Executive Order 6711—Prescribing a Regulation Prohibiting Dismissal of Employees for Reporting Alleged Violations of Codes of Fair Competition

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me under title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act of June 16, 1933 (ch. 90, 48 Stat. 195), and in order to effectuate the purposes of said title, I hereby prescribe the following rule and regulation:

No employer subject to a code of fair competition approved under said title shall dismiss or demote any employee for making a complaint or giving evidence with respect to an alleged violation of the provisions of any code of fair competition approved under said title.

All persons are hereby informed that section 10 (a) of the National Industrial Recovery Act prescribes a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months, or both, for the violation of any rule or regulation prescribed under the authority of said section 10 (a).

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
May 15, 1934.