---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1471.840"
title: "29"
number: "1471.840"
heading: "How is fact-finding conducted?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1471.840"
---

# §1471.840. How is fact-finding conducted?

- (a) If fact-finding is conducted—
  - (1) You may present witnesses and other evidence, and confront any witness presented; and
  - (2) The fact-finder must prepare written findings of fact for the record.
- (b) A transcribed record of fact-finding proceedings must be made, unless you as a respondent and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service agree to waive it in advance. If you want a copy of the transcribed record, you may purchase it.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: E.O. 12549 ,3 CFR 1986 Comp., p. 189; E.O. 12698, 3 CFR 1989 Comp., p. 235; sec. 2455, Pub. L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3327 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note); 29 U.S.C. 175a.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 66544, 66603, 66604, Nov. 26, 2003, unless otherwise noted.