• posted: Nov. 27, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• employee rights,  labor and employment

The SEC’s whistleblower office has been in place since 2011, and in that time has handed out nine monetary awards to whistleblowers. It is about to hand out its largest Read More

• posted: Nov. 25, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• employee rights

Kenneth Delano, an Army civilian police officer, recently became aware of a situation in which he claims that other officers on the force were receiving more pay than they had Read More

• posted: Nov. 21, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• employee rights,  labor & employment law

Omaha Area Director of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently announced a brand-new local emphasis program that will introduce regular health inspections at funeral homes, product and chemical Read More

• posted: Nov. 20, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• labor & employment law

The United States Supreme Court recently ruled in the case of Lawson v. FMR, LLC that people employed by a private company that is either a contractor or subcontractor or Read More

• posted: Nov. 17, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• employee rights,  labor and employment law

Attorney General Eric Holder has spoken a lot about the need for help from whistleblowers who can provide evidence to the Department of Justice about the crimes committed on Wall Read More

• posted: Nov. 13, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights,  Graft and Corruption
• employee rights,  labor and employment law

Under the whistleblower provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), employees typically only have 30 days to file a complaint about employer retaliation. However, OSHA has now reached Read More

• posted: Nov. 10, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights,  Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,  Graft and Corruption
• employee rights,  Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

The Texas Supreme Court recently agreed to hear Shell Oil Co.’s pending defamation case. Robert Writt, a former Shell employee, sued the company for defamation after Shell submitted a report Read More

• posted: Nov. 06, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights,  Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,  Graft and Corruption
• employee rights,  labor and employment law

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Whistleblower has only been open since August 2011, yet it has already made a pretty big name for itself in Read More

• posted: Nov. 03, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights,  Graft and Corruption
• employee rights,  labor and employment law

While there are more laws in place than ever before regarding the fair treatment and protection of whistleblowers in the United States, there are still some government agencies that are Read More