OSHA Orders CA-Based Employer To Pay $1.9 Million In SOX Whistleblower Case

OSHA has told a Ventura, CA-based company to pay $1.9 million to its former chief financial officer to resolve a complaint that it illegally fired the official for bringing up concerns under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) -- again emphasizing the agency's determination to fully enforce whistleblower provisions of the financial reform law passed in the early 2000s after the Enron collapse.