Requirements for the form and content of a complaint.
10 C.F.R. § 708.13
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01A complaint does not need to be in any specific form but must be signed by the employee and contain the following:
(a) A statement specifically describing
(1) The alleged retaliation taken against the employee and
(2) The disclosure, participation, or refusal covered under § 708.5 that the employee believes gave rise to the retaliation;
(b) A statement that the complainant is not currently pursuing a remedy under State or other applicable law, as described in § 708.16 of this subpart;
(c) A statement that all of the facts that the complainant has included in his complaint are true and correct to the best of his knowledge and belief; and
(d) An affirmation, as described in § 708.14 of this subpart, that the complainant has exhausted all applicable grievance or arbitration procedures.
Source: eCFRURL: https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2024-07-01/title-10.xmlFetched: 7/26/2026