Is Edward Snowden a Whistleblower?
- posted: Feb. 25, 2014
- Employee Rights
The Federation of German Scientists (VDW), the International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms (IALANA) and Transparency International bestowed the German Whistleblower Prize upon Edward Snowden, the former National Security Read More
Whistleblowers Are Being Locked Out of the IRS
- posted: Feb. 21, 2014
- Employee Rights
Except for the booming payout of $104 million to UBS whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld, most of the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Whistleblower Program's claims have not elicited any rewards. Read More
New OSHA Rules Coming in 2015
- posted: Jan. 22, 2014
- Employee Rights
By taking a look at the Unified Regulatory Agenda for Fall 2014, one can see that there are various plans for OSHA and other federal agencies to institute some new Read More
SEC’s Whistleblower Program Is Waiting to Blow a Big Payout
- posted: Oct. 24, 2013
- Employee Rights
Stephen Cohen, associate director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower, spent the early part of the summer blowing his commission's whistle and promising big Read More
National Defense Contractors’ Employees Now Have a Whistle
- posted: Oct. 21, 2013
- Employee Rights
The 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), effective July 1, 2013, now offers employees of subcontractors with defense contracts the protection of the federal whistleblowing laws. Before the new law, Read More
Whistleblower from 2005 Wins His Job Back
- posted: Sep. 26, 2013
- Employee Rights
Scott Teutscher worked for the Riverside County Sheriff's Association (RSA) from 1999 until he was dismissed in 2005. Beginning in 2002, the Riverside Sheriff's Association Legal Defense Trust covered the Read More
Whistleblowers Are Taking Their Case to the U.S. Supreme Court
- posted: Sep. 12, 2013
- Employee Rights
Jackie Lawson and Jonathan Zang believe that the 1st Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals misinterpreted the law. They appealed the court’s decision in Lawson v. FMR LLC and filed a Read More
Texas Whistleblower Act Has Jurisdiction
- posted: Sep. 09, 2013
- Employee Rights
A state employee sent an email to a superior declaring that if a particular contract were not honored, then the entire department would not be complying with federal regulation. After Read More
Whistleblowers Blow their Whistles While They Work
- posted: Sep. 05, 2013
- Employee Rights
It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear. -Henry David Thoreau The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Pilgrim Pride Read More
2012: What a Year to Blow Your Whistle
- posted: Sep. 02, 2013
- Employee Rights
Despite reports of a federal government crackdown on leaks and whistleblowers, a review of the amount of whistleblower settlements in 2012 will blow your mind. Across all business disciplines and Read More
Life After Whistleblowing
- posted: Aug. 29, 2013
- Employee Rights
When corporate executives, government employees, or simple truck drivers decide to report regulatory violations or illegal activity, they assume serious risks of loss of livelihood, alienation of friends and even Read More
Whistleblowers Remain Unwelcome at the White House
- posted: Aug. 26, 2013
- Employee Rights
I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell. -Harry S. Truman In April 2013, Jonathan Landay, a reporter for McClatchy, the third-largest newspaper publisher Read More
War on Whistleblowers Elicits International Attention
- posted: Aug. 22, 2013
- Employee Rights
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth. -Aesop Daniel Ellsburg, Karen Silkwood, and W. Mark Felt are usually glorified as brave whistleblowers who risked everything for the Read More
Blowing the Whistle and Nobody Hears
- posted: Aug. 19, 2013
- Employee Rights
When a person assumes the role of a whistleblower to stop the illegal and fraudulent activity of a corporation or governmental agency, it is understood that there may be harsh Read More
To Blow or Not to Blow — this is the Whistleblower’s Question
- posted: Aug. 15, 2013
- Employee Rights
Cheryl D. Eckard was drug giant GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) quality manager. In 2002, she was sent to the company's primary plant in Puerto Rico to fix problems cited by the U.S. Read More
Has Eliminating Anonymous Complaints Taken the Air Out of Whistleblowers?
- posted: Aug. 12, 2013
- Employee Rights
In September 2011, Texas enacted a law prohibiting anonymous complaints to the Texas Medical Board (TMB). Whether the new law has dissuaded people from filing complaints about medical professionals requires Read More
