The Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) plans to meet Oct. 16 in Washington to solicit public comments and suggestions on whistleblower issues in the finance industry within OSHA's jurisdiction.
OSHA is seeking a second round of public input on how to improve whistleblower customer service and "enhance understanding of the whistleblower laws" it enforces.
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OSHA enforces the whistleblower provisions of 22 statutes protecting employees who report violations of airline, commercial motor vehicle, consumer product, environmental, financial reform, food safety, health care reform, nuclear, pipeline, public transportation agency, railroad, maritime and securities laws.
The Labor branch recently ordered Wells Fargo to reinstate a branch manager who was fired after raising concerns about the opening of bank accounts without clients' knowledge or consent.
The public meeting is free, but attendees must register by Sept. 30.
Comments related to the "Scope of Meeting" section of the Federal Register notice can be submitted electronically to regulations.gov, or in writing, by Oct. 9.
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Melanie is senior editor and Washington bureau chief of ThinkAdvisor. Her ThinkAdvisor coverage zeros in on how politics, policy, legislation and regulations affect the investment advisory space. Melanie’s coverage has been cited in various lawmakers’ reports, letters and bills, and in the Labor Department’s fiduciary rule in 2024. In 2019, Melanie received an Honorable Mention, Range of Work by a Single Author award from @Folio. Melanie joined Investment Advisor magazine as New York bureau chief in 2000. She has been a columnist since 2002. She started her career in Washington in 1994, covering financial issues at American Banker. Since 1997, Melanie has been covering investment-related issues, holding senior editorial positions at American Banker publications in both Washington and New York. Briefly, she was content chief for Internet Capital Group’s EFinancialWorld in New York and wrote freelance articles for Institutional Investor. Melanie holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Towson University. She interned at The Baltimore Sun and its suburban edition.
