The US Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the board have signed an agreement to strengthen the agencies’ partnership and outline procedures for information-sharing, referrals, training, and outreach that explain federal anti-retaliation protections. The Memorandum of Understanding will also enable OSHA and the board to cooperate more effectively and efficiently to enforce related laws and protect workers’ rights. The collaboration will also create mechanisms to increase overall awareness on the rights and remedies available under federal anti-retaliation and whistleblower protection laws. The agencies have jointly created a fact sheet, “Building Safe & Healthy Workplaces by Promoting Worker Voice” to help workers better understand what recourse they have when their rights are violated.
