Title 10, Part 708 — Doe Contractor Employee Protection Program

Scope and purpose.

Definitions.

Complaints covered.

Complaints not covered.

Protected conduct.

Reasonable fear of serious injury.

Filing a complaint based on retaliation for refusal to participate.

Application to pending cases.

How to file complaints or other documents.

[Reserved]

Filing a complaint.

No expectation of confidentiality.

Requirements for the form and content of a complaint.

Exhaustion of grievance-arbitration procedures.

Time to file a complaint.

Duplicative actions under State or other law.

Notification of complaints and opportunities to respond.

Dismissal for lack of jurisdiction or other good cause.

Appealing the dismissal of a complaint by the Head of Field Element or EC Director for lack of jurisdiction or other good cause.

Review by the Secretary of Energy of a decision on appeal of a dismissal.

Referral to the Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Investigation of complaints.

Time to issue a report of investigation.

Hearings not required.

Appointment of Administrative Judge.

Time and location of hearings.

The Administrative Judge may not require that the parties participate in alternative dispute resolution.

Hearing procedures.

Burdens of proof.

Timing for issuing an initial agency decision.

Procedure for issuing an initial agency decision.

Appealing an initial agency decision.

Procedure for appeals.

Procedure for issuing an appeal decision.

Review by the Secretary of Energy of an appeal decision.

Remedies.

Reimbursement of costs and expenses.

Implementation of final agency decision.

The Contract Disputes Act.

Notice of program requirements.

Referral to another agency.

Extension of deadlines.

Affirmative duty not to retaliate.