[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: 29CFR1603.304]

[Page 193-194]
 
                             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 C_Appeals
 
Sec.  1603.304  Commission decision.

    (a) On behalf of the Commission, the Office of Federal Operations 
shall review the record and the appellate briefs submitted by all the 
parties. The Office of Federal Operations shall prepare a recommended 
decision for consideration by the Commission.
    (b) When an administrative law judge certifies a matter for 
interlocutory review under Sec.  1603.213, the Commission may, in its 
discretion, issue a decision on the matter or send the matter back to 
the administrative law judge without decision.

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    (c) The Commission will not accept or consider new evidence on 
appeal unless the Commission, in its discretion, reopens the record on 
appeal.
    (d) The decision of the Commission on appeal shall be its final 
order and shall be served on all parties.
    (e) In the absence of a timely appeal under Sec.  1603.302, the 
decision of the administrative law judge under Sec.  1603.217 or a 
dismissal under Sec.  1603.107 shall become the final order of the 
Commission. A final order under this paragraph shall not have 
precedential significance.