A Florida-based inmate transportation company has been ordered by the U.S. Department of Labor to reinstate an employee who was fired for reporting personal and commercial vehicle safety concerns.
The Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration also directed U.S. Corrections LLC to pay the unidentified worker more than $70,000 in back wages, $30,000 in punitive damages, $7,341 in compensatory damages, $30,000 in emotional distress damages, and attorney fees.
Investigators determined that U.S. Corrections, a private company, violated whistleblower provisions of t...
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