---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1985.100"
title: "29"
number: "1985.100"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1985.100"
---

# §1985.100. Purpose and scope.

- (a) This Part sets forth procedures for, and interpretations of, the employee protection provision of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, [Section 1057](/cfr/29/1057.md) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (CFPA or the Act), Pub. L. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376, 1955 (July 21, 2010) (codified at [12 U.S.C. 5567](/usc/12/5567.md)). CFPA provides for employee protection from retaliation because the employee has engaged in protected activity pertaining to the offering or provision of consumer financial products or services.
- (b) This part establishes procedures under CFPA 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 CFPA 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. In addition, these rules provide the Secretary's interpretations on certain statutory issues.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 5567; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 1-2012 (Jan. 18, 2012), 77 FR 3912 (Jan. 25, 2012); Secretary's Order No. 01-2020, 85 FR 13186 (March 6, 2020).

### Source

Source: 81 FR 14383, Mar. 17, 2016, unless otherwise noted.