[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR708.13]

[Page 333]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                    CHAPTER III--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 708_DOE CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE PROTECTION PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart B_Employee Complaint Resolution Process
 
Sec. 708.13  What must an employee do to show that all grievance-arbitration 
procedures have been exhausted?

    (a) To show that you have exhausted all applicable grievance-
arbitration procedures, you must:
    (1) State that all available opportunities for resolution through an 
applicable grievance-arbitration procedure have been exhausted, and 
provide the date on which the grievance-arbitration procedure was 
terminated and the reasons for termination; or
    (2) State that you filed a grievance under applicable grievance-
arbitration procedures, but more than 150 days have passed and a final 
decision on it has not been issued, and provide the date that you filed 
your grievance; or
    (3) State that your employer has established no grievance-
arbitration procedures.
    (b) If you do not provide the information specified in Sec. 
708.13(a), your complaint may be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction as 
provided in Sec. 708.17 of this subpart.