Labor Rights Week
- OSHA - Hot topics and OSHA's compliance agenda current and FY 2025.
Employer and employee rights and responsibilities under the OSH Act of 1970
Presenter: OSHA Tampa Area Office Compliance Assistance Specialist - Olja Correa - Whistleblower Protections under the OSH Act 1970:
Section 11(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) prohibits employers from retaliating against employees for exercising a variety of rights guaranteed under the OSH Act, such as filing a safety or health complaint with OSHA, raising a health and safety concern with their employers, participating in an OSHA inspection, or reporting a work-related injury or illness.
Who is covered?
How does it work?
What to expect?
Presenters: Whistleblower Investigators - Chris Covell, Luke Scully, and Stephanie Lafayette - Wage and Hour - Overview of what the agency enforces, minimum wage, overtime, child labor, FMLA, nursing mothers, employee misclassification and record keeping.
Presenters: Dept of Labor Compliance Assistance Specialist - Lourdes Bahr
*Note: Location subject to change.