[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: 29CFR1980.108]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                          OF LABOR (CONTINUED)
 
PART 1980_PROCEDURES FOR THE HANDLING OF DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS 
 
                          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 as amicus curiae at any time at 
any stage of 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 approving or rejecting a 
settlement agreement between the complainant and the named person.
    (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 may participate as amicus 
curiae at any time in the proceedings, at the Commission's discretion. 
At the request of the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of all 
pleadings in a case must be sent to the Commission, whether or not the 
Commission is participating in the proceeding.