---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1977.3"
title: "29"
number: "1977.3"
heading: "General requirements of section 11(c) of the Act."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1977.3"
---

# §1977.3. General requirements of section 11(c) of the Act.


[Section 11(c)](/cfr/29/11.md?p=c) provides in general that no person shall discharge or in any manner discriminate against any employee because the employee has:

- (a) Filed any complaint under or related to the Act;
- (b) Instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to the Act;
- (c) Testified or is about to testify in any proceeding under the Act or related to the Act; or
- (d) **Exercised on his own behalf or on behalf of others any right afforded by the Act.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 657, 660; 5 U.S.C. 553; and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 08-2020 (85 FR 58393), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), or 12-71 (36 FR 8754), as applicable.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 2681, Jan. 29, 1973, unless otherwise noted.