Case Status Lookup

About the Case Status Lookup:

On this page you can look up information about the status of cases docketed before the United States Department of Labor, Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ) and Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA). For pending cases, you can obtain basic information such as date docketed, date referred, date assigned, hearing date, etc. If the case was already disposed of, the search results page links to the published decision(s).

Lookup Using OALJ or BALCA Case Number:

You can use this service by entering the OALJ or BALCA Case Number. This number appears at the top of the caption on the first page of all documents issued by OALJ and BALCA. If you do not know the case number, contact OALJ at 202-693-7300.

You will need to input the case number in this format: yyyyaaannnnn Here is an example: 2000bla00001

The OALJ/BALCA case number has three components: (1) the Fiscal Year in which the case was docketed, (2) a three letter acronym for the case type, and (3) the sequential number of the filing. For example, 2005BLA00011 would be the eleventh black lung case filed in Fiscal Year 2005.

In the case search box:

• Use the full year for the Fiscal Year (i.e., 2005 instead of 05). Note that Fiscal Years for the federal government begin on October 1, rather than January 1 as in a calendar year.
• For the Case Type, use the three letter case type acronym. A list of the acronyms used by OALJ is found below.
• Use zeros in front of the sequential number of the case (i.e., 00011 instead of 11).

If you do not know the OALJ or BALCA case number, but know the case number assigned by the agency from which the case originated, you can try inputting that number. This alternative search will only work if that number exactly matches a datafield in the OALJ Case Tracking System. This alternative method does not work for Black Lung Cases because the OWCP number is not tracked in the OALJ Case Tracking System.

Here are some examples of how agency case numbers are typically formatted:

• OWCP Longshore Case Number: 00-000000 (LHWCA; Defense Base Act, etc.)
• Wage and Hour Division: 0000000 (e.g., Davis-Bacon Act; Service-Contract Act; LCA enforcement, etc.)
• ETA, OFLC, Chicago National Processing Center: C-00000-00000 or 00000-00000 (H-2A and H-2B labor certification)
• ETA, OFLC, Atlanta National Processing Center: A-00000-00000 (PERM appeals)
• EBSA: 00-0000n (ERISA cases)
• OSHA: 0-0000-00-000 (whistleblower)
• OFCCP: 00-00000

If you know that a case is docketed at OALJ, but neither the OALJ, BALCA or agency case numbers works, contact OALJ at 202-693-7300 for assistance.

Acronym Definitions

ACA Affordable Care Act Whistleblower AIR Aviation Investment & Reform Act (AIR21) Whistleblower ARN Nonimmigrant Nurses (H-1A and H-1C visas) BCA Board of Contract Appeals BLA Black Lung Benefits Act BLO Black Lung Benefits Act BMO Black Lung Benefits Act BTD Black Lung Benefits Act CAA Clean Air Act Whistleblower CBV "Collective Bargaining Variance" under the Service Contract Act CCP Decertification proceedings under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act or the National Apprenticeship Act of 1937 CER CERCLA Whistleblower CET CETA CLA Child Labor Provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act CPS Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act DBA Davis Bacon Act DCA Debt Collection Act DCW District of Columbia Workers' Compensation EPP Employee Polygraph Protection Act ERA Energy Reorganization Act Whistleblower FLS Fair Labor Standards Act INA Pre-PERM permanent alien labor certification JSA Job Service Complaint System JSW Job Service Complaint System Prevailing Wage LCA Appeal JTP Job Training Partnership Act LCA Labor Condition Applications (H-1B visas) LCA (§ 655.731(d) case) Labor Condition Applications; Prevailing Wage Appeals [redesignated as JSW] LDA Defense Base Act and Related Acts LHC Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (claims) LHK Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (penalties) MAP Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act MSA Petition for modification of mine safety standard under the Federal Mine Safety & Health Act MSP Migrant and Seasonal Occupational Worker Act OAA Older Americans OFC Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs OSH OSHA Rulemaking PCA Walsh-Healy Public Contracts Act PED PERM permanent alien labor certification debarment cases PER PERM permanent alien labor certification and immigration related prevailing wage appeals PSI Pipeline Safety Improvement Act whistleblower PWD Prevailing Wage Determination (H-1B, H-2B, PERM) RIS Employee Retirement Income Security Act SCA Service Contract Act SDW Safe Drinking Water Disposal Act whistleblower SOC "Standards of Conduct" in federal labor unions under the LMRDA SOX Sarbanes-Oxley Act whistleblower SPA Seaman's Protection Act whistleblower STA Surface Transportation Assistance Act whistleblower SWD Solid Waste Disposal Act whistleblower TAE "Temporary alien employment" (H-2A visas - Wage & Hour enforcement) TLC "Temporary labor certification" (H-2A cases - ETA certfications) TLN "Temporary labor certification" (H-2B cases - ETA certfications) TNE "Temporary labor certification" (H-2B cases - Wage & Hour enforcement) TSC Toxic Substances Control Act whistleblower UIA Federal State Extended Unemployment Tax Act WIA Workforce Investment Act WPA Wagner-Peyser Act (Job Service Complaint System) WPC Federal Water Pollution Control Act whistleblower WTW "Welfare to Work" cases under the Social Security Act