Alaska Administrative Code
Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development
Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division
Chapter 61 - Occupational Safety and Health
Article 2 - Inspections, Citations, and Proposed Penalties
8 AAC 61.155 - Informal conference

(a) Within 15 working days after receipt of a citation, an affected employer, employee, or employee representative may request the director or the director's authorized designee to hold an informal conference to review and discuss any issues raised by an inspection, citation, notice of proposed penalty, or notice of intention to contest.

(b) During the conference, the director or the director's authorized designee, acting for the commissioner, may change the citation, proposed penalty, or abatement dates.

(c) If the conference is requested by the employer, affected employees or their representative may be afforded an opportunity to participate, at the discretion of the director. If the conference is requested by an employee or representative of employees, the employer may be afforded an opportunity to participate, at the discretion of the director.

(d) Any party may be represented by counsel at the informal conference.

(e) An informal conference or request for an informal conference does not operate as a stay of any 15-working-day period for filing a notice of intention to contest prescribed in AS 18.60.093(e).