2020-04018: Discretionary Review by the Secretary

Summary

The Department of Labor is issuing this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to seek public comments on a proposal to establish a system of discretionary secretarial review over cases pending before or decided by the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals and to make technical changes to Departmental regulations governing the timing and finality of decisions of the Administrative Review Board and the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals to ensure consistency with the new discretionary review processes proposed in this rule and established in Secretary's Order 01-2020.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 24 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

• 20 CFR 641 Provisions Governing the Senior Community Service Employment Program
• 20 CFR 655 Temporary Employment of Foreign Workers in the United States
• 20 CFR 656 Labor Certification Process for Permanent Employment of Aliens in the United States
• 20 CFR 658 Administrative Provisions Governing the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service
• 20 CFR 667
• 20 CFR 683 Administrative Provisions Under Title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
• 20 CFR 702 Administration and Procedure
• 29 CFR 2 General Regulations
• 29 CFR 7 Practice Before the Administrative Review Board with Regard to Federal and Federally Assisted Construction Contracts
• 29 CFR 8 Practice Before the Administrative Review Board with Regard to Federal Service Contracts
• 29 CFR 10 Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors
• 29 CFR 13 Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors
• 29 CFR 18 Rules of Practice and Procedure for Administrative Hearings Before the Office of Administrative Law Judges
• 29 CFR 24 Procedures for the Handling of Retaliation Complaints Under the Employee Protection Provisions of Six Environmental Statutes and Section 211 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as Amended
• 29 CFR 29 Labor Standards for the Registration of Apprenticeship Programs
• 29 CFR 38 Implementation of the Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity Provisions of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
• 29 CFR 96
• 29 CFR 417 Procedure for Removal of Local Labor Organization Officers
• 29 CFR 471 Obligations of Federal Contractors and Subcontractors; Notification of Employee Rights Under Federal Labor Laws
• 29 CFR 501 Enforcement of Contractual Obligations for Temporary Agricultural Workers Admitted Under Section 218 of the Immigration and Nationality Act
• 29 CFR 580 Civil Money Penalties—Procedures for Assessing and Contesting Penalties
• 29 CFR 1978 Procedures for the Handling of Retaliation Complaints Under the Employee Protection Provision of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (STAA), as Amended
• 41 CFR 50
• 41 CFR 60