(a) Any employer, employee, labor or trade organization, contracting
agency, or other interested person or organization may report to any
office of the Wage and Hour Division (or to any office of the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, in instances involving
the safety and health provisions), a violation, or apparent violation,
of the Act, or of any of the rules or regulations prescribed thereunder.
Such offices are also available to assist or provide information to
contractors or subcontractors desiring to insure that their practices
are in compliance with the Act. Information furnished is treated
confidentially. It is the policy of the Department of Labor to protect
the identity of its confidential sources and to prevent an unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy. Accordingly, the identity of an employee
who makes a confidential written or oral statement as a complaint or in
the course of an investigation, as well as portions of the statement
which would reveal his identity, will not be disclosed without the prior
consent of the employee. Disclosure of employee statements shall be
governed by the provisions of the ``Freedom of Information Act'' (5
U.S.C. 552, see 29 CFR part 70) and the ``Privacy Act of 1974'' (5
U.S.C. 552a).
(b) A report of breach or violation relating solely to safety and
health requirements may be in writing and addressed to the Regional
Administrator of an Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Regional Office, U.S. Department of Labor, or to the Assistant Secretary
for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Labor,
Washington, DC 20210.
(c) Any other report of breach or violation may be in writing and
addressed to the Assistant Regional Administrator of a Wage and Hour
Division's regional office, U.S. Department of Labor, or to the
Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor,
Washington, DC 20210.
(d) In the event that an Assistant Regional Administrator for the
Wage and Hour Division, Employment Standards Administration, is notified
of a breach or violation which also involves safety and health
standards, the Regional Administrator of the Employment Standards
Administration shall notify the appropriate Regional Administrator of
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration who shall with respect
to the safety and health violation take action commensurate with his
responsibilities pertaining to safety and health standards.
(e) Any report should contain the following:
(1) The full name and address of the person or organization
reporting the breach or violations.
(2) The full name and address of the person against whom the report
is made.
(3) A clear and concise statement of the facts constituting the
alleged breach or violation of any of the provisions of the McNamara-
O'Hara Service Contract Act, or of any of the rules or regulations
prescribed thereunder.
