---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 63.20"
title: "25"
number: "63.20"
heading: "What should an employer do if an individual has been charged with an offense but the charge is pending or no disposition has been made by a court?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/63.20"
---

# §63.20. What should an employer do if an individual has been charged with an offense but the charge is pending or no disposition has been made by a court?

- (a) The employer may deny the applicant employment until the charge has been resolved.
- (b) The employer may deny the employee any on-the-job contact with children until the charge is resolved.
- (c) The employer may detail or reassign the employee to other duties that do not involve contact with children.
- (d) The employer may place the employee on administrative leave until the court has disposed of the charge.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, 13, 200, 3201 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 13041.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 32274, June 21, 1996, unless otherwise noted.