; and (2) may revoke such consent in writing at any time during employment. (c) Compensation For each instance that an employee employed by a covered employer works a shift described in subsection (a), the covered employer shall compensate the employee at one and one-half times the employee’s scheduled rate of pay for the hours worked that are less than 11 hours apart from the hours worked during the previous shift. 6. Prohibited Acts (a) Interference with rights It shall be unlawful for any employer to interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise or the attempt to exercise, any right of— (1) an employee as set forth in section 3; (2) a retail, food service, cleaning, hospitality, or warehouse employee, or Secretary's designated employee, as set forth in section 4; or (3) an employee of a covered employer as set forth in section 5. (b) Retaliation prohibited It shall be unlawful for any employer to discharge, threaten to discharge, demote, suspend, reduce work hours of, or take any other adverse employment action against any employee in retaliation for exercising the rights of an employee under this Act or opposing any practice made unlawful by this Act. For purposes of section 3, such retaliation shall include taking an adverse employment action against any employee on the basis of that employee’s request for a change in work schedule, or because of an employee's eligibility or perceived eligibility to request or receive a change in the terms and conditions of employment, as described in such section, on the basis of a reason set forth in section 3(c). (c) Interference with Proceedings or Inquiries It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any individual because such individual— (1) has filed any charge, or has instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding, under or related to this Act; (2) has given or is about to give, any information in connection with any inquiry or proceeding relating to any right provided under this Act