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The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 was enacted to protect federal employees who disclose "Government illegality, waste, and corruption" from adverse consequences related to their employment. [58] This act provides protection to whistleblowers who may receive demotions, pay cuts, or a replacement employee.
The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989, 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(8)-(9), Pub.L. 101-12 as amended, is a United States federal law that protects federal whistleblowers who work for the government and report the possible existence of an activity constituting a violation of law, rules, or regulations, or mismanagement, gross waste of funds, abuse of authority or a substantial and specific danger to ...
The two companies did not inform their employees that they did not believe complaints reported to SAFETEAM had any legal protection. After he filed his report to SAFETEAM, Goldstein was fired. Subsequently, Goldstein filed suit under federal nuclear whistleblower statutes.
Another US law specifically protecting whistleblowers is the Lloyd–La Follette Act of 1912. It guaranteed the right of federal employees to furnish information to the United States Congress. The first US environmental law to include an employee protection was the Clean Water Act of 1972.
Huffman v. Office of Personnel Management, 263 F.3d 1341 (Fed. Cir. 2001) [1] is a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit addressing a two decade-old conflict between the United States Congress and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit over the depth of whistleblower protection available to federal civilian employees covered by the Whistleblower ...
The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) has fielded over 250 tips from whistleblowers about potential misconduct in the first several months of a pilot program, a top official said on Friday. The ...
Federal statutes not only protect whistleblowers from retaliation, Gold said, but also deter companies from doing wrong. Since 2018, employees have filed between 2,500 and 3,500 federal ...
Seven companies settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission over charges that they violated rules protecting whistleblowers who report potential misconduct. The combined civil penalties ...