Temat: WHISTLEBLOWER NEWS. March 20, 2014 – 10

WHISTLEBLOWER NEWS. March 20, 2014 – 10

Is Idaho's Ag Gag Law Constitutional? Lawsuit Takes Anti-Whistleblower Measure to Federal Court
Summary: Last month, Idaho became the first state to pass an anti-whistleblower Ag Gag bill since 2012.

Telecoms.com: Dish Network Forced to Pay Out to Whistleblower
Summary: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered the DISH satellite network to pay a former employee more than $250,000 for blacklisting him after he left the company following accusations of corporate fraud.

Daily Orange: Inconvenient Truth – Government Whistleblowers to Visit SU as part of Nationwide Tour to Discuss Value of Diligence

Maine Sun Journal: Whistleblower Blasts Corrupt State Workers, Gets Award

Pioneer Press: Minnesota Human Services Employee Claims Whistleblower Retaliation in Lawsuit
Summary: A Minnesota Department of Human Services employee filed a whistleblower lawsuit yesterday seeking more than $50,000 in compensation for being allegedly marginalized after refusing to exempt a University of Minnesota hospital from a Medicaid rate-reduction program.

The Oregonian: Clackamas County Must Pay $322,236 for Wrongful Dismissal of Whistleblower
Summary: A high-level employee in Oregon's Clackamas County claims he was fired in retaliation for raising concerns that his boss awarded contracts without competitive bidding, split contracts to avoid board oversight, and misrepresented a $300,000 expenditure. An arbitrator ruled that the dismissal was a violation of both county rules and state laws, ordering the county to pay $322,236 in damages.

Times of Israel: High Price but No Regrets for Israel's Gutsy Toyota Whistleblower
Summary: This piece details the retaliation and ramifications that a Toyota whistleblower has endured since exposing a "cover-up of design flaws that killed drivers around the globe."

Northwest News Network: Hanford Whistleblowers – Senate Hearing Forces Few Answers into the Open
Summary: A Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Subcommittee held a hearing which looked at the treatment of whistleblowers at the Hanford nuclear site in Washington state. GAP and spin-off organization Hanford Challenge have monitored safety problems stemming from whistleblower complaints at the site for years.

Town Talk: Lawsuit Says Former La. College VP Lost His Job for Being a Whistleblower
Summary: A former employee at Louisiana College, a private Baptist school, claims that his contract was not renewed after he lodged a whistleblower complaint against the school’s president. The complaint involved fund mismanagement and misleading of the school’s Board of Directors.

Bangor Daily News: More Maine Workers Found Justified in Whistleblower Complaints
Summary: The Maine Human Rights Commission alleges that a student at the University of Maine in Orono was fired in retaliation for complaining about being forced to work in proximity to a fellow student coworker who had sexually assaulted her, a violation of the state's whistleblower law.

Oregonian: Multnomah County Whistleblower Lawsuit – Former County Employee Alleges Medical Billing Errors Cost Taxpayers Millions
Summary: A former employee of Multnomah County in Oregon alleged that she was retaliated against, and eventually fired, for raising concerns over “improper medical billing by private healthcare providers that ... cost local and federal taxpayers millions of dollars.”

See: http://www.whistleblower.org/