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DOE Delays Whistleblower Protection Rule

The Department of Energy recently announced in the Federal Register a 60 day stay of its new regulation permitting civil penalties against contractors and subcontractors that retaliate against an employee reporting fraud, waste or abuse. The DOE cited the Chief of Staff’s January 20, 2017 memorandum, which calls for a 60 day delay in the...
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OSHA Guidelines: Protecting Whistleblowers from Retaliation

Last week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration offered a set of recommendations for employers to create retaliation-free workplaces. The guidance is directed at employers with employees covered by the 22 whistleblower protection statutes enforced by OSHA. The publication reinforces the broad scope of 22 federal statutes offering anti-retaliation protections concerning hazards or violations of...
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Permanent Whistleblower Protections for Federal Contractors

Permanent Whistleblower Protections A bill sponsored by Senator Claire McCaskill to make permanent a pilot program applying whistleblower protections to contractors, subcontractors, grant recipients, and subgrantees has been passed by the House and Senate. It applies the program’s protection from retaliation to nearly all civilian employees except for the intelligence community. The pilot program was...
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Former Plant Manager of a Nuclear Facility Files Whistleblower Suit

Former Plant Manager of a Nuclear Facility Files Whistleblower Suit A former manager of the San Onofre Nuclear facility, one of two nuclear power plants in California, is suing the California utility company, South California Edison, charging that the company wrongfully terminated him in retaliation for his efforts to blow the whistle on safety violations...
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