GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS • DEPARTMENT LABOR P. O. Box 302608 - Charlotte Amalie Si. Thomas, VI 00803-2608 (340) 776-3700 42009 Fax (340) 774-5908 Anita L. Etienne-Administrative Officer I Email: aetienne(a)vidolgov MAY 29,2012 Manuel Gonzalez P. O. Box 8286 St. Thomas, VI 00801 4401 Sion Farm C'sted, St. Croix, VI 00820.4245 (340) 773-1994 Fax (340) 773-0094 Dear Mr. Gonzalez, The enclosed documents contain important material that you should read very carefully. It consists of a Notice regarding your upcoming hearing date, information about the procedures that will be followed, hearing instructions and the rules that this Unit will follow in the adjudication process of your case. In order to expedite the movement of your case, on the day of your hearing, two (2) brief procedures will take place: a Preliminary Hearing, where after an analysis of the facts and testimony taken under oath and on the record, an oral determination will be issued by the Hearing Examiner as to the agency's jurisdiction over the dispute. Immediately thereafter a Pre-hearing Conference will take place. At this informal stage, the purpose of the Pre-Hearing Conference is to streamline the issues, and grant stipulations, if any. Also at this procedure, the parties must identify the names of prospective witnesses who will testify at the next level and inform the Hearing Examiner what each parties' anticipated exhibits will be to prove your case. Finally, a timeline for the final hearing, to be scheduled in the order that it was filed, the Formal Hearing date, will be discussed. As a reminder, THE MEDIATION PROCESS is a fair and efficient avenue provided to both of the parties if each of you is interested in engaging in this step on an informal and confidential basis, and is available at any junction of the hearing process, before a Formal Hearing is held and a written opinion is issued. The goal of mediation is designed to resolve disputes