

Appendix A to Subpart A--Text of Employee Notice Clause

     Subpart B_General Enforcement; Compliance Review and Complaint
                               Procedures

471.10 How will the Department determine whether a contractor is in
          compliance with Executive Order 13496 and this part?
471.11 What are the procedures for filing and processing a complaint?
471.12 What are the procedures to be followed when a violation is found
          during a complaint investigation or compliance evaluation?
471.13 Under what circumstances, and how, will enforcement proceedings
          under Executive Order 13496 be conducted?
471.14 What sanctions and penalties may be imposed for noncompliance,
          and what procedures will the Department follow in imposing
          such sanctions and penalties?
471.15 Under what circumstances must a contractor be provided the
          opportunity for a hearing?
471.16 Under what circumstances may a contractor be reinstated?

                       Subpart C_Ancillary Matters

471.20 What authority under this part or Executive Order 13496 may the
          Secretary delegate, and under what circumstances?
471.21 Who will make rulings and interpretations under Executive Order
          13496 and this part?
471.22 What actions may the Director of OLMS take in the case of
          intimidation and interference?
471.23 What other provisions apply to this part?

    Authority: 40 U.S.C. 101 et seq.; Executive Order 13496, 74 FR 6107,
February 4, 2009; Secretary's Order No. 7-2009, 74 FR 58834, November
13, 2009; Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376, November 16, 2012.

    Source: 75 FR 28397, May 20, 2010, unless otherwise noted.



Subpart A_Definitions, Requirements for Employee Notice, and Exceptions
                             and Exemptions



Sec. 471.1  What definitions apply to this part?

    Construction means the construction, rehabilitation, alteration,
conversion, extension, demolition, weatherization, or repair of
buildings, highways, or other changes or improvements to real property,
including facilities providing utility services. The term construction
also includes the supervision, inspection, and other on-site functions
incidental to the actual construction.
    Construction work site means the general physical location of any
building, highway, or other change or improvement to real property which
is undergoing construction, rehabilitation, alteration, conversion,
extension, demolition, weatherization or repair, and any temporary
location or facility at which a contractor or subcontractor meets a
demand or performs a function relating to the contract or subcontract.
    Contract means, unless otherwise indicated, any Government contract
or subcontract.
    Contracting agency means any department, agency, establishment, or
instrumentality in the executive branch of the Government, including any
wholly owned Government corporation, that enters into contracts.
    Contractor means, unless otherwise indicated, a prime contractor or
subcontractor.
    Department means the U.S. Department of Labor.

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    Director of OFCCP means the Director of the Office of Federal
Contract Compliance Programs in the Department of Labor.
    Director of OLMS means the Director of the Office of Labor-
Management Standards in the Department of Labor.
    Employee notice clause means the contract clause set forth in
Appendix A that Government contracting departments and agencies must
include in all Government contracts and subcontracts pursuant to
Executive Order 13496 and this part.
    Government means the Government of the United States of America.
    Government contract means any agreement or modification thereof
between any contracting agency and any person for the purchase, sale, or
use of personal property or non-personal services. The term ``personal
property,'' as used in this section, includes supplies, and contracts
for the use of real property (such as lease arrangements), unless the
contract for the use of real property itself constitutes real property
(such as easements). The term ``non-personal services'' as used in this
section includes, but is not limited to, the following services:
utilities, construction, transportation, research, insurance, and fund
depository. The term Government contract does not include:
    (1) Agreements in which the parties stand in the relationship of
employer and employee; and
    (2) Federal financial assistance, as defined in 29 CFR 31.2.
    Labor organization means any organization of any kind, or any agency
or employee representation committee or plan, in which employees
participate and which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of
dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages,
rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of work.
    Modification of a contract means any alteration in the terms and
conditions of that contract, including amendments, renegotiations, and
renewals.
    Order or Executive Order means Executive Order 13496 (74 FR 6107,
Feb. 4, 2009).
    Person means any natural person, corporation, partnership,
unincorporated association, State or local government, and any agency,
instrumentality, or subdivision of such a government.
    Prime contractor means any person holding a contract with a
contracting agency, and, for the purposes of subparts B and C of this
part, includes any person who has held a contract subject to the
Executive Order and this part.
    Related rules, regulations, and orders of the Secretary of Labor, as
used in Sec. 471.2 of this part, means rules, regulations, and relevant
orders issued pursuant to the Executive Order or this part.
    Secretary means the Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor, or
his or her designee.
    Subcontract means any agreement or arrangement between a contractor
and any person (in which the parties do not stand in the relationship of
an employer and an employee):
    (1) For the purchase, sale or use of personal property or non-
personal services that, in whole or in part, is necessary to the
performance of any one or more contracts; or
    (2) Under which any portion of the contractor's obligation under any
one or more contracts is performed, undertaken or assumed.
    Subcontractor means any person holding a subcontract and, for the
purposes of subparts B and C of this part, any person who has held a
subcontract subject to the Executive Order and this part.
    Union means a labor organization as defined above.
    United States means the several States, the District of Columbia,
the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Wake
Island.



Sec. 471.2  What employee notice clause must be included in Government
contracts?

    (a) Government contracts. With respect to all contracts covered by
this part, Government contracting departments and agencies must, to the
extent consistent with law, include the language set forth in appendix A
to subpart A of part 471 in every Government contract, other than those
contracts to which exceptions are applicable as stated in Sec. 471.3.

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    (b) Inclusion by reference. The employee notice clause need not be
quoted verbatim in a contract, subcontract, or purchase order. The
clause may be made part of the contract, subcontract, or purchase order
by citation to 29 CFR part 471, appendix A to subpart A.
    (c) Adaptation of language. The Director of OLMS may find that an
Act of Congress, clarification of existing law by the courts or the
National Labor Relations Board, or other circumstances make modification
of the contractual provisions necessary to achieve the purposes of the
Executive Order and this part. In such circumstances, the Director of
OLMS will promptly issue rules, regulations, or orders as are needed to
ensure that all future government contracts contain appropriate
provisions to achieve the purposes of the Executive Order and this part.
    (d) Physical posting of employee notice. A contractor or
subcontractor that posts notices to employees physically must also post
the required notice physically. Where a significant portion of a
contractor's workforce is not proficient in English, the contractor must
provide the notice in the language employees speak. The employee notice
must be placed:
    (1) In conspicuous places in and about the contractor's plants and
offices so that the notice is prominent and readily Seen by employees.
Such conspicuous placement includes, but is not limited to, areas in
which the contractor posts notices to employees about the employees'
terms and conditions of employment; and
    (2) Where employees covered by the National Labor Relations Act
engage in activities relating to the performance of the contract. An
employee shall be considered to be so engaged if:
    (i) The duties of the employee's position include work that fulfills
a contractual obligation, or work that is necessary to, or that
facilitates, performance of the contract or a provision of the contract;
or
    (ii) The cost or a portion of the cost of the employee's position is
allowable as a cost of the contract under the principles set forth in
the Federal Acquisition Regulation at 48 CFR Ch. 1, part 31: Provided,
That a position shall not be considered covered by this part by virtue
of this provision if the cost of the position was not allocable in whole
or in part as a direct cost to any Government contract, and only a de
minimis (less than 2%) portion of the cost of the position was allocable
as an indirect cost to Government contracts, considered as a group.
    (e) Obtaining a poster with the employee notice. A poster with the
required employee notice, including a poster with the employee notice
translated into languages other than English, will be printed by the
Department, and will be provided by the Federal contracting agency or
may be obtained from the Division of Interpretations and Standards,
Office of Labor-Management Standards, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N-5609, Washington, DC 20210, or from any
field office of the Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards or
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. A copy of the poster in
English and in languages other than English may also be downloaded from
the Office of Labor-Management Standards Web site at http://
www.olms.dol.gov. Additionally, contractors may reproduce and use exact
duplicate copies of the Department's official poster.
    (f) Electronic postings of employee notice. A contractor or
subcontractor that customarily posts notices to employees electronically
must also post the required notice electronically. Such contractors or
subcontractors satisfy the electronic posting requirement by displaying
prominently on any Web site that is maintained by the contractor or
subcontractor, whether external or internal, and customarily used for
notices to employees about terms and conditions of employment, a link to
the Department of Labor's Web site that contains the full text of the
poster. The link to the Department's Web site must read, ``Important
Notice about Employee Rights to Organize and Bargain Collectively with
Their Employers.'' Where a significant portion of a contractor's
workforce is not proficient in English, the contractor must provide the
notice required in this subsection in the language the employees speak.
This requirement will

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be satisfied by displaying prominently on any Web site that is
maintained by the contractor or subcontractor, whether external or
internal, and customarily used for notices to employees about terms and
conditions of employment, a link to the Department of Labor's Web site
that contains the full text of the poster in the language the employees
speak. In such cases, the Office of Labor-Management Standards will
provide translations of the link to the Department's Web site that must
be displayed on the contractor's or subcontractor's Web site.



Sec. 471.3  What exceptions apply and what exemptions are available?

    (a) Exceptions for specific types of contracts. The requirements of
this part do not apply to any of the following:
    (1) Collective bargaining agreements as defined in the Federal
Service Labor-Management Relations Statute, entered into by an agency
and the exclusive representative of employees in an appropriate unit to
set terms and conditions of employment of those employees.
    (2) Government contracts that involve purchases below the simplified
acquisition threshold set by Congress under the Office of Federal
Procurement Policy Act. Therefore, the employee notice clause need not
be included in government contracts for purchases below that threshold,
provided that
    (i) No agency or contractor is permitted to procure supplies or
services in a manner designed to avoid the applicability of the Order
and this part; and
    (ii) The employee notice clause must be included in government
contracts for indefinite quantities, unless the contracting agency or
contractor has reason to believe that the amount to be ordered in any
year under such a contract will be less than the simplified acquisition
threshold set in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act.
    (3) Government contracts resulting from solicitations issued before
the effective date of this rule.
    (4) Subcontracts of $10,000 or less in value, except that
contractors and subcontractors are not permitted to procure supplies or
services in a manner designed to avoid the applicability of the Order
and this part.
    (5) Contracts and subcontracts for work performed exclusively
outside the territorial United States.
    (b) Exemptions for certain contracts. The Director of OLMS may
exempt a contracting department or agency or groups of departments or
agencies from the requirements of this part with respect to a particular
contract or subcontract or any class of contracts or subcontracts when
the Director finds that either:
    (1) The application of any of the requirements of this part would
not serve its purposes or would impair the ability of the Government to
procure goods or services on an economical and efficient basis; or
    (2) Special circumstances require an exemption in order to serve the
national interest.
    (c) Procedures for requesting an exemption and withdrawals of
exemptions. Requests for exemptions under this subsection from a
contracting department or agency must be in writing, and must be
directed to the Director of OLMS, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N-5603, Washington, DC, 20210. The
Director of OLMS may withdraw an exemption granted when, in the
Director's judgment, such action is necessary or appropriate to achieve
the purposes of this part.



Sec. 471.4  What employers are not covered under this part?

    (a) The following employers are excluded from the definition of
``employer'' in the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), and are not
covered by the requirements of this part:
    (1) The United States or any wholly owned Government corporation;
    (2) Any Federal Reserve Bank;
    (3) Any State or political subdivision thereof;
    (4) Any person subject to the Railway Labor Act;
    (5) Any labor organization (other than when acting as an employer);
or
    (6) Anyone acting in the capacity of officer or agent of such labor
organization.

