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OSHA orders reinstatement and $2 million for TNCC CFO
George Fort has won over $2 million in damages and an order of reinstatement to his position as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Tennessee Commerce Bank. Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), the reinstatement order has immediate effect and will not...
Australian government makes plan for whistleblower protections
The administration of Australia's Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, announced plans this week for a new whistleblower law to protect Commonwealth employees. In 2008, the Rudd administration asked Australia's House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs (the Committee)...
Will Supreme Court take a swipe at the “cat’s paw”?
A growing trend in employer attempts to evade liability for discrimination is to find a manager with no record of discrimination and use that manager to be the official "decision maker" for firing the employee. Civil rights and whistleblower advocates...
Federal judge awards truck driver $153,870 plus reinstatement
Federal Administrative Law Judge Daniel Leland issued an order yesterday reinstating truck driver Cynthia Ferguson to her job with New Prime, Inc. He also awarded her $26,601 in back pay, $2,269 in compensation for her personal property, $50,000 in compensatory...
Blowing the Whistle on FBI Crime Lab Abuses
The Washington Post and Associated Press are reporting that the Department of Justice failed to properly review more than 100 criminal cases that were prosecuted in the District of Columbia and which were suspected of being tainted by false forensic...
Truthout reports WPEA being “hotlined”
The independent journalism website, truthout.org, is reporting that the Senate is set to "hotline" the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA), S. 372. Hotlining is a procedure in which the Senate leaders agree that a bill is uncontroversial and they put...
Maryland “Little FCA” moving forward
WBAL-TV of Baltimore reports that the Maryland legislature is moving forward with a bill to create a "Little FCA" in Maryland. Modeled on the federal False Claims Act (FCA), and looking for the benefits of the Grassley Amendment, Little FCAs...
OSHA Listened, and now Celeste Monforton does too
Public health researcher Celeste Montorton (of George Washington University's School of Public Health) has posted an extensive commentary on the whistleblower issues raised during last week's OSHA Listens public hearing. Through her The Pump Handle blog, she appreciates the criticism...
Metro report finds “shoot the messenger” phenomenon; I know a fix
Today's Washington Post (Metro page B-1) reports on "a blunt assessment" of Washington DC's Metro transit administration. Retired Metro manager David L. Gunn wrote the report. Among other problems, it finds a "shoot the messenger" phenomenon "that discourages employees from...
North Syracuse, New York, pays $260,000 to settle whistleblower’s suit
The Village of North Syracuse, New York, has agreed to pay former police officer Michael Stassi $260,000 to settle his whistleblower retaliation lawsuit. Stassi had to blow the whistle in 2005 on time card cheating by his superiors. Syracuse.com reports...
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