2019 US Code
Title 5 - Government Organization and Employees
Part III - Employees
Subpart E - Attendance and Leave
Chapter 61 - Hours of Work
Subchapter II - Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules
Sec. 6132 - Prohibition of coercion

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Citation 5 U.S.C. § 6132 (2019)
Section Name §6132. Prohibition of coercion
Section Text

(a) An employee may not directly or indirectly intimidate, threaten, or coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce, any other employee for the purpose of interfering with—

(1) such employee's rights under sections 6122 through 6126 of this title to elect a time of arrival or departure, to work or not to work credit hours, or to request or not to request compensatory time off in lieu of payment for overtime hours; or

(2) such employee's right under section 6127(b)(1) of this title to vote whether or not to be included within a compressed schedule program or such employee's right to request an agency determination under section 6127(b)(2) of this title.


(b) For the purpose of subsection (a), the term "intimidate, threaten, or coerce" includes, but is not limited to, promising to confer or conferring any benefit (such as appointment, promotion, or compensation), or effecting or threatening to effect any reprisal (such as deprivation of appointment, promotion, or compensation).

Source Credit

(Added Pub. L. 97–221, §2(a)(2), July 23, 1982, 96 Stat. 232.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, 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 61 - HOURS OF WORK
SUBCHAPTER II - FLEXIBLE AND COMPRESSED WORK SCHEDULES
Sec. 6132 - Prohibition of coercion
Contains section 6132
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 96 Stat. 232
Public Law References Public Law 97-221
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