29 CFR § 580.4 - Contents of notice.

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title: "29 CFR § 580.4 - Contents of notice."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "580.4"
section_name: "Contents of notice."
chapter_name: "WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS"
part_number: "580"
part_name: "CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES—PROCEDURES FOR ASSESSING AND CONTESTING PENALTIES"
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authority: "29 U.S.C. 9a, 203, 209, 211, 212, 213(c), 216; Reorg. Plan No. 6 of 1950, 64 Stat. 1263, 5 U.S.C. App; secs. 25, 29, 88 Stat. 72, 76; Secretary's Order 01-2014 (Dec. 19, 2014), 79 FR 77527 (Dec. 24, 2014); 5 U.S.C. 500, 503, 551, 559; 103 Stat. 938."
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# 580.4 Contents of notice.

The notice required by § 580.3 of this part shall:

(a) Set forth the determination of the Administrator as to the amount of the penalty and the reason or reasons therefor;

(b) Set forth the right to take exception to the assessment of penalties and set forth the right to request a hearing on such determination;

(c) Inform any affected person or persons that in the absence of a timely exception to a determination of penalty and a request for a hearing received within 15 days of the date of receipt of the notice, the determination of the Administrator shall become final and unappealable; and

(d) Set forth the time and method for taking exception to the determination and requesting a hearing, and the procedures relating thereto, as set forth in § 580.6 of this part.