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    (b) Additionally, employers exclusively employing workers who are
excluded from the definition of ``employee'' under the NLRA are not
covered by the requirements of this part. Those excluded employees are
employed:
    (1) As agricultural laborers;
    (2) In the domestic service of any family or person at his home;
    (3) By his or her parent or spouse;
    (4) As an independent contractor;
    (5) As a supervisor as defined under the NLRA;
    (6) By an employer subject to the Railway Labor Act; or
    (7) By any other person who is not an employer as defined in the
NLRA



Sec. Appendix A to Subpart A of Part 471--Text of Employee Notice Clause

    ``1. During the term of this contract, the contractor agrees to post
a notice, of such size and in such form, and containing such content as
the Secretary of Labor shall prescribe, in conspicuous places in and
about its plants and offices where employees covered by the National
Labor Relations Act engage in activities relating to the performance of
the contract, including all places where notices to employees are
customarily posted both physically and electronically. The ``Secretary's
notice'' shall consist of the following:

       ``Employee Rights Under The National Labor Relations Act''

    ``The NLRA guarantees the right of employees to organize and bargain
collectively with their employers, and to engage in other protected
concerted activity. Employees covered by the NLRA* are protected from
certain types of employer and union misconduct. This Notice gives you
general information about your rights, and about the obligations of
employers and unions under the NLRA. Contact the National Labor
Relations Board, the Federal agency that investigates and resolves
complaints under the NLRA, using the contact information supplied below,
if you have any questions about specific rights that may apply in your
particular workplace.
    ``Under the NLRA, you have the right to:
     Organize a union to negotiate with your employer
concerning your wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of
employment.
     Form, join or assist a union.
     Bargain collectively through representatives of
employees' own choosing for a contract with your employer setting your
wages, benefits, hours, and other working conditions.
     Discuss your terms and conditions of employment
or union organizing with your co-workers or a union.
     Take action with one or more co-workers to
improve your working conditions by, among other means, raising work-
related complaints directly with your employer or with a government
agency, and seeking help from a union.
     Strike and picket, depending on the purpose or
means of the strike or the picketing.
     Choose not to do any of these activities,
including joining or remaining a member of a union.
    ``Under the NLRA, it is illegal for your employer to:
     Prohibit you from soliciting for a union during
non-work time, such as before or after work or during break times; or
from distributing union literature during non-work time, in non-work
areas, such as parking lots or break rooms.
     Question you about your union support or
activities in a manner that discourages you from engaging in that
activity.
     Fire, demote, or transfer you, or reduce your
hours or change your shift, or otherwise take adverse action against
you, or threaten to take any of these actions, because you join or
support a union, or because you engage in concerted activity for mutual
aid and protection, or because you choose not to engage in any such
activity.
     Threaten to close your workplace if workers
choose a union to represent them.
     Promise or grant promotions, pay raises, or other
benefits to discourage or encourage union support.
     Prohibit you from wearing union hats, buttons, t-
shirts, and pins in the workplace except under special circumstances.
     Spy on or videotape peaceful union activities and
gatherings or pretend to do so.
    ``Under the NLRA, it is illegal for a union or for the union that
represents you in bargaining with your employer to:
     Threaten you that you will lose your job unless
you support the union.
     Refuse to process a grievance because you have
criticized union officials or because you are not a member of the union.
     Use or maintain discriminatory standards or
procedures in making job referrals from a hiring hall.
     Cause or attempt to cause an employer to
discriminate against you because of your union-related activity.
     Take other adverse action against you based on
whether you have joined or support the union.
    ``If you and your coworkers select a union to act as your collective
bargaining representative, your employer and the union are required to
bargain in good faith in a genuine effort to reach a written, binding
agreement setting your terms and conditions of employment. The union is
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represent you in bargaining and enforcing the agreement.
    ``Illegal conduct will not be permitted. If you believe your rights
or the rights of others have been violated, you should contact the NLRB
promptly to protect your rights, generally within six months of the
unlawful activity. You may inquire about possible violations without
your employer or anyone else being informed of the inquiry. Charges may
be filed by any person and need not be filed by the employee directly
affected by the violation. The NLRB may order an employer to rehire a
worker fired in violation of the law and to pay lost wages and benefits,
and may order an employer or union to cease violating the law. Employees
should seek assistance from the nearest regional NLRB office, which can
be found on the Agency's Web site: http://www.nlrb.gov. ``Click on the
NLRB's page titled ``About Us,'' which contains a link, ``Locating Our
Offices.'' You can also contact the NLRB by calling toll-free: 1-866-
667-NLRB (6572) or (TTY) 1-866-315-NLRB (6572) for hearing impaired.
    ``* The National Labor Relations Act covers most private-sector
employers. Excluded from coverage under the NLRA are public-sector
employees, agricultural and domestic workers, independent contractors,
workers employed by a parent or spouse, employees of air and rail
carriers covered by the Railway Labor Act, and supervisors (although
supervisors that have been discriminated against for refusing to violate
the NLRA may be covered).
    ``This is an official Government Notice and must not be defaced by
anyone.
    ``2. The contractor will comply with all provisions of the
Secretary's notice, and related rules, regulations, and orders of the
Secretary of Labor.
    ``3. In the event that the contractor does not comply with any of
the requirements set forth in paragraphs (1) or (2) above, this contract
may be cancelled, terminated, or suspended in whole or in part, and the
contractor may be declared ineligible for further Government contracts
in accordance with procedures authorized in or adopted pursuant to
Executive Order 13496 of January 30, 2009. Such other sanctions or
remedies may be imposed as are provided in Executive Order 13496 of
January 30, 2009, or by rule, regulation, or order of the Secretary of
Labor, or as are otherwise provided by law.
    ``4. The contractor will include the provisions of paragraphs (1)
through (4) herein in every subcontract or purchase order entered into
in connection with this contract (unless exempted by rules, regulations,
or orders of the Secretary of Labor issued pursuant to Section 3 of
Executive Order 13496 of January 30, 2009), so that such provisions will
be binding upon each subcontractor. The contractor will take such action
with respect to any such subcontract or purchase order as may be
directed by the Secretary of Labor as a means of enforcing such
provisions, including the imposition of sanctions for non-compliance:
Provided, however, if the contractor becomes involved in litigation with
a subcontractor, or is threatened with such involvement, as a result of
such direction, the contractor may request the United States to enter
into such litigation to protect the interests of the United States.''



     Subpart B_General Enforcement; Compliance Review and Complaint
                               Procedures



Sec. 471.10  How will the Department determine whether a contractor is
in compliance with Executive Order 13496 and this part?

    (a) The Director of OFCCP may conduct a compliance evaluation to
determine whether a contractor holding a covered contract is in
compliance with the requirements of this part. Such an evaluation may be
limited to compliance with this part or may be included in a compliance
evaluation conducted under other laws, Executive Orders, and/or
regulations enforced by the Department.
    (b) During such an evaluation, a determination will be made whether:
    (1) The employee notice required by Sec. 471.2(a) is posted in
conformity with the applicable physical and electronic posting
requirements contained in Sec. 471.2(d) and (f); and
    (2) The provisions of the employee notice clause are included in
government contracts, subcontracts or purchase orders entered into on or
after June 21, 2010, or that the government contracts, subcontracts or
purchase orders have been exempted under Sec. 471.3(b).
    (c) The results of the evaluation will be documented in the
evaluation record, which will include findings regarding the
contractor's compliance with the requirements of the Executive Order and
this part and, as applicable, conciliation efforts made, corrective
action taken and/or enforcement recommended under Sec. 471.13.



Sec. 471.11  What are the procedures for filing and processing a complaint?

    (a) Filing complaints. An employee of a covered contractor may file
a complaint alleging that the contractor has

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failed to post the employee notice as required by the Executive Order
and this part; and/or has failed to include the employee notice clause
in subcontracts or purchase orders. Complaints may be filed with the
Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) or the Office of Federal
Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) at 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210, or with any OLMS or OFCCP field office.
    (b) Contents of complaints. The complaint must be in writing and
must include:
    (1) The employee's name, address, and telephone number;
    (2) The name and address of the contractor alleged to have violated
the Executive Order and this part;
    (3) An identification of the alleged violation and the establishment
or construction work site where it is alleged to have occurred;
    (4) Any other pertinent information that will assist in the
investigation and resolution of the complaint; and
    (5) The signature of the employee filing the complaint.
    (c) Complaint investigations. In investigating complaints filed with
the Department under this section, the Director of OFCCP will evaluate
the allegations of the complaint and develop a case record. The record
will include findings regarding the contractor's compliance with the
requirements of the Executive Order and this part, and, as applicable, a
description of conciliation efforts made, corrective action taken, and/
or enforcement recommended.



Sec. 471.12  What are the procedures to be followed when a violation
is found during a complaint investigation or compliance evaluation?

    (a) If any complaint investigation or compliance evaluation
indicates a violation of the Executive Order or this part, the Director
of OFCCP will make reasonable efforts to secure compliance through
conciliation.
    (b) Before the contractor may be found to be in compliance with the
Executive Order or this part, the contractor must correct the violation
found by the Department (for example, by posting the required employee
notice, and/or by amending its subcontracts or purchase orders with
subcontractors to include the employee notice clause), and must commit,
in writing, not to repeat the violation.
    (c) If a violation cannot be resolved through conciliation efforts,
the Director of OFCCP will refer the matter to the Director of OLMS, who
may take action under Sec. 471.13.
    (d) For reasonable cause shown, the Director of OLMS may reconsider,
or cause to be reconsidered, any matter on his or her own motion or in
response to a request.



Sec. 471.13  Under what circumstances, and how, will enforcement
proceedings under Executive Order 13496 be conducted?

    (a) General. (1) Violations of the Executive Order or this part may
result in administrative enforcement proceedings. The bases for a
finding of a violation may include, but are not limited to:
    (i) The results of a compliance evaluation;
    (ii) The results of a complaint investigation;
    (iii) A contractor's refusal to allow a compliance evaluation or
complaint investigation to be conducted; or
    (iv) A contractor's refusal to cooperate with the compliance
evaluation or complaint investigation, including failure to provide
information sought during those procedures.
    (v) A contractor's refusal to take such action with respect to a
subcontract as directed by the Director of OFCCP or the Director of OLMS
as a means of enforcing compliance with the provisions of this part.
    (vi) A subcontractor's refusal to adhere to requirements of this
part regarding employee notice or inclusion of the contract clause in
its subcontracts.
    (2) If a determination is made by the Director of OFCCP that the
Executive Order or the regulations in this part have been violated, and
the violation has not been corrected through conciliation, he or she
will refer the matter to the Director of OLMS for enforcement
consideration. The Director of OLMS may refer the matter to the
Solicitor of Labor to begin administrative enforcement proceedings.

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    (b) Administrative enforcement proceedings. (1) Administrative
enforcement proceedings will be conducted under the control and
supervision of the Solicitor of Labor, under the hearing procedures in
29 CFR part 18, Rules of Practice and Procedure for Administrative
Hearings Before the Office of Administrative Law Judges.
    (2) The administrative law judge will certify his or her recommended
decision issued under 29 CFR 18.57 to the Administrative Review Board.
The decision will be served on all parties and amicus curiae.
    (3) Within 25 days (10 days if the proceeding is expedited) after
receipt of the administrative law judge's recommended decision, either
party may file exceptions to the decision. Exceptions may be responded
to by the other parties within 25 days (7 days if the proceeding is
expedited) after receipt. All exceptions and responses must be filed
with the Administrative Review Board.
    (4) After the expiration of time for filing exceptions, the
Administrative Review Board may issue a final administrative order, or
may otherwise appropriately dispose of the matter. In an expedited
proceeding, unless the Administrative Review Board issues a final
administrative order within 30 days after the expiration of time for
filing exceptions, the administrative law judge's recommended decision
will become the final administrative order. If the Administrative Review
Board determines that the contractor has violated the Executive Order or
the regulations in this part, the final administrative order will order
the contractor to cease and desist from the violations, require the
contractor to provide appropriate remedies, or, subject to the
procedures in Sec. 471.14, impose appropriate sanctions and penalties,
or any combination thereof.



Sec. 471.14  What sanctions and penalties may be imposed for
noncompliance, and what procedures will the Department follow in

imposing such sanctions and penalties?

    (a) After a final decision on the merits has issued and before
imposing the sanctions and penalties described in paragraph (d) of this
section, the Director of OLMS will consult with the affected contracting
agencies, and provide the heads of those agencies the opportunity to
respond and provide written objections.
    (b) If the contracting agency provides written objections, those
objections must include a complete statement of reasons for the
objections, which must include a finding that, as applicable, the
completion of the contract, or further contracts or extensions or
modifications of existing contracts, is essential to the agency's
mission.
    (c) The sanctions and penalties described in this section will not
be imposed if:
    (1) The head of the contracting agency, or his or her designee,
continues to object to the imposition of such sanctions and penalties,
or
    (2) The contractor has not been given an opportunity for a hearing.
    (d) In enforcing the Executive Order and this part, the Director of
OLMS may take any of the following actions:
    (1) Direct a contracting agency to cancel, terminate, suspend, or
cause to be canceled, terminated or suspended, any contract or any
portions thereof, for failure to comply with its contractual provisions
required by Section 7(a) of the Executive Order and the regulations in
this part. Contracts may be canceled, terminated, or suspended
absolutely, or continuance of contracts may be conditioned upon
compliance.
    (2) Issue an order of debarment under Section 7(b) of the Executive
Order providing that one or more contracting agencies must refrain from
entering into further contracts, or extensions or other modification of
existing contracts, with any non-complying contractor.
    (3) Issue an order of debarment under Section 7(b) of the Executive
Order providing that no contracting agency may enter into a contract
with any non-complying subcontractor.
    (e) Whenever the Director of OLMS exercises the authority in this
section, the contracting agency must report the actions it has taken to
the Director of OLMS within such time as the Director of OLMS will
specify.
    (f) Periodically, the Director of OLMS will publish and distribute
to all executive agencies a list of the names of contractors and
subcontractors that

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have, in the judgment of the Director of OLMS, failed to comply with the
provisions of the Executive Order and this part, or of related rules,
regulations, and orders of the Secretary of Labor, and as a result have
been declared ineligible for future contracts under the Executive Order
and the regulations in this part.



