---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 25.7"
title: "29"
number: "25.7"
heading: "Fees; cost; expenses; decisions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/25.7"
---

# §25.7. Fees; cost; expenses; decisions.

- (a) Arbitrator's fees, per diem and travel expenses, and election expenses for notices, ballots, postage, rentals, assistance, etc., shall be borne entirely by the agency.
- (b) **The standard fee for the services of an arbitrator should be $100 per day.** Travel and per diem should be paid at the maximum rate payable to Government employees under the Standardized Government Travel Regulations.
- (c) The agency should provide the arbitrator with a copy of the transcript of testimony taken at the hearing, such transcript to be returned to the agency upon the issuance of the arbitrator's advisory decision.
- (d) Costs involving assistance rendered by the Secretary's Office in connection with advisory decisions or determinations under [section 11](/cfr/29/11.md) of the order shall be limited to per diem, travel expenses and services on a time-worked basis.
- (e) Upon request, the Secretary will make available copies of advisory decisions of arbitrators.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 11, E.O. 10988, 3 CFR 1959-1963 Comp. p. 521.

### Source

Source: 25 FR 9441, Sept. 13, 1966, unless otherwise noted.