Have you seen your employer violate a state or federal law? If so, you can pursue a whistleblower claim in hopes of affecting positive change in your workplace and obtaining monetary compensation. We can help you understand your rights and pursue an effective whistleblower claim. And because we also handle other employment law matters, we can protect your employment rights throughout the process.
Contact us today. Employees may blow the whistle on their employer, or any other individual or business they learn is engaging in illegal activity. For example, the following are all types of whistleblower cases:.
No, whistleblowing is not a crime. Some whistleblower claims are based on criminal violations such as healthcare fraud, while others simply raise employment law violations. In short, whistleblowers report crimes and other violations committed by companies who are often their employers. Whistleblowers are protected under the California Whistleblower Protection Act. As long as an employee makes a whistleblower claim in good faith, their employer cannot retaliate against them.
In this context, retaliation includes termination. However, employers cannot take any adverse employment action against an employee due to their whistleblowing activities.
For example, this means an employer cannot do any of the following because an employee blew the whistle:. In fact, most employers are well aware of the prohibition against retaliation. Typically, a whistleblower claim starts off when a private citizen, often an employee, notices a business engaging in illegal conduct. If the government intervenes, it handles the case from that point on.
