# Rules of Practice and Procedure for Administrative Hearings Before the Office of Administrative Law Judges
> **US Department of Labor** · Direct final rule; request for comments · Published 2021-01-11 · Effective 2021-02-25 · 86 FR 1800
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-28049
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Labor
- **Federal Register citation:** 86 FR 1800
- **CFR reference:** 29 CFR 18
- **Publication date:** 2021-01-11
- **Effective date:** 2021-02-25
## Abstract

The Department of Labor (DOL or Department) is revising the Rules of Practice and Procedure for Administrative Hearings Before the Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ rules of practice and procedure) to provide for electronic filing (e-filing) and electronic service (e-service) of papers. In addition to technical amendments, the revised regulations provide that e-filing will be required for persons represented by attorneys or non-attorney representatives unless good cause is shown justifying a different form of filing. Self-represented persons will have the option of e-filing or of filing by conventional means. Finally, the Department is revising the OALJ rules of practice and procedure to require advance notice to the parties of the manner of a hearing or prehearing conference, whether in person in the same physical location, by telephone, by videoconference, or by other means.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/11/2020-28049/rules-of-practice-and-procedure-for-administrative-hearings-before-the-office-of-administrative-law)
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