The California Supreme Court this month ruled that employees who report labor law violations to an employer or agency that already knew about the violation is a protected disclosure under state whistleblower law. The ruling in a case brought by the state’s Labor Commissioner means that whistleblowers who report “already known” violations are subject to anti-retaliation protection. The state’s Labor Code prohibits employers from retaliating against employees for “disclosing information” … [Read more...]
Whistleblowers Can Help Fight Fraud – and Climate Change – At the Same Time
We’ve told you before about the potential for fraud in government programs intended to protect the “Blue Economy” and how the False Claims Act enables whistleblowers to report wasteful spending on federal programs designed to protect the environment. However, other whistleblower programs besides the FCA can help safeguard the environment, even if the individuals or corporations involved aren’t contracted by the federal government. Blowing the whistle on shipping pollution The … [Read more...]
Ruling against San Francisco Hotel Shows How Companies Can Withhold Gratuities from Tipped Workers
Do you work as a server in a restaurant or banquet hall where your customers are charged a “service fee” on their bills? In California, if customers reasonably understand the service fee to be a gratuity, and haven’t been informed to the contrary, servers are entitled to the full amount of the fee paid by patrons as a tip. A recent case, Ordono et al v. Marriott International Inc., shows how employers can violate this law. A California Superior Court judge ruled this month that the San … [Read more...]
While Wasteful Spending and Fraud Threaten Medicare Advantage, Whistleblowers Are Helpin
While the Biden administration, Congress and private insurers argue about proposed cuts to Medicare Advantage and ways to shore up its financial future, another law that’s been in place for more than a century has proven to be the most effective way to reduce fraud in the system. The False Claims Act, which allows whistleblowers, people who’ve witnessed or have information about a fraud upon the federal government who are also known as relators, to sue companies for fraudulent activity. Also: … [Read more...]
False Claims Act Whistleblowers Protect Military Servicemembers and First Responders
Overcharging the government or billing the government for services not provided are some of the well-known ways federal contractors violate the False Claims Act. But providing defective or substandard materials as part of a government contract is also fraud. Defense contractor fraud and government procurement fraud siphon billions away from the more than $1 trillion Congress appropriates every year for the national defense. In the case of contracts to provide equipment for the military or … [Read more...]
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