TVA in mediation with employee fired after raising safety concerns

摘要

Tennessee Valley Authority and former employee Beth Wetzel held aconfidential mediation session January 13 after the US Department ofLabor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration ruled inAugust that TVA terminated Wetzel’s employment after she raisedsafety concerns.TVA hired Wetzel in 2006 as a nuclear regulatory manager andcorporate licensing manager, but the federal power producer placedWetzel on leave in 2018 and terminated her employment later that year.In the initial ruling August 23 in favor of Wetzel, OSHA ordered TVA torehire Wetzel and pay her $157,295 in back wages and compensatorydamages, since TVA terminated her employment after she raised nuclearsafety concerns, according to an August 26 statement by DOL.