OSHA Finalizes Whistleblower Procedures For 2019 Tax Fraud Law

OSHA has finalized a year-old interim rule that set out procedures for handling whistleblower complaints under the 2019 Taxpayer First Act (TFA) that created anti-retaliation protections for employees who report potential tax fraud and other violations, largely adopting the model it set out in the interim measure. The March 13 final rule makes only one technical change to the interim final rule (IFR) that OSHA issued in March 2022, as part of a series of rulemakings implementing whistleblower protections Congress...