whistleblower

Truck driver awarded $184,000 in whistleblower case

WASHINGTON — A truck driver working for a road construction company has been awarded approximately $184,000 after a whistleblower investigation found that the company had violated federal rest-break and hours-of-service laws.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducted the investigation. OSHA ordered the driver’s employer, Chilhowie, Virginia-based W-L Construction & Paving (W-L) and its parent, building materials company CRH Americas (NYSE: CRH),...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-driver-awarded-184000-in-whistleblower-case

Maersk Line settles US complaint over whistleblower firing

Maersk Line Ltd., the U.S.-flag arm of Danish shipping giant Maersk, has agreed as part of a settlement with the Department of Labor to change its safety reporting policies and compensate a whistleblower who reported safety concerns to the U.S. Coast Guard without first notifying the company.

The action stems from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s finding last year that Maersk Line Ltd., which provides maritime transport for U.S. government agencies, violated the crew member’s...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/maersk-linesettles-us-complaint-over-whistleblower-firing

Maersk Line Limited reaches settlement in whistleblower case

As part of a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor in a whistleblower case, Maersk’s U.S.-flag subsidiary, Maersk Line Limited is to change its safety reporting policies and compensate a seaman that it terminated after he reported safety concerns to the U.S. Coast Guard without first notifying the company.

The Department of Labor says that these actions follow a three-day hearing in June 2024 in which Maersk challenged the findings of a whistleblower investigation by the department’s...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/maersk-line-limited-reaches-settlement-in-whistleblower-case/

Whistleblowers could collect $500K in tanker pollution case

Two whistleblower crewmembers could be awarded up to $500,000, if a plea deal filed in New Orleans federal court yesterday is approved by the court. Two related companies that operated the motor tanker PS Dream – Prive Overseas Marine LLC and Prive Shipping Denizcilik Ticaret – pleaded guilty to conspiracy, knowingly violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and obstruction of justice related to the falsification of the tanker’s Oil Record Book, which is a required log.

The guilty...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/compliance/whistleblowers-could-collect-500k-in-tanker-pollution-case/

OSHA orders carrier to reinstate driver after raising safety concerns

OSHA orders JHOS Logistics and Transportation to rehire, pay driver $220,000

A California trucking company has been ordered to pay and reinstate a former truck driver it allegedly fired for raising safety concerns about hauling overweight loads. 

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said Wednesday it has ordered JHOS Logistics and Transportation Inc. (JHOS) of Wilmington, California, to rehire and pay the driver, considered a whistleblower, more than $190,000 in back wages, $25,000 in punitive damages and $5,000 in...

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Bouchard Transportation must compensate whistleblower, OSHA says

A whistleblower investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has found that Bouchard Transportation Co. Inc., Melville, N.Y., and its officers violated the whistleblower protection provisions of the Seaman’s Protection Act (SPA) when it retaliated against a seaman who cooperated with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG).

OSHA’s Whistleblower Protection Program investigators concluded that the company’s actions constituted retaliation against the...

https://www.workboat.com/news/government/bouchard-transportation-must-compensate-whistleblower-osha-says/