5 U.S.C. § 6132

Prohibition of coercion

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

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2014–2014 · leading case: Patrick G. Hollingsworth v. Dep't of the Air Force, 2014 MSPB 56 (MSPB 2014).

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Patrick G. Hollingsworth v. Dep't of the Air Force, 2014 MSPB 56 (MSPB 2014). “National 5 Because we reverse the removal on other grounds, we do not reach the appellant’s argument that, because he had a Maxiflex schedule, designation of his absences due to tardiness as AWOL was coercion that was prohibited by 5 U.S.C. § 6132 . PFR File, Tab 1 at 5-6.”

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