Whistleblower Investigations Manual

Federal Program Change Summary Reports:

Date of Directive: 04/21/2015

This directive provides OSHA offices, interested industry representatives, State Plans and federal agencies with guidance concerning the implementation of the Whistleblower Investigation Manual (WIM) and the handling of retaliation complaints under the various whistleblower statutes delegated to OSHA in discrimination investigations. The directive supersedes the September 20, 2011, Directive.

Adoption Required - No

Intention Required - Yes

State Plan	Intent to Adopt	Adopt Identical	Effective Date	URL or Contact
AK	††	††	††	††
AZ	Yes	Yes	9/21/2015	NA
CA	No	No	NA	NA
CT†	Yes	No	2/9/2016	Kenneth Tucker, CONN-OSHA Director
HI	††	††	††	††
IA	Yes	No	2/5/2016	Jens Nissen, IA OSHA State Plan Administrator
IL†	Yes	Yes	12/1/2015	NA
IN	Yes	Yes	7/20/2015	NA
KY	No	No	NA	Chuck Stribling, CSP, OSH Federal-State Coordinator
MD	††	††	††	https://www.dllr.maryland.gov/labor/instructions/
MI	Yes	Yes	††	NA
MN	No	No	NA	NA
NC	††	††	††	Steve Sykes, State Plan Coordinator
NJ†	Yes	No	10/21/2015	Tom Lipski, PEOSH"
NM	Yes	No	10/21/2015	https://www.env.nm.gov/Ohsb_Website/
NV	††	††	††	††
NY†	No	No	NA	NA
OR	Yes	No	8/11/2015	http://www.orosha.org/pdf/pds/pd-288.pdf
PR	No	No	NA	NA
SC	††	††	††	††
TN	Yes	Yes	6/15/2015	Larry Hunt, Department of Labor and Workforce Development, TN
UT	No	No	NA	"Christopher Hill, UOSH Division Director
VA	††	††	††	††
VI†	Yes	Yes	10/30/2015	Dean Andrews, Director, VIDOSH
VT	Yes	Yes	07/15/2015	NA
WA	No	No	NA	NA
WY	Yes	Yes	6/23/2015	Daniel Bulkley, WY OSHA Deputy Administrator

^† Plan covers state and local government workers only.
^†† Awaiting response from State Plans.

[Last updated: January 26, 2016]