[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1603.202]

[Page 189]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
          CHAPTER XIV--EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
 
   PART 1603_PROCEDURES FOR PREVIOUSLY EXEMPT STATE AND LOCAL 
   GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS OF EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
 
                           Subpart B_Hearings
 
Sec.  1603.202  Administrative law judge.

    The administrative law judge shall have all the powers necessary to 
conduct fair, expeditious, and impartial hearings as provided in 5 
U.S.C. 556(c). In addition, the administrative law judge shall have the 
power to:
    (a) Change the time, place or date of the hearing;
    (b) Enter a default decision against a party failing to appear at a 
hearing unless the party shows good cause by contacting the 
administrative law judge and presenting arguments as to why the party or 
the party's representative could not appear either prior to the hearing 
or within two days after the scheduled hearing; and
    (c) Take any appropriate action authorized by the Federal Rules of 
Civil Procedure (28 U.S.C. appendix).