Letter L-34: Rescission of an Erroneously Issued Show Cause Notice

Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested AND Electronic Mail

[Date]

[Name of Establishment/Construction Contractor CEO]

[Title of CEO]

[Establishment/Construction Contractor Name]

[Street Address]

[City, State, Zip Code]

Dear [insert name of CEO]:

On (insert date), the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs issued a (insert as appropriate: Notice to Show Cause or Amended Notice to Show Cause) to your company. That Notice gave you 30 calendar days to show why enforcement proceedings should not be initiated under (insert one or more as appropriate: Sections 208 and 209 of Executive Order 11246, as amended, as implemented by 41 CFR 60-1.26; Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, as implemented by 41 CFR 60-741.65; the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended, as implemented by 41 CFR 60-300.65).

After issuing the Notice, we subsequently determined that it was erroneously issued because (insert as appropriate: your company has demonstrated that it is exempt from our requirements or your company demonstrated that the allegations giving rise to the Notice are incorrect).  Therefore, we are rescinding the (insert as appropriate: Notice to Show Cause or the Amended Notice to Show Cause).

Sincerely,

(Name of regional director)

Regional Director

cc: (insert the name of the corporate CEO)

(insert the name of the designated representative)