Frequently Asked Questions

First, email Boards-EFSR-Help@dol.gov and request technical help. If you are still having difficulty submitting a filing, you may email it to ARB-Correspondence@dol.gov. Include within your email submission a certification and proof that you took the step of reaching out to Boards-EFSR-Help@dol.gov for assistance before making the filing via email. See 29 C.F.R. Part 26, which sets forth rules about filing through the Board's electronic case management system (EFS).

The ARB is an independent decision-making body with jurisdiction to consider and decide appeals from final decisions of the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, authorized representatives of the Administrator, and Administrative Law Judges. Decisions of the ARB are final decisions of the DOL, subject to discretionary review by the Secretary of Labor.

The ARB decides cases on behalf of the Secretary of Labor which come before the Department under more than 70 statutes and executive Orders relating to public transportation safety and security (for example, commercial trucking, railroads, airlines, public transportation, and maritime and shipping), temporary immigration programs, child labor, employment retaliation, securities fraud (including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), federal construction and service contracts (including the Davis Bacon Act and the Service Contract Act), job training, and other laws. The cases are generally initiated with the filing of a complaint with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) or the Wage and Hour Division (WHD), which are then considered by the Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ), whose decisions are then appealed to the ARB.

A full listing of cases appealable to ARB are available in the Board's Delegation here: Delegation of Authority.