Bloomberg Law
Aug. 27, 2020, 4:31 PM UTC

Workplace Whistleblower Protections Inch Forward Amid Pandemic

Chris Marr
Chris Marr
Staff Correspondent

Workplace safety concerns sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic have inspired a handful of state and local laws that nudged forward protections for whistleblowing employees, but not as far forward as advocates say is needed.

It’s an area of law that management-side attorneys say poses a significant litigation risk and already represents a major source of coronavirus-related lawsuits. Whistleblower advocates, on the other hand, say stronger federal protections are needed to prevent retaliation better than a patchwork of state laws can.

An inspector general report Aug. 18 from the U.S. Labor Department highlighted one of the challenges for workplace whistleblowers looking ...

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