[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1626.20]

[Page 348]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
          CHAPTER XIV--EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
 
PART 1626_PROCEDURES_AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT--
Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1626.20  Procedure for requesting an opinion letter.

    (a) A request for an opinion letter should be submitted in writing 
to the Chairman, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1801 L Street 
NW., Washington DC 20507, and shall contain:
    (1) A concise statement of the issues on which an opinion is 
requested;
    (2) As full a statement as possible of relevant facts and law; and
    (3) The names and addresses of the person making the request and 
other interested persons.
    (b) Issuance of an opinion letter by the Commission is 
discretionary.
    (c) Informal advice. When the Commission, at its discretion, 
determines that it will not issue an opinion letter as defined in Sec.  
1626.18, the Commission may provide informal advice or guidance to the 
requestor. An informal letter of advice does not represent the formal 
position of the Commission and does not commit the Commission to the 
views expressed therein. Any letter other than those defined in Sec.  
1626.18(a)(1) will be considered a letter of advice and may not be 
relied upon by any employer within the meaning of section 10 of the 
Portal to Portal Act of 1947, incorporated into the Age Discrimination 
in Employment Act of 1967 through section 7(e)(1) of the Act.

[48 FR 140, Jan. 3, 1983, as amended at 54 FR 32063, Aug. 4, 1989. 
Redesignated at 68 FR 70152, Dec. 17, 2003]