How do you invoke whistleblower protection?
How do you invoke whistleblower protection?
Page Contents
- 1 How do you invoke whistleblower protection?
- 2 Is Whistleblower Protection Act only for federal employees?
- 3 How does the VA Whistleblower Protection Program work?
- 4 How does the Office of accountability and whistleblower protection work?
- 5 Who is the Assistant Secretary for VA Accountability and whistleblower protection?
- 6 Who was the VA employee who blew the whistle?
Filing a Complaint
- An employee, or his or her representative, can file a whistleblower complaint with OSHA via mail, fax, telephone, in person, or online, against an employer for unlawful retaliation.
- It is imperative for the Complainant or his or her representative to provide OSHA with current contact information.
Is Whistleblower Protection Act only for federal employees?
When the Whistleblower Protection Act was passed in 1989, it only applied to federal employees in unclassified environments by design due to concerns around national security.
What standard must be met in order to receive whistleblower protection?
To qualify as a protected whistleblower, a Federal employee or applicant for employment must disclose: a violation of any law, rule, or regulation; gross mismanagement; a gross waste of funds; an abuse of authority; or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.
How does the VA Whistleblower Protection Program work?
Whistleblower Protection Program Whistleblowers perform an important service for the public, veterans, and VA when they report evidence of wrongdoing. All VA employees, contractors, subcontractors, grantees, subgrantees, and personal services contractors are protected from retaliation for making a protected disclosure.
How does the Office of accountability and whistleblower protection work?
OAWP receives, reviews, and investigates allegations made by VA employees and applicants for employment of whistleblower retaliation by VA supervisory employees and certain VA senior leaders. For more information visit the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection.
What can an employer do to a whistleblower?
Protection from Workplace Retaliation An employer cannot take an adverse action against employees, such as: firing or laying off, demoting, denying overtime or promotion, or reducing pay or hours, for engaging in activities protected by OSHA’s whistleblower laws.
Who is the Assistant Secretary for VA Accountability and whistleblower protection?
OAWP was statutorily established by the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017, P.L. 115-41, and its functions are codified under 38 U.S.C. § 323. OAWP is led by Dr. Tamara Bonzanto, the Assistant Secretary for Accountability and Whistleblower Protection.
Whistleblower Protection Program Whistleblowers perform an important service for the public, veterans, and VA when they report evidence of wrongdoing. All VA employees, contractors, subcontractors, grantees, subgrantees, and personal services contractors are protected from retaliation for making a protected disclosure.
OAWP receives, reviews, and investigates allegations made by VA employees and applicants for employment of whistleblower retaliation by VA supervisory employees and certain VA senior leaders. For more information visit the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection.
OAWP was statutorily established by the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017, P.L. 115-41, and its functions are codified under 38 U.S.C. § 323. OAWP is led by Dr. Tamara Bonzanto, the Assistant Secretary for Accountability and Whistleblower Protection.
Who was the VA employee who blew the whistle?
Dr. Kirkpatrick was a clinical psychologist for a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital who blew the whistle on over-prescription of medication to patients. As a result, he was disciplined and ultimately terminated. On the day that he was terminated, he killed himself. The VA never conducted an investigation of the suicide.