Whistleblower Reforms Add More Protections To Workers Recently finalized federal rules make it simpler for employees to file complaints when they raise workplace safety issues and are subjected to retaliation. Rules that the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration finalized in March allow filing of retaliation complaints by workers under 22 federal laws. Employer actions…

Whistleblower’s Book Explains Discrimination/Ethics Violations Dennis Patterson’s career at the Idaho National Laboratory spanned three decades, and now he’s written a book documenting what he calls “discrimination and ethics violations” at the site. During his tenure as the ethics officer at the site, Patterson was employed by EG&G Idaho in the 1980s, and Lockheed Martin…