[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR42.5]

[Page 423]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
PART 42--COORDINATED ENFORCEMENT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 42.5  Policy review.

    (a) The National Committee shall review the policies of OSHA, ESA 
and the United States Employment Service (USES), and the Office of the 
Solicitor and shall guide the respective agencies in improving the 
effectiveness of and coordination among all DOL agencies assigned 
responsibilities related to migrant farmworkers. These policies and 
guidance shall include such issues as the following:
    (1) The coordination of inspections, including housing inspections, 
reports and procedures of DOL agencies and State agencies designated by 
the Department to follow-up on complaints under, and to detect promptly 
violations of, any of the protective statutes.
    (2) The expedited enforcement and legal procedures to accommodate 
the transient and seasonal nature of migrant farmworker's problems.
    (3) The development of systems for prompt and efficient referral to 
the appropriate federal or State agency of violations or complaints 
discovered by or reported to DOL agencies or appropriate State agencies, 
along with prompt and efficient follow-up action by the appropriate 
agency from the initiation of the investigation through final 
enforcement action.
    (4) The training of all appropriate DOL personnel in order to ensure 
coordinated and effective enforcement.
    (5) The level of enforcement achieved by the remedies or sanctions 
used by DOL agencies to enforce the protective statutes.
    (6) The effectiveness of the Specialists Program and the Regional 
Farm Labor Coordinated Enforcement Committees.