Department of Labor

News Releases

OSHA JOB SAFETY RECORD INITIATIVE IMPLODES

Agency Quietly Pulls Plug on Touted Recordkeeping National Emphasis Program

INSPECTOR GENERAL RIPS OSHA WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM

80% of Investigations Found Inadequate; Whistleblowers Win Only 2% of Cases

OSHA SHOULD GET OUT OF THE WHISTLE BLOWING BUSINESS

Scathing GAO Report Cements Case for a Separate Whistleblower Protection Agency

WORLD’S BIGGEST WHISTLEBLOWER AGENCY HAS FEWER THAN 80 STAFF

Congress Heaps on New Whistleblower Jurisdiction without Resources to Implement

OSHA TO MAKE ONLY TINY DENT IN HUGE HEALTH STANDARD BACKLOG

No Strategy or Resources to Counter the Silent Epidemic of Workplace Exposures

HOW TO PUT THE H BACK INTO OSHA

Workplace Health Exposure Gets Short Shrift despite Death Toll 10x All Accidents

OSHA PLAN TO REMOVE CHEMICAL WARNINGS MISGUIDED

Manufacturers Only Required to Display Uninformative Legal Exposure Limits

WEAK WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS PRECLUDE OSHA REFORM

OSHA Cannot Protect Workers If It Retaliates Against its Own Truth-Tellers

OSHA STANDARD-SETTING BROKEN AND MOVING IN WRONG DIRECTION

Backlog of Thousands of Chemicals Worsened by Constipated Process and Timidity

MASSIVE MINING BLOW-OUT DRAWS ONLY SLAP ON WRIST

200 Sites Still Vulnerable As Long Shrouded IG Report Fuels Cover-up Charges