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CFR	Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to U.S. Department of Labor

Title 20

Employees' Benefits

Chapter V

Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor

Part 627

General Provisions Governing Programs Under Titles I, II, and III of the Act

Subpart F

Federal Handling of Noncriminal Complaints and Other Allegations

• Section Number: 627.604
• Section Name: Alternative procedure for handling labor standards violations under section 143 of the Act--binding arbitration.

    (a) A person alleging a violation of section 143 of the Act, as an 

alternative to processing the grievance under a procedure described at 

section 144 of the Act, may submit the grievance to a binding 

arbitration procedure, if a collective bargaining agreement covering the 

parties to the grievance so provides (section 144(e)(1)).

    (b) A person electing to have her/his complaint on JTPA section 143 

labor standard violations processed under binding arbitration 

provisions--

    (1) Shall choose binding arbitration before, and in lieu of, 

initiating a complaint under other grievance procedures established 

pursuant to section 144 of the Act, and

    (2) May not elect binding arbitration for a complaint that 

previously has been or is subject to any other grievance procedure 

established under the Act.

    (c) Binding arbitration decisions under the provisions of section 

144(e) of the Act are not reviewable by the Secretary.

    (d) The remedies available to a grievant under binding arbitration 

are limited to those set forth at section 144(f)(1)(C) and (f)(2) of the 

Act (section 144(e)(2)).

    (e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a 

grievant from pursuing a remedy authorized under another Federal, State, 

or local law for a violation of section 143 of the Act (section 144(g)).