---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 708.14"
title: "10"
number: "708.14"
heading: "Exhaustion of grievance-arbitration procedures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/708.14"
---

# §708.14. Exhaustion of grievance-arbitration procedures.

- (a) To show that all applicable grievance-arbitration procedures have been exhausted, the complainant must:
  - (1) State that all available opportunities for resolution through an applicable grievance-arbitration procedure have been exhausted, and provide the date on which the grievance-arbitration procedure was terminated and the reasons for termination; or
  - (2) State that the complainant filed a grievance under applicable grievance-arbitration procedures, but more than 150 days have passed and a final decision on it has not been issued, and provide the date that the grievance was filed; or
  - (3) **State that the employer has established no grievance-arbitration procedures.**
- (b) If the complainant does not provide the information specified in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, the complaint may be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction as provided in [§ 708.18](/cfr/10/708.18.md) of this subpart.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201(b), 2201(c), 2201(i), and 2201(p); 42 U.S.C. 5814 and 5815; 42 U.S.C. 7251, 7254, 7255, and 7256; and 5 U.S.C. Appendix 3.

### Source

Source: 84 FR 37757, Aug. 2, 2019, unless otherwise noted.