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[CITE: 29USC1855]

 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
     CHAPTER 20--MIGRANT AND SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTION
 
                    SUBCHAPTER V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
                     Part A--Enforcement Provisions
 
Sec. 1855. Discrimination prohibited


(a) Prohibited activities

    No person shall intimidate, threaten, restrain, coerce, blacklist, 
discharge, or in any manner discriminate against any migrant or seasonal 
agricultural worker because such worker has, with just cause, filed any 
complaint or instituted, or caused to be instituted, any proceeding 
under or related to this chapter, or has testified or is about to 
testify in any such proceedings, or because of the exercise, with just 
cause, by such worker on behalf of himself or others of any right or 
protection afforded by this chapter.

(b) Proceedings for redress of violations

    A migrant or seasonal agricultural worker who believes, with just 
cause, that he has been discriminated against by any person in violation 
of this section may, within 180 days after such violation occurs, file a 
complaint with the Secretary alleging such discrimination. Upon receipt 
of such complaint, the Secretary shall cause such investigation to be 
made as he deems appropriate. If upon such investigation, the Secretary 
determines that the provisions of this section have been violated, the 
Secretary shall bring an action in any appropriate United States 
district court against such person. In any such action the United States 
district courts shall have jurisdiction, for cause shown, to restrain 
violation of subsection (a) of this section and order all appropriate 
relief, including rehiring or reinstatement of the worker, with back 
pay, or damages.

(Pub. L. 97-470, title V, Sec. 505, Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2598.)
