The Whistleblower Protection Programs.

A compilation of U.S. statutes, regulations, and mandated activities for the protection of workers' rights to workplace health and safety. Covers filing of complaints by employees, and investigations and prosecutions of employers for discriminatory actions. Laws and regulations cover general oc...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	United States. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Author)
Format:	Government Document Database
Language:	English Spanish
Language Notes:	Text in English and Spanish.
Published:	Washington, DC : U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Edition:	[Archived version].
Subjects:	United States. > Occupational Safety and Health Administration. > Directorate of Whistleblower Protection Programs. Whistle blowing > United States. Whistle blowing > Law and legislation > United States. Labor laws and legislation > United States. Employee rights > United States. Professional ethics > United States.
Online Access:	Home page by archived dates Collection page seed list Archived site

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Summary:	A compilation of U.S. statutes, regulations, and mandated activities for the protection of workers' rights to workplace health and safety. Covers filing of complaints by employees, and investigations and prosecutions of employers for discriminatory actions. Laws and regulations cover general occupational safety, environmental safety, nuclear safety, the transportation industry, and consumer and investor protections. Provides strong coverage of workers' rights, especially for protection from retaliation and adverse actions by employers, and submission and investigation of complaints. Includes a Whistleblower Statutes Desk Aid that describes timelines, respondents, and allowable remedies for violations by each relevant act or law.
Item Description:	Spanish version has title: Los Programas de Protección a los Denunciantes. "OSHA's Whistleblower Protection Program enforces the whistleblower provisions of more than twenty whistleblower statutes protecting employees who report violations of various workplace safety and health, airline, commercial motor carrier, consumer product, environmental, financial reform, food safety, health insurance reform, motor vehicle safety, nuclear, pipeline, public transportation agency, railroad, maritime, and securities laws"--About the Program. The content is made available by the U.S. Government Publishing Office in accordance with Title 44 of the US Code. Digital collection: Federal Depository Library Program Web Archive.
Physical Description:	1 online resource