{"id":"DUT-FED-066","kind":"duty","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Loren Sweatt), national news release","authority":"29 U.S.C. 660(c)","instrument":"News release, U.S. Department of Labor Reminds Employers That They Cannot Retaliate Against Workers Reporting Unsafe Conditions During Coronavirus Pandemic (Apr. 8, 2020)","title":"U.S. Department of Labor Reminds Employers That They Cannot Retaliate Against Workers Reporting Unsafe Conditions During Coronavirus Pandemic","dateIssued":"2020-04-08","effective":"2020-04-08 (restates standing law)","end":"standing","startDate":"2020-04-08","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP"],"addressees":["all employers"],"clause":"The U.S. Department of Labor\u0027s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is reminding employers that it is illegal to retaliate against workers because they report unsafe and unhealthful working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic. Acts of retaliation can include terminations, demotions, denials of overtime or promotion, or reductions in pay or hours. \u0027Employees have the right to safe and healthy workplaces,\u0027 said Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Loren Sweatt.","enforcement":"29 U.S.C. 660(c)(2)","functions":[],"notes":"OSHA\u0027s statement to every employer that section 11(c) applied to COVID-19 safety complaints and that reducing an employee\u0027s hours or pay for raising them was unlawful. Character as recorded: agency_position_statement (restating a statutory duty).","sourceUrl":"https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/national/04082020","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200409021224/https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/national/04082020","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":119499,"grade":"primary","character":"agency_position_statement","description":"","collection":"DUT-FED","url":"/library/DUT-FED-066","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-FED-066","citation":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Loren Sweatt), national news release, News release, U.S. Department of Labor Reminds Employers That They Cannot Retaliate Against Workers Reporting Unsafe Conditions During Coronavirus Pandemic (Apr. 8, 2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-066)","stateName":"","related":["DUT-FED-002"]}