Sec. 471.15  Under what circumstances must a contractor be provided the
opportunity for a hearing?

    Before the Director of OLMS takes either of the following actions, a
contractor or subcontractor must be given the opportunity for a hearing:
    (a) Issues an order for cancellation, termination, or suspension of
any contract or debarment of any contractor from further Government
contracts under Sections 7(a) or (b) of the Executive Order and Sec.
471.14(d)(1) or (2) of this part; or
    (b) Includes the contractor on a published list of non-complying
contractors under Section 7(c) of the Executive Order and Sec.
471.14(f) of this part.



Sec. 471.16  Under what circumstances may a contractor be reinstated?

    Any contractor or subcontractor debarred from or declared ineligible
for further contracts under the Executive Order and this part may
request reinstatement in a letter to the Director of OLMS. In connection
with a request for reinstatement, debarred contractors and
subcontractors shall be required to show that they have established and
will carry out policies and practices in compliance with the Executive
Order and implementing regulations. Before reaching a decision, the
Director of OLMS may request that a compliance evaluation of the
contractor or subcontractor be conducted, and may require the contractor
or subcontractor to supply additional information regarding the request
for reinstatement. If the Director of OLMS finds that the contractor or
subcontractor has come into compliance with the Executive Order and this
part and has shown that it will carry out the Executive Order and this
part, the contractor or subcontractor may be reinstated. The Director of
OLMS shall issue a written decision on the request.



                       Subpart C_Ancillary Matters



Sec. 471.20  What authority under this part or Executive Order 13496
may the Secretary delegate, and under what circumstances?

    Section 11 of the Executive Order grants the Secretary the right to
delegate any functions or duties under the Order to any officer in the
Department of Labor or to any other officer in the executive branch of
the Government, with the consent of the head of the department or agency
in which that officer serves.



Sec. 471.21  Who will make rulings and interpretations under Executive
Order 13496 and this part?

    The Director of OLMS and the Director of OFCCP will make rulings
under or interpretations of the Executive Order or the regulations
contained in this part in accordance with their respective
responsibilities under the regulations. Requests for a ruling or
interpretation must be submitted to the Director of OLMS, who will
consult with the Director of OFCCP to the extent necessary and
appropriate to issue such ruling or interpretation.



Sec. 471.22  What actions may the Director of OLMS take in the case
of intimidation and interference?

    The Director of OLMS may impose the sanctions and penalties
contained in Sec. 471.14 of this part against any contractor or
subcontractor who does not take all necessary steps to ensure that no
person intimidates, threatens, or coerces any individual for the purpose
of interfering with the filing of a complaint, furnishing information,
or assisting or participating in any manner in a compliance evaluation,
complaint investigation, hearing, or any other activity related to the
administration or enforcement of the Executive Order or this part.



Sec. 471.23  What other provisions apply to this part?

    (a) The regulations in this part implement only the Executive Order,
and do not modify or affect the interpretation of any other Department
of Labor regulations or policy.

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    (b) Each contracting department and agency must cooperate with the
Director of OLMS and the Director of the OFCCP, and must provide any
information and assistance that they may require, in the performance of
their functions under the Executive Order and the regulations in this
part.
    (c)(1) This subpart does not impair or otherwise affect:
    (i) Authority granted by law to a department, agency, or the head
thereof; or
    (ii) Functions of the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
    (2) This subpart must be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
    (d) Neither the Executive Order nor this part creates any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

                        PARTS 472	499 [RESERVED]

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  A list of CFR titles, subtitles, chapters, subchapters and parts and 
an alphabetical list of agencies publishing in the CFR are included in 
the CFR Index and Finding Aids volume to the Code of Federal Regulations 
which is published separately and revised annually.

  Table of CFR Titles and Chapters
  Alphabetical List of Agencies Appearing in the CFR
  List of CFR Sections Affected

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                    Table of CFR Titles and Chapters




                      (Revised as of July 1, 2014)

                      Title 1--General Provisions

         I  Administrative Committee of the Federal Register 
                (Parts 1--49)
        II  Office of the Federal Register (Parts 50--299)
       III  Administrative Conference of the United States (Parts 
                300--399)
        IV  Miscellaneous Agencies (Parts 400--500)

                    Title 2--Grants and Agreements

            Subtitle A--Office of Management and Budget Guidance 
                for Grants and Agreements
         I  Office of Management and Budget Governmentwide 
                Guidance for Grants and Agreements (Parts 2--199)
        II  Office of Management and Budget Guidance (Parts 200--
                299)
            Subtitle B--Federal Agency Regulations for Grants and 
                Agreements
       III  Department of Health and Human Services (Parts 300--
                399)
        IV  Department of Agriculture (Parts 400--499)
        VI  Department of State (Parts 600--699)
       VII  Agency for International Development (Parts 700--799)
      VIII  Department of Veterans Affairs (Parts 800--899)
        IX  Department of Energy (Parts 900--999)
        XI  Department of Defense (Parts 1100--1199)
       XII  Department of Transportation (Parts 1200--1299)
      XIII  Department of Commerce (Parts 1300--1399)
       XIV  Department of the Interior (Parts 1400--1499)
        XV  Environmental Protection Agency (Parts 1500--1599)
     XVIII  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Parts 
                1800--1899)
        XX  United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Parts 
                2000--2099)
      XXII  Corporation for National and Community Service (Parts 
                2200--2299)
     XXIII  Social Security Administration (Parts 2300--2399)
      XXIV  Housing and Urban Development (Parts 2400--2499)
       XXV  National Science Foundation (Parts 2500--2599)
      XXVI  National Archives and Records Administration (Parts 
                2600--2699)
     XXVII  Small Business Administration (Parts 2700--2799)
    XXVIII  Department of Justice (Parts 2800--2899)

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       XXX  Department of Homeland Security (Parts 3000--3099)
      XXXI  Institute of Museum and Library Services (Parts 3100--
                3199)
     XXXII  National Endowment for the Arts (Parts 3200--3299)
    XXXIII  National Endowment for the Humanities (Parts 3300--
                3399)
     XXXIV  Department of Education (Parts 3400--3499)
      XXXV  Export-Import Bank of the United States (Parts 3500--
                3599)
    XXXVII  Peace Corps (Parts 3700--3799)
     LVIII  Election Assistance Commission (Parts 5800--5899)

                        Title 3--The President

         I  Executive Office of the President (Parts 100--199)

                           Title 4--Accounts

         I  Government Accountability Office (Parts 1--199)
        II  Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board (Parts 
                200--299)

                   Title 5--Administrative Personnel

         I  Office of Personnel Management (Parts 1--1199)
        II  Merit Systems Protection Board (Parts 1200--1299)
       III  Office of Management and Budget (Parts 1300--1399)
         V  The International Organizations Employees Loyalty 
                Board (Parts 1500--1599)
        VI  Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (Parts 
                1600--1699)
      VIII  Office of Special Counsel (Parts 1800--1899)
        IX  Appalachian Regional Commission (Parts 1900--1999)
        XI  Armed Forces Retirement Home (Parts 2100--2199)
       XIV  Federal Labor Relations Authority, General Counsel of 
                the Federal Labor Relations Authority and Federal 
                Service Impasses Panel (Parts 2400--2499)
        XV  Office of Administration, Executive Office of the 
                President (Parts 2500--2599)
       XVI  Office of Government Ethics (Parts 2600--2699)
       XXI  Department of the Treasury (Parts 3100--3199)
      XXII  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Parts 3200--
                3299)
     XXIII  Department of Energy (Parts 3300--3399)
      XXIV  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Parts 3400--
                3499)
       XXV  Department of the Interior (Parts 3500--3599)
      XXVI  Department of Defense (Parts 3600--3699)
    XXVIII  Department of Justice (Parts 3800--3899)
      XXIX  Federal Communications Commission (Parts 3900--3999)
       XXX  Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation (Parts 4000--
                4099)
      XXXI  Farm Credit Administration (Parts 4100--4199)

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    XXXIII  Overseas Private Investment Corporation (Parts 4300--
                4399)
     XXXIV  Securities and Exchange Commission (Parts 4400--4499)
      XXXV  Office of Personnel Management (Parts 4500--4599)
    XXXVII  Federal Election Commission (Parts 4700--4799)
        XL  Interstate Commerce Commission (Parts 5000--5099)
       XLI  Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Parts 5100--
                5199)
      XLII  Department of Labor (Parts 5200--5299)
     XLIII  National Science Foundation (Parts 5300--5399)
       XLV  Department of Health and Human Services (Parts 5500--
                5599)
      XLVI  Postal Rate Commission (Parts 5600--5699)
     XLVII  Federal Trade Commission (Parts 5700--5799)
    XLVIII  Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Parts 5800--5899)
      XLIX  Federal Labor Relations Authority (Parts 5900--5999)
         L  Department of Transportation (Parts 6000--6099)
       LII  Export-Import Bank of the United States (Parts 6200--
                6299)
      LIII  Department of Education (Parts 6300--6399)
       LIV  Environmental Protection Agency (Parts 6400--6499)
        LV  National Endowment for the Arts (Parts 6500--6599)
       LVI  National Endowment for the Humanities (Parts 6600--
                6699)
      LVII  General Services Administration (Parts 6700--6799)
     LVIII  Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 
                (Parts 6800--6899)
       LIX  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Parts 
                6900--6999)
        LX  United States Postal Service (Parts 7000--7099)
       LXI  National Labor Relations Board (Parts 7100--7199)
      LXII  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Parts 7200--
                7299)
     LXIII  Inter-American Foundation (Parts 7300--7399)
      LXIV  Merit Systems Protection Board (Parts 7400--7499)
       LXV  Department of Housing and Urban Development (Parts 
                7500--7599)
      LXVI  National Archives and Records Administration (Parts 
                7600--7699)
     LXVII  Institute of Museum and Library Services (Parts 7700--
                7799)
    LXVIII  Commission on Civil Rights (Parts 7800--7899)
      LXIX  Tennessee Valley Authority (Parts 7900--7999)
       LXX  Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the 
                District of Columbia (Parts 8000--8099)
      LXXI  Consumer Product Safety Commission (Parts 8100--8199)
    LXXIII  Department of Agriculture (Parts 8300--8399)
     LXXIV  Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission 
                (Parts 8400--8499)
     LXXVI  Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (Parts 
                8600--8699)
    LXXVII  Office of Management and Budget (Parts 8700--8799)
      LXXX  Federal Housing Finance Agency (Parts 9000--9099)
   LXXXIII  Special Inspector General for Afghanistan 
                Reconstruction (Parts 9300--9399)

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    LXXXIV  Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Parts 9400--
                9499)
    LXXXVI  National Credit Union Administration (Parts 9600--
                9699)
     XCVII  Department of Homeland Security Human Resources 
                Management System (Department of Homeland 
                Security--Office of Personnel Management) (Parts 
                9700--9799)
     XCVII  Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and 
                Efficiency (Parts 9800--9899)

                      Title 6--Domestic Security

         I  Department of Homeland Security, Office of the 
                Secretary (Parts 1--99)
         X  Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (Parts 
                1000--1099)

