Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Department of Labor announced last week OSHA will oversee the processing of worker retaliation complaints filed under two new whistleblower statutes – the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Employees who complain about safety measures to protect employees from COVID-19 may be protected from retaliation by federal and state laws. Employees who refuse to perform job functions may also be...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers face growing numbers of OSHA whistleblower complaints from aggrieved employees, largely alleging that they faced discipline and discharge on account of safety complaints. The Agency’s recent...more
12/6/2019
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Complaint Procedures ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Government Investigations ,
Internal Reporting ,
Labor Regulations ,
Liability ,
OSHA ,
Retaliation ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
OSHA has scheduled a meeting on June 12, 2018, in Washington, D.C., to solicit comments and suggestions from stakeholders in the trucking and railroad industries, on whistleblower issues within OSHA’s purview. 83 Fed. Reg....more
Yesterday our panel from Seyfarth’s Workplace Safety team led a briefing on OSHA regulation and enforcement under the Trump Administration.
One year into the Trump Administration, employers’ expectations for a more...more
5/16/2018
/ Administrative Appointments ,
Best Practices ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
OSHA ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Freeze ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Safety Inspections ,
Severe Violators Enforcement Program (SVEP) ,
Trump Administration ,
Whistleblowers ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety ,
Workplace Violence
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Affordable Care Act faces an uncertain future under the Trump administration, which will affect whistleblower provisions enforced by OSHA.
In October 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Tenth Circuit held that a trucking company unlawfully retaliated against a truck driver after he abandoned a trailer on a public highway, finding that his actions constituted a protected refusal to...more
8/16/2016
/ Administrative Appeals ,
Administrative Procedure Act ,
Administrative Review Board ,
Appeals ,
Back Pay ,
Commercial Truck Drivers ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Hiring & Firing ,
OSHA ,
Protected Activity ,
Public Safety ,
Reinstatement ,
Retaliation ,
Standard of Review ,
Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA) ,
Trucking Industry ,
Whistleblowers ,
Wrongful Termination
Seyfarth Synopis: Employers may face liability for retaliation charges from employees who report food safety issues under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
Employers in the food industry have a new headache to...more
5/3/2016
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Burden of Proof ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) ,
Food Safety ,
FSMA ,
OSHA ,
Popular ,
Remedies ,
Retaliation ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Whistleblowers
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower (Office) recently released its 2015 Annual Report on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program (Report) (November 16, 2015)....more