# 29 CFR § 1983.102: Obligations and prohibited acts

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1983.102

## Section

- **Citation:** 29 CFR § 1983.102
- **Heading:** Obligations and prohibited acts
- **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 1983—PROCEDURES FOR THE HANDLING OF RETALIATION COMPLAINTS UNDER SECTION 219 OF THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2008 > Subpart A—Complaints, Investigations, Findings and Preliminary Orders

## Text

(a) No manufacturer, private labeler, distributor, or retailer may discharge or otherwise retaliate against, including, but not limited to, intimidating, threatening, restraining, coercing, blacklisting or disciplining, any employee with respect to the employee's compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because the employee, whether at the employee's initiative or in the ordinary course of the employee's duties (or any person acting pursuant to a request of the employee), engaged in any of the activities specified in paragraphs (b)(1) through (4) of this section.
(b) An employee is protected against retaliation (as described in paragraph (a) of this section) by a manufacturer, private labeler, distributor, or retailer because the employee (or any person acting pursuant to a request of the employee):
(1) Provided, caused to be provided, or is about to provide or cause to be provided to the employer, the Federal Government, or the attorney general of a State information relating to any violation of, or any act or omission the employee reasonably believes to be a violation of any provision of the Consumer Product Safety Act, as amended by CPSIA, or any other Act enforced by the Commission, or any order, rule, regulation, standard, or ban under any such Acts;
(2) Testified or is about to testify in a proceeding concerning such violation;
(3) Assisted or participated or is about to assist or participate in such a proceeding; or
(4) Objected to, or refused to participate in, any activity, policy, practice, or assigned task that the employee (or other such person) reasonably believed to be in violation of any provision of the Consumer Product Safety Act, as amended by CPSIA, or any other Act enforced by the Commission, or any order, rule, regulation, standard, or ban under any such Acts.
(c) This part shall have no application with respect to an employee of a manufacturer, private labeler, distributor, or retailer who, acting without direction from such manufacturer, private labeler, distributor, or retailer (or such person's agent), deliberately causes a violation of any requirement relating to any violation or alleged violation of any order, regulation, or consumer product safety standard under the Consumer Product Safety Act, as amended by CPSIA, or any other law enforced by the Commission.

## Nearby sections

- [29 CFR § 1983.100 § 1983.100 Purpose and scope.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1983.100.md)
- [29 CFR § 1983.101 § 1983.101 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1983.101.md)
- [29 CFR § 1983.102 § 1983.102 Obligations and prohibited acts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1983.102.md)
- [29 CFR § 1983.103 § 1983.103 Filing of retaliation complaint.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1983.103.md)
- [29 CFR § 1983.104 § 1983.104 Investigation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1983.104.md)
- [29 CFR § 1983.105 § 1983.105 Issuance of findings and preliminary orders.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1983.105.md)
- [29 CFR § 1983.106 § 1983.106 Objections to the findings and the preliminary order and requests for a hearing.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1983.106.md)
- [29 CFR § 1983.107 § 1983.107 Hearings.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1983.107.md)
- [29 CFR § 1983.108 § 1983.108 Role of Federal agencies.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1983.108.md)
- [29 CFR § 1983.109 § 1983.109 Decision and orders of the administrative law judge.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1983.109.md)
- [29 CFR § 1983.110 § 1983.110 Decision and orders of the Administrative Review Board.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1983.110.md)
- [29 CFR § 1983.111 § 1983.111 Withdrawal of complaints, findings, objections, and petitions for review; settlement.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1983.111.md)
- [29 CFR § 1983.112 § 1983.112 Judicial review.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1983.112.md)
- [29 CFR § 1983.113 § 1983.113 Judicial enforcement.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1983.113.md)

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