                         Title 7--Agriculture

            Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Agriculture 
                (Parts 0--26)
            Subtitle B--Regulations of the Department of 
                Agriculture
         I  Agricultural Marketing Service (Standards, 
                Inspections, Marketing Practices), Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 27--209)
        II  Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture 
                (Parts 210--299)
       III  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department 
                of Agriculture (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 400--499)
         V  Agricultural Research Service, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 500--599)
        VI  Natural Resources Conservation Service, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 600--699)
       VII  Farm Service Agency, Department of Agriculture (Parts 
                700--799)
      VIII  Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
                Administration (Federal Grain Inspection Service), 
                Department of Agriculture (Parts 800--899)
        IX  Agricultural Marketing Service (Marketing Agreements 
                and Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), Department 
                of Agriculture (Parts 900--999)
         X  Agricultural Marketing Service (Marketing Agreements 
                and Orders; Milk), Department of Agriculture 
                (Parts 1000--1199)
        XI  Agricultural Marketing Service (Marketing Agreements 
                and Orders; Miscellaneous Commodities), Department 
                of Agriculture (Parts 1200--1299)
       XIV  Commodity Credit Corporation, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 1400--1499)
        XV  Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 1500--1599)
       XVI  Rural Telephone Bank, Department of Agriculture (Parts 
                1600--1699)

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      XVII  Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture 
                (Parts 1700--1799)
     XVIII  Rural Housing Service, Rural Business-Cooperative 
                Service, Rural Utilities Service, and Farm Service 
                Agency, Department of Agriculture (Parts 1800--
                2099)
        XX  Local Television Loan Guarantee Board (Parts 2200--
                2299)
       XXV  Office of Advocacy and Outreach, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 2500--2599)
      XXVI  Office of Inspector General, Department of Agriculture 
                (Parts 2600--2699)
     XXVII  Office of Information Resources Management, Department 
                of Agriculture (Parts 2700--2799)
    XXVIII  Office of Operations, Department of Agriculture (Parts 
                2800--2899)
      XXIX  Office of Energy Policy and New Uses, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 2900--2999)
       XXX  Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 3000--3099)
      XXXI  Office of Environmental Quality, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 3100--3199)
     XXXII  Office of Procurement and Property Management, 
                Department of Agriculture (Parts 3200--3299)
    XXXIII  Office of Transportation, Department of Agriculture 
                (Parts 3300--3399)
     XXXIV  National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Parts 
                3400--3499)
      XXXV  Rural Housing Service, Department of Agriculture 
                (Parts 3500--3599)
     XXXVI  National Agricultural Statistics Service, Department 
                of Agriculture (Parts 3600--3699)
    XXXVII  Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture 
                (Parts 3700--3799)
   XXXVIII  World Agricultural Outlook Board, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 3800--3899)
       XLI  [Reserved]
      XLII  Rural Business-Cooperative Service and Rural Utilities 
                Service, Department of Agriculture (Parts 4200--
                4299)

                    Title 8--Aliens and Nationality

         I  Department of Homeland Security (Immigration and 
                Naturalization) (Parts 1--499)
         V  Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of 
                Justice (Parts 1000--1399)

                 Title 9--Animals and Animal Products

         I  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department 
                of Agriculture (Parts 1--199)

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        II  Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
                Administration (Packers and Stockyards Programs), 
                Department of Agriculture (Parts 200--299)
       III  Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 300--599)

                           Title 10--Energy

         I  Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Parts 0--199)
        II  Department of Energy (Parts 200--699)
       III  Department of Energy (Parts 700--999)
         X  Department of Energy (General Provisions) (Parts 
                1000--1099)
      XIII  Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (Parts 1300--
                1399)
      XVII  Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (Parts 1700--
                1799)
     XVIII  Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste 
                Commission (Parts 1800--1899)

                      Title 11--Federal Elections

         I  Federal Election Commission (Parts 1--9099)
        II  Election Assistance Commission (Parts 9400--9499)

                      Title 12--Banks and Banking

         I  Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the 
                Treasury (Parts 1--199)
        II  Federal Reserve System (Parts 200--299)
       III  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Export-Import Bank of the United States (Parts 400--
                499)
         V  Office of Thrift Supervision, Department of the 
                Treasury (Parts 500--599)
        VI  Farm Credit Administration (Parts 600--699)
       VII  National Credit Union Administration (Parts 700--799)
      VIII  Federal Financing Bank (Parts 800--899)
        IX  Federal Housing Finance Board (Parts 900--999)
         X  Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Parts 1000--
                1099)
        XI  Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council 
                (Parts 1100--1199)
       XII  Federal Housing Finance Agency (Parts 1200--1299)
      XIII  Financial Stability Oversight Council (Parts 1300--
                1399)
       XIV  Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation (Parts 1400--
                1499)
        XV  Department of the Treasury (Parts 1500--1599)
       XVI  Office of Financial Research (Parts 1600--1699)
      XVII  Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, 
                Department of Housing and Urban Development (Parts 
                1700--1799)
     XVIII  Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, 
                Department of the Treasury (Parts 1800--1899)

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               Title 13--Business Credit and Assistance

         I  Small Business Administration (Parts 1--199)
       III  Economic Development Administration, Department of 
                Commerce (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Emergency Steel Guarantee Loan Board (Parts 400--499)
         V  Emergency Oil and Gas Guaranteed Loan Board (Parts 
                500--599)

                    Title 14--Aeronautics and Space

         I  Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
                Transportation (Parts 1--199)
        II  Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation 
                (Aviation Proceedings) (Parts 200--399)
       III  Commercial Space Transportation, Federal Aviation 
                Administration, Department of Transportation 
                (Parts 400--1199)
         V  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Parts 
                1200--1299)
        VI  Air Transportation System Stabilization (Parts 1300--
                1399)

                 Title 15--Commerce and Foreign Trade

            Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Commerce (Parts 
                0--29)
            Subtitle B--Regulations Relating to Commerce and 
                Foreign Trade
         I  Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce (Parts 
                30--199)
        II  National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
                Department of Commerce (Parts 200--299)
       III  International Trade Administration, Department of 
                Commerce (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Department of Commerce 
                (Parts 400--499)
       VII  Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of 
                Commerce (Parts 700--799)
      VIII  Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce 
                (Parts 800--899)
        IX  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
                Department of Commerce (Parts 900--999)
        XI  Technology Administration, Department of Commerce 
                (Parts 1100--1199)
      XIII  East-West Foreign Trade Board (Parts 1300--1399)
       XIV  Minority Business Development Agency (Parts 1400--
                1499)
            Subtitle C--Regulations Relating to Foreign Trade 
                Agreements
        XX  Office of the United States Trade Representative 
                (Parts 2000--2099)
            Subtitle D--Regulations Relating to Telecommunications 
                and Information
     XXIII  National Telecommunications and Information 
                Administration, Department of Commerce (Parts 
                2300--2399)

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                    Title 16--Commercial Practices

         I  Federal Trade Commission (Parts 0--999)
        II  Consumer Product Safety Commission (Parts 1000--1799)

             Title 17--Commodity and Securities Exchanges

         I  Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Parts 1--199)
        II  Securities and Exchange Commission (Parts 200--399)
        IV  Department of the Treasury (Parts 400--499)

          Title 18--Conservation of Power and Water Resources

         I  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of 
                Energy (Parts 1--399)
       III  Delaware River Basin Commission (Parts 400--499)
        VI  Water Resources Council (Parts 700--799)
      VIII  Susquehanna River Basin Commission (Parts 800--899)
      XIII  Tennessee Valley Authority (Parts 1300--1399)

                       Title 19--Customs Duties

         I  U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of 
                Homeland Security; Department of the Treasury 
                (Parts 0--199)
        II  United States International Trade Commission (Parts 
                200--299)
       III  International Trade Administration, Department of 
                Commerce (Parts 300--399)
        IV  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department 
                of Homeland Security (Parts 400--599)

                     Title 20--Employees' Benefits

         I  Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department 
                of Labor (Parts 1--199)
        II  Railroad Retirement Board (Parts 200--399)
       III  Social Security Administration (Parts 400--499)
        IV  Employees' Compensation Appeals Board, Department of 
                Labor (Parts 500--599)
         V  Employment and Training Administration, Department of 
                Labor (Parts 600--699)
        VI  Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department 
                of Labor (Parts 700--799)
       VII  Benefits Review Board, Department of Labor (Parts 
                800--899)
      VIII  Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries (Parts 
                900--999)
        IX  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' 
                Employment and Training Service, Department of 
                Labor (Parts 1000--1099)

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                       Title 21--Food and Drugs

         I  Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and 
                Human Services (Parts 1--1299)
        II  Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice 
                (Parts 1300--1399)
       III  Office of National Drug Control Policy (Parts 1400--
                1499)

                      Title 22--Foreign Relations

         I  Department of State (Parts 1--199)
        II  Agency for International Development (Parts 200--299)
       III  Peace Corps (Parts 300--399)
        IV  International Joint Commission, United States and 
                Canada (Parts 400--499)
         V  Broadcasting Board of Governors (Parts 500--599)
       VII  Overseas Private Investment Corporation (Parts 700--
                799)
        IX  Foreign Service Grievance Board (Parts 900--999)
         X  Inter-American Foundation (Parts 1000--1099)
        XI  International Boundary and Water Commission, United 
                States and Mexico, United States Section (Parts 
                1100--1199)
       XII  United States International Development Cooperation 
                Agency (Parts 1200--1299)
      XIII  Millennium Challenge Corporation (Parts 1300--1399)
       XIV  Foreign Service Labor Relations Board; Federal Labor 
                Relations Authority; General Counsel of the 
                Federal Labor Relations Authority; and the Foreign 
                Service Impasse Disputes Panel (Parts 1400--1499)
        XV  African Development Foundation (Parts 1500--1599)
       XVI  Japan-United States Friendship Commission (Parts 
                1600--1699)
      XVII  United States Institute of Peace (Parts 1700--1799)

                          Title 23--Highways

         I  Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
                Transportation (Parts 1--999)
        II  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and 
                Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
                Transportation (Parts 1200--1299)
       III  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
                Department of Transportation (Parts 1300--1399)

                Title 24--Housing and Urban Development

            Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary, Department of 
                Housing and Urban Development (Parts 0--99)
            Subtitle B--Regulations Relating to Housing and Urban 
                Development
         I  Office of Assistant Secretary for Equal Opportunity, 
                Department of Housing and Urban Development (Parts 
                100--199)

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        II  Office of Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal 
                Housing Commissioner, Department of Housing and 
                Urban Development (Parts 200--299)
       III  Government National Mortgage Association, Department 
                of Housing and Urban Development (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Office of Housing and Office of Multifamily Housing 
                Assistance Restructuring, Department of Housing 
                and Urban Development (Parts 400--499)
         V  Office of Assistant Secretary for Community Planning 
                and Development, Department of Housing and Urban 
                Development (Parts 500--599)
        VI  Office of Assistant Secretary for Community Planning 
                and Development, Department of Housing and Urban 
                Development (Parts 600--699) [Reserved]
       VII  Office of the Secretary, Department of Housing and 
                Urban Development (Housing Assistance Programs and 
                Public and Indian Housing Programs) (Parts 700--
                799)
      VIII  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal 
                Housing Commissioner, Department of Housing and 
                Urban Development (Section 8 Housing Assistance 
                Programs, Section 202 Direct Loan Program, Section 
                202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program and 
                Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons With 
                Disabilities Program) (Parts 800--899)
        IX  Office of Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
                Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
                Development (Parts 900--1699)
         X  Office of Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal 
                Housing Commissioner, Department of Housing and 
                Urban Development (Interstate Land Sales 
                Registration Program) (Parts 1700--1799)
       XII  Office of Inspector General, Department of Housing and 
                Urban Development (Parts 2000--2099)
        XV  Emergency Mortgage Insurance and Loan Programs, 
                Department of Housing and Urban Development (Parts 
                2700--2799)
        XX  Office of Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal 
                Housing Commissioner, Department of Housing and 
                Urban Development (Parts 3200--3899)
      XXIV  Board of Directors of the HOPE for Homeowners Program 
                (Parts 4000--4099)
       XXV  Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (Parts 4100--
                4199)

                           Title 25--Indians

         I  Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior 
                (Parts 1--299)
        II  Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the 
                Interior (Parts 300--399)
       III  National Indian Gaming Commission, Department of the 
                Interior (Parts 500--599)
        IV  Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation (Parts 
                700--799)
         V  Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, 
                and Indian Health Service, Department of Health 
                and Human Services (Part 900)

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        VI  Office of the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs, 
                Department of the Interior (Parts 1000--1199)
       VII  Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, 
                Department of the Interior (Parts 1200--1299)

                      Title 26--Internal Revenue

         I  Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury 
                (Parts 1--End)

