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Out-of-work employment plaintiffs fueling rise in whistleblower claims (access required)

by Sylvia Hsieh
Published: February 3,2012
Time posted: 10:05 am

 With more attention being given to corporate rule-breaking and stronger laws supporting those who report it, employment lawyers are seeing more workers claiming that they lost their jobs because they complained about wrongdoing in the workplace. While special federal laws like Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank protect whistleblowers in specific industries, employment lawyers say workers in all types ...
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