Iowa Admin. Code r. 875-5.17

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, December 11, 2024

Rule 875-5.17 - [Effective until 1/15/2025] Prehearing conferences

(1)Convening conference. Upon the commissioner's own motion or the motion of a party, the labor commissioner or designee may direct the parties or their counsel to meet with the commissioner for a conference to consider:

a. Simplification of the issues;

b. Necessity or desirability of amendments to documents for purpose of clarification, simplification, or limitation;

c. Stipulations, admissions of fact and of contents and authenticity of documents;

d. Limitation of the number of parties and of expert witnesses; and

e. Such other matters as may tend to expedite the disposition of the proceeding, and to ensure a just conclusion thereof

(2)Record of conference. The labor commissioner or designee shall make an order which recites the action taken at the conference, the amendments allowed to any documents which have been filed, and the agreements made between the parties as to any of the matters considered, and which limits the issues for hearing to those not disposed of by admissions or agreements; and such order when entered controls the subsequent course of the hearing, unless modified at the hearing, to prevent manifest injustice.

Iowa Admin. Code r. 875-5.17