[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: 29CFR1977.17]

[Page 202]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                          OF LABOR--(CONTINUED)
 
PART 1977--DISCRIMINATION AGAINST EMPLOYEES EXERCISING RIGHTS UNDER THE WILLIAMS-STEIGER OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT OF 1970--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1977.17  Withdrawal of complaint.

    Enforcement of the provisions of section 11(c) is not only a matter 
of protecting rights of individual employees, but also of public 
interest. Attempts by an employee to withdraw a previously filed 
complaint will not necessarily result in termination of the Secretary's 
investigation. The Secretary's jurisdiction cannot be foreclosed as a 
matter of law by unilateral action of the employee. However, a voluntary 
and uncoerced request from a complainant to withdraw his complaint will 
be given careful consideration and substantial weight as a matter of 
policy and sound enforcement procedure.