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29 C.F.R. 29 CFR--PART 2700

Title 29 - Labor

Amendment from August 04, 2006

29 CFR--PART 2700

View Printed Federal Register page 71 FR 44206 in PDF format.

Amendment(s) published August 4, 2006, in 71 FR 44206

Effective Date(s): October 3, 2006

3. Section 2700.5 is amended by redesignating paragraphs (d), (e), (f), and (g) as (e), (f), (g), and (i), revising newly redesignated paragraphs (e), (f), and (g), and adding new paragraphs (d) and (h) to read as follows:

§ 2700.5   General requirements for pleadings and other documents; status or informational requests.

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(d) Privacy considerations. Persons submitting information to the Commission shall protect information that tends to identify certain individuals or tends to constitute an unwarranted intrusion of personal privacy in the following manner:

(1) All but the last four digits of social security numbers, financial account numbers, driver's license numbers, or other personal identifying numbers, shall be redacted or excluded;

(2) Minor children shall be identified only by initials;

(3) If dates of birth must be included, only the year shall be used;

(4) Parties shall exercise caution when filing medical records, medical treatment records, medical diagnosis records, employment history, and individual financial information, and shall redact or exclude certain materials unnecessary to a disposition of the case.

(e) Manner and effective date of filing. Unless otherwise provided for in the Act, these rules, or by order:

(1) Documents may be filed with a Judge or the Commission by any means of delivery a party chooses, including facsimile transmission. With the exception of documents filed pursuant to §§2700.70 (Petitions for discretionary review), 2700.45 (Temporary reinstatement proceedings), or subpart F (Applications for temporary relief), documents filed by facsimile transmission shall not exceed 15 pages, excluding the facsimile cover sheet. Parties filing by facsimile are also required to file the original document with the Judge or Commission within 3 days of the facsimile transmission.

(2) When filing is by personal delivery or facsimile, filing is effective upon successful receipt by the Commission. When filing is by mail, filing is effective upon mailing, except that the filing of a petition for discretionary review, a petition for review of a temporary reinstatement order, a motion for extension of time, a motion for summary decision, or a motion to exceed page limit is effective upon receipt. See §§2700.9(a), 2700.45(f), 2700.67(a), 2700.70(a), (f), and 2700.75(f).

(f) Number of copies. In cases before a Judge, unless otherwise ordered, the original document, along with one copy for each docket, shall be filed; in cases before the Commission, the original and six copies shall be filed; but if the filing party is not represented by a lawyer, the original shall be sufficient. When filing is by facsimile transmission, the original must be filed with the Judge or Commission within 3 days of the facsimile transmission, but no additional copies should be filed.

(g) Form of pleadings. All printed material shall appear in at least 12-point type on paper 81/2 by 11 inches in size, with margins of at least 1 inch on all four sides. Text and footnotes shall appear in the same size type. Text shall be double spaced. Headings and footnotes may be single spaced. Quotations of 50 words or more may be single spaced and indented left and right. Excessive footnotes are prohibited. The failure to comply with the requirements of this paragraph or the use of compacted or otherwise compressed printing features may be grounds for rejection of a pleading.

(h) Citation to a decision of a Judge. Each citation to a decision of a Judge should include “(ALJ)” at the end of the citation.

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