Federal · Title 29 — Labor

29 U.S.C. § 2615: Prohibited acts

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

Employers cannot interfere with, restrain, or deny employee rights under this subchapter, or discriminate against employees for opposing unlawful practices or participating in related proceedings or inquiries.

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It shall be unlawful for any employer to interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of or the attempt to exercise, any right provided under this subchapter. It shall be unlawful for any employer to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any individual for opposing any practice made unlawful by this subchapter. has filed any charge, or has instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding, under or related to this subchapter; has given, or is about to give, any information in connection with any inquiry or proceeding relating to any right provided under this subchapter; or has testified, or is about to testify, in any inquiry or proceeding relating to any right provided under this subchapter.

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