Doing the right thing should not be that hard. However, when wrongdoings take place within your workplace and you see it happening, you find yourself in a quandary. Whistleblowers, though, must overcome their fears of ostracization and job termination from their...
A federal court recently ruled that the False Claims Act not only protects current employees but former employees as well from retaliation in whistleblower cases. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on March 31 made its ruling in the case of Felten vs....
The state’s Whistleblowers’ Protection Act (WPA) safeguards Michigan workers who report illegal conduct by an employer. While each case is different, there are instances where WPA protections do not extend to workers who witness wrongful activity by the company. These...
Nearly 300 government entities in one state ranging from agencies and municipalities to school districts and hospitals understandably thought they were getting a great deal from their wireless carriers.Here’s why, as noted in a recent media article: Industry...
A “zero-tolerance policy toward trade fraud” is what a U.S. Customs official stressed recently in connection with so-called “qui tam” litigation brought by whistleblowers under the federal False Claims Act.Here’s what that meant for CWD...
Well, there’s a legislative-executive disconnect.The Michigan Legislature is an oft-divided entity that often can’t garner sufficient support to pass given legislation. Thus, it is virtually an uppercase headline when that body comes together in resounding...
A statement released by a Detroit medical center bases justification for its firing of multiple nurses on alleged “employee admissions of violations of patients’ rights to privacy.”The terminated nurses – four emergency department employees at...
Some work-linked discrimination claims are grounded in accusations of sexism. Others allege discriminatory treatment based on race. Many disaffected employees point to illegal behaviors spawned by a hostile work environment.One just-settled Michigan lawsuit spotlights...
Justin Howe says he has absolutely “no regrets.”Howe’s comment comes via his status as a recently fired Michigan nurse long employed at Hackley Hospital in Muskegon. Officials from Trinity Health and Mercy Health Partners (the corporate entities that...
Do the efforts of American employees who report corporate and governmental fraud sometimes truly pay off for them in meaningful ways?The Unites States Securities and Exchange Commission is hardly equivocal in its answer to that question. The SEC commenced a...
