[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 12, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 12CFR268.605]

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                       TITLE 12--BANKS AND BANKING
 
                   CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
 
PART 268--RULES REGARDING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart G--Matters of General Applicability
 
Sec. 268.605  Representation and official time.

    (a) At any stage in the processing of a complaint, including the 
counseling stage under Sec. 268.104, the complainant shall have the 
right to be accompanied, represented, and advised by a representative of 
complainant's choice.
    (b) If the complainant is an employee of the Board, he or she shall 
have a reasonable amount of official time, if otherwise on duty, to 
prepare the complaint and to respond to Board and EEOC requests for 
information. If the complainant is an employee of the Board and he 
designates another employee of the Board as his or her representative, 
the representative shall have a reasonable amount of official time, if 
otherwise on duty, to prepare the complaint and respond to Board and 
EEOC requests for information. The Board is not obligated to change work 
schedules, incur overtime wages, or pay travel expenses to facilitate 
the choice of a specific representative or to allow the complainant and 
representative to confer. The complainant and the representative, if 
employed by the Board and otherwise in a pay status, shall be on 
official time, regardless of their tour of duty, when their presence is 
authorized or required by the Board or the Commission during the 
investigation, informal adjustment, or hearing on the complaint.
    (c) In cases where the representation of a complainant or the Board 
would conflict with the official or collateral duties of the 
representative, the Commission or the Board may, after giving the 
representative an opportunity to respond, disqualify the representative.
    (d) Unless the complainant states otherwise in writing, after the 
Board has received written notice of the name, address and telephone 
number of a representative for the complainant, all official 
correspondence shall be with the representative with copies to the 
complainant. When the complainant designates an attorney as 
representative, service of all official correspondence shall be made on 
the attorney and the complainant, but time frames for receipt of 
material shall be computed from the time of receipt by the attorney. The 
complainant must serve all official correspondence on the designated 
representative of the Board.
    (e) The complainant shall at all times be responsible for proceeding 
with the complaint whether or not he or she has designated a 
representative.
    (f) Witnesses who are Board employees shall be in a duty status when 
their presence is authorized or required by Commission or Board 
officials in connection with a complaint.

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