[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 9]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1960.46]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                          OF LABOR--(CONTINUED)
 
PART 1960--BASIC PROGRAM ELEMENTS FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAMS AND RELATED MATTERS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart G--Allegations of Reprisal
 
Sec. 1960.46  Agency responsibility.


    (a) The head of each agency shall establish procedures to assure 
that no employee is subject to restraint, interference, coercion, 
discrimination or reprisal for filing a report of an unsafe or 
unhealthful working condition, or other participation in agency 
occupational safety and health program activities, or because of the 
exercise by such employee on behalf of himself or herself or others of 
any right afforded by section 19 of the Act, Executive Order 12196, or 
this part. These rights include, among other, the right of an employee 
to decline to perform his or

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her assigned task because of a reasonable belief that, under the 
circumstances the task poses an imminent risk of death or serious bodily 
harm coupled with a reasonable belief that there is insufficient time to 
seek effective redress through normal hazard reporting and abatement 
procedures established in accordance with this part.
    (b) Based on the Secretary's evaluation of agencies' procedures for 
protecting employees from reprisal, the Secretary shall report to the 
President by September 30, 1982 his findings and recommendations for 
improvements in procedures for the investigation and resolution of 
allegations of reprisal.