CFR > Title 10 - Energy > CHAPTER III—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY > PART 708—DOE CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE PROTECTION PROGRAM > SUBPART B—Employee Complaint Resolution Process (§708.10 to §708.20) > 708.13—What must an employee do to show that all grievance-arbitration procedures have been exhausted?

708.13—What must an employee do to show that all grievance-arbitration procedures have been exhausted?

(a) To show that you have exhausted all applicable grievance-arbitration procedures, you must:
(1) State that all available opportunities for resolution through an applicable grievance-arbitration procedure have been exhausted, and provide the date on which the grievance-arbitration procedure was terminated and the reasons for termination; or
(2) State that you filed a grievance under applicable grievance-arbitration procedures, but more than 150 days have passed and a final decision on it has not been issued, and provide the date that you filed your grievance; or
(3) State that your employer has established no grievance-arbitration procedures.
(b) If you do not provide the information specified in § 708.13(a), your complaint may be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction as provided in § 708.17 of this subpart.