NYCOSH 2016 SAFETY & HEALTH SERIES: Whistleblowing Protection

Whistleblowing Protection:  

How do we protect ourselves when we stick our necks out for safety & health?

When workers bring employers to task for not making the workplace safer and healthier, they run the risk of retaliation. OSHA's Whistleblower Protection Program enforces the whistleblower provisions of not only OSHA or safety and health, but more than twenty whistleblower statutes. Nonetheless, workers continue to be retaliated against and ensuring against that can be difficult, time consuming and ineffective.  The panel brings together Teri Wigger representing OSHA’s Whistleblower Protection Programs, Kristina Mazzocchi a well-known workers’ rights attorney and Nadia Marin of NYCOSH’s safety and health division who can help you understand your rights and protections.

Panelists:

Teri Wigger
Assistant Regional Administrator, Whistleblower Protection Programs,OSHA

Kristina Mazzocchi
Partner, Mirer Mazzocchi Schalet & Julien, PLLC

Nadia Marin
Safety & Health Specialist,NYCOSH

Teresa Poor 
Assistant to the Regional Director, Region 29, National Labor Relations Board

Sponsored by the New York City Central Labor Council (NYC CLC) and the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH).

For more information, contact Dwan Williams at 212-227-6440 x10.