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OSHA sues Kwick Stop in Shawnee, Oklahoma
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced that it filed a lawsuit in Oklahoma City against Modern Oil Company, the operator of 30 Kwick Stop convenience stores. The lawsuit alleges that after OSHA investigated a workplace safety complaint...
Metro employees already have whistleblower protections
One of the problems of our current patchwork approach to whistleblower protection is that much of the public is unaware of the protections that do exist in the law today. A case in point would be yesterday's story in the...
Dr. David Lewis’ story of the Iron Horse of Science
My client Dr. David Lewis has written a story about his experience blowing the whistle at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It is called, "EPA Fired Oil-Degradation Expert Concerned about Deepwater Oil Rigs: The Iron Horse of Science." It...
60 Minutes to re-air piece on UBS whistleblower tonight
60 minutes will re-air their piece on UBS whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld tonight. Please tune in to watch at 7:00 pm EST then Take Action by sending a letter in support of Mr. Birkenfeld's clemency petition. https://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/cbsnews_player_embed.swf
Blowing the Whistle on Corruption
FBI whistleblower Jane Turner appeared on Fox Business last night to speak about her experience as a whistleblower.
ARB protects duty speech, but not investigating duties
The Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board (ARB) has released eleven (11) decisions issued in July, four (4) of which address substantive law. That is down from seven (7) substantive decisions issued in July 2009. At this rate, it will...
California Supreme Court smacks down abuses of summary judgment
Last week, the California Supreme Court issued a blunt decision decrying the way that employers and too many lower court abuse summary judgment to prevent employees from getting their cases to a jury. The case is Reid v. Google, Inc.,...
Study shows benefits of anti-retaliation policies
The Ethics Resource Center has just released a report from its 2009 National Business Ethics Survey. The report, called "Retaliation: The Cost to Your Company and Its Employees," documents how companies that tolerate retaliation suffer increased levels of employee misconduct....
Russia’s YouTube Whistleblower
Alexei Dymovsky, a Russian police major, fed up with rampant corruption decided to use YouTube to report his grievances.
NWC Advocacy Director Appears on Fox Business
These provisions are designed to encourage private employees to report fraud. However, for all the good provisions in the bill, Congress still left out an important piece of the puzzle. They failed to include protection for federal employees.
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