Whistleblower

Terminated as a Result of the COVID-19 Outbreak? Know Your Rights

If you have been discharged from your position during the coronavirus pandemic, you may have a claim for wrongful termination. While both employers and employees are facing considerable challenges as...

Healthcare Workers Who Speak Out Entitled To Legal Protection

Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, healthcare workers are taking to social media to expose faults in the system. Specifically, they are speaking out about inadequate capacity and delivery of healthcare, public...

Healthcare Workers Risk Inadvertently Contributing to the Spread of COVID-19

As the COVID-19 pandemic intensifies, healthcare facilities are looking for temporary workers. This has contributed to some healthcare workers working at multiple facilities, which, in turn, increases the risk that...

Healthcare Workers Threatened With Retribution For Usage of Personal Protective Equipment

As hospitals around the country watch their supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) diminish, they have severely curtailed their use. Healthcare professionals on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic are...

Department of Labor Vows to Protect Workers Who Report Unsafe Conditions

In a statement released on April 8th, the Department of Labor vowed to protect workers who report unsafe working conditions. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) is encouraging workers...

Nurses Being Pushed Back to the Frontlines While Still Ill With Coronavirus

Due to staffing shortages throughout New Jersey, some nurses are finding themselves pressured by their employers to report back to work while still ill with coronavirus (COVID-19). New Jersey’s hospitals...

Executive Order 107: An Overview

On Saturday, March 21, 2020 New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy issued Executive Order 107, which went into effect at 8:00 p.m. on March 21. The Executive Order directs that the...

Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Healthcare Workers’ Protections

Life in the United States has been, effectively, put on “hold” as social distancing becomes a vital measure in limiting the spread of COVID-19. Millions of individuals are working from...

New Jersey Serves Uber A $640 Million Tax Bill for Misclassifying Workers

It is a common issue amongst some of the biggest companies in the country — misclassifying employees as independent contractors, which can then lead to litigation from employees who have...

Whistleblower Protections

Whistleblowers are employees who play a crucial role in the workplace. A whistleblower may report illegal practices witnessed at work. Employees who report unlawful practices hold employers accountable for their...

New Jersey Transit Whistleblower Files Lawsuit After Firing Linked to Safety Concerns

In August, a former New Jersey transit employee brought suit against her former employer and her union after she was allegedly retaliated against for being a whistleblower. The employee had...

What is a Whistleblower?

What is a Whistleblower? Whistleblowers are employees who report unsafe or unlawful practices that occur in the workplace. Employers must be held accountable in their roles; if employers are not...

NJ Transit Whistleblower

Whistleblowing, or the act of exposing illegal or unethical information or activities of a company or organization, can have serious consequences for the whistleblower, as one New Jersey Transit (NJ...

Medicaid Fraud Investigation Whistleblower Retaliated Against

A career investigator in the Medicaid Fraud Division (Division) alleges that he was made the scapegoat for the Lakewood Township “Amnesty Program,” which permitted dozens of welfare benefit recipients who...

New Jersey Whistleblower Gets New Trial

The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division granted a new trial to a former Toyota Universe, Inc. employee that filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the corporation, claiming she was...

Whistleblower Protections in New Jersey

Whistleblower protection laws exist on the federal and state level to protect workers who report misconduct from retaliation by their employers. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit...

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Terminated as a Result of the COVID-19 Outbreak? Know Your Rights

Healthcare Workers Risk Inadvertently Contributing to the Spread of COVID-19

Healthcare Workers Threatened With Retribution For Usage of Personal Protective Equipment

Department of Labor Vows to Protect Workers Who Report Unsafe Conditions