12 CFR § 268.301 - Negotiated grievance procedure.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s268.301"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "12 CFR § 268.301 - Negotiated grievance procedure."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "268.301"
section_name: "Negotiated grievance procedure."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM"
part_number: "268"
part_name: "RULES REGARDING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "12 U.S.C. 244 and 248(i), (k) and (1)."
regulatory_source: "68 FR 18085, Apr. 15, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "268"
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# 268.301 Negotiated grievance procedure.
When an employee of the Board, which is not an agency subject to 5 U.S.C. 7121(d), is covered by a negotiated grievance procedure, allegations of discrimination shall be processed as complaints under this part, except that the time limits for processing the complaint contained in § 268.105 and for appeal to the Commission contained in § 268.402 may be held in abeyance during processing of a grievance covering the same matter as the complaint if the Board notifies the complainant in writing that the complaint will be held in abeyance pursuant to this section.