The law requires employers to provide a safe and healthy working environment. It is against the law for employers to retaliate against you for raising concerns about safety and health conditions. This includes concerns about COVID-19.
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) collects and responds to workplace safety and health concerns and enforces laws against retaliation.
If you believe you have been discriminated against for reporting a COVID-19-related hazardous work environment you can submit a complaint to OSHA. This should be done as soon as possible in order to file their complaint within the legal time limits, some of which may be as short as 30 days.
A worker can file a complaint with OSHA by visiting or calling their local OSHA office; sending a written complaint via fax, mail, or email to the closest OSHA office; or filing a complaint online. No particular form is required, and complaints may be submitted in any language.
You can contact your local OSHA office through the information listed below:
OSHA Offices:
Maine:
- Augusta Area Office: E.S. Muskie Federal Bldg 40 Western Ave., Room G-26 Augusta, ME 04330 (207) 626-9160
- Bangor District Office Margaret Chase Smith Federal Building, 202 Harlow St., Room 20900 Bangor, ME 04401 (207) 941-8177
Massachusetts:
- Boston North Area Office – Andover Shattuck Office Center 138 River Road, Suite 102 Andover, MA 01810 (978) 837-4460
- Boston South Area Office – Braintree 639 Granite Street, 4th Floor Braintree, MA 02184 (617)565-6924
- Springfield Area Office 1441 Main Street, Room 550 Springfield, MA 01103-1493 (413)785-0123
New Hampshire:
- J.C. Cleveland Federal Building 53 Pleasant Street, Room 3901 Concord, NH 03301 (603) 225-1629
Vermont:
- 5 Green Mountain Drive, P.O. Box 488 Business Hours: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM ET Montpelier, VT 05601-0488 (802) 828-2765
Connecticut:
- 38 Wolcott Hill Road Wethersfield, CT 06109 (860) 263-6900
Trabajadores agrícolas de Maine y Nueva Inglaterra (región noreste de los EE. UU.): COVID-19 y protección contra represalias.
La ley requiere que los empleadores provean lugares de trabajo seguros y sanos. Es contra la ley si un empleador tome represalias contra un empleado que presente una queja por condiciones peligrosas o dañinas. Eso incluye problemas o preocupaciones por el COVID-19 (alias el coronavirus).
La Administración de Seguridad y Salud Ocupacional de EE. UU. (OSHA por sus siglas en inglés) recibe y contesta a las quejas por problemas o preocupaciones de la seguridad y la salubridad en el trabajo.
Si cree haber sido discriminado por reportar un problema del COVID-19, se puede presentar una queja a OSHA. Se debe hacerlo tan pronto como sea posible para cumplir con los plazos límites que puedan ser tan corto como 30 días.
Un trabajador se puede presentar una queja a OSHA en persona o llamando a la oficina local de OSHA; o, enviar una queja en escrito por fax, correo normal o, por correo electrónico a la oficina más cercana. No se requiere cualquier formulario particular. Se puede presentar una queja en cualquier idioma, incluyendo el español.
Se puede comunicar con su oficina local de OSHA por medio de la información listado abajo:
Oficinas de OSHA:
Maine:
- Augusta Area Office: E.S. Muskie Federal Bldg 40 Western Ave., Room G-26 Augusta, ME 04330 (207) 626-9160
- Bangor District Office Margaret Chase Smith Federal Building, 202 Harlow St., Room 20900 Bangor, ME 04401 (207) 941-8177
Massachusetts:
- Boston North Area Office – Andover Shattuck Office Center 138 River Road, Suite 102 Andover, MA 01810 (978) 837-4460
- Boston South Area Office – Braintree 639 Granite Street, 4th Floor Braintree, MA 02184 (617)565-6924
- Springfield Area Office 1441 Main Street, Room 550 Springfield, MA 01103-1493 (413)785-0123
New Hampshire:
- J.C. Cleveland Federal Building 53 Pleasant Street, Room 3901 Concord, NH 03301 (603) 225-1629
Vermont:
- 5 Green Mountain Drive, P.O. Box 488 Business Hours: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM ET Montpelier, VT 05601-0488 (802) 828-2765
Connecticut:
- 38 Wolcott Hill Road Wethersfield, CT 06109 (860) 263-6900
Travayè agrikòl ki nan Maine tankou New England: Korona viris (COVID-19) ak Pwoteksyon kont Revanj
Lalwa fè egzijans pou patwon yo bay yon anviwònman san danje. Li kont lalwa pou patron yo fè revanj kont Travayè oubyen pou ta ogmante enkyetid sou sekirite ak kondisyon sante Travayè yo. Sa a gen ladan’l enkyetid sou COVID-19 la.
Administrasyon Sekirite ak Sante Travayè yo nan Etazini (“OSHA”) kolekte, epi reponn ak enkyetid sou sekirite ak sante kote moun yo ap travay, epi li ranfòse lwa kont revanj sou Travayè tou.
Si ou kwè ke yo fè diskriminasyon kont ou paske ou repòte kondisyon anviwònman travay ki pa konpatib a lwa COVID-19 la, Ou ka soumèt yon plent bay OSHA biro ki reskonsab zafè Travayè yo. Fè sa pi vit ke posib nan òdone kote pou pote plent lan, sa dwe fèt nan limit tan legal, ki ta doue mwens ke 30 jou. Yon travayè kapab depoze yon plent nan OSHA, oswa rele biwo lokal OSHA ki nan lokalitew la.
Travayè a dwe voye yon plent alekri, o nan faks, nan lapòs, oswa voye yon imèl bay biwo OSHA ki pi pre’w la. Konsa ou kapab ranpli yon plent sou entènèt tou. Pa gen okènn fòm patikilye obligatwa. Plent la ka soumèt nan nenpòt ki lang.
Ou ka kontakte biwo lokal OSHA atravè enfòmasyon ki nan lis anba a:
Maine:
- Augusta Area Office: E.S. Muskie Federal Bldg 40 Western Ave., Room G-26 Augusta, ME 04330 (207) 626-9160
- Bangor District Office Margaret Chase Smith Federal Building, 202 Harlow St., Room 20900 Bangor, ME 04401 (207) 941-8177
Massachusetts:
- Boston North Area Office – Andover Shattuck Office Center 138 River Road, Suite 102 Andover, MA 01810 (978) 837-4460
- Boston South Area Office – Braintree 639 Granite Street, 4th Floor Braintree, MA 02184 (617)565-6924
- Springfield Area Office 1441 Main Street, Room 550 Springfield, MA 01103-1493 (413)785-0123
New Hampshire:
- J.C. Cleveland Federal Building 53 Pleasant Street, Room 3901 Concord, NH 03301 (603) 225-1629
Vermont:
- 5 Green Mountain Drive, P.O. Box 488 Business Hours: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM ET Montpelier, VT 05601-0488 (802) 828-2765
Connecticut:
- 38 Wolcott Hill Road Wethersfield, CT 06109 (860) 263-6900