Labor Dept Finalizes Certain Environmental Whistleblower Regulations, Etc.

The Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a final rule, effective January 18, 2011, which provides the final text of regulations governing the employee protection (or “whistleblower”) provisions of Section 211 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended; and finalizes changes to the procedures for handling retaliation complaints under Section 211 of the ERA and certain environmental whistleblower statutes.