Susan Wiltsie

Practice Areas

Susan has over 35 years of experience providing OSHA representation to employers across all industry sectors. Her practice includes compliance assistance, training, citation defense, participation in rulemaking, appellate administrative litigation, whistleblower cases, variance applications, creation/oversight of PSM/RMP and general OSHA audit programs. She handles small and large matters, including infectious disease outbreaks, pest infestation, serious injury/fatality incidents, and chemical releases. She assists clients with navigating all aspects of health/safety legal issues, including the internal investigation, CSHO investigation, employee/union issues, whistleblower issues, communication strategy, and citation/litigation defense.

Susan’s practice also includes compliance advice and litigation defense in other areas of employment law, including discrimination, harassment, whistleblower, tort claims, contract claims, defamation, wrongful discharge, trade secret, covenants not to compete, duty of loyalty, wage/hour, retaliation, FMLA, ADA, and WARN Act. She has particularly broad experience regarding medical and leave issues, with a keen understanding of the interplay between federal/state family and medical leave laws, federal/state disability laws, state/local sick pay laws, OSHA and workers’ compensation. And, she is frequently engaged to conduct workplace investigations in situations where a member of senior leadership has been accused of wrongdoing and/or other situations where an internal team would have difficulty avoiding the appearance of bias.