---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 18.43"
title: "29"
number: "18.43"
heading: "Consolidation; separate hearings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/18.43"
---

# §18.43. Consolidation; separate hearings.

- (a) **Consolidation.** If separate proceedings before the Office of the Administrative Law Judges involve a common question of law or fact, a judge may:
  - (1) Join for hearing any or all matters at issue in the proceedings;
  - (2) Consolidate the proceedings; or
  - (3) **Issue any other orders to avoid unnecessary cost or delay.**
- (b) **Separate hearings.** For convenience, to avoid prejudice, or to expedite and economize, the judge may order a separate hearing of one or more issues.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 80 FR 28785, May 19, 2015, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 5 U.S.C. 551-553; 5 U.S.C. 571 note; E.O. 12778; 57 FR 7292.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 32538, July 15, 1983, unless otherwise noted.