Court Rules Agencies Can Launch Retaliatory Investigations Into Whistleblowers

By Eric Katz – April 13, 2020 Federal agencies can launch retaliatory investigations against employees who blow the whistle on wrongdoing without violating anti-reprisal laws, a federal court has said in a precedent-setting ruling. While agencies cannot dock pay, deny promotions or engage in several other retaliatory personnel actions against whistleblowers, investigating a worker who…

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