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House Flip Flops on Jury Trials in Whistleblower Protection Act
On Thursday the House Oversight Committee marked up the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act. Similar bills have been passed during the past few sessions of Congress but never signed into law. Each new session of Congress brings a new start to...
House Leadership Guts Whistleblower Bill
TAKE ACTION! Today, leaders in the House of Representatives introduced a bill (H.R. 3289) to amend the Whistleblower Protection Act. Their new bill would strip federal employee whistleblowers of court access. The House version of the bill further erodes federal...
Julia Davis blasts House version of WPEA
TAKE ACTION! Julia Davis, the Homeland Security writer for the Los Angeles Examiner, released an article yesterday calling for action today to "protect whistleblowers, so that they may continue protecting our nation." The article is called, "The House cooks up...
Prison Employees To Rally Against Retaliation
Employees of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) will rally today to speak out against retaliation for filing discrimination complaints. In July, the American Federation of Government (AFGE) Employees Council of Prison Locals called on Attorney General Eric Holder and...
American Bar Association Holding Panel Discussion with OSC
The American Bar Association (ABA) is holding a brown bag lunch panel with staff members from the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) on Thursday, November 3rd, from 12:00 pm-1:30 pm EST. The panel discussion will cover recent developments in Merit...
Arbitration Fairness Act (AFA), H.R. 1873 and S. 987
Forced arbitration is when employees faced with an issue at work are forced to have an arbitration instead of being able to go to court with a fair judge and jury. Often times, as a condition of employment, employers will...
Whistleblowers win the final round of ACLU v. Holder
The deadline for three organizations to file a petition for review with the U.S. Supreme Court has now passed. The Fourth Circuit's March 28, 2011, decision is now the final word in ACLU v. Holder. Today, the ACLU's chief counsel,...
MSPB Approves Stay for FDA Whistleblower
The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) recently allowed a stay in the termination of a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) whistleblower, Paul T. Hardy. The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) requested the stay on his behalf due to reasonable belief...
Senate Committee marks up and approves a weak WPEA
This morning, the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC) marked up and approved S. 743, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA). The WPEA has been pending for years. Its expressed purpose is to strengthen protections for whistleblowers. As...
Oranges and Sunshine, a different kind of whistleblower story
Oranges and Sunshine is a new feature film scheduled for limited release this Friday, October 21, 2011. It is based on the book Empty Cradles by Margaret Humphreys (portrayed by Emily Watson), a social worker in Nottingham, England. Earlier in...
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