The Labor Department has suspended all administrative hearings and procedural deadlines in pending cases for whistleblowers, migrant worker certifications, and minimum wage disputes until Congress reaches a deal to fund the government.
DOL Office of Administrative Law Judges’ employees—who make up the third-largest ALJ office in the US government—are not authorized to work during the funding lapse, Chief Administrative Law Judge Stephen R. Henley said in a memo.
This means all OALJ proceedings, including formal hearings and pre-hearing conferences, are canceled. Filing deadlines for specific motions in ongoing cases are paused. OALJ will also not accept any new filings. ...