[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR636.9]

[Page 327]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 636--COMPLAINTS, INVESTIGATIONS AND HEARINGS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 636.9  Opportunity for informal review.

    (a) Parties to a complaint under Sec. 636.10 may choose to waive 
their rights to an administrative hearing before the Office of 
Administrative Law Judges (OALJ) by choosing to transfer the settlement 
of their dispute to an individual acceptable to all parties for the 
purpose of conducting an informal review of the stipulated facts and 
rendering a decision in accordance with applicable law. A written 
decision will be issued within 60 days after the matter is submitted for 
informal review.
    (b) The waiver of the right to request a hearing before the OALJ 
will automatically be revoked if a settlement has not been reached 
within the 60 days provided in paragraph (a) of this section.
    (c) The decision rendered under this informal review process shall 
be treated as a final decision of an Administrative Law Judge pursuant 
to section 166(b) of the Act.