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Common Questions in Evaluating a Whistleblower Complaint Filed with OSHA

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In FY 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) received 3,243 Whistleblower complaints filed under various statutes’ anti-retaliation provisions. OSHA is charged with investigating alleged retaliation...more

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EU’s Pay Equity Directive: 5 Key Points Employers Need to Know

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Employers with operations in the European Union should ensure they are familiar with a pay equity directive aiming to close the gender pay gap that will soon come fully online. The directive was signed into law in 2023, and...more

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Changes and Developments in California Employment Laws for 2022

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As 2021 quickly comes to a close, we look back at this year’s legislative session, which included several employment-related bills signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, including bills aimed at prohibiting quotas that interfere...more

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SDNY Rejects Director Liability for Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Claims, Creating a Split Among Federal District Courts

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Public company directors, who are under constant threat of claims, received welcome news earlier this month.  On December 9, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that corporate directors...more

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New Australian Whistleblowing Laws: What You Need to Do!

On the 1st July 2019, reform for whistleblowing laws in Australia came into effect. These contain significant changes to the eligibility and protection of corporate whistleblowers, and introduced higher penalties for...more

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OSHA OKs Drug Testing and Incentive Programs ... Sort of

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OSHA Rolls Back Enforcement of Anti-Retaliation Provisions! Yesterday, the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration (“OSHA”) issued a standard interpretation clarifying its position on the new recordkeeping rule’s...more

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SCOTUS Narrows Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protections, May Trigger Increased Reports to the SEC

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In a unanimous ruling in Digital Realty Trust v. Somers, the U.S. Supreme Court has narrowed whistleblower protections in the Dodd-Frank Act that shield employees who report potential securities law violations. As a result,...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Passes On Opportunity To Address Scope of Dodd-Frank “Whistleblower” Provision

On Monday, March 20, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a Petition for Writ of Certiorari in Verble v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC. (No. 16-946), thereby declining an opportunity to resolve a conflict amongst circuit...more

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Court Declines to Enjoin OSHA Drug Testing and Safety Incentives Under the Electronic Recordkeeping Reporting Rule

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On a very limited legal basis, a federal district court has declined to enjoin the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration from enforcing portions of its new recordkeeping rule related to potentially retaliatory...more

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OSHA Clarifies Its “Just Say No” to Automatic Post-Accident Drug-Testing Position

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How do employers reconcile automatic drug-testing required by workers’ compensation laws with the provisions of OSHA’s new Rule saying that automatic testing could be retaliatory? Following our recent blog on that issue, many...more

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OSHA Settlement May Point Direction on Injury Reporting Policies

Earlier this year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) signaled an intention to take employers to task for maintaining policies that required employees to immediately report workplace injuries and...more

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OSHA Issues New Electronic Recordkeeping Requirements and Creates a New Cause of Action for Employees

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has amended its recordkeeping regulation, 29 CFR Part 1904, to require many employers to submit OSHA 300 Logs, OSHA 301 forms, and OSHA 300A summaries to the agency...more

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