The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal against a decision that
whistleblower protection did not...
Not exact matches
«Sarbanes - Oxley
did a lot to codify
protections for
whistleblowers, but it didn't really change the general culture or behavior at companies,» says Andrew Sherman, a partner at Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky, a Washington - based law firm focused on small - business issues.
According to Sherman, who teaches an executive MBA course in business ethics at Science Application International,
whistleblower protections can be a lot like paternity leave, which many employees are legally entitled to take but seldom
do.
These provisions are consistent with and
do not supersede, conflict with or otherwise alter the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by existing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classified information, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the reporting to an Inspector General of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety, or (4) any other
whistleblower protection.
Within his rights to
do so according to the Civil Service Reform Act and the
Whistleblower Protection Act, Pat alleged a substantial and specific danger to public health and safety and gross mismanagement by officials at the DOE, NOAA, NWS and NCRFC because of their refusal to acknowledge the realities of climate change.
There have been many developments in securities
whistleblower rulings over the years, but none as compelling as Justice Ginsburg's opinion in Digital Realty Trust, Inc., vs. Somers which held that an employee who merely reports potential securities law violations internally has not
done enough to avail himself of the extensive Dodd - Frank anti-retaliation
protections, including «the immediate access to federal court, a generous statute of limitations (at least six years), and the opportunity to recover double backpay.»
In the past, the German legal system
did not provide a comprehensive
protection of
whistleblowers from retaliation.
Whistleblowers Need Lawyers There have been many developments in securities
whistleblower rulings over the years, but none as compelling as Justice Ginsburg's opinion in Digital Realty Trust, Inc., vs. Somers which held that an employee who merely reports potential securities law violations internally has not
done enough to avail himself of the extensive Dodd - Frank anti-retaliation
protections, including «the immediate access...
Retaliation Claims and
Whistleblower Representation: Texas has many anti-retaliation statutes that offer you
protection if you have suffered retaliation for simply trying to
do what is right.
Some vague
protection of
whistleblowers is also provided by the general provisions of the Labor Code and other regulations, which, however,
do not specifically address the
protection of
whistleblowers as such.
While
protection against reprisals appeared as one of the new legislation's aims, many commentators regret that the adopted project
does not offer increased
protection to a
whistleblower and will, therefore, not encourage whistleblowing in Switzerland.