Employers may not discriminate or retaliate against employees for exercising their rights under the OSH Act. Section 11(c) of the OSH Act provides very broad protection:
“No person shall discharge or in any manner discriminate against any employee because such employee has filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this Act or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding or because of the exercise of such employee on the behalf of himself, herself, or others of any right afforded under this Act.”
State plan states are also required to provide similar statutory protection. Thus, an employee may participate in an OSHA inspection, a conference, or a hearing without fear of adverse actions by the employer. In fact, under some state plan states, employers are obliged to facilitate a private meeting between any employee and an OSHA inspector visiting the site, if such an employee desires one.
The employer may not engage in any form of discrimination or retaliation against an employee for statements about working conditions made to OSHA. There can be no denial of a job...
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