Employment Law Updates | New Proposed Legislation
August 6, 2010
House Approves Legislation to Give Whistleblower Protections to Offshore Workers
Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act
H.R. 5851, 7/30/2010
On a strong bipartisan vote of 315 to 93, the U.S. House of Representatives has approved legislation to extend modern whistleblower protections to workers whose employers are engaged in oil and gas exploration, drilling, production, or cleanup on the Outer Continental Shelf (“OCS”).
Currently, individuals working on the OCS have no protection against retaliation by an employer for speaking up on hazardous conditions.
The bill is modeled after other modern whistleblower statutes and would:
- Prohibit an employer from discharging or otherwise discriminating against an employee who reports to the employer, or a federal or state government official that he…
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