[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 9]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1980.108]

[Page 216]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                          OF LABOR (CONTINUED)
 
PART 1980_PROCEDURES FOR THE HANDLING OF DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS UNDER 
 
                          Subpart B_Litigation
 
Sec. 1980.108  Role of Federal agencies.

    (a)(1) The complainant and the named person will be parties in every 
proceeding. At the Assistant Secretary's discretion, the Assistant 
Secretary may participate as a party or may participate as amicus curiae 
at any time in the proceedings. This right to participate includes, but 
is not limited to, the right to petition for review of a decision of an 
administrative law judge, including a decision based on a settlement 
agreement between complainant and the named person, to dismiss a 
complaint or to issue an order encompassing the terms of the settlement.
    (2) Copies of pleadings in all cases, whether or not the Assistant 
Secretary is participating in the proceeding, must be sent to the 
Assistant Secretary, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and 
to the Associate Solicitor, Division of Fair Labor Standards, U.S. 
Department of Labor, Washington, DC 20210.
    (b) The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may participate as 
amicus curiae at any time in the proceedings, at the SEC's discretion. 
At the request of the SEC, copies of all pleadings in a case must be 
sent to the SEC, whether or not the SEC is participating in the 
proceeding.