OSHA will hold a meeting of the Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee

Words: Dave AfandadorThe 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 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.
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