           Title 27--Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms

         I  Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Department 
                of the Treasury (Parts 1--399)
        II  Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, 
                Department of Justice (Parts 400--699)

                   Title 28--Judicial Administration

         I  Department of Justice (Parts 0--299)
       III  Federal Prison Industries, Inc., Department of Justice 
                (Parts 300--399)
         V  Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice (Parts 500--
                599)
        VI  Offices of Independent Counsel, Department of Justice 
                (Parts 600--699)
       VII  Office of Independent Counsel (Parts 700--799)
      VIII  Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the 
                District of Columbia (Parts 800--899)
        IX  National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council 
                (Parts 900--999)
        XI  Department of Justice and Department of State (Parts 
                1100--1199)

                            Title 29--Labor

            Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Labor (Parts 
                0--99)
            Subtitle B--Regulations Relating to Labor
         I  National Labor Relations Board (Parts 100--199)
        II  Office of Labor-Management Standards, Department of 
                Labor (Parts 200--299)
       III  National Railroad Adjustment Board (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Office of Labor-Management Standards, Department of 
                Labor (Parts 400--499)
         V  Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor (Parts 
                500--899)
        IX  Construction Industry Collective Bargaining Commission 
                (Parts 900--999)
         X  National Mediation Board (Parts 1200--1299)
       XII  Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (Parts 
                1400--1499)
       XIV  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Parts 1600--
                1699)

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      XVII  Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 
                Department of Labor (Parts 1900--1999)
        XX  Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission 
                (Parts 2200--2499)
       XXV  Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department 
                of Labor (Parts 2500--2599)
     XXVII  Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission 
                (Parts 2700--2799)
        XL  Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (Parts 4000--
                4999)

                      Title 30--Mineral Resources

         I  Mine Safety and Health Administration, Department of 
                Labor (Parts 1--199)
        II  Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, 
                Department of the Interior (Parts 200--299)
        IV  Geological Survey, Department of the Interior (Parts 
                400--499)
         V  Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the 
                Interior (Parts 500--599)
       VII  Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 
                Department of the Interior (Parts 700--999)
       XII  Office of Natural Resources Revenue, Department of the 
                Interior (Parts 1200--1299)

                 Title 31--Money and Finance: Treasury

            Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of the Treasury 
                (Parts 0--50)
            Subtitle B--Regulations Relating to Money and Finance
         I  Monetary Offices, Department of the Treasury (Parts 
                51--199)
        II  Fiscal Service, Department of the Treasury (Parts 
                200--399)
        IV  Secret Service, Department of the Treasury (Parts 
                400--499)
         V  Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the 
                Treasury (Parts 500--599)
        VI  Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Department of the 
                Treasury (Parts 600--699)
       VII  Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Department of 
                the Treasury (Parts 700--799)
      VIII  Office of International Investment, Department of the 
                Treasury (Parts 800--899)
        IX  Federal Claims Collection Standards (Department of the 
                Treasury--Department of Justice) (Parts 900--999)
         X  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Department of 
                the Treasury (Parts 1000--1099)

                      Title 32--National Defense

            Subtitle A--Department of Defense
         I  Office of the Secretary of Defense (Parts 1--399)

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         V  Department of the Army (Parts 400--699)
        VI  Department of the Navy (Parts 700--799)
       VII  Department of the Air Force (Parts 800--1099)
            Subtitle B--Other Regulations Relating to National 
                Defense
       XII  Defense Logistics Agency (Parts 1200--1299)
       XVI  Selective Service System (Parts 1600--1699)
      XVII  Office of the Director of National Intelligence (Parts 
                1700--1799)
     XVIII  National Counterintelligence Center (Parts 1800--1899)
       XIX  Central Intelligence Agency (Parts 1900--1999)
        XX  Information Security Oversight Office, National 
                Archives and Records Administration (Parts 2000--
                2099)
       XXI  National Security Council (Parts 2100--2199)
      XXIV  Office of Science and Technology Policy (Parts 2400--
                2499)
     XXVII  Office for Micronesian Status Negotiations (Parts 
                2700--2799)
    XXVIII  Office of the Vice President of the United States 
                (Parts 2800--2899)

               Title 33--Navigation and Navigable Waters

         I  Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security (Parts 
                1--199)
        II  Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army (Parts 
                200--399)
        IV  Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, 
                Department of Transportation (Parts 400--499)

                          Title 34--Education

            Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary, Department of 
                Education (Parts 1--99)
            Subtitle B--Regulations of the Offices of the 
                Department of Education
         I  Office for Civil Rights, Department of Education 
                (Parts 100--199)
        II  Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, 
                Department of Education (Parts 200--299)
       III  Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative 
                Services, Department of Education (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Department 
                of Education (Parts 400--499)
         V  Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages 
                Affairs, Department of Education (Parts 500--599)
        VI  Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of 
                Education (Parts 600--699)
       VII  Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 
                Department of Education (Parts 700--799) 
                [Reserved]
            Subtitle C--Regulations Relating to Education
        XI  National Institute for Literacy (Parts 1100--1199)
       XII  National Council on Disability (Parts 1200--1299)

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                          Title 35 [Reserved]

             Title 36--Parks, Forests, and Public Property

         I  National Park Service, Department of the Interior 
                (Parts 1--199)
        II  Forest Service, Department of Agriculture (Parts 200--
                299)
       III  Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army (Parts 
                300--399)
        IV  American Battle Monuments Commission (Parts 400--499)
         V  Smithsonian Institution (Parts 500--599)
        VI  [Reserved]
       VII  Library of Congress (Parts 700--799)
      VIII  Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (Parts 800--
                899)
        IX  Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation (Parts 
                900--999)
         X  Presidio Trust (Parts 1000--1099)
        XI  Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance 
                Board (Parts 1100--1199)
       XII  National Archives and Records Administration (Parts 
                1200--1299)
        XV  Oklahoma City National Memorial Trust (Parts 1500--
                1599)
       XVI  Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
                Environmental Policy Foundation (Parts 1600--1699)

             Title 37--Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights

         I  United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department 
                of Commerce (Parts 1--199)
        II  U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress (Parts 
                200--299)
       III  Copyright Royalty Board, Library of Congress (Parts 
                300--399)
        IV  Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy, Department 
                of Commerce (Parts 400--599)

           Title 38--Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief

         I  Department of Veterans Affairs (Parts 0--199)
        II  Armed Forces Retirement Home (Parts 200--299)

                       Title 39--Postal Service

         I  United States Postal Service (Parts 1--999)
       III  Postal Regulatory Commission (Parts 3000--3099)

                  Title 40--Protection of Environment

         I  Environmental Protection Agency (Parts 1--1099)
        IV  Environmental Protection Agency and Department of 
                Justice (Parts 1400--1499)
         V  Council on Environmental Quality (Parts 1500--1599)
        VI  Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (Parts 
                1600--1699)

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       VII  Environmental Protection Agency and Department of 
                Defense; Uniform National Discharge Standards for 
                Vessels of the Armed Forces (Parts 1700--1799)

          Title 41--Public Contracts and Property Management

            Subtitle A--Federal Procurement Regulations System 
                [Note]
            Subtitle B--Other Provisions Relating to Public 
                Contracts
        50  Public Contracts, Department of Labor (Parts 50-1--50-
                999)
        51  Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or 
                Severely Disabled (Parts 51-1--51-99)
        60  Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Equal 
                Employment Opportunity, Department of Labor (Parts 
                60-1--60-999)
        61  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' 
                Employment and Training Service, Department of 
                Labor (Parts 61-1--61-999)
   62--100  [Reserved]
            Subtitle C--Federal Property Management Regulations 
                System
       101  Federal Property Management Regulations (Parts 101-1--
                101-99)
       102  Federal Management Regulation (Parts 102-1--102-299)
  103--104  [Reserved]
       105  General Services Administration (Parts 105-1--105-999)
       109  Department of Energy Property Management Regulations 
                (Parts 109-1--109-99)
       114  Department of the Interior (Parts 114-1--114-99)
       115  Environmental Protection Agency (Parts 115-1--115-99)
       128  Department of Justice (Parts 128-1--128-99)
  129--200  [Reserved]
            Subtitle D--Other Provisions Relating to Property 
                Management [Reserved]
            Subtitle E--Federal Information Resources Management 
                Regulations System [Reserved]
            Subtitle F--Federal Travel Regulation System
       300  General (Parts 300-1--300-99)
       301  Temporary Duty (TDY) Travel Allowances (Parts 301-1--
                301-99)
       302  Relocation Allowances (Parts 302-1--302-99)
       303  Payment of Expenses Connected with the Death of 
                Certain Employees (Part 303-1--303-99)
       304  Payment of Travel Expenses from a Non-Federal Source 
                (Parts 304-1--304-99)

                        Title 42--Public Health

         I  Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human 
                Services (Parts 1--199)
        IV  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department 
                of Health and Human Services (Parts 400--599)

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         V  Office of Inspector General-Health Care, Department of 
                Health and Human Services (Parts 1000--1999)

                   Title 43--Public Lands: Interior

            Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of the Interior 
                (Parts 1--199)
            Subtitle B--Regulations Relating to Public Lands
         I  Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior 
                (Parts 400--999)
        II  Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior 
                (Parts 1000--9999)
       III  Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation 
                Commission (Parts 10000--10099)

             Title 44--Emergency Management and Assistance

         I  Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of 
                Homeland Security (Parts 0--399)
        IV  Department of Commerce and Department of 
                Transportation (Parts 400--499)

                       Title 45--Public Welfare

            Subtitle A--Department of Health and Human Services 
                (Parts 1--199)
            Subtitle B--Regulations Relating to Public Welfare
        II  Office of Family Assistance (Assistance Programs), 
                Administration for Children and Families, 
                Department of Health and Human Services (Parts 
                200--299)
       III  Office of Child Support Enforcement (Child Support 
                Enforcement Program), Administration for Children 
                and Families, Department of Health and Human 
                Services (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for 
                Children and Families, Department of Health and 
                Human Services (Parts 400--499)
         V  Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United 
                States, Department of Justice (Parts 500--599)
        VI  National Science Foundation (Parts 600--699)
       VII  Commission on Civil Rights (Parts 700--799)
      VIII  Office of Personnel Management (Parts 800--899)
         X  Office of Community Services, Administration for 
                Children and Families, Department of Health and 
                Human Services (Parts 1000--1099)
        XI  National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities 
                (Parts 1100--1199)
       XII  Corporation for National and Community Service (Parts 
                1200--1299)
      XIII  Office of Human Development Services, Department of 
                Health and Human Services (Parts 1300--1399)

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       XVI  Legal Services Corporation (Parts 1600--1699)
      XVII  National Commission on Libraries and Information 
                Science (Parts 1700--1799)
     XVIII  Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation (Parts 1800--
                1899)
       XXI  Commission on Fine Arts (Parts 2100--2199)
     XXIII  Arctic Research Commission (Part 2301)
      XXIV  James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation (Parts 
                2400--2499)
       XXV  Corporation for National and Community Service (Parts 
                2500--2599)

                          Title 46--Shipping

         I  Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security (Parts 
                1--199)
        II  Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation 
                (Parts 200--399)
       III  Coast Guard (Great Lakes Pilotage), Department of 
                Homeland Security (Parts 400--499)
        IV  Federal Maritime Commission (Parts 500--599)

                      Title 47--Telecommunication

         I  Federal Communications Commission (Parts 0--199)
        II  Office of Science and Technology Policy and National 
                Security Council (Parts 200--299)
       III  National Telecommunications and Information 
                Administration, Department of Commerce (Parts 
                300--399)
        IV  National Telecommunications and Information 
                Administration, Department of Commerce, and 
                National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
                Department of Transportation (Parts 400--499)

           Title 48--Federal Acquisition Regulations System

         1  Federal Acquisition Regulation (Parts 1--99)
         2  Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of 
                Defense (Parts 200--299)
         3  Health and Human Services (Parts 300--399)
         4  Department of Agriculture (Parts 400--499)
         5  General Services Administration (Parts 500--599)
         6  Department of State (Parts 600--699)
         7  Agency for International Development (Parts 700--799)
         8  Department of Veterans Affairs (Parts 800--899)
         9  Department of Energy (Parts 900--999)
        10  Department of the Treasury (Parts 1000--1099)
        12  Department of Transportation (Parts 1200--1299)
        13  Department of Commerce (Parts 1300--1399)
        14  Department of the Interior (Parts 1400--1499)

