• posted: May 28, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• New Jersey Transit

New Jersey Transit paid nearly $700,000 to settle a federal whistleblower complaint filed by one of its conductors. The conductor claimed he was the victim of retaliation from the agency Read More

• posted: May 25, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• whistleblower program

The U.S. Senate passed the first-ever piece of whistleblower legislation specific to automotive safety April 28. The proposed measure provides incentives to whistleblowers within the auto industry to come forward Read More

• posted: May 21, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• toxic dust

A judge from the U.S. Department of Labor rebuked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its concealment of evidence in a case from several years ago against a senior chemist Read More

• posted: May 18, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• Veterans Affairs

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has been the subject of controversy for much of the past year after a variety of whistleblowers exposed a nationwide problem of extremely long Read More

• posted: May 14, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• employer retaliation,  workplace retaliation,  fraud,  whistleblower award program

Since the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s whistleblower award program was launched more than three years ago, the agency has handed out payments of more than $50 million to 17 Read More

• posted: May 11, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• budget proposals

The 2016 Fiscal Year budget proposals set forth by the U.S. Department of Labor indicate that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has requested an additional $49 million for Read More

• posted: May 07, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• MTA,  whistleblower complaint

New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has had plenty of public troubles lately, the most recent of which has resulted in a fine of more than $50,000 after the agency Read More

• posted: May 04, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• JC Penney,  retaliation claim

A former part-time employee of department store JC Penney filed a retaliation claim, saying they were fired after alerting authorities that the retailer was overcharging its customers. This is just Read More