WASHINGTON – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has scheduled a meeting
of the Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee for Nov. 10, 2015, in
Washington, D.C. The Best Practices and Corporate Culture Work Group will meet
on Nov. 9, 2015.
The tentative agenda
will include remarks from Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety
and Health Dr. David Michaels; remarks from the director of the Directorate of
Whistleblower Protection Programs; presentation of State Plan issues; public
comments; and work group discussions and presentations.
The committee will
meet from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. ET, Nov. 10 in Room S-4215 A-C, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20210. The work group will
meet from 1 – 4 p.m. ET, Nov. 9 in the same room. Comments and requests to
speak may be submitted electronically at http://www.regulations.gov,
the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Comments and requests to speak may also be submitted
by mail or facsimile; for details, see the Federal
Register notice. The deadline for submissions is Nov. 2. All meetings are
open to the public.
WPAC
was established to advise and make recommendations to the secretary of labor
and the assistant secretary for occupational safety and health on ways to
improve the fairness, efficiency, effectiveness and transparency of OSHA’s
whistleblower protection activities.
OSHA enforces the
whistleblower provisions of Section 11(c) of the OSH Act, and 21 other statutes
protecting employees who report violations of various securities laws,
trucking, airline, nuclear power, pipeline, environmental, rail, maritime,
health care, workplace safety and health regulations, and consumer product
safety laws. For more information, please visit www.whistleblowers.gov.
Under the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for
providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. OSHA’s role
is to ensure these conditions for America’s working men and women by
setting and enforcing standards, and providing training, education and
assistance. For more information, visit www.osha.gov.
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