R 408.22226 Requests for hearing on application.

Rule 1226. (1) Within 10 days after the time the employer gives notice to employees of the filing of an application for a variance in accordance with employee notice requirements of these rules, the applicant or affected employee may file with the department a request for a hearing on the application. (2) A request for a hearing filed pursuant to subrule (1) shall include the following. (a) A concise statement of facts showing how the applicant or employee would be affected by the relief applied for. (b) A specification of any statement or representation in the employer's application which is in dispute, and a concise summary of the facts that would be presented. (c) Views or arguments on any issue of fact or law presented. (3) The department, on its own motion or that of a party, may consolidate or contemporaneously consider 2 or more proceedings which involve the same or closely related issues.