Statutes
The statutes enforced by OSHA are listed below. They contain whistleblower (anti-retaliation) provisions that generally provide that employers may not discharge or otherwise retaliate against an employee because the employee has filed a complaint or exercised any other rights provided to employees by the statute. Each law requires that complaints be filed within a certain number of days after the alleged retaliation. Complaints may be filed orally or in writing, and OSHA will accept the complaint in any language.
| STATUTE | TITLE |
|---|---|
| 29 U.S.C. § 218C | Affordable Care Act (ACA) |
| 31 U.S.C. § 5323 (a)(5) & (g) & (j) | Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) |
| 15 U.S.C. § 2651 | Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) |
| 42 U.S.C. § 7622 | Clean Air Act (CAA) |
| 42 U.S.C. § 9610 | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) |
| 12 U.S.C. § 5567 | Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (CFPA) |
| 15 U.S.C. § 2087 | Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) |
| 15 U.S.C. § 7a-3 | Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act (CAARA) |
| 42 U.S.C. § 5851 | Energy Reorganization Act (ERA) |
| 21 U.S.C. § 399d | FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) |
| 49 U.S.C. § 20109 | Federal Railroad Safety Act (FRSA) |
| 33 U.S.C. § 1367 | Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) |
| 46 U.S.C. § 80507 | International Safe Container Act (ISCA) |
| 49 U.S.C. § 30171 | Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) |
| 6 U.S.C. § 1142 | National Transit Systems Security Act (NTSSA) |
| 29 U.S.C. § 660(c) | Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act), Section 11(c) |
| 49 U.S.C. § 60129 | Pipeline Safety Improvement Act (PSIA) |
| 42 U.S.C. § 300j-9(i) | Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) |
| 18 U.S.C. § 1514A | Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) |
| 46 U.S.C. § 2114 | Seaman's Protection Act (SPA) |
| 42 U.S.C. § 6971 | Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) |
| 49 U.S.C. § 31105 | Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA) |
| 26 U.S.C. § 7623(d) | Taxpayer First Act (TFA) |
| 15 U.S.C. § 2622 | Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) |
| 49 U.S.C. § 42121 | Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR21) |