[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 218 (Friday, November 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58835-58836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27338]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

[Secretary's Order 8-2009]


Delegation of Authorities and Assignment of Responsibilities to 
the Director, Office of Labor-Management Standards

    1. Purpose. To delegate authorities and assign responsibilities to 
the Director, Office of Labor-Management Standards.
    2. Authorities. This Order is issued under the authority of 5 
U.S.C. 301 (Departmental Regulations); 29 U.S.C. 551 (Establishment of 
Department; Secretary; Seal); Reorganization Plan No. 6 1950 (5 U.S.C. 
App. 1 Reorg. Plan 6 1950); and the authorities cited in Section 5 of 
this Order.
    3. Directives Affected. Secretary's Order 1-2008 (Employment 
Standards) is hereby canceled. Secretary's Order 9-75 is superseded to 
the extent that it is inconsistent with Section 7 of this Order. All 
other Secretary's Orders and DOL directives (including policies and 
guidance) which reference Secretary's Orders 1-2008 or the Employment 
Standards Administration are amended to refer to this Order and/or 
Secretary's Orders governing the Office of Workers' Compensation 
Programs, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, or the Wage 
and Hour Division, as appropriate.
    4. Background. This Order is occasioned by the November 8, 2009 
dissolution of the Employment Standards Administration (ESA) into its 
four constituent components: Wage and Hour Division; Office of Federal 
Contract Compliance Programs; Office of Workers' Compensation Programs; 
and Office of Labor-Management Standards. This Order cancels 
Secretary's Order 1-2008 and constitutes the Secretary's Order 
devolving certain authorities and responsibilities of ESA to the Office 
of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS). Specifically, this Order 
delegates authorities and assigns responsibilities to the Director, 
OLMS. The authorities and responsibilities specified below are 
consistent with the ESA redelegations and distributions of authorities 
and responsibilities to OLMS in effect at the time of this dissolution.
    5. Delegation of Authority and Assignment of Responsibilities:
    A. The Director, Office of Labor-Management Standards is hereby 
delegated authority and assigned responsibility, except as hereinafter 
provided, for carrying out the employment standards, labor standards,

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and labor-management standards policies, programs, and activities of 
the Department of Labor, including those functions to be performed by 
the Secretary of Labor under the designated provisions of the following 
statutes:
    (1) The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, as 
amended, 29 U.S.C. 401 et seq. If, in the course of investigations 
under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, there appear 
to be indications of organized crime and labor racketeering, the 
Director of the Office of Labor-Management Standards shall promptly 
notify the Inspector General, who also has statutory authority to 
investigate such issues. The Inspector General shall have the power to 
assume the lead in further investigative activities arising from such 
case with respect to issues involving organized crime and labor 
racketeering.
    (2) Section 701 (Standards of Conduct for Labor Organizations) of 
the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, 5 U.S.C. 7120; Section 1017 of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980, 22 U.S.C. 4117; Section 220(a)(1) of 
the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 1351(a)(1); and 
the regulations pertaining to such sections at 29 CFR Parts 457-459.
    (3) Section 1209 of the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970, 39 
U.S.C. 1209.
    (4) The employee protection provisions of the Federal Transit law, 
as codified at 49 U.S.C. 5333(b), and related provisions.
    (5) The employee protection provisions certified under Section 
405(a), (b), (c), and (e) of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970, 45 
U.S.C. 565(a), (b), (c), and (e).
    (6) Executive Order 13496, (``the Notification of Employee Rights 
Under Federal Labor Laws'') of January 30, 2009.
    (7) Section 211(a) of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, 29 
U.S.C. 181(a) (``Compilation of Collective Bargaining Agreements, etc.; 
Use of Data'').
    (8) Such additional Federal acts that from time to time may assign 
to the Secretary or the Department duties and responsibilities similar 
to those listed under subparagraphs (1)-(7) of this paragraph, as 
directed by the Secretary.
    B. The Solicitor of Labor is delegated authority and assigned 
responsibility for providing legal advice and assistance to all 
officers of the Department relating to the administration of the 
statutory provisions, regulations, and Executive Orders listed above. 
The bringing of legal proceedings under those authorities, the 
representation of the Secretary and/or other officials of the 
Department of Labor, and the determination of whether such proceedings 
or representations are appropriate in a given case, are delegated 
exclusively to the Solicitor.
    6. Reservation of Authority and Responsibility.
    A. The submission of reports and recommendations to the President 
and the Congress concerning the administration of the statutory 
provisions and Executive Orders listed above is reserved to the 
Secretary.
    B. Nothing in this Order shall limit or modify the delegation of 
authority and assignment of responsibility to the Administrative Review 
Board by Secretary's Order 1-2002.
    C. Except as expressly provided, nothing in this Order shall limit 
or modify the provisions of any other Order, including Secretary's 
Order 4-2006 (Office of Inspector General).
    7. Redelegation of Authority. Except as otherwise provided by law, 
all of the authorities delegated in this Order may be redelegated.
    8. Effective Date. This order shall become effective on November 8, 
2009.

    Dated: November 6, 2009.
Hilda L. Solis,
Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. E9-27338 Filed 11-12-09; 8:45 am]
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