By Steve Kardell | Published March 7, 2016 | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Tags: ADR program, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Sarbanes-Oxley Act |
When Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, it included a whistleblower provision (Section 806) that protected employees of public companies who were victims of retaliation after they had either disclosed or complained about fraudulent acts by their employers. Since then, the number of cases that can be brought under SOX has been significantly increased. Read More
Read MoreIn August, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a variety of new policies to apply a new process that aim to create earlier, more efficient resolutions of whistleblower disputes. The new process will be used alongside regional alternative dispute resolution programs (ADR) as part of OSHA’s overall enforcement of whistleblower policies. ADR programs Read More
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