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        15  Environmental Protection Agency (Parts 1500--1599)
        16  Office of Personnel Management, Federal Employees 
                Health Benefits Acquisition Regulation (Parts 
                1600--1699)
        17  Office of Personnel Management (Parts 1700--1799)
        18  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Parts 
                1800--1899)
        19  Broadcasting Board of Governors (Parts 1900--1999)
        20  Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Parts 2000--2099)
        21  Office of Personnel Management, Federal Employees 
                Group Life Insurance Federal Acquisition 
                Regulation (Parts 2100--2199)
        23  Social Security Administration (Parts 2300--2399)
        24  Department of Housing and Urban Development (Parts 
                2400--2499)
        25  National Science Foundation (Parts 2500--2599)
        28  Department of Justice (Parts 2800--2899)
        29  Department of Labor (Parts 2900--2999)
        30  Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security 
                Acquisition Regulation (HSAR) (Parts 3000--3099)
        34  Department of Education Acquisition Regulation (Parts 
                3400--3499)
        51  Department of the Army Acquisition Regulations (Parts 
                5100--5199)
        52  Department of the Navy Acquisition Regulations (Parts 
                5200--5299)
        53  Department of the Air Force Federal Acquisition 
                Regulation Supplement (Parts 5300--5399) 
                [Reserved]
        54  Defense Logistics Agency, Department of Defense (Parts 
                5400--5499)
        57  African Development Foundation (Parts 5700--5799)
        61  Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, General Services 
                Administration (Parts 6100--6199)
        63  Department of Transportation Board of Contract Appeals 
                (Parts 6300--6399)
        99  Cost Accounting Standards Board, Office of Federal 
                Procurement Policy, Office of Management and 
                Budget (Parts 9900--9999)

                       Title 49--Transportation

            Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation 
                (Parts 1--99)
            Subtitle B--Other Regulations Relating to 
                Transportation
         I  Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
                Administration, Department of Transportation 
                (Parts 100--199)
        II  Federal Railroad Administration, Department of 
                Transportation (Parts 200--299)
       III  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 
                Department of Transportation (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security (Parts 
                400--499)

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         V  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
                Department of Transportation (Parts 500--599)
        VI  Federal Transit Administration, Department of 
                Transportation (Parts 600--699)
       VII  National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK) 
                (Parts 700--799)
      VIII  National Transportation Safety Board (Parts 800--999)
         X  Surface Transportation Board, Department of 
                Transportation (Parts 1000--1399)
        XI  Research and Innovative Technology Administration, 
                Department of Transportation (Parts 1400--1499) 
                [Reserved]
       XII  Transportation Security Administration, Department of 
                Homeland Security (Parts 1500--1699)

                   Title 50--Wildlife and Fisheries

         I  United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of 
                the Interior (Parts 1--199)
        II  National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic 
                and Atmospheric Administration, Department of 
                Commerce (Parts 200--299)
       III  International Fishing and Related Activities (Parts 
                300--399)
        IV  Joint Regulations (United States Fish and Wildlife 
                Service, Department of the Interior and National 
                Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and 
                Atmospheric Administration, Department of 
                Commerce); Endangered Species Committee 
                Regulations (Parts 400--499)
         V  Marine Mammal Commission (Parts 500--599)
        VI  Fishery Conservation and Management, National Oceanic 
                and Atmospheric Administration, Department of 
                Commerce (Parts 600--699)

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           Alphabetical List of Agencies Appearing in the CFR




                      (Revised as of July 1, 2014)

                                                  CFR Title, Subtitle or 
                     Agency                               Chapter

Administrative Committee of the Federal Register  1, I
Administrative Conference of the United States    1, III
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation         36, VIII
Advocacy and Outreach, Office of                  7, XXV
Afghanistan Reconstruction, Special Inspector     22, LXXXIII
     General for
African Development Foundation                    22, XV
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 57
Agency for International Development              2, VII; 22, II
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 7
Agricultural Marketing Service                    7, I, IX, X, XI
Agricultural Research Service                     7, V
Agriculture Department                            2, IV; 5, LXXIII
  Advocacy and Outreach, Office of                7, XXV
  Agricultural Marketing Service                  7, I, IX, X, XI
  Agricultural Research Service                   7, V
  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service      7, III; 9, I
  Chief Financial Officer, Office of              7, XXX
  Commodity Credit Corporation                    7, XIV
  Economic Research Service                       7, XXXVII
  Energy Policy and New Uses, Office of           2, IX; 7, XXIX
  Environmental Quality, Office of                7, XXXI
  Farm Service Agency                             7, VII, XVIII
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 4
  Federal Crop Insurance Corporation              7, IV
  Food and Nutrition Service                      7, II
  Food Safety and Inspection Service              9, III
  Foreign Agricultural Service                    7, XV
  Forest Service                                  36, II
  Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards        7, VIII; 9, II
       Administration
  Information Resources Management, Office of     7, XXVII
  Inspector General, Office of                    7, XXVI
  National Agricultural Library                   7, XLI
  National Agricultural Statistics Service        7, XXXVI
  National Institute of Food and Agriculture      7, XXXIV
  Natural Resources Conservation Service          7, VI
  Operations, Office of                           7, XXVIII
  Procurement and Property Management, Office of  7, XXXII
  Rural Business-Cooperative Service              7, XVIII, XLII, L
  Rural Development Administration                7, XLII
  Rural Housing Service                           7, XVIII, XXXV, L
  Rural Telephone Bank                            7, XVI
  Rural Utilities Service                         7, XVII, XVIII, XLII, L
  Secretary of Agriculture, Office of             7, Subtitle A
  Transportation, Office of                       7, XXXIII
  World Agricultural Outlook Board                7, XXXVIII
Air Force Department                              32, VII
  Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement       48, 53
Air Transportation Stabilization Board            14, VI
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau          27, I
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives,       27, II
     Bureau of
AMTRAK                                            49, VII
American Battle Monuments Commission              36, IV
American Indians, Office of the Special Trustee   25, VII

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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service        7, III; 9, I
Appalachian Regional Commission                   5, IX
Architectural and Transportation Barriers         36, XI
     Compliance Board
Arctic Research Commission                        45, XXIII
Armed Forces Retirement Home                      5, XI
Army Department                                   32, V
  Engineers, Corps of                             33, II; 36, III
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 51
Bilingual Education and Minority Languages        34, V
     Affairs, Office of
Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for         41, 51
     Purchase from People Who Are
Broadcasting Board of Governors                   22, V
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 19
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation,    30, II
     and Enforcement
Census Bureau                                     15, I
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services          42, IV
Central Intelligence Agency                       32, XIX
Chemical Safety and Hazardous Investigation       40, VI
     Board
Chief Financial Officer, Office of                7, XXX
Child Support Enforcement, Office of              45, III
Children and Families, Administration for         45, II, III, IV, X
Civil Rights, Commission on                       5, LXVIII; 45, VII
Civil Rights, Office for                          34, I
Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity    5, XCVIII
     and Efficiency
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency    5, LXX
     for the District of Columbia
Coast Guard                                       33, I; 46, I; 49, IV
Coast Guard (Great Lakes Pilotage)                46, III
Commerce Department                               2, XIII; 44, IV; 50, VI
  Census Bureau                                   15, I
  Economic Analysis, Bureau of                    15, VIII
  Economic Development Administration             13, III
  Emergency Management and Assistance             44, IV
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 13
  Foreign-Trade Zones Board                       15, IV
  Industry and Security, Bureau of                15, VII
  International Trade Administration              15, III; 19, III
  National Institute of Standards and Technology  15, II
  National Marine Fisheries Service               50, II, IV
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric                15, IX; 50, II, III, IV, 
       Administration                             VI
  National Telecommunications and Information     15, XXIII; 47, III, IV
       Administration
  National Weather Service                        15, IX
  Patent and Trademark Office, United States      37, I
  Productivity, Technology and Innovation,        37, IV
       Assistant Secretary for
  Secretary of Commerce, Office of                15, Subtitle A
  Technology Administration                       15, XI
  Technology Policy, Assistant Secretary for      37, IV
Commercial Space Transportation                   14, III
Commodity Credit Corporation                      7, XIV
Commodity Futures Trading Commission              5, XLI; 17, I
Community Planning and Development, Office of     24, V, VI
     Assistant Secretary for
Community Services, Office of                     45, X
Comptroller of the Currency                       12, I
Construction Industry Collective Bargaining       29, IX
     Commission
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau              5, LXXXIV; 12, X
Consumer Product Safety Commission                5, LXXI; 16, II
Copyright Royalty Board                           37, III
Corporation for National and Community Service    2, XXII; 45, XII, XXV
Cost Accounting Standards Board                   48, 99
Council on Environmental Quality                  40, V
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency    5, LXX; 28, VIII
     for the District of Columbia
Customs and Border Protection                     19, I

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Defense Contract Audit Agency                     32, I
Defense Department                                2, XI; 5, XXVI; 32, 
                                                  Subtitle A; 40, VII
  Advanced Research Projects Agency               32, I
  Air Force Department                            32, VII
  Army Department                                 32, V; 33, II; 36, III, 
                                                  48, 51
  Defense Acquisition Regulations System          48, 2
  Defense Intelligence Agency                     32, I
  Defense Logistics Agency                        32, I, XII; 48, 54
  Engineers, Corps of                             33, II; 36, III
  National Imagery and Mapping Agency             32, I
  Navy Department                                 32, VI; 48, 52
  Secretary of Defense, Office of                 2, XI; 32, I
Defense Contract Audit Agency                     32, I
Defense Intelligence Agency                       32, I
Defense Logistics Agency                          32, XII; 48, 54
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board           10, XVII
Delaware River Basin Commission                   18, III
District of Columbia, Court Services and          5, LXX; 28, VIII
     Offender Supervision Agency for the
Drug Enforcement Administration                   21, II
East-West Foreign Trade Board                     15, XIII
Economic Analysis, Bureau of                      15, VIII
Economic Development Administration               13, III
Economic Research Service                         7, XXXVII
Education, Department of                          2, XXXIV; 5, LIII
  Bilingual Education and Minority Languages      34, V
       Affairs, Office of
  Civil Rights, Office for                        34, I
  Educational Research and Improvement, Office    34, VII
       of
  Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of   34, II
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 34
  Postsecondary Education, Office of              34, VI
  Secretary of Education, Office of               34, Subtitle A
  Special Education and Rehabilitative Services,  34, III
       Office of
  Vocational and Adult Education, Office of       34, IV
Educational Research and Improvement, Office of   34, VII
Election Assistance Commission                    2, LVIII; 11, II
Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of     34, II
Emergency Oil and Gas Guaranteed Loan Board       13, V
Emergency Steel Guarantee Loan Board              13, IV
Employee Benefits Security Administration         29, XXV
Employees' Compensation Appeals Board             20, IV
Employees Loyalty Board                           5, V
Employment and Training Administration            20, V
Employment Standards Administration               20, VI
Endangered Species Committee                      50, IV
Energy, Department of                             2, IX; 5, XXIII; 10, II, 
                                                  III, X
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 9
  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission            5, XXIV; 18, I
  Property Management Regulations                 41, 109
Energy, Office of                                 7, XXIX
Engineers, Corps of                               33, II; 36, III
Engraving and Printing, Bureau of                 31, VI
Environmental Protection Agency                   2, XV; 5, LIV; 40, I, IV, 
                                                  VII
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 15
  Property Management Regulations                 41, 115
Environmental Quality, Office of                  7, XXXI
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission           5, LXII; 29, XIV
Equal Opportunity, Office of Assistant Secretary  24, I
     for
Executive Office of the President                 3, I
  Administration, Office of                       5, XV
  Environmental Quality, Council on               40, V
  Management and Budget, Office of                2, Subtitle A; 5, III, 
                                                  LXXVII; 14, VI; 48, 99

