Federal Program Change Summary Report
Whistleblower Investigations Manual

Federal Program Change Summary Report
Whistleblower Investigations Manual


Directive Number: CPL 02-03-005 (PDF*)

Date of Directive: April 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
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State Plan Intent to Adopt Adopt Identical Effective Date URL or Contact
Plan covers state and local government workers only.
†† Awaiting response from State Plans.

AK 

††

†† 

††

††

AZ 

Yes

Yes

09/21/2015

NA

CA 

No

No 

NA

NA

CT† 

Yes

No 

02/09/2016

Kenneth Tucker, CONN-OSHA Director

HI 

††

†† 

††

††

IA 

Yes

No 

02/05/2016

Jens Nissen, IA OSHA State Plan Administrator

IL† 

Yes

Yes

12/01/2015

NA

IN 

Yes

Yes

07/20/2015

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

08/11/2015

http://www.orosha.org/pdf/pds/pd-288.pdf*

PR 

No

No 

NA

NA

SC 

††

†† 

††

††

TN 

Yes

Yes

06/15/2015

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

[Last updated: January 26, 2016]