Blog Posts by Tag: "whistleblower"

FMCSA and OSHA Flexing CSA Muscle

Rickey Gooch posted on 2012/08/07 |

When a trucker refused to haul a load of mail until a nonworking light on his assigned trailer was fixed, he was fired. The former truck driver for a Tennessee-based company says he was fired for refusing to “drive trucks with such failures in the future.”

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration ordered Heartland Transportation Inc. of Andersonville, TN, to pay a former driver more than $31,200 in back pay and damages.... Read More

Driver's Failure to Communicate and Refusal to Return Keys to Truck Overcomes Alleged Protected Activity Under Whistleblower Act

Bryan T. Symes posted on 2011/12/21 |

Recently, the Administrative Review Board (which issues final agency decisions for the Secretary of Labor in cases arising under a wide range of worker protection laws, including the Surface Transportation Assistance Act) ruled in favor of a motor carrier that allegedly terminated the employment of one of its drivers in retaliation for complaining about unsafe working conditions. The case is Israel v. Schneider National Carriers, Inc., ARB Case No. 09-115.... Read More

Blog Posts by Tag: "whistleblower"

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