Alternative Dispute Resolution Process for Whistleblower Protection Program

Federal Program Change Summary Reports:

Date of Directive: 08/18/2015

The purpose of this Instruction is to establish policies and procedures for the early resolution process, which is to be used as part of a regional Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) program, in relation to OSHA’s enforcement of whistleblower laws.

Adoption Required - No

Intention Required - Yes

State Plan	Intent to Adopt	Adopt Identical	Effective Date	URL or Contact
AK	††	††	††	††
AZ	Yes	No	6/7/2016	††
CA	No	No	NA	NA
CT†	Yes	No	1/25/2016	Kenneth Tucker, CONN-OSHA Director
HI	Yes	Yes	11/2/2015	NA
IA	No	No	NA	Jens Nissen, IOSHA Administrator
IL†	Yes	Yes	12/1/2015	NA
IN	††	††	††	††
KY	††	††	††	Chuck Stribling, CSP, OSH Federal-State Coordinator
MA	No	No	NA	NA
MD	††	††	††	https://www.dllr.maryland.gov/labor/instructions/
MI	No	No	NA	NA
MN	No	No	NA	NA
NC	††	††	††	Steve Sykes, State Plan Coordinator
NJ†	No	No	NA	Tom Lipski, PEOSH
NM	No	No	NA	https://www.env.nm.gov/Ohsb_Website/
NV	No	No	NA	NA
NY†	No	No	NA	NA
OR	No	No	NA	http://www.orosha.org/pdf/pds/pd-288.pdf
PR	No	No	NA	NA
SC	††	††	††	††
TN	No	No	NA	Larry Hunt, Department of Labor and Workforce Development, TN
UT	No	No	NA	Christopher Hill, UOSH Division Director
VA	††	††	††	††
VI†	Yes	Yes	3/1/2016	Dean Andrews, Director, VIDOSH
VT	No	No	NA	NA
WA	No	No	NA	NA
WY	Yes	Yes	11/20/2015	Daniel Bulkley, WY OSHA Deputy Administrator

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

[Last updated: January 26, 2016]