Spruced-up online OSHA form aims to help whistleblowers
Hospital Safety Insider, August 2, 2017
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A revised online form backed by OSHA aims to make it easier for whistleblowers to complain about their employers, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced last week. Workers still have a right to lodge formal complaints in a number of other ways: snail mail, fax, hand-delivery, verbally on the phone or in person. But the updated web-based filing option offers an interactive option available all day every day, designed help workers navigate the potentially daunting seascape of laws and regulations that keep worker rights afloat. (Continue reading on HCPro's free OSHA Healthcare Advisor blog.)
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