California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 3.5 - Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board
Subchapter 1 - Rules of Procedure for Permanent Variances and Appeals from Temporary Variances
Article 4 - Hearings and Decisions
Section 424.3 - Representation at Hearing
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Employers must attend the variance hearing, either in person or through a representative. The representative does not need to be an attorney-at-law.
(b) A representative of a party shall be deemed to control all matters respecting the interest of such party in the proceeding.
(c) Affected employees who are represented by an authorized employee representative may appear through such authorized employee representative.
(d) Withdrawal of appearance of any representative may be effected by filing a written notice of withdrawal with the Board.
(e) The Standards Board or hearing officer may refuse to allow any person to represent a party in any hearing when such person engages in unethical conduct or intentionally fails to observe the provisions of the code, proper instructions or orders of the Standards Board or these rules.
1. New NOTE filed 7-19-82; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 82, No. 30).
2. Amendment of subsections (a) and (d) filed 6-26-2003; operative 7-26-2003 (Register 2003, No. 26).
Note: Authority cited: Section 143.2, Labor Code. Reference: Sections 143, 143.1, 143.2, 146 and 6457, Labor Code.
