[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 24CFR7.31]



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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 7_EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY; POLICY, PROCEDURES AND PROGRAMS

--Table of Contents

 

  Subpart A_Equal Employment Opportunity Without Regard to Race, Color 

       Religion, Sex, National Origin, Age, Disability or Reprisal

 

Sec.  7.31  Who may file a complaint, with whom filed, and time limits.



    (a) Who may file a complaint. Any aggrieved person (referred to 

elsewhere in this part as the Complainant in the formal complaint stage) 

who has satisfied the requirements of Sec.  7.25, may file a complaint, 

unless there is an executed



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settlement agreement or amended complaint of like or similar issues. The 

complaint must be filed with the Director of EEO within 15 days of 

receipt of the notice of right to file a complaint issued by the EEO 

Counselor. The Department may accept a complaint only if the Complainant 

has met the appropriate requirements of 29 CFR part 1614.

    (b) Filing and computation of time. (1) All time periods in this 

subpart stated in terms of days are calendar days unless otherwise 

stated.

    (2) A document shall be deemed timely if the document is received or 

postmarked before the expiration of the applicable filing period, or, in 

the absence of a legible postmark, if the document is received by mail 

within five days of the expiration of the applicable filing period.

    (3) The time limits in this part are subject to waiver, estoppel and 

equitable tolling.

    (4) The first day counted shall be the day after the event from 

which the time period begins to run and the last day of the period shall 

be included, unless the last day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or Federal 

holiday, in which case the period shall be extended to include the next 

business day.