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OSH ACT AND OSHA STANDARDS |
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OSH Act Coverage - Federal Employee Provisions |
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OSHA's
federal sector authority is different from that in the private sector in several ways. The
most significant difference is that OSHA cannot propose monetary penalties against another
federal agency for failure to comply with OSHA standards. Instead, compliance issues
unresolved at the local level are raised to higher organizational levels until resolved. Another significant difference is that OSHA does not have authority to protect federal employee "whistleblowers." However, the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 affords present and former federal employees (other than those in the U.S. Postal Service and certain intelligence agencies) an opportunity to file their reports of reprisal with the Office of Special Counsel, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board. |
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