Stephen Kohn and Richard Angino argue Wiest case before Third Circuit
On October 5, 2012, the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals conducted oral arguments in Wiest v. Lynch, a case ...
Tag: Department of Labor
FRSA ALERT! Railroads Lose Power To Interfere With Injured Workers’ Medical Treatment!
We are pleased to repost, with permission, this blog entry by Charlie Goetsch from trainlawblog.com, announcing a favorable and precedent-setting ...
DOL issues final regulations for consumer product whistleblowers
The Department of Labor today issued final regulations for handling whistleblower complaints under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), ...
NWC Announces Seminar on New Whistleblower Laws
On Monday, July 16, 2012, the National Whistleblowers Center will host a 2-hour training seminar that covers new whistleblower laws ...
OSHA orders railroad to pay $800,000 to three injured workers
This week, OSHA found that Norfolk Southern Railway Co., a major transporter of commodities based in Norfolk, Virginia, owed over ...
NWC amicus brief urges protection for railroad workers
Today, attorney Stephen Kohn (Executive Director of the National Whistleblowers Center) and I are filing an amicus brief with the ...
Federal Circuit finally gets due process and “clear and convincing”
In this week's Honesty Without Fear radio program, I interviewed Robert "Bob" Whitmore and his lawyer, Paula Dinerstein, about the ...
ARB says SOX covers contractor’s employees; rejects Lawson
The U.S. Department of Labor, Administrative Review Board (ARB) issued a precedent setting decision last week holding that the Sarbanes-Oxley ...
OSHA announces Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee
In a notice published in yesterday's Federal Register, Dr. David Michaels, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, ...
OSHA issues new manual for whistleblower investigations
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a new Whistleblower Investigations Manual last year. The new manual includes some ...
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