{"data":{"id":"us/29-cfr-825.401","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"29 CFR 825.401","heading":"Filing a complaint with the Federal Government.","body":"(a) A complaint may be filed in person, by mail or by telephone, with the Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor. A complaint may be filed at any local office of the Wage and Hour Division; the address and telephone number of local offices may be found in telephone directories or on the Department's Web site.\n(b) A complaint filed with the Secretary of Labor should be filed within a reasonable time of when the employee discovers that his or her FMLA rights have been violated. In no event may a complaint be filed more than two years after the action which is alleged to be a violation of FMLA occurred, or three years in the case of a willful violation.\n(c) No particular form of complaint is required, except that a complaint must be reduced to writing and should include a full statement of the acts and/or omissions, with pertinent dates, which are believed to constitute the violation.","path":["Title 29—Labor","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Labor","CHAPTER V—WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","SUBCHAPTER C—OTHER LAWS","PART 825—THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT OF 1993","Subpart D—Enforcement Mechanisms"],"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":"825868e3726006599c55b9480009efbda668d7f13b60a4fd92d1ac2a3fe1ef02","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/29-cfr-825.400","next":"us/29-cfr-825.402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}