[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 10, Volume 4] [Revised as of January 1, 2005] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 10CFR708.43] [Page 340] TITLE 10--ENERGY CHAPTER III--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PART 708_DOE CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE PROTECTION PROGRAM--Table of Contents Subpart C_Investigation, Hearing and Decision Process Sec. 708.43 Does this rule impose an affirmative duty on DOE contractors not to retaliate? Yes. DOE contractors may not retaliate against any employee because the employee (or any person acting at the request of the employee) has taken an action listed in Sec. Sec. 708.5(a)-(c). [65 FR 6319, Feb. 9, 2000; 65 FR 9201, Feb. 24, 2000]