# 29 CFR § 1980.100: Purpose and scope

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1980.100

## Section

- **Citation:** 29 CFR § 1980.100
- **Heading:** Purpose and scope
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 29—Labor > Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Labor > CHAPTER XVII—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR > PART 1980—PROCEDURES FOR THE HANDLING OF RETALIATION COMPLAINTS UNDER SECTION 806 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002, AS AMENDED > Subpart A—Complaints, Investigations, Findings and Preliminary Orders

## Text

(a) This part implements procedures under section 806 of the Corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability Act of 2002, Title VIII of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Sarbanes-Oxley or Act), enacted into law July 30, 2002, as amended by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, enacted into law July 21, 2010. Sarbanes-Oxley provides for employee protection from retaliation by companies, their subsidiaries and affiliates, officers, employees, contractors, subcontractors, and agents because the employee has engaged in protected activity pertaining to a violation or alleged violation of 18 U.S.C. 1341, 1343, 1344, or 1348, or any rule or regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any provision of Federal law relating to fraud against shareholders. Sarbanes-Oxley also provides for employee protection from retaliation by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, their officers, employees, contractors, subcontractors or agents because the employee has engaged in protected activity.
(b) This part establishes procedures pursuant to Sarbanes-Oxley for the expeditious handling of retaliation complaints made by employees, or by persons acting on their behalf and sets forth the Secretary's interpretations of the Act on certain statutory issues. These rules, together with those codified at 29 CFR part 18, set forth the procedures for submission of complaints under Sarbanes-Oxley, investigations, issuance of findings and preliminary orders, objections to findings and orders, litigation before administrative law judges, post-hearing administrative review, withdrawals, and settlements.

## Nearby sections

- [29 CFR § 1980.100 § 1980.100 Purpose and scope.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1980.100.md)
- [29 CFR § 1980.101 § 1980.101 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1980.101.md)
- [29 CFR § 1980.102 § 1980.102 Obligations and prohibited acts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1980.102.md)
- [29 CFR § 1980.103 § 1980.103 Filing of retaliation complaints.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1980.103.md)
- [29 CFR § 1980.104 § 1980.104 Investigation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1980.104.md)
- [29 CFR § 1980.105 § 1980.105 Issuance of findings and preliminary orders.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1980.105.md)
- [29 CFR § 1980.106 § 1980.106 Objections to the findings and the preliminary order and request for a hearing.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1980.106.md)
- [29 CFR § 1980.107 § 1980.107 Hearings.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1980.107.md)
- [29 CFR § 1980.108 § 1980.108 Role of Federal agencies.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1980.108.md)
- [29 CFR § 1980.109 § 1980.109 Decision and orders of the administrative law judge.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1980.109.md)
- [29 CFR § 1980.110 § 1980.110 Decision and orders of the Administrative Review Board.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1980.110.md)
- [29 CFR § 1980.111 § 1980.111 Withdrawal of complaints, findings, objections, and petitions for review; settlement.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1980.111.md)
- [29 CFR § 1980.112 § 1980.112 Judicial review.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1980.112.md)
- [29 CFR § 1980.113 § 1980.113 Judicial enforcement.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1980.113.md)

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