(a) The employer may send one (or more, where appropriate)
representative(s) to observe the proceeding, but the agency
representative cannot give testimony or argument or otherwise
participate in the hearing, except where the claimant or the hearing
representative specifically asks the agency representative to testify.
(b) The hearing representative may deny a request by the claimant
that the agency representative testify where the claimant cannot show
that the testimony would be relevant or where the agency representative
does not have the appropriate level of knowledge to provide such
evidence at the hearing. The employer may also comment on the hearing
transcript, as described in Sec. 10.617(e).
