[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: 29CFR1977.22]

[Page 203]
 
                             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. 1977.22  Employee refusal to comply with safety rules.

    Employees who refuse to comply with occupational safety and health 
standards or valid safety rules implemented by the employer in 
furtherance of the Act are not exercising any rights afforded by the 
Act. Disciplinary measures taken by employers solely in response to 
employee refusal to comply with appropriate safety rules and 
regulations, will not ordinarily be regarded as discriminatory action 
prohibited by section 11(c). This situation should be distinguished from 
refusals to work, as discussed in Sec. 1977.12.