OSHA Expands Whistleblower Program With New Finance Authorities

OSHA is expanding its whistleblower protection program under new statutory authority created in two laws enacted at the end of the Trump administration, including a statute that expanded prohibitions on money laundering and another that created a new anti-retaliation protection for antitrust cases. The Department of Labor (DOL) announced in a Feb. 19 statement that OSHA has formally begun overseeing complaints filed under the two new laws, known as the Anti-Money Laundering Act and the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act respectively...