OSHA

Frequently Asked Questions about OSHA’s Return to Work Guidelines

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: OSHA
The Occupational Safety Health Administration provided these questions and answers to returning to work during the pandemic: Can employers conduct work site SARS-CoV-2 testing?  Yes. Employers have the right (and, some would say, the duty) to implement methods that reduce infection risks to the workers’ safety and...

New OSHA Whistleblower Protection Rules and a $200,000 Judgment in a Retaliation Lawsuit

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Employee Rights, Retaliation, Whistleblower Protection
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) has been very busy this week issuing final rules regarding the Dodd-Frank Act’s whistleblower protections as well as handing down a judgment requiring a bank to pay over $200,000 to a terminated whistleblower. Under the Dodd-F...

How the Chamber of Commerce is Eroding Whistleblower Rights and What You Need to Know

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Employee Rights, Retaliation, Whistleblower Protection
In recent years, whistleblowers have achieved increased success against corporate fraud waste and abuse.  Government agencies continually pass regulations and direct their enforcement activities protecting whistleblowers and prohibiting retaliation.  News agency headlines routinely showcase million dollar verdicts fo...

FAA Whistleblower Protection Program

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Uncategorized, Whistleblower Protection
Whistleblowers are an important part of our society. Today we will discuss a whistleblower protection program jointly operated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). This whistleblower protection program protects employees of a U.S. air carrier, th...

Whistleblower Retaliation, wrongful termination and OSHA violations in California employment

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Uncategorized
The Los Angeles Employment Attorney law firm of Stephen Danz & Associates (with offices throughout California) represents whistleblowers in numerous industries including construction. In a recent case we settled, a roofer fell through a "false" floor at a Sheriff's substation and was nearly impaled by steel b...