By Steve Kardell | Published December 15, 2022 | Posted in Employee Rights, Whistleblower Litigation, Wrongful Termination | Tagged Tags: employer retaliation, Sarbanes-Oxley violation, whistleblower laws, wrongful termination |
New Jersey’s Department of Community Affairs has been accused of firing their chief financial officer, after he informed the agency’s leaders about waste and conflicts of interest in the state’s COVID-19 rent assistance program. Case background The plaintiff claimed that he was fired by Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver in April after he asked to work Read More
Read MoreThe recent decision in the Pennsylvania case of Westawski v. Merck & Co, Inc. clarified a rule stating whenever someone files a whistleblower complaint about a Sarbanes-Oxley violation against a corporation and he or she “alleges facts that [he or she] engaged in protected activity” directly to oversight committees, supervisors or the corporation, then that Read More
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