Department of Labor

News Releases

FEDS FIND GAPING HOLES IN CAL/OSHA SAFETY NET

Serious Enforcement and Inspection Failures Put California Workers at Risk

SILENT EPIDEMIC OF WORKPLACE CHEMICAL EXPOSURES RAGES ON

New Worker Right-to-Know Database Maps All OSHA Health Inspection Readings

FEDERAL AUDIT SLAMS CAL/OSHA PERFORMANCE

California Below National Average in Several Key Worker Health & Safety Measures

OSHA WHISTLEBLOWER WINS $820,000 SETTLEMENT

Agency Recordkeeping Critic Purged in 2009 Paid Not to Return

FEDERAL APPEALS COURT RULES FOR OSHA WHISTLEBLOWER

OSHA Purged Prominent Critic of Injury and Illness Recordkeeping System

GRAIN ELEVATOR DEATHS PRODUCT OF LAX OSHA ENFORCEMENT

Summer Plea Bargain Letting Executives off Set up Repeat of Preventable Fatalities

OSHA HALF-STEPS WON’T HEAL BROKEN WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM

New Layer of Bureaucracy Feeds into Same Regional Structure Scorched in Reviews

LABOR DEPARTMENT WHIFFS ON WHISTLEBLOWER REFORM

Internal Review Prescribes Mish-Mash of Minor Repairs, Avoids Structural Defects

LABOR TROUBLES AT U.S. LABOR DEPARTMENT

Union Charges Unfair Practices in Whistleblower Reorganization Lockout

LABOR PONDERS BREAKING UP TROUBLED WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM

Splitting Whistleblower Duties between Agencies Likely Does More Harm than Good