Airline Employee Whistleblowers -- Aviation Investment and Reform Act

Vaznaugh Weekly Weekly

Topic of the Week

How Interns Are Protected In the Workplace

Blog of the Week

Why It’s Important To Have an Employee-First Mindset with Business Decisions

Putting employees first in business decision-making is integral to the stability and longevity of a
company.

Thought for the Week

"If the intern performs work that benefits the employer and that would otherwise be performed by a regular employee, it is unlikely to be an internship. Interns are not a way to get free labor."

–Brandon Ruiz, Attorney

List of the Week

from Workplace Fairness

Did you know that:

1/3 of internships are unpaid
interns cannot legally perform the tasks of employees without compensation

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The Law Office of Richard Vaznaugh

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San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: (415) 593-0076
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Employees for the air carrier industry are specifically protected for reporting safety concerns. Known as AIR21, the Aviation Investment and Reform Act (protects U.S. air carrier employees, as well as their contractors and subcontractors, from retaliation for sharing, or planning to share, information about safety violations. As in other industries, retaliation can include the employee firing the employee or otherwise discriminating against them for their disclosure, such as by cutting their pay or removing privileges.

Employees can file a complaint with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to investigate retaliation claims. Safety issues can be reported to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to be investigated, but it does not investigate the employment aspect as OSHA does.

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