It is illegal for your boss to retaliate or discriminate against you for using your OSHA rights.

To show that your boss discriminated against you, you have to show that:

  • you were involved in an OSHA activity (filing a complaint, testifying, participating in an OSHA inspection, or talking with an investigator); AND that
  • your boss knew that you did it; AND that
  • because of what you did, your boss did something which made your work worse (like being transferred to a worse job or shift, having your pay or hours cut, being treated worse than other workers).

You have to file a retaliation complaint within 30 days of when your boss did it. This is one of the shortest times any agency gives a worker to file a complaint. It should be longer, so file quickly.