[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1614.403]

[Page 277]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                               COMMISSION
 
PART 1614--FEDERAL SECTOR EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart D--Appeals and Civil Actions
 
Sec. 1614.403  How to appeal.

    (a) The complainant, agency, agent, grievant or individual class 
claimant (hereinafter appellant) must file an appeal with the Director, 
Office of Federal Operations, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 
at P.O. Box 19848, Washington, DC 20036, or by personal delivery or 
facsimile. The appellant should use EEOC Form 573, Notice of Appeal/
Petition, and should indicate what is being appealed.
    (b) The appellant shall furnish a copy of the appeal to the opposing 
party at the same time it is filed with the Commission. In or attached 
to the appeal to the Commission, the appellant must certify the date and 
method by which service was made on the opposing party.
    (c) If an appellant does not file an appeal within the time limits 
of this subpart, the appeal shall be dismissed by the Commission as 
untimely.
    (d) Any statement or brief on behalf of a complainant in support of 
the appeal must be submitted to the Office of Federal Operations within 
30 days of filing the notice of appeal. Any statement or brief on behalf 
of the agency in support of its appeal must be submitted to the Office 
of Federal Operations within 20 days of filing the notice of appeal. The 
Office of Federal Operations will accept statements or briefs in support 
of an appeal by facsimile transmittal, provided they are no more than 10 
pages long.
    (e) The agency must submit the complaint file to the Office of 
Federal Operations within 30 days of initial notification that the 
complainant has filed an appeal or within 30 days of submission of an 
appeal by the agency.
    (f) Any statement or brief in opposition to an appeal must be 
submitted to the Commission and served on the opposing party within 30 
days of receipt of the statement or brief supporting the appeal, or, if 
no statement or brief supporting the appeal is filed, within 60 days of 
receipt of the appeal. The Office of Federal Operations will accept 
statements or briefs in opposition to an appeal by facsimile provided 
they are no more than 10 pages long.

[64 FR 37659, July 12, 1999]