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The Department of Labor is here to protect your rights. An employer cannot retaliate against you for exercising your rights under the Department of Labor’s whistleblower protection laws. Retaliation includes such actions as firing or laying off, demoting, denying overtime or promotion, or reducing pay or hours. Retaliation occurs when an employer (through a manager, supervisor, or administrator) fires an employee or takes any other type of adverse action against an employee for engaging in pro...
The investigation of complaints of retaliation against employees is conducted by investigators in OSHA's regions. OSHA's investigators are neutral fact finders; they do not work for either the complainant or respondent (employer). In addition to OSHA, the agencies below provide anti-retaliation protections in various capacities: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces laws that prohibit discrimination against employees because of race, color, religion, sex (including pre...
저자 : Mustek, Tom Trotto, Sarah Morrison, Kyle W. 수록출판물 : Safety & Health. Dec2015, Vol. 192 Issue 6, p17-17. 1/3p. 주제 : *EMPLOYEE services, ISSN : 0891-1797, 데이터베이스 : Academic Search Ultimate, 초록 : The article focuses on a report released by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General on September 30, 2015, which suggests the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to strengthen worker protections despite its improvement in i...
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The Department of Energy's Whistleblower Protection Program was established to safeguard "public and employee health and safety; ensur[e] compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations; and prevent fraud, mismanagement, waste, and abuse" at DOE's government-owned, contractor-operated (GOCO) facilities. 57 Fed. Reg. 7533 (March 3, 1992). Its primary purpose is to encourage contractor employees to disclose information which they believe exhibits unsafe, illegal, fraudulent, or wasteful pr...
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Whistleblowers are an important source of information for NHTSA about potential vehicle safety problems and violations of law. The Vehicle Safety Act protects the confidentiality of whistleblowers and allows NHTSA to pay a monetary award to a whistleblower whose information leads to the successful resolution of an enforcement action for violations of law. This page provides a high-level summary of NHTSA’s whistleblower program. The Vehicle Safety Act also protects whistleblowers from retaliati...
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OSHA’s Whistleblower Protection Program OSHA’s Whistleblower Protection Program enforces the provisions of more than 20 federal laws protecting employees from retaliation for, among...