Tomorrow, April 29, GAP Legal Director Tom Devine will testify before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions. The hearing, Workers’ Memorial Day: Are Existing Private Sector Whistleblower Protections Adequate To Ensure Safe Workplaces? is being held by the Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety.
The hearing starts at 10:00 a.m. at 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Devine will testify on the adequacy of the occupational safety whistleblower laws administered by the Department of Labor.
Devine is slated to speak during the second (of two) panels. His submitted testimony to the Subcommittee can be read here.
Panelists include:
Panel I
- Dr. David Michaels, Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC
Panel II
- Emily Spieler, Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law and Chair, Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee, Boston, MA
- Tom Devine
- Ross Baize, Safety Committeeman for United Auto Workers, East Peoria, IL
- Gregory Keating, Co-Chair, Whistleblowing and Retaliation Practice Group, Littler Mendelson, Boston, MA
Devine is recognized as one of the country’s leading experts in whistleblower protection and author of the Corporate Whistleblower’s Survival Guide. In November 2011, that book was awarded the prestigious getAbstract International Business Book of the Year Award at the Frankfurt Book Fair. This prize seeks to honor books that have made a worldwide impact in business and economics.