[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1601.12]

[Page 154]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
          CHAPTER XIV--EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
 
PART 1601_PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart B_Procedure for the Prevention of Unlawful Employment Practices
 
Sec. 1601.12  Contents of charge; amendment of charge.

    (a) Each charge should contain the following:
    (1) The full name, address and telephone number of the person making 
the charge except as provided in Sec. 1601.7;
    (2) The full name and address of the person against whom the charge 
is made, if known (hereinafter referred to as the respondent);
    (3) A clear and concise statement of the facts, including pertinent 
dates, constituting the alleged unlawful employment practices: See Sec. 
1601.15(b);
    (4) If known, the approximate number of employees of the respondent 
employer or the approximate number of members of the respondent labor 
organization, as the case may be; and
    (5) A statement disclosing whether proceedings involving the alleged 
unlawful employment practice have been commenced before a State or local 
agency charged with the enforcement of fair employment practice laws 
and, if so, the date of such commencement and the name of the agency.
    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section, 
a charge is sufficient when the Commission receives from the person 
making the charge a written statement sufficiently precise to identify 
the parties, and to describe generally the action or practices 
complained of. A charge may be amended to cure technical defects or 
omissions, including failure to verify the charge, or to clarify and 
amplify allegations made therein. Such amendments and amendments 
alleging additional acts which constitute unlawful employment practices 
related to or growing out of the subject matter of the original charge 
will relate back to the date the charge was first received. A charge 
that has been so amended shall not be required to be redeferred.