TweetIn a press release issued last week, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that Anchorage, Alaska- based North Star Behavioral Health System has been ordered to reinstate and pay over $250,000 to an employee who was terminated in retaliation for reporting safety concerns regarding the facility’s water supply. An [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Safe Drinking Water Act'
OSHA Orders Alaska-Based Youth Treatment Provider to Reinstate Whistleblower Who Was Fired After Reporting Safety Concerns at the Facility
June 18th, 2012 · No Comments
Tags: OSHA Whistleblower Protection Program · Retaliation · Safe Drinking Water Act
ARB Rules that Whistleblower’s Motive is Irrelevant
April 21st, 2009 · No Comments
TweetThe Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board (“ARB”) has affirmed an Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ”) decision to award back pay and compensatory damages to a whistleblower for violations of the retaliation provision of the Safe Drinking Water Act (“SDWA”). In Collins v. Village of Lynchburg, Ohio, Michael Collins alleged that his former employer, the Village [...]
Tags: Safe Drinking Water Act
