2018 US Code
Title 5 - Government Organization and Employees
Part III - Employees
Subpart E - Attendance and Leave
Chapter 63 - Leave
Subchapter V - Family and Medical Leave
Sec. 6385 - Prohibition of coercion

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Citation 5 U.S.C. § 6385 (2018)
Section Name §6385. Prohibition of coercion
Section Text

(a) An employee shall not directly or indirectly intimidate, threaten, or coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce, any other employee for the purpose of interfering with the exercise of any rights which such other employee may have under this subchapter.

(b) For the purpose of this section—

(1) the term "intimidate, threaten, or coerce" includes promising to confer or conferring any benefit (such as appointment, promotion, or compensation), or taking or threatening to take any reprisal (such as deprivation of appointment, promotion, or compensation); and

(2) the term "employee" means any "employee", as defined by section 2105.

Source Credit

(Added Pub. L. 103–3, title II, §201(a)(1), Feb. 5, 1993, 107 Stat. 22.)

Editorial Notes EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective 6 months after Feb. 5, 1993, see section 405(b)(1) of Pub. L. 103–3, set out as a note under section 2601 of Title 29, Labor.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
PART III - EMPLOYEES
Subpart E - Attendance and Leave
CHAPTER 63 - LEAVE
SUBCHAPTER V - FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE
Sec. 6385 - Prohibition of coercion
Contains section 6385
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 107 Stat. 22
Public Law References Public Law 103-3
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