Railroad whistleblowers who are retaliated against for reporting work-related injuries continue to be awarded significant damages from their former employers after filing complaints with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) of the Department of Labor.  On March 12, 2013, OSHA announced it had once again ordered Union Pacific Railroad Co. – a company whose [...]

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) of the Department of Labor (“DOL”) has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a whistleblower in Orlando, Florida.  The whistleblower, a former employee of the “National Council of La Raza Action Fund Inc.,” alleged that he was terminated in retaliation for reporting concerns about potential exposure to toxic [...]

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published its interim final rules on the implementation of the whistleblower protection provision of section 1558 of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) on February 22, 2013.  The ACA provides protections to employees of health insurance issuers or other employers who may have been subject to retaliation for reporting [...]

Multiple retaliation lawsuits have cost Norfolk Southern Railway Co. millions of dollars over the past 18 months, and the trend is showing no signs of slowing down.  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) of the Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced on February 28, 2013, that it settled another case with Norfolk Southern Railway Co., [...]

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) of the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) has filed a lawsuit against S.E.M. Terrace, the owner of a retirement facility in Milford, Ohio, on behalf of a whistleblower who was terminated after he filed a complaint with the county alleging that the company had done a poor job [...]

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) of the Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced late last month that it has filed a whistleblower lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana against Kbec Inc., a Dairy Queen franchisee, alleging that the company illegally terminated an employee in retaliation for complaints the employee [...]

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) of the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) received a record number of whistleblower complaints in fiscal 2012, according to an article published by Bloomberg BNA.  The number of whistleblower complaints submitted to OSHA rose by roughly 5 percent from 2011, from 2,648 to 2,787.  Even more encouraging than [...]

A worker who refused to work under unsafe conditions at his then employer’s job site has joined with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) of the Department of Labor (“DOL”) to file a lawsuit against DKS Structural Services, doing business as Don Kennedy and Sons House Moving Co., and owner Jeffrey Kennedy (collectively “DKS”).  [...]

Whistleblower retaliation complaints filed with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) of the Department of Labor (“DOL”) have risen by nearly 20 percent over the last four years, according to an article written for Human Resource Executive Online, an online resource for HR personnel.  That’s the good news.  The bad news is that the [...]

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) of the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) has issued a final rule implementing the whistleblower provisions of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act (“STAA”), according to Law360.  The rule incorporates amendments to the law made by The Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (“9/11 Act”), which [...]