OSHA to hold Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee meetings

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OSHA to hold Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee meetings The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) scheduled a meeting of the Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee (WPAC) for April 20-21, in Washington, DC.

According to OSHA, the meeting agendas include comments from David Michaels, OSHA assistant secretary of labor, as well as public comments and a presentation from the Best Practices and Corporate Culture Work Group.

The committee was established to advise OSHA officials on ways to improve the “fairness, efficiency, effectiveness and transparency of OSHA's whistleblower protection activities.”

The committee will meet from 1-4 p.m., April 20 and 9 a.m.-4 p.m., April 21 in Room S-4215 A-C, US Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20210. Comments and requests to speak may be submitted by mail, facsimile, or electronically at http://www.regulations.gov by April 6.

KEYWORDS: OSHA

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Jeremy Gerrard was Food Engineering's Digital/Online Editor. He is a graduate of Auburn University with a degree in journalism. His previous work experience includes years spent as a reporter with the Daily Local News out of Chester County, PA. In addition to writing feature articles for Food Engineering, Jeremy covered the Dry Processing, Field Reports and People and Industry news sections.