Document: 10 CFR Part 52
Document ID: c3ae99e0-8d63-48da-9ec1-842162e9ba85
Document Type: cfr
Title: Employee protection.
Source: 10 CFR Part 52
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-52/section-52.5
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Chapter: 
Section ID: 52.5
CFR Part: 52
CFR Title: 10

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section; and ( v ) Assisting or participating in, or is about to assist or participate in, these activities. ( 2 ) These activities are protected even if no formal proceeding is actually initiated as a result of the employee assistance or participation. ( 3 ) This section has no application to any employee alleging discrimination prohibited by this section who, acting without direction from his or her employer (or the employer's agent), deliberately causes a violation of any requirement of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended, or the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. ( b ) Any employee who believes that he or she has been discharged or otherwise discriminated against by any person for engaging in protected activities specified in paragraph (a)(1) of this section may seek a remedy for the discharge or discrimination through an administrative proceeding in the Department of Labor. The administrative proceeding must be initiated within 180 days after an alleged violation occurs. The employee may do this by filing a complaint alleging the violation with the Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division. The Department of Labor may order reinstatement, back pay, and compensatory damages. ( c ) A violation of paragraph (a) , (e) , or (f) of this section by a Commission licensee, a holder of a standard design approval, an applicant for a Commission license, standard design certification, or a standard design approval, or a contractor or subcontractor of a Commission licensee, holder of a standard design approval, or any applicant may be grounds for— ( 1 ) Denial, revocation, or suspension of the license or standard design approval; ( 2 ) Withdrawal or revocation of a proposed or final standard design certification; ( 3 ) Imposition of a civil penalty on the licensee, holder of a standard design approval, or applicant (including an applicant for a standard design certification under this part following Commission