OSHA and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Agree to Coordinate Responses to Whistleblower Complaints by Private Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers

Since 2010, OSHA has made a concerted effort to coordinate enforcement of whistleblower complaints with affiliated agencies. (See our past blog about OSHA’s coordination with the FDA here). OSHA continues in this effort, recently announcing that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to coordinate enforcement of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA)’s whistleblower antiretaliation and anti-coercion provisions, found at 49 U.S.C. §§ 31105, 31136(a)(5).

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