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Stephen Kohn Discusses Treatment of Special Education Whistleblower in New York
On Friday March, 20, whistleblower advocate Stephen M. Kohn featured 'Weekend Today in New York' I-Team Report. The I-Team report covered the story of a special ed teacher who was retaliated against by her school district after blowing the whistle...
NWC’s Stephen Kohn Honored on Most Influential in Business Ethics List
National Whistleblower Center Executive Director Stephen M. Kohn was named to Ethisphere Magazines 100 Most Influential in Business Ethics in its 2014 third quarter issue. Each year, Ethisphere recognizes 100 individuals that have made a material impact in the world of...
State Supreme Court Holds Arguments In UBS Whistleblower Case
The Hartford Courant reports that the Connecticut state Supreme Court heard arguments on March 24, in a whistleblower case brought by a fired UBS worker. The issue in dispute is whether an employer can discipline its employees for making internal reports...
NWC Participates in Transparency Roundtable
On March 20, 2015, NWC Executive Director Stephen M. Kohn participated in a Roundtable of Transparency panel discussion presented as part of the U.S. State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program. Each year this program brings about 4,500 visitors to the US from...
SEC Sanctions KBR for Illegal Non-Disclosure Agreement
SEC Investigation into overly restrictive non-disclosure agreements was triggered by complaint filed by former KBR Contractor Harry Barko Washington, D.C. , 2015. April 1, 2015. Today the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sanctioned defense contractor KBR for requiring its employees...
KBR Sanctioned After SEC Investigation Into Illegal Non-Disclosures Agreements
SEC Investigation into overly restrictive non-disclosure agreements was triggered by complaint filed by former KBR Contractor Harry Barko Washington, D.C., 2015. April 1, 2015. Today the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sanctioned defense contractor KBR for requiring its employees to...
House Investigation Reveals Commerce IG’s Pattern of Retaliation Against Whistleblowers
Representative Johnson calls for Commerce IG Todd Zinser to be removed from office The House Subcommittee on Investigations & Oversight Committee on Science, Space & Technology opened an investigation two years ago on Commerce Inspector General Todd Zinser and his management...
Whistleblower Allegations Trigger TransCanada Investigation
A March 18, 2015 report by Reuters New Agency reveals Canada's energy regulator , National Energy Board (NEB) is investigating up to a dozen new allegations of natural gas pipeline safety-code violations at TransCanada. According to the exclusive report, this is the second...
Maryland Senate Broadens Whistleblower Protections
On March 24 the Maryland State Senate passed the Maryland False Claims Act. The Act, if passed by the House, would widen Maryland's current protections to include state and local government contractors. The currently Maryland False Claims Act only overs health...
Whistleblower Advocacy Group Warns OSC Proposed Rule for Federal Contractors May Cause Harm
In January the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) proposed a rule that it claims would extend protections under the Civil Service Reform Act and the Whistleblower Protection Act to employees of federal contractors. However, as my previous blog on...
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