{"id":"DUT-FED-002","kind":"duty","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Congress (OSH Act § 11(c))","authority":"29 U.S.C. 660(c)(1)-(2)","instrument":"29 U.S.C. 660(c) (OSH Act § 11(c), anti-retaliation)","title":"Judicial review; discharge or discrimination against employee for exercise of rights","dateIssued":"1970-12-29","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"1970-12-29","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP"],"addressees":["any person, including every employer"],"clause":"No person shall discharge or in any manner discriminate against any employee because such employee has filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this chapter or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding or because of the exercise by such employee on behalf of himself or others of any right afforded by this chapter.","enforcement":"29 U.S.C. 660(c)(2): Secretary\u0027s suit in district court for reinstatement with back pay and \u0027all appropriate relief\u0027","functions":[],"notes":"Employers could not discipline, discharge or reduce the hours or pay of an employee who complained of COVID-19 hazards to OSHA or the employer, or who refused in good faith to face an imminent danger (29 C.F.R. 1977.12(b)(2), Ex. DUT-FED-008). OSHA\u0027s April 8, 2020 release restated the rule for the pandemic (Ex. DUT-FED-066), and the April 13, 2020 enforcement plan directs inspectors to inform workers of the protection (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-020).","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2020-title29/pdf/USCODE-2020-title29-chap15-sec660.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":127241,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-FED","url":"/library/DUT-FED-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-FED-002","citation":"Congress (OSH Act § 11(c)), 29 U.S.C. 660(c) (OSH Act § 11(c), anti-retaliation) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-002)","stateName":"","related":["DUT-FED-008","DUT-FED-066","AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-020"]}