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National Whistleblower Center’s Membership Approved by IUCN
Washington, D.C. August 29, 2016. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently approved the National Whistleblower Center's application for membership. The IUCN is the world's largest and most diverse environmental network. Membership in the IUCN will facilitate the...
SEC Cracking Down on Companies Trying to Silence Whistleblowers
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced on August 16 that California-based health insurance provider, Health Net Inc. agreed to pay a $340,000 penalty for illegally using severance agreements requiring outgoing employees to waive their ability to obtain monetary awards from...
Oregon Whistleblower Awarded Nearly $1Million
The Statesman Journal reports that on Friday a Marion County Oregon jury awarded nearly $1 million to a state employee fired for whistleblowing. The whistleblower, Martin Plotner, was the director of the state Office of Emergency Management. Plotner was fired...
SEC Fines Company for Whistleblower Protection Violations
Washington D.C., Aug. 10, 2016 —The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that an Atlanta-based building products distributor is settling charges that it violated securities laws by using severance agreements that required outgoing employees to waive their rights to monetary...
Four-Year Campaign Results In Historic-Win For Tax Whistleblowers
The following is an editorial from the National Whistleblower Center: On August 3, 2016 the U.S. Tax Court ruled that tax whistleblowers were entitled to a reward based on monies collected in criminal fines and penalties. This landmark decision reversed the...
Agency Leaders Praise Whistleblowers, Express Need for Reforms
On Monday, August 1st, four federal agencies celebrated National Whistleblower Day with an event sponsored by the Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus. This was the first time any federal agencies have ever recognized Whistleblower Day, although the U.S. Senate has passed...
Tax Court Ruling: Landmark Victory for Whistleblowers
The IRS Whistleblower Program Works August 4, 2016. Washington, D.C. Good news for tax whistleblowers – the Tax Court, in a landmark precedent setting ruling, made it clear that whistleblowers can receive award payments for criminal penalties and civil forfeitures...
CFTC Makes Fourth Whistleblower Award
July 27, 2016. Washington, D.C. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced yesterday that it had made its fourth award to a whistleblower as part of the Commission’s Whistleblower Program created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...
Whistleblower Group Demands IOC Allow Russian Whistleblower to Compete in Olympics
On Sunday July 24, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) informed Russian whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova that she is not allowed to compete in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Despite being given clearance by the International Associations of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to compete...
Upcoming Global Wildlife Whistleblower Seminar Series
Washington, DC - July 21, 2016 -- The (ELI) and the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) have announced an upcoming seminar series on Global Wildlife Whistleblowers, scheduled for early 2017. The first seminar in the series will explore enabling whistleblowers around...
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