[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: 10CFR708.14]

[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. 708.14  How much time does an employee have to file a complaint?

    (a) You must file your complaint by the 90th day after the date you 
knew, or reasonably should have known, of the alleged retaliation.
    (b) The period for filing a complaint does not include time spent 
attempting to resolve the dispute through an internal company grievance-
arbitration procedure. The time period for filing stops running on the 
day the internal grievance is filed and begins to run again on the 
earlier of:
    (1) The day after such dispute resolution efforts end; or
    (2) 150 days after the internal grievance was filed if a final 
decision on the grievance has not been issued.
    (c) The period for filing a complaint does not include time spent 
resolving jurisdictional issues related to a complaint you file under 
State or other applicable law. The time period for filing stops running 
on the date the complaint under State or other applicable law is filed 
and begins to run again the day after a final decision on the 
jurisdictional issues is issued.
    (d) If you do not file your complaint during the 90-day period, the 
Head of Field Element or EC Director (as applicable) will give you an 
opportunity to show any good reason you may have for not filing within 
that period, and that official may, in his or her discretion, accept 
your complaint for processing.