§ 2615. — Prohibited acts.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 29USC2615]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 28--FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR LEAVE
Sec. 2615. Prohibited acts
(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.
(Pub. L. 103-3, title I, Sec. 105, Feb. 5, 1993, 107 Stat. 14.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 2617 of this title; title 2
section 1312; title 3 section 412.
