Some employee actions are protected under federal and state or local laws. Speaking up about illegal or dangerous conduct at a business makes a worker a whistleblower. There are a number of federal and state laws that may protect some but not all whistleblowers from...
If you see something wrong with the way your employer does business, you may wonder if you, as an employee, should speak up. It can be intimidating to discuss certain matters with a Washington, D.C., metropolitan area employer, even if they are not illegal. It can be...
When an employee makes a complaint about discrimination or harassment in the workplace, they have the right to be protected from retaliation as a result. This means that they should not fear being punished in some way by their employer when their employer learns that...
As a federal employee, you may witness actions that you know or believe to be wrongful or illegal. You would be doing the right thing by alerting the appropriate person or agency, such as senior management, the agency Inspector General, or Congress. However, in doing...
When people work for an employer they admire, chances are they hope to have a positive experience and without hazards, threats to their career or safety, or discriminatory behavior. Unfortunately, there are situations where an employer acts illegally or...
Many companies in D.C. fear whistleblowers. They believe that with one word in the wrong ear, a whistleblower can take down an entire company that was previously thriving. While whistleblowers certainly may do this, a CNBC article says that they also help their...
A person who reveals troubling practices at their place or work, without regard for their own well-being, should be hailed as a hero. Sadly, this is not always the case. If a whistleblower at an organization isn't explicitly retaliated against, they're often subject...
Am I protected as a whistleblower?From politics to programming, every day, workers in Washington D.C. witness unethical and even illegal transactions and interactions. If you have recently witnessed one such exchange, you are probably wondering whether or not you...
The U.S. Court of the Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently ruled on the employer's appeal of an $11 million verdict in a whistleblower retaliation case, Wadler v. Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (9th Cir. Feb. 26, 2019). Mr. Wadler was an in-house attorney for a medical...
