[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 9]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1980.101]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                          OF LABOR (CONTINUED)
 
PART 1980_PROCEDURES FOR THE HANDLING OF DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS 
 
  Subpart A_Complaints, Investigations, Findings and Preliminary Orders
 
Sec. 1980.101  Definitions.

    Act means section 806 of the Corporate and Criminal 
FraudAccountability Act of 2002, Title VIII of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 
2002, Public Law No.107-204, July 30, 2002, codified at 18U.S.C. 1514A.
    Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Occupational Safety and Health or the person or persons to whom he or 
she delegates authority under the Act.
    Company means any company with a class of securities registered 
under section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78l) 
and any company required to file reports under section 15(d) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15U.S.C. 78o(d)).

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    Company representative means any officer, employee, contractor, 
subcontractor, or agent of a company.
    Complainant means the employee who filed a complaint under the Act 
or on whose behalf a complaint was filed.
    Employee means an individual presently or formerly working for a 
company or company representative, an individual applying to work for a 
company or company representative, or an individual whose employment 
could be affected by a company or company representative.
    Named person means the employer and/or the company or company 
representative named in the complaint who is alleged to have violated 
the Act.
    OSHA means the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the 
United States Department of Labor.
    Person means one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, 
corporations, business trusts, legal representatives or any group of 
persons.
    Secretary means the Secretary of Labor or persons to whom authority 
under the Act has been delegated.