No person shall discharge or in any manner discriminate against any employee because such employee has filed any complaint or instituted, or caused to be instituted, any proceeding under or relating to statutes, rules or regulations regarding occupational safety and health, or testified, or is about to testify, in any such proceedings or because of the exercise by such employee on behalf of himself or others of any right afforded by such statutes, rules or regulations.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 40-453.2; 1973 (58) 379.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 41 - Labor and Employment
Chapter 15 - Occupational Health And Safety
Section 41-15-10. Repealed by 2010 Act No. 137, Section 8, eff March 31, 2010.
Section 41-15-50. Repealed by 2010 Act No. 137, Section 8, eff March 31, 2010.
Section 41-15-90. Employers shall inform employees of protections and obligations; exceptions.
Section 41-15-100. Exposure of employees to potentially harmful materials.
Section 41-15-210. Director may promulgate, modify, or revoke rules and regulations.
Section 41-15-230. Effective dates.
Section 41-15-240. Temporary permits for variances.
Section 41-15-250. Permits for permanent variances.
Section 41-15-270. Subpoenas and taking testimony.
Section 41-15-280. Citation for violation; notice in lieu of citation.
Section 41-15-290. Correction of dangerous conditions or practices; injunctions; mandamus.
Section 41-15-300. Notice of penalties.
Section 41-15-310. Appeal of Division of Labor decisions to administrative law judge.
Section 41-15-330. Action when penalty is not paid within thirty days.
Section 41-15-520. Remedies of an employee charging discrimination.
Section 41-15-600 to 41-15-640. Repealed by 2008 Act No. 188, Section 3, eff January 1, 2009.