In the 1970s, both Australia and the United States instituted legal reforms aimed at promoting greater accountability among public servants. Prompted by growing awareness of the need to encourage and protect fe
In the United States, and now in other countries including China, there are laws protecting the rights of individuals to blow the whistle on wrongful conduct. Today, government regulatory bodies, including the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and the Internal Revenue Service, actually...
In the United States, and now in other countries including China, there are laws protecting the rights of individuals to blow the whistle on wrongful conduct. Today, government regulatory bodies, including the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and the Internal Revenue Service, actually...
The qui tam provision of the False Claims Act is one of the most robust whistleblower protection laws in the United States. Enacted in 1863, today it remains a primary tool of the federal government in fighting fraud. Under the Act, any person who knowingly submits false claims to the gov...
In this post, we’ll cover: EU Whistleblower Directive The German Whistleblower Protection Act The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) in the United States Canada’s Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act Australia’s Public Interest Disclosure Act
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Whistleblowers — people who expose wrongdoing within an organization — have enjoyed special protection under the law since the earliest days of the United States. That’s because whistleblowers play a vital role in our society: Their moral courage helps to uphold an America ideal — the notion...
What is the Whistleblower Protection Act? The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 is a law that protects federal government employees in the United States from retaliatory action for voluntarily disclosing information about dishonest or illegal activities occurring in a government organization. ...
On March 4, 2014, the United States Supreme Court in Lawson v. FMR LLC held that SOX’s whistleblower protection extends to employees of a publicly traded company’s contractors and subcontractors. Lawson v. FMR LLC, 572 U.S. __ (2014). Notably
Where can I find the whistleblower protection section in the Federal False Claims Act? That section can be found at 30 U.S.C. § 3730(h) and states: Any employee who is discharged, demoted, suspended, threatened, harassed, or in any other manner discriminated against in the terms and co...