Employees who see violations in their workplace but are scared to bring them up because they fear for their jobs now have more broad access to The Occupational Safety and Health Administration\u2019s whistleblower department.<\/p>\n
OSHA made clarifications to its Whistleblower Investigation Manual in September that open up avenues of access. Complainants now can file concerns in any language orally, in writing or on OSHA\u2019s website. <\/p>\n
A new requirement in the updated manual instructs investigators to make every effort to interview the whistleblower. <\/p>\n
In the past 18 months, at least two organizations contacted government officials in writing \u2013 including Assistant Secretary of Labor David Michaels and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius \u2013 complaining that whistleblowers were not interviewed by OSHA investigators in their own case. <\/p>\n
The new requirement could fix that issue. The investigator\u2019s supervisor will now have to approve the attempts made to interview the complainant, according (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Employees who see violations in their workplace but are scared to bring them up because they fear for their jobs now have more broad access to The Occupational Safety and Health Administration\u2019s whistleblower department. OSHA made clarifications to its Whistleblower…<\/span><\/p>\n