Companies providing consumer finance products or
services should review policies and training materials to ensure
compliance.
On April 3, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) published an interim final rule, effective that day, that
contains important guidance regarding several aspects of the
whistleblower provision of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of
2010 (CFPA), section 1057 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and
Consumer Protection Act of 2010.1
The CFPA provides that "[n]o covered person or service
provider shall terminate or in any other way discriminate against .
. . any covered employee" because the covered employee has,
among other things, provided "information to the employer, the
Bureau, or [government] agency relating to any violation of, or any
act or omission that the employee reasonably believes to be a
violation of, any provision of [the CFPA] or any other provision of
law that is subject to the jurisdiction of the
