{"data":{"id":"us/29-cfr-1977.17","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"29 CFR 1977.17","heading":"Withdrawal of complaint.","body":"Enforcement of the provisions of section 11(c) is not only a matter of protecting rights of individual employees, but also of public interest. Attempts by an employee to withdraw a previously filed complaint will not necessarily result in termination of the Secretary's investigation. The Secretary's jurisdiction cannot be foreclosed as a matter of law by unilateral action of the employee. However, a voluntary and uncoerced request from a complainant to withdraw his complaint will be given careful consideration and substantial weight as a matter of policy and sound enforcement procedure.","path":["Title 29—Labor","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Labor","CHAPTER XVII—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","PART 1977—DISCRIMINATION AGAINST EMPLOYEES EXERCISING RIGHTS UNDER THE WILLIAMS-STEIGER OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT OF 1970"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-29.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:20Z","sha256":"b5ebd1d5bfa4f7f0f153b0ca4c2bdf0fd7a8047f874a0a37dd6789f07c3c1a93","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/29-cfr-1977.16","next":"us/29-cfr-1977.18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}