Whistleblower cases happen in all kinds of workplaces, from large multinational corporations to smaller businesses and everything in between, including government agencies. A top official within the National Security Agency is currently involved in a whistleblower retaliation case against the Agency.
This high-level case affects the whistleblower and the Inspector General of the National Security Agency, who has been placed on administrative leave after he denied a particular job assignment to the whistleblower. The case could also provide support for Edward Snowden’s assertion that he would have been retaliated against if he had reported the government’s domestic surveillance program.
Some whistleblower cases involve specific laws or procedures, depending upon the type of information that the whistleblower wants to disclose or the type of company or agency where the whistleblower is or was employed. For example, this whistleblower case is the first case to go through a process that President Barack Obama created in 2012 to give intelligence employees a means by which they can report suspected wrongdoing without experiencing retaliation in the form of restricted access to classified information, losing their security clearances or other negative consequences. It is unclear whether the Trump administration will choose to continue the program.
In this case, the whistleblower alleged that there was financial misconduct by the National Security Agency in connection with a conference that took place in Nashville, Tennessee. After he had done this, his name was made known to the Inspector General, even though the aforementioned process should have prevented that from happening. After that, the whistleblower got passed over for an assignment within the Inspector General’s office of investigation.
Barrett Law PLLC: Strong Support for Mississippi Whistleblowers
Whistleblower cases are a varied lot. Whether you work for a government agency on a local or national basis or a large or small company, it is possible that you could witness wrongdoing within your workplace. If that happened, you would hope that your concerns would not only be heard and addressed by those in charge in your workplace, you would hope that no harm would come to you for helping your organization identify and correct misconduct that violates the law. Unfortunately, this is all too often not the case. Individuals seeking to do the right thing are often met with harsh consequences. If you have attempted to address a concern about misconduct in your workplace with workplace leaders and your efforts were met with retaliation, you might be able to file a whistleblower retaliation claim. Retaliation can harm an individual in many ways, from economic damage associated with losing a job or experiencing a change in job duties to emotional damage from bullying and humiliation. If you are a whistleblower who has experienced any type of retaliation, the Mississippi Whistleblower Attorneys at Barrett Law PLLC might be able to help you. To learn more, call the Mississippi Whistleblower Attorneys at Barrett Law PLLC today at 1 (800) 707-9577 to schedule an initial consultation.