29 CFR § 1603.202 - Administrative law judge.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s1603.202"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 1603.202 - Administrative law judge."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "1603.202"
section_name: "Administrative law judge."
chapter_name: "EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION"
part_number: "1603"
part_name: "PROCEDURES FOR PREVIOUSLY EXEMPT STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS OF EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION UNDER SECTION 304 OF THE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE RIGHTS ACT OF 1991"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 2000e-12 and-16c; 42 U.S.C. 2000ff-6(b); 42 U.S.C. 2000gg-2(d)."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 17543, Apr. 10, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1603"
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# 1603.202 Administrative law judge.
The administrative law judge shall have all the powers necessary to conduct fair, expeditious, and impartial hearings as provided in 5 U.S.C. 556(c). In addition, the administrative law judge shall have the power to:
(a) Change the time, place, or date of the hearing;
(b) Enter a default decision against a party failing to appear at a hearing unless the party shows good cause by contacting the administrative law judge either prior to the hearing or within 2 days after the scheduled hearing and presenting arguments as to why the party or the party's representative could not appear; and
(c) Take any appropriate action authorized by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 U.S.C. appendix).
[62 FR 17543, Apr. 10, 1997, as amended at 89 FR 47852, June 4, 2024]