[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: 29CFR1979.108]

[Page 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. 1979.108  Role of Federal agencies.

    (a)(1) The complainant and the named person shall 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 shall include, 
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 FAA may participate as amicus curiae at any time in the 
proceedings, at the FAA's discretion. At the request of the FAA, copies 
of all pleadings in a case must be sent to the FAA, whether or not the 
FAA is participating in the proceeding.