OSHA Field Operations Chief: 'Huge Restructuring' Of Whistleblower Office Under Way

OSHA's top enforcement and field operations official says a “huge restructuring” of OSHA's Office of Whistleblower Protection Programs (OWPP) is under way to address what may be gaps in the program as the agency works to enforce the numerous anti-retaliation statutes that the Labor Department has delegated to the office over the years. Richard Fairfax, OSHA deputy assistant secretary, told an audience comprising mostly organized labor interests on Thursday that the agency is working to correct possible deficiencies in the Office of Whistleblower Protection Programs (OWPP). Late last year the O