[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 22CFR16.12]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 16--FOREIGN SERVICE GRIEVANCE SYSTEM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 16.12  Hearing.

    (a) Appearances and representation. The grievant, a reasonable 
number of representatives of the grievant's own choosing, and a 
reasonable number of agency representatives, are entitled to be present 
at the hearing. The Grievance Board may, after considering the views of 
the parties and any other individuals connected with the grievance, 
decide that a hearing should be open to others.
    (b) Conduct of hearing. (1) Testimony at a hearing shall be given by 
oath or affirmation which any Board member or person designated by the 
Board shall have authority to administer.
    (2) Each party shall be entitled to examine and cross-examine 
witnesses at the hearing or by deposition, and to serve interrogatories 
answered by the other party unless the Board finds such interrogatory 
irrelevant or immaterial. Upon request of the Board, or upon a request 
of the grievant deemed relevant and material by the Board, and agency 
shall promptly make available at the hearing or by deposition any 
witness under its control, supervision or responsibility, except that if 
the Board determines that the presence of such witness at the hearing is 
required for just resolution of the grievance, then the witness shall be 
made available at the hearing, with necessary costs and travel expenses 
provided by the agency.
    (3) During any hearings held by the Board, any oral or documentary 
evidence may be received but the Board shall exclude any irrelevant, 
immaterial, or unduly repetitious evidence normally excluded in hearings 
conducted under the Administrative Procedures Act (5 U.S.C. 556).
    (4) A verbatim transcript shall be made of any hearing and shall be 
part of the record of proceedings.