10 CFR § 708.43 - Affirmative duty not to retaliate.

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title: "10 CFR § 708.43 - Affirmative duty not to retaliate."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "708.43"
section_name: "Affirmative duty not to retaliate."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
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part_name: "DOE CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE PROTECTION PROGRAM"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 2201(b), 2201(c), 2201(i), and 2201(p); 42 U.S.C. 5814 and 5815; 42 U.S.C. 7251, 7254, 7255, and 7256; and 5 U.S.C. Appendix 3."
regulatory_source: "84 FR 37757, Aug. 2, 2019, unless otherwise noted."
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# 708.43 Affirmative duty not to retaliate.

DOE contractors will not retaliate against any employee because the employee (or any person acting at the request of the employee) has taken an action listed in § 708.5(a) through (c).