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Security Guard Wins $5.5 Million in Sexual Harassment Case

Sexual harassment occurs every day in all types of workplaces. Even people whose job it is to keep others safe might not be protected against unlawful behavior from supervisors and Read More

Retaliation Against Workplace Whistleblowers Takes Many Forms

Laws at the federal and state levels prohibit retaliation against employees who report fraud, safety violations, discrimination or other unlawful practices. Even so, enforcing your rights after you’ve noted a Read More

Whistleblower Receives $34.5 Million After Termination for Reporting Financial Misconduct

Financial misrepresentations are capable of inflicting devastating damage on unsuspecting investors. Corporate officers and executives are bound to provide accurate information and to clear up any mistakes as soon as Read More

Court Allows Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit Against SEC to Proceed

Employee rights are meaningless if workers can be punished for trying to exercise them. This is why employers cannot take adverse job actions against employees because they reported discrimination or Read More

Revealing Statistics from the Ethics & Compliance Initiative

Whistleblowers are key in uncovering fraud, waste and abuse at companies and organizations. Recently, the Ethics & Compliance Initiative (ECI) conducted its annual global survey. The results offer an overview Read More

What Qualifies as “Adverse Action” in a Discrimination or Retaliation Case?

An “adverse employment action” such as wrongful termination, denial of a raise or promotion, denial of benefits or assignment to less-attractive duties could play an important role in a whistleblower’s Read More

Alliance Healthcare Sued for Whistleblower Retaliation and Unequal Pay

A former account executive at Alliance Healthcare Services in Irvine, California claims she was fired as retaliation for requesting reduced hours to accommodate the demands of her breast cancer treatment, Read More

Aveta Settles Suit Alleging it Defrauded Medicare of $1 Billion

Josh Valdez, a former executive for a subsidiary of Aveta Inc., sued the company, claiming it had spent years engaged in a scheme to defraud Medicare of hundreds of millions Read More

Florida’s COVID-19 Dashboard Designer Files Whistleblower Complaint Against State Department of Health

The designer of Florida’s COVID-9 dashboard recently filed a whistleblower complaint against the Florida Department of Health after being fired for insubordination. The former department employee, Rebekah Jones, claims she was Read More

New Whistleblower Protection Bill Introduced in Congress

U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) recently introduced a bill that would provide greater protections to whistleblowers against suspension, denial or revocation of security clearances as a form of retaliation for Read More

Officer in New Jersey Claims to Have Been Punished for Blowing the Whistle on Wrongdoing

A police officer from Clementon, New Jersey, recently filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the city and top law enforcement officials. The plaintiff claims the police chief, Charles Grover, retaliated against Read More

Ex-Dallas ISD Employees Say HR Department Operated Through Fear, Retaliation

Shortly after Chrystal Thierry refused to approve some extremely high pay raises for several top administrators within the Dallas Independent School District, she says she became the victim of retaliation. Read More

VA Whistleblower in Phoenix Punished for Alerting Authorities

In 2010, Paula Pedene helped reveal a scandal in the Phoenix Veterans Affair Hospital revolving around mismanagement that ultimately led to the hospital being $11.4 million short in its budget. Read More

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