29 CFR § 1603.205 - Separation of functions.

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title: "29 CFR § 1603.205 - Separation of functions."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "1603.205"
section_name: "Separation of functions."
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"
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regulatory_source: "62 FR 17543, Apr. 10, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1603.205 Separation of functions.

(a) The administrative law judge may not be responsible to or subject to the supervision or direction of a Commission employee engaged in investigating complaints under this part.

(b) No Commission employee engaged in investigating complaints under this part shall participate or advise in the decision of the administrative law judge, except as a witness or counsel in the adjudication or its appellate review.

[62 FR 17543, Apr. 10, 1997, as amended at 89 FR 47852, June 4, 2024]