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OSHA opines on OKL law on workplace parking lot storage
Here's a pdf of a new OSHA opinion that the Oklahoma law protecting employees who have firearms in their locked cars, on employer-owned parking lots, are protected against firing.
[Corrected, thanks to comment. I rec'd this from someone in FLA and assumed it related to the similar law there. Understand, when I'm preparing for a big trial, I don't have a lot of time to post]
Comments
That appears to be about Oklahoma, not Florida.
Posted by: John S at January 29, 2009 08:07 PM
OSHA ruling cited in Miami Herald story
http://tinyurl.com/b626fs
Posted by: Ratus at January 30, 2009 12:26 AM
Um, am I missing something in your first sentence? What does the opinion say?
Posted by: jen at January 30, 2009 10:32 AM
I thought the OK law had been overturned a couple of years ago, largely on the basis of the general OSHA rule about "workplace safety" - Conoco/Phillips being one of the lead plaintiffs (I don't buy their gas, as a personal policy matter, because of their stance in that litigation.) Was that decision subsequently reversed? If not, this letter from OSHA strikes me as a dollar short and a day late to do any good for OK employees who want to keep their guns in their cars.
Posted by: wrangler5 at January 30, 2009 02:47 PM
The Oklahoma U.S. District Court decision is on appeal to the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (in Denver). The letter is for use in the appeal.
Posted by: 30yearProf at January 30, 2009 05:30 PM