---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 38.77"
title: "29"
number: "38.77"
heading: "Extension of deadline to file complaint."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/38.77"
---

# §38.77. Extension of deadline to file complaint.

- (a) The Director may extend the 30-day time limit for filing a complaint:
  - (1) If a recipient does not include in its Notice of Final Action the required notice about the complainant's right to file with the Director, as described in [§ 38.72(b)(5)](/cfr/29/38.72.md?p=b-5); or
  - (2) **For other good cause shown.**
- (b) **The complainant has the burden of proving to the Director that the time limit should be extended.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq. ; 42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq. ; 29 U.S.C. 794; 42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq. ; and 20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 87211, Dec. 2, 2016, unless otherwise noted.