Office of the General Counsel

Guide for Hearing Officers in Nlrb Representation and Section 1o (k) Proceedings Office of the General Counsel

The Guide emphasizes techniques of conducting the hearing and developing a complete record. It is designed only to provide procedural and operational guidance to the Agency's staff and is not intended to be a compendium of substantive or procedural law, nor a substitute for knowledge of the law. Similarly, the Guide does not constitute rulings or directives of the Board or the General Counsel, and is not a form of authority binding on either the Board or General Counsel. This Guide is a checklist of steps to be considered and techniques available for utilization by the hearing officer in preparing for and conducting the hearing, as well as a ready reference to some procedural aspects of the hearing. The contents are a guide to the hearing officer in the exercise of his/her discussion in conducting the hearing and and necessarily of selective applicability depending on the issues and posture of a given case.