Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1030-03-05 - PETITIONS FOR MODIFICATION OF ABATEMENT PERIOD

(1) A petition for modification of abatement period shall be addressed to the Commissioner of Labor pursuant to such rules and regulations as may be duly promulgated by the said Commissioner.

(2) In the event that objections are made to any such petition by the Commissioner of Labor, or by an affected employee, or authorized employee representative, the petition, citation and any objections shall be forwarded to the Review Commission within the time limits set forth in a rule or regulation pertaining to modification of abatement dates duly promulgated by the Commissioner of Labor. In the absence of such a rule or regulation the aforementioned items shall be forwarded to the Commission within three (3) working days after such objections are made, or received, by the said Commissioner.

(3) The Commission shall docket and process such petition in the same manner as any other contested case, except that all hearings on such petitions shall be handled in an expeditious fashion.

(4) Reserved.

(5) Within ten (10) working days after the receipt of the notice of the docketing by the Commission of any petition for modification of abatement date, each objecting party shall file a response setting forth the reasons for posing the granting of a modification date different from that requested in the petition.

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Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1030-03-05

Original rule filed April 5, 1974; effective May 5, 1974. Repealed and re-filed January 14, 1978; effective February 13, 1978. Amendment by Public Chapter 969; effective July 1, 1984.

Authority: T.C.A. §50-554.