By Steve Kardell | Published August 15, 2016 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: OSHA whistleblower protection program | Comments Off on OSHA Rules CSX Transportation Retaliated Against Employee
OSHA Rules CSX Transportation Retaliated Against Employee
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), CSX Transportation Inc. retaliated against an employee in Selkirk, New York, who reported internal safety concerns to company management. The employee was a union official. He made the report on September 6, 2013, communicating in a letter to a plant superintendent a number of safety hazards Read More
Read MoreNew Trade Secrets Law Now Includes Whistleblower Protections
On May 11, President Obama signed the brand-new Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA). This new legislation establishes a federal trade secrets law and has the added benefit of protecting corporate whistleblowers. With this law, whistleblowers who disclose trade secrets to federal, state or local government officials or to an attorney for the sole Read More
Read MoreM&T Whistleblower Earns Share of $64 Million Fine
M&T Bank must pay $64 million to the federal government to resolve a whistleblower case, and at least $9.6 million of that settlement will go to a former employee from Buffalo who provided key information to investigators. In the initial lawsuit, the employee claimed the bank regularly broke a number of rules for loans insured Read More
Read MoreUniversity of Oregon to Pay Out $1 Million to Police Whistleblower
The University of Oregon settled a lawsuit with a former police officer, agreeing to pay the man $1 million to bring the case to an end. A federal jury found in September that the former police chief at the university, Carolyn McDermed, along with two other university police higher-ups, were guilty of retaliation against officer Read More
Read MoreSEC Announces $3.5 Million Whistleblower Award
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced a $3.5 million whistleblower award, the first of three awards handed out within the span of a week. The whistleblower was an employee who provided a unique, helpful tip that gave new life to an ongoing investigation on a company. The additional evidence of wrongdoing provided Read More
Read MoreIllinois Company to Pay Out Nearly $200,000 in Whistleblower Penalties
According to federal safety officials, a company in Illinois must pay $190,547 in damages and back wages to a safety manager as the result of a whistleblower case that stemmed from its facility in Lansing, Illinois. The order came from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). After an investigation, commercial Read More
Read MoreEmployee at Regional Jail Files Retaliation Lawsuit
A former sergeant at the Southern Regional Jail near Charleston, West Virginia has filed a lawsuit against the state’s Regional Jail Authority, alleging employer retaliation. The man, Jason Hefner, says he was forced into resignation after reporting corruption within the jail system. According to the lawsuit, Hefner discovered the corruption after he conducted an investigation Read More
Read MoreSEC Hands Out $5 Million Award to Whistleblower
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced in mid-May that it will award a whistleblower $5 million to $6 million for the person’s assistance in a recent investigation. The whistleblower was a former company insider who provided a detailed, unique tip that led the SEC to uncover significant securities violations it never would have Read More
Read MoreTwo People to Share $450,000 Whistleblower Award from SEC
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will hand out a total of $450,000 split between two individuals who tipped off the agency to an incident of corporate wrongdoing and provided valuable assistance in the ensuing investigation. This was the third whistleblower award the SEC handed out within a single week span, with the total Read More
Read MoreIG Confirms Sexual Assault Whistleblower Suffered Retaliation
A new report from the Inspector General of the United States Department of Defense confirms allegations of retaliation against an officer in the West Virginia National Guard after her sexual assault. Lt. Col. Teresa James reported in 2012 that she had been raped by a superior officer. After she reported the incident, Army Brig. Gen. Read More
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