# 29 CFR § 1987.102: Obligations and prohibited acts

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1987.102

## Section

- **Citation:** 29 CFR § 1987.102
- **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 1987—PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING RETALIATION COMPLAINTS UNDER SECTION 402 OF THE FDA FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT > Subpart A—Complaints, Investigations, Findings and Preliminary Orders

## Text

(a) No covered entity 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), has engaged in any of the activities specified in paragraphs (b)(1) through (4) of this section.
(b) An employee is protected against retaliation because the employee (or any person acting pursuant to a request of the employee) has:
(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 FD&C or any order, rule, regulation, standard, or ban under the FD&C;
(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 FD&C, or any order, rule, regulation, standard, or ban under the FD&C.

## Nearby sections

- [29 CFR § 1987.100 § 1987.100 Purpose and scope.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1987.100.md)
- [29 CFR § 1987.101 § 1987.101 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1987.101.md)
- [29 CFR § 1987.102 § 1987.102 Obligations and prohibited acts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1987.102.md)
- [29 CFR § 1987.103 § 1987.103 Filing of retaliation complaint.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1987.103.md)
- [29 CFR § 1987.104 § 1987.104 Investigation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1987.104.md)
- [29 CFR § 1987.105 § 1987.105 Issuance of findings and preliminary orders.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1987.105.md)
- [29 CFR § 1987.106 § 1987.106 Objections to the findings and the preliminary order and requests for a hearing.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1987.106.md)
- [29 CFR § 1987.107 § 1987.107 Hearings.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1987.107.md)
- [29 CFR § 1987.108 § 1987.108 Role of Federal agencies.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1987.108.md)
- [29 CFR § 1987.109 § 1987.109 Decision and orders of the administrative law judge.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1987.109.md)
- [29 CFR § 1987.110 § 1987.110 Decision and orders of the Administrative Review Board.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1987.110.md)
- [29 CFR § 1987.111 § 1987.111 Withdrawal of complaints, findings, objections, and petitions for review; settlement.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1987.111.md)
- [29 CFR § 1987.112 § 1987.112 Judicial review.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1987.112.md)
- [29 CFR § 1987.113 § 1987.113 Judicial enforcement.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-1987.113.md)

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