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Supreme Court protects answering boss’ questions, and reverses a “freakish rule”
Today the U.S. Supreme Court makes clear that workers are protected from retaliation when they provide information about unlawful discrimination, even when they did not initiate any legal action, but merely answered questions during the employer's investigation. The decision is...
Audit Firm Finds White-Collar Fraud and Whistleblower Complaints Are on the Rise
A leading global risk-management company, Kroll, Inc., has issued a new report finding that one of the unfortunate byproducts of our current global financial crisis will be an uptick in white collar crimes, particularly corporate fraud. As the Kroll report...
Three Ways You Can Help Advance Whistleblower Rights
The dawning of a new administration is upon us, and with it comes an opportunity for whistleblower rights supporters to make their voices heard, and to achieve real changes to our ineffective whistleblower laws. Over the past couple of years,...
Colorado Governor Cancels Anti-Taping Rule
On Thursday, the Colorado Department of Healthcare Policy and Financing (HCPF) cancelled a policy prohibiting employees from making secret recordings in the office. Governor Bill Ritter, who initially endorsed the new policy, reversed his earlier decision and advised the department to cancel the policy. The Governor should be commended...
DOL employees say Ciao to Chao
Tonight I celebrated with members of Local 12 of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE). These employees of the U.S. Department of Labor held a party to welcome the end of the current administration, led in their department by...
Colorado Whistleblower Case Raises Red Flags
On January 4th, the Denver Post published an editorial on Colorado Governor Bill Ritter's actions in the case of a Colorado Department of Healthcare Policy and Finance (HCPF) whistleblower. HCPF administers taxpayer funds to recipients of Medicare and low-income children. ...
Cutting workload is not a materially adverse action
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia this week affirmed a decision to dismiss a federal whistleblower's case, primarily because the whistleblower suffered no "materially adverse" action. Baloch v. Kempthorne, No. 07-5330 (Dec. 30, 2008). Since 1991,...
U.S. Businesses in Hungary want whistleblower law
"Whistle-blower legislation brings in a lot of money," proclaims the headline in Business Hungary magazine. The article in November's issue reports on a trip to Hungary by Stephen M. Kohn, President of the National Whistlelbower Center. Stephen Kohn traveled to...
Vote for Whistleblower Protection on Change.org
As you know, the recent financial meltdown and the Madoff scandal have highlighted the importance of protecting whistleblowers. Employees that have the courage to stand up for the protection of American taxpayers should be treated with the respect they deserve....
Eighth Circuit says not so fast on STAA amendments
Today the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that 2007 amendments to the whistleblower protection for truck drivers is not retroactive. In Elbert v. True Value Company, Case No. 08-1222 (8th Cir. 2008-12-19), the Court said that Timothy Elbert...
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