---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1983.100"
title: "29"
number: "1983.100"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1983.100"
---

# §1983.100. Purpose and scope.

- (a) This part implements procedures of the employee protection provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), [15 U.S.C. 2087](/usc/15/2087.md). CPSIA provides for employee protection from retaliation because the employee has engaged in protected activity pertaining to consumer product safety.
- (b) This part establishes procedures under CPSIA for the expeditious handling of retaliation complaints filed by employees, or by persons acting on their behalf. These rules, together with those codified at [29 CFR part 18](/cfr/29/part18.md), set forth the procedures under CPSIA for submission of complaints, investigations, issuance of findings and preliminary orders, objections to findings and orders, litigation before administrative law judges (ALJs), post-hearing administrative review, and withdrawals and settlements.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2087; Secretary's Order 1-2012 (Jan. 18, 2012), 77 FR 3912 (Jan. 25, 2012); Secretary's Order 01-2020, 85 FR 13186 (March 6, 2020).

### Source

Source: 77 FR 40503, July 10, 2012, unless otherwise noted.