Title 29, LaborRelease 119-110
§2615 Prohibited Acts
Title 29 › CHAPTER 28 — FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR LEAVE › § 2615
Summary
Employers must not stop, limit, or refuse someone from using any right this law gives them. Employers also must not fire or punish someone for speaking out against behavior the law forbids. No one may fire or treat someone badly because they filed a complaint, started a case, gave information for an investigation, or testified (or plan to do any of those things) about rights under this law.
Full Legal Text
Title 29, §2615
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(a)Interference with rights
(1)Exercise of rights
It shall be unlawful for any employer to interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of or the attempt to exercise, any right provided under this subchapter.
(2)Discrimination
It shall be unlawful for any employer to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any individual for opposing any practice made unlawful by this subchapter.
(b)Interference with proceedings or inquiries
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any individual because such individual—
(1)has filed any charge, or has instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding, under or related to this subchapter;
(2)has given, or is about to give, any information in connection with any inquiry or proceeding relating to any right provided under this subchapter; or
(3)has testified, or is about to testify, in any inquiry or proceeding relating to any right provided under this subchapter.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective 6 months after Feb. 5, 1993, except that, in the case of collective bargaining agreements in effect on that
Effective Date
, section applicable on the earlier of (1) the date of termination of such agreement, or (2) the date that occurs 12 months after Feb. 5, 1993, see section 405(b) of Pub. L. 103–3, set out as a note under section 2601 of this title.
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Citation
29 U.S.C. § 2615
Title 29, Labor
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110