U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Thomas Perez reports the agency will reestablish the charter of the Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee. The committee was created to advise and recommend ways to improve efficiency, effectiveness, transparency and fairness concerning OSHA's whistleblower protection activities.
This action will allow committee members to advise on how to improve investigative and enforcement processes; provide OSHA investigator training; and improve regulations governing OSHA investigations and cooperative activities with federal agencies that oversee areas covered by OSHA-enforced whistleblower protection statutes. DOL reports the charter will be in effect for 2 years.
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