Legal Opinion
Koch Foods, Inc. v. Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 11, 2013No. 11-14850PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIEDMAN, District Judge:
Petitioner Koch Foods, Inc. appeals the final decision and order issued by the Administrative Review Board (ARB) of the Department of Labor (DOL), in which the ARB determined that Koch Foods had violated the whistleblower protection provision of the Surface Transportation Assis tance Act (STAA) by firing its employee, respondent Timothy Bailey.
Congress passed the STAA’s whistle-blower provision in 1983 to “protect[ ] employees in the commercial motor transportation industry from being discharged in retaliation for refusing to operate a motor vehicle that does not…
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