OSHA: Hanford Contractor Must Pay $220,000 in Back Wages to Whistleblower
Firing an employee for voicing safety concerns is a violation of federal whistleblower provisions.
A contractor for the Department of Energy’s decommissioned Hanford nuclear site in Washington state has been ordered to reinstate an environmental specialist and pay more than $220,000 in back wages and other expenses after it fired the employee for voicing nuclear and environmental safety concerns.
