ExxonMobil has found itself in hot water after improperly dismissing two of its employees in violation of several statutes of the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Act.
The OSHA in a release yesterday informed that it has ordered ExxonMobil Corp. to immediately reinstate two employees and pay them more than $800,000 in back wages, interest and compensatory damages. A federal whistleblower investigation found the company terminated them illegally after suspecting them of leaking information to the Wall Street Journal.
According to an article in the Washington Post, ExxonMobil had announced unexpectedly bullish targets for pumping oil out of Texas and New Mexico in the spring of 2019, the news sparked confusion for two scientists at the company.
