OSHA Updates Investigations Manual for Handling Retaliation Complaints Under Whistleblower Statutes

Excerpt:  “Key changes in the manual include:  1) Incorporating past policy memoranda and procedures piloted by OSHA field offices;  2) Clarifying and streamlining procedures that lacked sufficient guidance or were unclear in the 2016 version;  3) Statute-specific chapters were removed and converted into statute-specific desk aids;  4) Restructuring the manual such that Chapter 2 now collects and explains the legal concepts and principles that guide whistleblower investigations. In previous versions, these concepts were introduced throughout the manual.”