Sentences with phrase «against whistleblowers»

The audit also found the Urban League tried to stonewall investigators and retaliated against the whistleblowers who brought the problems to the comptroller's attention.

More importantly, though, there will be no impetus to change what some say is the current system of retaliation against whistleblowers if honest people do nothing.

Retaliation by employers against whistleblowers in certain circumstances may be offences under the Criminal Law and Chinese labour laws.

Stumpf called the firings «regrettable» and assured Congress that the bank has a policy of non-retaliation against whistleblowers.

I guess in the actual class action suit — and before I get too far ahead of myself, North Country ostensibly deals with the first class action sexual harassment lawsuit brought against a major Union company — a few of the women actually testified against the whistleblower.

Hackett, now a law firm consultant at Legal Executive Leadership, spearheaded the fight against the whistleblower provisions of Dodd - Frank during her tenure at the ACC.

Background Back in December, 2010 Wikileaks was under a payment blockade, wherein US political figures acted extra-judiciously against the whistleblower site by convincing Paypal and VISA, etc to stop processing donations for them.

If illegal activity is occurring in your workplace, you should be able to voice concern about it without fear of retaliation but, unfortunately, many employers retaliate against whistleblowers.

There were two noteworthy developments Thursday regarding findings by Investigative Post and the Erie County Comptroller about inappropriate actions taken by the Buffalo Urban League, including the submission of inflated bills and retaliation against whistleblowers.

Meanwhile, the EPA has censored science on government websites and retaliated against whistleblowers, creating an Inquisition - like atmosphere for government scientists.

The Buffalo Urban League, accused of submitting inflated bills for social services to Erie County, is retaliating against whistleblowers and impeding an investigation by the county comptroller, numerous sources have told Investigative Post.

Teachers charged she sanctioned grade - fixing, credit schemes, Regents exam cheating, and retaliated against whistleblowers.

The transgressions of the Buffalo Urban League — submitting inflated bills to Erie County, failing to train employees, retaliating against whistleblowers — is an issue that Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz and fellow Democrats on the County Legislature are wishing would go away.

Should someone whose agency has been found ripping off county taxpayers, retaliating against whistleblowers and stonewalling county investigators be anywhere close to the levers of power?

«Whistleblowers are an invaluable resource for weeding out waste, fraud and abuse - the last thing the government should be doing is paying the legal fees of contractors who've retaliated against whistleblowers,» McCaskill, the top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said in a statement.»

The Lab retaliates against the whistleblower, who then files a claim against The Lab.