On September 12, 2011, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a favorable holding in the case of Myers v. Alutiiq International Solutions, LLC, et al. Plaintiff Jonathon Myers was hired in 2003 under a State Department contract held by Anteon and General Dynamics.  In 2005, he was promoted to the [...]

2011 is a year which has raised alarm bells in the minds of citizens concerned about nuclear and environmental safety.  The occurrence of two distinct, unrelated events – the Japanese nuclear disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant on the one hand, and repeated allegations of reprisals against nuclear waste cleanup workers in Hanford, Washington, [...]

In the case of Minne v. Star Air, Inc., ARB Nos. 09-066, 09-082, ALJ No. 2004-STA-26 (ARB Dec. 19, 2011), the Administrative Review Board (“ARB”) affirmed the decision of the administrative law judge (“ALJ”) on remand, finding that the Complainants had been discharged in violation of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act (“STAA”) when they refused [...]

The Administrative Review Board (“ARB” or “Board”) of the Department of Labor (“DOL”) affirmed the decision of an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) finding untimely an employee’s complaint for whistleblower reprisal under the Clean Air Act (“CAA”).  Bassey Udofot was hired in March 2008 by the National Aeronautics and Space Association (“NASA”) as an aerospace engineer.  In [...]

The Project on Government Oversight (“POGO”) published an article last week that offered a detailed look at the way the United States military has handled whistleblower claims.  The article, entitled “Pentagon Watchdogs Rarely Side With Military Whistleblowers,” described the historically poor results of the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the Department of Defense (“DOD”), [...]

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a Louisiana district court erred in granting a credit union’s motion for summary judgment against a terminated employee in the case of Schroeder v. Greater New Orleans Federal Credit Union, et al. (“GNOFCU”).  The court found that “evidence and testimony presented could have allowed a reasonable jury [...]

In a case very similar to one we blogged about just yesterday, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) of the Department of Labor (“DOL”) yesterday ordered Union Pacific Railroad Co., a Nebraska-based railroad company, to pay a terminated employee more than $300,000 in back wages, compensatory damages, attorney’s fees and punitive damages.  OSHA reported [...]

Business Management Daily reported yesterday that an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) has upheld a ruling by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) ordering Norfolk Southern Railway to pay a former employee over $122,000 in compensatory and punitive damages for violating the worker’s rights under the whistleblower provisions of the Federal Railway Safety Act (“FRSA”).  [...]

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued a press release last week urging the public to blow the whistle on companies that engage in business practices that violate federal consumer-protection laws.  Rich Cordway, Assistant Director of Enforcement for the CFPB, explained that the CFPB was “providing whistleblowers and other knowledgeable sources with a direct line [...]

Two former employees of Ohio’s Lucas County Board of Elections (“Board”) are suing for whistleblower retaliation, reports the Toledo Free Press.  Kelly Mettler and Dennis Lange, two former Board employees, allege that they were fired in retaliation for investigating potential instances of voter registration fraud and illegal voting, centering around Jon Stainbrook’s 2010 bid for [...]