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  National Drug Control Policy, Office of         21, III
  National Security Council                       32, XXI; 47, 2
  Presidential Documents                          3
  Science and Technology Policy, Office of        32, XXIV; 47, II
  Trade Representative, Office of the United      15, XX
       States
Export-Import Bank of the United States           2, XXXV; 5, LII; 12, IV
Family Assistance, Office of                      45, II
Farm Credit Administration                        5, XXXI; 12, VI
Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation          5, XXX; 12, XIV
Farm Service Agency                               7, VII, XVIII
Federal Acquisition Regulation                    48, 1
Federal Aviation Administration                   14, I
  Commercial Space Transportation                 14, III
Federal Claims Collection Standards               31, IX
Federal Communications Commission                 5, XXIX; 47, I
Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Office of   41, 60
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation                7, IV
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation             5, XXII; 12, III
Federal Election Commission                       5, XXXVII; 11, I
Federal Emergency Management Agency               44, I
Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Federal    48, 21
     Acquisition Regulation
Federal Employees Health Benefits Acquisition     48, 16
     Regulation
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission              5, XXIV; 18, I
Federal Financial Institutions Examination        12, XI
     Council
Federal Financing Bank                            12, VIII
Federal Highway Administration                    23, I, II
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation            1, IV
Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Office       12, XVII
Federal Housing Finance Agency                    5, LXXX; 12, XII
Federal Housing Finance Board                     12, IX
Federal Labor Relations Authority                 5, XIV, XLIX; 22, XIV
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center           31, VII
Federal Management Regulation                     41, 102
Federal Maritime Commission                       46, IV
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service        29, XII
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission  5, LXXIV; 29, XXVII
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration       49, III
Federal Prison Industries, Inc.                   28, III
Federal Procurement Policy Office                 48, 99
Federal Property Management Regulations           41, 101
Federal Railroad Administration                   49, II
Federal Register, Administrative Committee of     1, I
Federal Register, Office of                       1, II
Federal Reserve System                            12, II
  Board of Governors                              5, LVIII
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board        5, VI, LXXVI
Federal Service Impasses Panel                    5, XIV
Federal Trade Commission                          5, XLVII; 16, I
Federal Transit Administration                    49, VI
Federal Travel Regulation System                  41, Subtitle F
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network              31, X
Financial Research Office                         12, XVI
Financial Stability Oversight Council             12, XIII
Fine Arts, Commission on                          45, XXI
Fiscal Service                                    31, II
Fish and Wildlife Service, United States          50, I, IV
Food and Drug Administration                      21, I
Food and Nutrition Service                        7, II
Food Safety and Inspection Service                9, III
Foreign Agricultural Service                      7, XV
Foreign Assets Control, Office of                 31, V
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the       45, V
     United States
Foreign Service Grievance Board                   22, IX
Foreign Service Impasse Disputes Panel            22, XIV
Foreign Service Labor Relations Board             22, XIV
Foreign-Trade Zones Board                         15, IV

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Forest Service                                    36, II
General Services Administration                   5, LVII; 41, 105
  Contract Appeals, Board of                      48, 61
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 5
  Federal Management Regulation                   41, 102
  Federal Property Management Regulations         41, 101
  Federal Travel Regulation System                41, Subtitle F
  General                                         41, 300
  Payment From a Non-Federal Source for Travel    41, 304
       Expenses
  Payment of Expenses Connected With the Death    41, 303
       of Certain Employees
  Relocation Allowances                           41, 302
  Temporary Duty (TDY) Travel Allowances          41, 301
Geological Survey                                 30, IV
Government Accountability Office                  4, I
Government Ethics, Office of                      5, XVI
Government National Mortgage Association          24, III
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards          7, VIII; 9, II
     Administration
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation            45, XVIII
Health and Human Services, Department of          2, III; 5, XLV; 45, 
                                                  Subtitle A,
  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services        42, IV
  Child Support Enforcement, Office of            45, III
  Children and Families, Administration for       45, II, III, IV, X
  Community Services, Office of                   45, X
  Family Assistance, Office of                    45, II
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 3
  Food and Drug Administration                    21, I
  Human Development Services, Office of           45, XIII
  Indian Health Service                           25, V
  Inspector General (Health Care), Office of      42, V
  Public Health Service                           42, I
  Refugee Resettlement, Office of                 45, IV
Homeland Security, Department of                  2, XXX; 6, I; 8, I
  Coast Guard                                     33, I; 46, I; 49, IV
  Coast Guard (Great Lakes Pilotage)              46, III
  Customs and Border Protection                   19, I
  Federal Emergency Management Agency             44, I
  Human Resources Management and Labor Relations  5, XCVII
       Systems
  Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau      19, IV
  Transportation Security Administration          49, XII
HOPE for Homeowners Program, Board of Directors   24, XXIV
     of
Housing and Urban Development, Department of      2, XXIV; 5, LXV; 24, 
                                                  Subtitle B
  Community Planning and Development, Office of   24, V, VI
       Assistant Secretary for
  Equal Opportunity, Office of Assistant          24, I
       Secretary for
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 24
  Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, Office    12, XVII
       of
  Government National Mortgage Association        24, III
  Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner, Office   24, II, VIII, X, XX
       of Assistant Secretary for
  Housing, Office of, and Multifamily Housing     24, IV
       Assistance Restructuring, Office of
  Inspector General, Office of                    24, XII
  Public and Indian Housing, Office of Assistant  24, IX
       Secretary for
  Secretary, Office of                            24, Subtitle A, VII
Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner, Office of  24, II, VIII, X, XX
     Assistant Secretary for
Housing, Office of, and Multifamily Housing       24, IV
     Assistance Restructuring, Office of
Human Development Services, Office of             45, XIII
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau        19, IV
Immigration Review, Executive Office for          8, V
Independent Counsel, Office of                    28, VII
Indian Affairs, Bureau of                         25, I, V

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Indian Affairs, Office of the Assistant           25, VI
     Secretary
Indian Arts and Crafts Board                      25, II
Indian Health Service                             25, V
Industry and Security, Bureau of                  15, VII
Information Resources Management, Office of       7, XXVII
Information Security Oversight Office, National   32, XX
     Archives and Records Administration
Inspector General
  Agriculture Department                          7, XXVI
  Health and Human Services Department            42, V
  Housing and Urban Development Department        24, XII, XV
Institute of Peace, United States                 22, XVII
Inter-American Foundation                         5, LXIII; 22, X
Interior Department                               2, XIV
  American Indians, Office of the Special         25, VII
       Trustee
  Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation,  30, II
       and Enforcement
  Endangered Species Committee                    50, IV
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 14
  Federal Property Management Regulations System  41, 114
  Fish and Wildlife Service, United States        50, I, IV
  Geological Survey                               30, IV
  Indian Affairs, Bureau of                       25, I, V
  Indian Affairs, Office of the Assistant         25, VI
       Secretary
  Indian Arts and Crafts Board                    25, II
  Land Management, Bureau of                      43, II
  National Indian Gaming Commission               25, III
  National Park Service                           36, I
  Natural Resource Revenue, Office of             30, XII
  Ocean Energy Management, Bureau of              30, V
  Reclamation, Bureau of                          43, I
  Secretary of the Interior, Office of            2, XIV; 43, Subtitle A
  Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,     30, VII
       Office of
Internal Revenue Service                          26, I
International Boundary and Water Commission,      22, XI
     United States and Mexico, United States 
     Section
International Development, United States Agency   22, II
     for
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 7
International Development Cooperation Agency,     22, XII
     United States
International Joint Commission, United States     22, IV
     and Canada
International Organizations Employees Loyalty     5, V
     Board
International Trade Administration                15, III; 19, III
International Trade Commission, United States     19, II
Interstate Commerce Commission                    5, XL
Investment Security, Office of                    31, VIII
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation      45, XXIV
Japan-United States Friendship Commission         22, XVI
Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries       20, VIII
Justice Department                                2, XXVIII; 5, XXVIII; 28, 
                                                  I, XI; 40, IV
  Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives,     27, II
       Bureau of
  Drug Enforcement Administration                 21, II
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 28
  Federal Claims Collection Standards             31, IX
  Federal Prison Industries, Inc.                 28, III
  Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the     45, V
       United States
  Immigration Review, Executive Office for        8, V
  Offices of Independent Counsel                  28, VI
  Prisons, Bureau of                              28, V
  Property Management Regulations                 41, 128
Labor Department                                  5, XLII
  Employee Benefits Security Administration       29, XXV
  Employees' Compensation Appeals Board           20, IV
  Employment and Training Administration          20, V
  Employment Standards Administration             20, VI

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  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 29
  Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Office    41, 60
       of
  Federal Procurement Regulations System          41, 50
  Labor-Management Standards, Office of           29, II, IV
  Mine Safety and Health Administration           30, I
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration   29, XVII
  Office of Workers' Compensation Programs        20, VII
  Public Contracts                                41, 50
  Secretary of Labor, Office of                   29, Subtitle A
  Veterans' Employment and Training Service,      41, 61; 20, IX
       Office of the Assistant Secretary for
  Wage and Hour Division                          29, V
  Workers' Compensation Programs, Office of       20, I
Labor-Management Standards, Office of             29, II, IV
Land Management, Bureau of                        43, II
Legal Services Corporation                        45, XVI
Library of Congress                               36, VII
  Copyright Royalty Board                         37, III
  U.S. Copyright Office                           37, II
Local Television Loan Guarantee Board             7, XX
Management and Budget, Office of                  5, III, LXXVII; 14, VI; 
                                                  48, 99
Marine Mammal Commission                          50, V
Maritime Administration                           46, II
Merit Systems Protection Board                    5, II, LXIV
Micronesian Status Negotiations, Office for       32, XXVII
Millennium Challenge Corporation                  22, XIII
Mine Safety and Health Administration             30, I
Minority Business Development Agency              15, XIV
Miscellaneous Agencies                            1, IV
Monetary Offices                                  31, I
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in     36, XVI
     National Environmental Policy Foundation
Museum and Library Services, Institute of         2, XXXI
National Aeronautics and Space Administration     2, XVIII; 5, LIX; 14, V
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 18
National Agricultural Library                     7, XLI
National Agricultural Statistics Service          7, XXXVI
National and Community Service, Corporation for   2, XXII; 45, XII, XXV
National Archives and Records Administration      2, XXVI; 5, LXVI; 36, XII
  Information Security Oversight Office           32, XX
National Capital Planning Commission              1, IV
National Commission for Employment Policy         1, IV
National Commission on Libraries and Information  45, XVII
     Science
National Council on Disability                    34, XII
National Counterintelligence Center               32, XVIII
National Credit Union Administration              5, LXXXVI; 12, VII
National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact     28, IX
     Council
National Drug Control Policy, Office of           21, III
National Endowment for the Arts                   2, XXXII
National Endowment for the Humanities             2, XXXIII
National Foundation on the Arts and the           45, XI
     Humanities
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration    23, II, III; 47, VI; 49, V
National Imagery and Mapping Agency               32, I
National Indian Gaming Commission                 25, III
National Institute for Literacy                   34, XI
National Institute of Food and Agriculture        7, XXXIV
National Institute of Standards and Technology    15, II
National Intelligence, Office of Director of      32, XVII
National Labor Relations Board                    5, LXI; 29, I
National Marine Fisheries Service                 50, II, IV
National Mediation Board                          29, X
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration   15, IX; 50, II, III, IV, 
                                                  VI
National Park Service                             36, I
National Railroad Adjustment Board                29, III
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK)  49, VII

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National Science Foundation                       2, XXV; 5, XLIII; 45, VI
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 25
National Security Council                         32, XXI
National Security Council and Office of Science   47, II
     and Technology Policy
National Telecommunications and Information       15, XXIII; 47, III, IV
     Administration
National Transportation Safety Board              49, VIII
Natural Resources Conservation Service            7, VI
Natural Resource Revenue, Office of               30, XII
Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation, Office of      25, IV
Navy Department                                   32, VI
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 52
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation             24, XXV
Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste  10, XVIII
     Commission
Nuclear Regulatory Commission                     2, XX; 5, XLVIII; 10, I
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 20
Occupational Safety and Health Administration     29, XVII
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission  29, XX
Ocean Energy Management, Bureau of                30, V
Offices of Independent Counsel                    28, VI
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs          20, VII
Oklahoma City National Memorial Trust             36, XV
Operations Office                                 7, XXVIII
Overseas Private Investment Corporation           5, XXXIII; 22, VII
Patent and Trademark Office, United States        37, I
Payment From a Non-Federal Source for Travel      41, 304
     Expenses
Payment of Expenses Connected With the Death of   41, 303
     Certain Employees
Peace Corps                                       2, XXXVII; 22, III
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation       36, IX
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation              29, XL
Personnel Management, Office of                   5, I, XXXV; 45, VIII
  Human Resources Management and Labor Relations  5, XCVII
       Systems, Department of Homeland Security
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 17
  Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Federal  48, 21
       Acquisition Regulation
  Federal Employees Health Benefits Acquisition   48, 16
       Regulation
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety           49, I
     Administration
Postal Regulatory Commission                      5, XLVI; 39, III
Postal Service, United States                     5, LX; 39, I
Postsecondary Education, Office of                34, VI
President's Commission on White House             1, IV
     Fellowships
Presidential Documents                            3
Presidio Trust                                    36, X
Prisons, Bureau of                                28, V
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board       6, X
Procurement and Property Management, Office of    7, XXXII
Productivity, Technology and Innovation,          37, IV
     Assistant Secretary
Public Contracts, Department of Labor             41, 50
Public and Indian Housing, Office of Assistant    24, IX
     Secretary for
Public Health Service                             42, I
Railroad Retirement Board                         20, II
Reclamation, Bureau of                            43, I
Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board    4, II
Refugee Resettlement, Office of                   45, IV
Relocation Allowances                             41, 302
Research and Innovative Technology                49, XI
     Administration
Rural Business-Cooperative Service                7, XVIII, XLII, L
Rural Development Administration                  7, XLII
Rural Housing Service                             7, XVIII, XXXV, L
Rural Telephone Bank                              7, XVI
Rural Utilities Service                           7, XVII, XVIII, XLII, L
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation     33, IV

