By Steve Kardell | Published December 16, 2019 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: direct retaliation, experienced attorney, protected whistleblower actions, The United States Education Department, whistleblower retaliation | Comments Off on Department of Education Accused of Whistleblower Retaliation After Threatening to Suspend Employee who Reported Budget Data
Department of Education Accused of Whistleblower Retaliation After Threatening to Suspend Employee who Reported Budget Data
The United States Education Department proposed this September to suspend a budget analyst for five days after she provided information to The Washington Post about the Trump administration’s 2017 budget before it was officially released. The attorney for Rebecca Delaney, the analyst in question, claims the suspension would amount to whistleblower retaliation. Are disclosures to Read More
Read MoreZion District 6 Employees File Lawsuit Claiming Retaliation After Blowing Whistle on Food Theft
A pair of former food service employees for Zion District 6 in Chicago have filed a lawsuit against the school district after claiming they were fired and retaliated against in other ways after helping the district investigate a food service manager who was ultimately charged with felony theft. The lawsuit was filed on August 30, Read More
Read MoreCongress Seeks to Protect Whistleblower Who Alerted Government of President Trump’s Ukraine Phone Call
While the House of Representatives gears up for impeachment inquiries of President Donald Trump, congress’s intelligence committees are also preparing for hearings with the whistleblower who provided the information about the president’s dealings with Ukraine that got those inquiries started. A big focus Congress will have in the next several weeks is what steps it Read More
Read MoreConcerns Still Exist About Whistleblower Protections at the VA
Just months after multiple whistleblowers testified to say they still face harassment and retaliation in their work at the VA, some leaders in congress say not enough has changed with regard to the protection of those whistleblowers. Representatives from the VA say the concerns from congressional leaders are unfounded, and that it has received positive Read More
Read MoreOSHA to Begin Handling TFA Whistleblower Complaints
On September 11, the United States Department of Labor announced any whistleblower complaints submitted under the Taxpayer First Act (TFA) would now be handled by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The TFA was implemented along with a large-scale IRS reform bill passed in July 2018. Among other things, the Act created the opportunity Read More
Read MoreOSHA Provides Five-Point Guidelines to Prevent Whistleblower Retaliation
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently released a set of recommendations to help companies prevent whistleblower retaliation from occurring in their workplaces. The agency suggests training all employees about their right to report any such issues that arise to OSHA or another appropriate agency. It also encourages employers to implement programs that allow employees Read More
Read MoreWhistleblower Claims Disney Has Been Significantly Inflating its Revenue
According to a report from MarketWatch, a Walt Disney Company accountant has claimed the company overstated its revenue for years. That accountant ultimately filed a whistleblower report with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Case background The whistleblower in question was Sandra Kuba, who worked with the company for 18 years in its revenue-operations department. She Read More
Read MoreFormer Spectrum Sales Executive Claims to Have Been Fired After Reporting Fraud
A former sales executive for Spectrum in San Antonio claims she was fired from the company in retaliation for reporting allegations of securities frauds to her bosses. She has since filed a federal lawsuit against Spectrum’s parent company, Charter Communications Inc., and seeks punitive damages, lost wages and a return to her job. Case background Read More
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What Have Been the Largest SEC Whistleblower Awards?
The SEC’s whistleblower award program has come a long way since it was first implemented in 2011. The pace at which awards have been given has increased quite a bit since then. Whistleblowers are eligible to receive an award when providing the agency with credible, timely and unique information that leads to a successful enforcement Read More
Read MoreSEC Awards Whistleblower $1.8 Million for Role in Exposing Misconduct
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued yet another whistleblower award in late August, granting more than $1.8 million to a whistleblower who it said provided crucial and actionable information that led to a successful enforcement action involving misconduct overseas. As is the custom with SEC whistleblower awards, no information was provided about the whistleblower, Read More
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