29 CFR § 500.223 - Caption of proceeding.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s500.223"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 500.223 - Caption of proceeding."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "500.223"
section_name: "Caption of proceeding."
chapter_name: "WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS"
part_number: "500"
part_name: "MIGRANT AND SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Pub. L. 97-470, 96 Stat. 2583 (29 U.S.C. 1801-1872); Secretary's Order No. 01-2014 (Dec. 19, 2014), 79 FR 77527 (Dec. 24, 2014); 28 U.S.C. 2461 Note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); and Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat 584."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 36741, Aug. 12, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "500"
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# 500.223 Caption of proceeding.

(a) Each administrative proceeding instituted under the Act and these regulations shall be captioned in the name of the person requesting such hearing, and shall be styled as follows:

In The Matter of __, Respondent.

(b) For the purposes of such administrative proceeding the “Secretary of Labor” shall be identified as plaintiff and the person requesting such hearing shall be named as respondent.