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Science and Technology Policy, Office of          32, XXIV
Science and Technology Policy, Office of, and     47, II
     National Security Council
Secret Service                                    31, IV
Securities and Exchange Commission                5, XXXIV; 17, II
Selective Service System                          32, XVI
Small Business Administration                     2, XXVII; 13, I
Smithsonian Institution                           36, V
Social Security Administration                    2, XXIII; 20, III; 48, 23
Soldiers' and Airmen's Home, United States        5, XI
Special Counsel, Office of                        5, VIII
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services,    34, III
     Office of
State Department                                  2, VI; 22, I; 28, XI
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 6
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,       30, VII
     Office of
Surface Transportation Board                      49, X
Susquehanna River Basin Commission                18, VIII
Technology Administration                         15, XI
Technology Policy, Assistant Secretary for        37, IV
Tennessee Valley Authority                        5, LXIX; 18, XIII
Thrift Supervision Office, Department of the      12, V
     Treasury
Trade Representative, United States, Office of    15, XX
Transportation, Department of                     2, XII; 5, L
  Commercial Space Transportation                 14, III
  Contract Appeals, Board of                      48, 63
  Emergency Management and Assistance             44, IV
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 12
  Federal Aviation Administration                 14, I
  Federal Highway Administration                  23, I, II
  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration     49, III
  Federal Railroad Administration                 49, II
  Federal Transit Administration                  49, VI
  Maritime Administration                         46, II
  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration  23, II, III; 47, IV; 49, V
  Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety         49, I
       Administration
  Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation   33, IV
  Secretary of Transportation, Office of          14, II; 49, Subtitle A
  Surface Transportation Board                    49, X
  Transportation Statistics Bureau                49, XI
Transportation, Office of                         7, XXXIII
Transportation Security Administration            49, XII
Transportation Statistics Bureau                  49, XI
Travel Allowances, Temporary Duty (TDY)           41, 301
Treasury Department                               5, XXI; 12, XV; 17, IV; 
                                                  31, IX
  Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau        27, I
  Community Development Financial Institutions    12, XVIII
       Fund
  Comptroller of the Currency                     12, I
  Customs and Border Protection                   19, I
  Engraving and Printing, Bureau of               31, VI
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 10
  Federal Claims Collection Standards             31, IX
  Federal Law Enforcement Training Center         31, VII
  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network            31, X
  Fiscal Service                                  31, II
  Foreign Assets Control, Office of               31, V
  Internal Revenue Service                        26, I
  Investment Security, Office of                  31, VIII
  Monetary Offices                                31, I
  Secret Service                                  31, IV
  Secretary of the Treasury, Office of            31, Subtitle A
  Thrift Supervision, Office of                   12, V
Truman, Harry S. Scholarship Foundation           45, XVIII
United States and Canada, International Joint     22, IV
     Commission
United States and Mexico, International Boundary  22, XI
     and Water Commission, United States Section
U.S. Copyright Office                             37, II

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Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation      43, III
     Commission
Veterans Affairs Department                       2, VIII; 38, I
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 8
Veterans' Employment and Training Service,        41, 61; 20, IX
     Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Vice President of the United States, Office of    32, XXVIII
Vocational and Adult Education, Office of         34, IV
Wage and Hour Division                            29, V
Water Resources Council                           18, VI
Workers' Compensation Programs, Office of         20, I
World Agricultural Outlook Board                  7, XXXVIII

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List of CFR Sections Affected



All changes in this volume of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) that 
were made by documents published in the Federal Register since January 
1, 2009 are enumerated in the following list. Entries indicate the 
nature of the changes effected. Page numbers refer to Federal Register 
pages. The user should consult the entries for chapters, parts and 
subparts as well as sections for revisions.
For changes to this volume of the CFR prior to this listing, consult the 
annual edition of the monthly List of CFR Sections Affected (LSA). The 
LSA is available at www.fdsys.gov. For changes to this volume of the CFR 
prior to 2001, see the ``List of CFR Sections Affected, 1949-1963, 1964-
1972, 1973-1985, and 1986-2000'' published in 11 separate volumes. The 
``List of CFR Sections Affected 1986-2000'' is available at 
www.fdsys.gov.

                                  2009

29 CFR
                                                                   74 FR
                                                                    Page
Subtitle B
Chapter I
102 Technical correction............................................8214
102.114 (a) and (i) revised.........................................5619
Chapter IV
403 Authority citation revised......................................3725
    Regulation at 74 FR 3725 eff. date delay proposed...............5899
    Regulation at 74 FR 3725 eff. date delayed to 4-21-09...........7814
    Regulation at 74 FR 3725 eff. date delayed to 10-19-09.........18132
    Regulation at 74 FR 3725 withdrawn.............................52413
    Form T-1 filing due date extended..............................69023
403.4 (a)(1) revised; (b) redesignated as (f); new (b) through (e) 
        added.......................................................3725
    Regulation at 74 FR 3725 eff. date delay proposed...............5899
    Regulation at 74 FR 3725 eff. date delayed to 4-21-09...........7814
    Regulation at 74 FR 3725 eff. date delayed to 10-19-09.........18132
    Regulation at 74 FR 3725 withdrawn.............................52413
408 Form T-1 filing due date extended..............................69023
470 Removed........................................................14046

                                  2010

29 CFR
                                                                   75 FR
                                                                    Page
Subtitle B
Chapter IV
403 Authority citation revised.....................................74959
    Regulation at 75 FR 74959 eff. date corrected..................75904
403.2 (d) removed..................................................74959
    Regulation at 75 FR 74959 eff. date corrected..................75904
403.5 (d) removed..................................................74959
    Regulation at 75 FR 74959 eff. date corrected..................75904
403.8 (c) removed; (d) redesignated as new (c).....................74959
    Regulation at 75 FR 74959 eff. date corrected..................75904
404.1 First (i) removed; CFR correction.............................4271
471 (Subchapter D) Added...........................................28397

                                  2011

29 CFR
                                                                   76 FR
                                                                    Page
Chapter I
101.17--101.21 (Subpart C) Removed.................................80181
101.23 Revised.....................................................80181
101.25 Revised.....................................................80181
101.28 Revised.....................................................80182
101.29 Revised.....................................................80182
101.30 Revised.....................................................80182
102.62 Revised.....................................................80182
102.63 Revised.....................................................80183

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102.64 Revised.....................................................80183
102.65 Revised.....................................................80184
102.66 Revised.....................................................80185
102.67 Revised.....................................................80185
102.69 Revised.....................................................80186
102.77 (b) revised.................................................80188
102.85 Revised.....................................................80188
102.86 Revised.....................................................80189
102.178--102.181 (Subpart X) Added.................................77700
102.182 Added......................................................82133
104 Added..........................................................54046
    Regulation at 76 FR 54046 eff. date delayed to 1-31-12.........63188
    Regulation at 76 FR 54046 eff. date delayed to 4-30-12.........82133
Chapter IV
404 Authority citation revised.....................................66489
404.1 (f) removed; (g) through (j) redesignated as new (f) through 
        (i)........................................................66489

                                  2012

29 CFR
                                                                   77 FR
                                                                    Page
Chapter I
101 Policy statement...............................................25548
102 Policy statement...............................................25548
102.117 (c)(1), (2)(iii) and (v) revised............................4662
104 Regulation at 76 FR 54046 eff. date delayed indefinitely.......25868

                                  2013

29 CFR
                                                                   78 FR
                                                                    Page
Chapter IV
401 Authority citation revised......................................8024
401.18 Amended......................................................8024
401.19 Revised......................................................8024
402 Authority citation revised......................................8024
402.2 Amended.......................................................8024
402.13 OMB number...................................................8024
403 Authority citation revised......................................8024
403.2 (b) amended...................................................8024
403.11 OMB number...................................................8024
404 Authority citation revised......................................8024
404.2 Amended.......................................................8024
404.9 OMB number....................................................8024
405 Authority citation revised......................................8024
405.2 Amended.......................................................8025
405.11 OMB number...................................................8025
406 Authority citation revised......................................8025
406.10 OMB number...................................................8025
408 Authority citation revised......................................8025
408.13 OMB number...................................................8025
409 Authority citation revised......................................8025
409.7 OMB number....................................................8025
417 Authority citation revised......................................8025
417.2 (a) amended...................................................8025
417.4 (b)(1)(ii) and (2) amended....................................8025
417.6 Undesignated paragraph following (m) amended..................8025
417.7 Amended.......................................................8025
417.9 (c) amended...................................................8025
417.13 Amended......................................................8025
417.14 (a) and (b) amended..........................................8025
417.15 Amended......................................................8025
417.16 (a) amended..................................................8025
417.17 Amended......................................................8025
417.19 Amended......................................................8025
417.21 Amended......................................................8025
417.23 Amended......................................................8025
417.24 Heading, (a) and (b) amended.................................8025
417.25 Amended......................................................8025
451 Authority citation revised......................................8025
451.1 (c) amended...................................................8026
452 Authority citation revised......................................8026
452.1 (b) amended...................................................8026
452.6 Amended.......................................................8026
453 Authority citation revised......................................8026
453.1 (a) and (b) amended...........................................8026
457 Authority citation revised......................................8026
457.1 Amended.......................................................8026
457.13 Revised......................................................8026
457.15 Revised......................................................8026
457.16 Revised......................................................8026
457.19 (c) amended..................................................8026
457.20 Amended......................................................8026
458 Authority citation revised......................................8026
458.1 Amended.......................................................8026
458.4 (c) amended...................................................8026
458.35 Amended......................................................8026
458.36 Amended......................................................8026
458.59 Amended......................................................8026
458.64 (c) amended..................................................8026
458.65 (b) and (c) amended..........................................8026
458.66 (c) amended..................................................8026
458.70 Amended......................................................8026
458.72 (b) amended..................................................8026
458.76 Introductory text amended....................................8026
458.81 (b) amended..................................................8026
458.82 Amended......................................................8027
458.88 Heading, (b) and (c) amended.................................8027
458.90 (b) amended..................................................8027
458.91 Revised......................................................8027
458.92 Revised......................................................8027

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458.93 Revised......................................................8027
459 Authority citation revised......................................8027
459.1 Amended.......................................................8027
459.4 (b) amended...................................................8027
459.5 (b) amended...................................................8027
471 Authority citation revised......................................8027

                                  2014

   (Regulations published from January 1, 2014, through July 1, 2014)

29 CFR
                                                                   79 FR
                                                                    Page
Chapter I
101.17--101.21 (Subpart C) Added....................................3484
101.23 Revised......................................................3487
101.25 Revised......................................................3487
101.28 Revised......................................................3488
101.29 Revised......................................................3488
101.30 Revised......................................................3488
102.60--102.72 (Subpart C) Heading revised..........................3488
102.62 Revised......................................................3489
102.63 Revised......................................................3489
102.64 Revised......................................................3489
102.65 Revised......................................................3490
102.66 Revised......................................................3490
102.67 Revised......................................................3491
102.69 Revised......................................................3492
102.77 (b) revised..................................................3494
102.85 Revised......................................................3494
102.86 Revised......................................................3495


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