Employee protection
This page was specificaly designed for you to help you find information related to
"Employee protection" on our site.
The following pages should help you:
-
Whistleblowers: Can a Whistleblower Get Justice? Can Her Lawyer Get Paid?
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) oversees the implementation and enforcement of various statutes designed to protect employees from retaliation when they report unsafe environmental practices. The purpose of these anti-retaliation provisions is generally to protect employees whose actions aid the government in the enforcement of laws designed to protect the public. See English v. General Elec. Co., 496 U.S. 72 (1990) (noting that the "protection of employees" is the primary purpose of the environmental whistleblower statutes); Passaic Valley Sewerage Comm'rs v. Dept. of Labor, 992 F.2d 474, 479 (3rd Cir. Apr. 16, 1993) ("Whistleblower provisions are intended to promote a working environment in which employees are relatively free from the debilitating threat of employment reprisals for publicly asserting company violations of statutes protecting the environment such as the Clean Air Act and nuclear safety statutes."); Willy v. Coastal Corp. 855 F2d 1160 (5th Cir. 1988). -
Whistleblowing, Sarbanes-Oxley, and Retaliation Claims, ALI-ABA Course of Study
Undoubtedly the most widely discussed federal whistleblower statute is the enacted provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 107-204 (July 30, 2002) that protects certain corporate whistleblowers who report financial or securities-related wrongdoing. As of March 21, 2006, 714 Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower cases had been filed with the Department of Labor. Given increased media exposure and employee education about this law, and the breadth of the coverage and protections afforded, one can only anticipate a proliferation in the number of cases filed. -
Retaliation A-Z: Legal Analysis and Practice Tip
Workplace retaliation claims - in which the plaintiff alleges that he or she was retaliated against for having exercised his or her rights under the anti-discrimination statutes - are an increasingly important component of employment discrimination litigation. Retaliation claims are comparable to, but distinct from, statutory discrimination and harassment claims.