(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 any right such employee may have with respect to donating, receiving, or using annual leave under this subpart.
(b) For the purpose of paragraph (a) of this section, the term “intimidate, threaten, or coerce” includes promising to confer or conferring any benefit (such as an appointment or promotion or compensation) or effecting or threatening to effect any reprisal (such as deprivation of appointment, promotion, or compensation).
authority: 5 U.S.C. chapter 63 as follows: Subparts A through E issued under
5 U.S.C. 6133(a) (read with
5 U.S.C. 6129), 6303(e) and (f), 6304(d)(2), 6306(b), 6308(a), and 6311; subpart F issued under
5 U.S.C. 6305(a) and 6311 and E.O. 11228, 30 FR 7739, 3 CFR, 1974 Comp., p. 163; subpart G issued under
5 U.S.C. 6305(c) and 6311; subpart H issued under
5 U.S.C. 6133(a) (read with
5 U.S.C. 6129) and 6326(b); subpart I issued under
5 U.S.C. 6332,
6334,
6336,
and; subpart J issued under
5 U.S.C. 6340,
6363,
6365,
6367,
and; subpart K issued under
5 U.S.C. 6391(g); subpart L issued under
5 U.S.C. 6383(f) and 6387; subpart M issued under sec. 2(d), Pub. L. 114-75, 129 Stat. 641 (
5 U.S.C. 6329 note); subpart P issued under
5 U.S.C. 6329c(d); and subpart Q issued under
5 U.S.C. 6387.
source: 33 FR 12475, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 5 CFR 630.912