OSHA

July 30 was National Whistleblower Day.  In celebration of the day, the National Whistleblower Center hosted a virtual conference which featured speeches and panel discussions by whistleblowers, whistleblower advocates, and government officials.  One of the panels was titled “Covid-19 Crisis:...

A whistleblower has come forward to allege the working conditions at a JBS meat packing plant in Greely, Colorado, do not comply with state and federal COVID-19 safety requirements, according to a Denver7 investigation. The employee told Denver7 Investigates that...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the U.S. Department of Labor ordered Norfolk Southern Railway Corp. to reinstate and pay an employee more than $150,000 in backpay for retaliation for reporting an “on-the-job injury.” OSHA announced the order...

Attorneys general from around the country are calling on Amazon to provide COVID-19 related data on workers in its facilities who have tested positive or died. The group, led by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy, includes attorneys general from 13...

On Thursday, several U.S. senators questioned Amazon’s firing of four whistleblowers who raised safety concerns over the spreading of coronavirus in warehouses. In a letter sent to Jeff Bezos, CEO of the e-commerce giant, nine senators asked Amazon to clear...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to close down non-essential businesses throughout the United States, workers are calling for workplace safety laws to protect them from hazardous conditions. Today, in an article published by the National Law Review, whistleblower attorney Stephen...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently reminded employers that it is illegal to retaliate against employees who report unsafe and unhealthy working conditions during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis. OSHA’s Whistleblower Protection Program enforces the provisions of more than...

The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado recently ordered a Railway to pay damages to a whistleblower who suffered retaliation. The whistleblower received over $1.74 million from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) to cover lost wages,...

The Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) new whistleblower protections for sailors will go into effect on Thursday. OSHA issued these new protections in its "Procedures for Handling of Retaliation Complaints Under the Employee Protection Provision of...

The OSHA Directorate of Whistleblower Protection Programs issued new policy guidance on the criteria it uses to ensure settlement agreements do not impermissibly restrict or discourage whistleblowing. The new policy guidelines, issued August 23, 2016, state that OSHA will not...