A California-based vape company has been ordered by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to pay a former employee $110,000 and reinstate him after the company fired him for claiming that their e-liquid manufacturing process was in violation of federal environmental law.
The company, Mr. Good Vape LLC based in Chino, California, has also been ordered by OSHA to clear any reference to the matter from the former employee’s personnel file. In addition, the company has also been ordered to inform all of their employees of their whistleblower protections under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA).
OSHA’s investigation into the matter found that the aforementioned acts, TSCA and SWDA, protected the former employee, once a manager at the vape company. Their investigation also found the company to have suspended and then later terminated his employment after it became aware of the fact that he had reported his concerns to the California Department of Environmental Protection.
The founder of Mr. Good Vape, Gary Riddle, reportedly told Business Insurance that his company intends to appeal OSHA’s orders to reinstate the former employee, clear his personnel file of any reference to the matter, and to pay him $110,000 in compensation.
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