Whistleblowers : selected issues and protections / Andre Pope, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pope, Andre, editor.

Series:

Business issues, competition and entrepreneurship series.

Business Issues, Competition and Entrepreneurship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Whistle blowing--Law and legislation--United States.

Whistle blowing.

Industrial safety--Law and legislation--United States.

Industrial safety.

Labor laws and legislation--United States.

Labor laws and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (98 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Novinka, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Generally speaking, whistleblowers are those who expose misconduct (e.g., fraud, abuse, or illegal activity) within an organization. Legal protections for employees who report illegal misconduct by their employers have increased dramatically since the late 1970s when such protections were first adopted for federal employees in the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978. Since that time, with the enactment of the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989, Congress has expanded such protections for federal employees. Congress has also established whistleblower protections for individuals in certain private

Contents:

WHISTLEBLOWERS: SELECTED ISSUES AND PROTECTIONS; WHISTLEBLOWERS: SELECTED ISSUES AND PROTECTIONS; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: INTELLIGENCE WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS: IN BRIEF; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION ACT OF 1998; PRESIDENTIAL POLICY DIRECTIVE 19; TITLE VI OF THE INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FY2015; Chapter 2: WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS UNDER FEDERAL LAW: AN OVERVIEW; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA); COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT (CMVSA)

COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT OF 1980 (CERCLA)DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1987; DODD-FRANK WALL STREET REFORM AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT (DODD-FRANK ACT); ENERGY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1974 (ERA); FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938 (FLSA); FDA FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT (FDA MODERNIZATION ACT); FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT (FMSHA); FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT OF 1972 (FWPCA); LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT (LHWCA); MIGRANT AND SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTION ACT (MSAWPA)

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT OF 1970 (OSH ACT)SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA); SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 (SOX); SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT (SWDA); SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION ACT (SMCRA); TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA); WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION ACT (WPA); Chapter 3: WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION PROGRAM: OPPORTUNITIES EXIST FOR OSHA AND DOT TO STRENGTHEN COLLABORATIVE MECHANISMS; ABBREVIATIONS; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; BACKGROUND

OSHA HAS INITIATED EFFORTS TO INCLUDE AUTOEMPLOYEES IN ITS WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM, BUTHAS OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE COLLABORATIVEMECHANISMS WITH DOTTRANSPORTATION-RELATED WHISTLEBLOWER CLAIMSHAVE INCREASED, AND STAKEHOLDERS IDENTIFIEDVARIOUS FACTORS POTENTIALLY AFFECTING THENUMBER OF CLAIMS; CONCLUSION; RECOMMENDATION FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION; AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION; APPENDIX I: DIFFERENCES IN THE TRANSPORTATION RELATED WHISTLEBLOWER STATUTES; APPENDIX II: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY

APPENDIX III: DISPOSITION OF WHISTLEBLOWERCLAIMS FROM THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAWJUDGES AND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARDINDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63482-291-9