New guidelines released by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are a “game changer” for how corporate America will handle whistleblowers in the workplace, a national employment law firm says. Under the new rules, the federal agency responsible for enforcing ...

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As non-disclosure agreements of various kinds become more prevalent in the workplace, one federal agency tasked with regulating workplaces is taking a stand to protect whistleblower activities. New guidelines by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration seek to protect employees who report activities ...

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For the first time since 1990, the maximum penalties for workplace safety violations from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration are increasing. OSHA’s maximum fees, which critics have always considered too low to spur businesses to make their workplaces safer, ...

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HAGERSTOWN — An Army scuba diver’s death last January at an Aberdeen Proving Ground test pond near Baltimore was an accident apparently linked to his rapid ascent after he started losing air, according to a spokeswoman and a report released ...

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WASHINGTON — Federal regulators announced plans Friday to dramatically limit workplace exposure to silica dust, an agent known to cause crippling lung disease and cancer in thousands of workers each year. The proposal from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ...

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WASHINGTON — Wal-Mart has agreed to improve safety conditions for employees who use trash compactors and cleaning chemicals at more than 2,800 stores as part of a settlement agreement with the Labor Department. The retail giant has also agreed to ...

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WASHINGTON — Nearly a dozen safety standards were violated at an Army weapons-testing pond near Baltimore where three people have died this year, the Labor Department said Thursday. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration found seven serious violations at the ...

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WASHINGTON — OSHA has cited a Clarksburg, company in the heat-related death of an employee, but an owner says his company did nothing wrong and will fight the citation. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said on Tuesday it had ...

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