[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 9]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1979.107]

[Page 207-208]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                          OF LABOR (CONTINUED)
 
PART 1979_PROCEDURES FOR THE HANDLING OF DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS 
 
                          Subpart B_Litigation
 
Sec. 1979.107  Hearings.

    (a) Except as provided in this part, proceedings will be conducted 
in accordance with the rules of practice and

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procedure for administrative hearings before the Office of 
Administrative Law Judges, codified at subpart A, of 29 CFR part 18.
    (b) Upon receipt of an objection and request for hearing, the Chief 
Administrative Law Judge will promptly assign the case to a judge who 
will notify the parties, by certified mail, of the day, time, and place 
of hearing. The hearing is to commence expeditiously, except upon a 
showing of good cause or unless otherwise agreed to by the parties. 
Hearings will be conducted as hearings de novo, on the record. 
Administrative law judges shall have broad discretion to limit discovery 
in order to expedite the hearing.
    (c) If both the complainant and the named person object to the 
findings and/or order, the objections will be consolidated and a single 
hearing will be conducted.
    (d) Formal rules of evidence shall not apply, but rules or 
principles designed to assure production of the most probative evidence 
shall be applied. The administrative law judge may exclude evidence 
which is immaterial, irrelevant, or unduly repetitious.