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Whistleblowing is defined as disclosing information that an employee, former employee or a member of an organization that he or she reasonably believes is evidence of misconduct or illegal activity. Whistleblowers are most often employees of businesses, but are also commonly employees of government agencies.

The information of misconduct can include violations of law, rules, regulations and/or direct threats to public interest such as fraud, health, safety violations, abuse of power and corruption.

When a whistleblower files a discrimination or retaliation claim, they are required to show that they engaged in protected activity, that the employer knew about the activity, subjected him or her to an adverse employment action, and the protected activity contributed to the adverse action.

Adverse employment action is a material change in the terms or conditions of employment. Depending upon the circumstances of the case, discrimination can include intimidation of an employee, reduction in pay or hours, disciplinary action, a demotion, denial of overtime, a re-assignment that would impact a future promotion, a denial of a promotion, firing or laying off the employee or the blacklisting of an employee.

For workplace issues, The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) administers whistleblowing provisions which protect employees who report violations of various trucking, airline, nuclear power, pipeline, environmental, and securities laws. Federal whistleblower claims are overseen by The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC), an independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency.

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