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Employer Ordered to Pay Whistleblower $100,000 Punitive Damages
By James L. Curtis and Craig B. Simonsen In a recent Federal District Court OSHA 11(c) retaliation case, Perez v. Sandpoint Gas N Go, 14-cv-357 (9-29-2015), Chief Judge B. Lynn Winmill provides a...
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OSHA Recommended Practices for Employers for Preventing and Addressing...
By James L. Curtis, Meagan Newman, and Craig B. Simonsen The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published a draft document intended to “help employers” to develop a program to protect...
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OSHA and FAA Sign Agreement on Protecting Airline Workers from Retaliation
By James L. Curtis, Meagan Newman, and Craig B. Simonsen The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently completed a Memorandum of...
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OSHA Issues New Whistleblower Investigations Manual
By James L. Curtis and Meagan Newman Following through on its April 2015 “clarification” of the investigative standard in whistleblower matters, OSHA issued a new whistleblower investigations manual...
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New Food Safety Whistleblower Regulations: OSHA Bites Off More Than It Can Chew
By Mark A. Lies, II and Adam R. Young Seyfarth Synopis: Employers may face liability for retaliation charges from employees who report food safety issues under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)....
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Tenth Circuit Orders Truck Driver Who Abandoned Trailer on Interstate Highway...
By Benjamin D. Briggs, Adam R. Young, and Craig B. Simonsen Seyfarth Synopsis: The Tenth Circuit held that a trucking company unlawfully retaliated against a truck driver after he abandoned a trailer...
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OSHA Pilots New Expedited Whistleblower Process – Will Allow Complainants to...
By James L. Curtis, Benjamin D. Briggs, and Craig B. Simonsen Seyfarth Synopsis: The DOL announced this week its new Whistleblower expedited Case review pilot process, to be conducted in its Region 9....
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OSHA Publishes Recommended Practices for Anti-Retaliation Programs
By Brent I. Clark, James L. Curtis, and Craig B. Simonsen Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers that are regulated under any of the 22 federal whistleblower protection laws are encouraged to review company...
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OSHA Procedures for Retaliation Complaints Under the Affordable Care Act...
By Adam R. Young and Craig B. Simonsen Seyfarth Synopsis: The Affordable Care Act faces an uncertain future under the Trump administration, which will affect whistleblower provisions enforced by OSHA....
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OSHA Schedules Public Meeting and Requests Comments on Whistleblower Issues...
By Brent I. Clark, Adam R. Young, and Craig B. Simonsen Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA has scheduled a meeting on June 12, 2018, in Washington, D.C., to solicit comments and suggestions from stakeholders in...
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Whistleblower Liability for Employee Safety Complaints During the COVID-19...
By James L. Curtis, Adam R. Young, Matthew A. Sloan, and Craig B. Simonsen Seyfarth Synopsis: Employees who complain about safety measures to protect employees from COVID-19 may be protected from...
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New Antitrust and Money Laundering Laws to Expand OSHA Whistleblower Claims
By Brent I. Clark, James L. Curtis, Christopher F. Robertson, Adam R. Young, Patrick D. Joyce, and Craig B. Simonsen Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Department of Labor announced last week OSHA will...
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OSHA and FAA Sign Agreement on Protecting Airline Workers from Retaliation
By James L. Curtis, Meagan Newman, and Craig B. Simonsen The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently completed a Memorandum of...
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OSHA Issues New Whistleblower Investigations Manual
By James L. Curtis and Meagan Newman Following through on its April 2015 “clarification” of the investigative standard in whistleblower matters, OSHA issued a new whistleblower investigations manual...
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New Food Safety Whistleblower Regulations: OSHA Bites Off More Than It Can Chew
By Mark A. Lies, II and Adam R. Young Seyfarth Synopis: Employers may face liability for retaliation charges from employees who report food safety issues under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)....
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Tenth Circuit Orders Truck Driver Who Abandoned Trailer on Interstate Highway...
By Benjamin D. Briggs, Adam R. Young, and Craig B. Simonsen Seyfarth Synopsis: The Tenth Circuit held that a trucking company unlawfully retaliated against a truck driver after he abandoned a trailer...
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OSHA Pilots New Expedited Whistleblower Process – Will Allow Complainants to...
By James L. Curtis, Benjamin D. Briggs, and Craig B. Simonsen Seyfarth Synopsis: The DOL announced this week its new Whistleblower expedited Case review pilot process, to be conducted in its Region 9....
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OSHA Publishes Recommended Practices for Anti-Retaliation Programs
By Brent I. Clark, James L. Curtis, and Craig B. Simonsen Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers that are regulated under any of the 22 federal whistleblower protection laws are encouraged to review company...
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OSHA Procedures for Retaliation Complaints Under the Affordable Care Act...
By Adam R. Young and Craig B. Simonsen Seyfarth Synopsis: The Affordable Care Act faces an uncertain future under the Trump administration, which will affect whistleblower provisions enforced by OSHA....
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