Paper Summary:

The paper defines the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 and how it addresses environmental concerns, securities fraud, transportation safety, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulations. The paper discusses the formal/direct and informal/indirect types of retaliation and punishment that employers are prohibited from engaging as well as how, in certain circumstances, employees have the right to refuse to work until employers correct dangerous working conditions. The paper then outlines the compensation to which whistleblowers are entitled.

Outline:
Introduction
The Application of Whistleblower Protection Law in the Workplace
Formal/Direct Failure to Comply with the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989
Refusal to Work
Remedies

From the Paper:

"The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 was designed to protect individuals employed by government agencies from retaliation in any form arising as a consequence of bringing to light circumstances within the employing agencies that violate fundamental rights. It is also intended to protect those individuals from continued exposure to medically harmful and dangerous working conditions by enabling the reporting of those conditions to the appropriate authorities for rectification without the fear of adverse consequences that could otherwise discourage reporting and thereby perpetuate those conditions (USLC, 2007)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• OSHA (2003) Whistleblower Fact Sheet. Accessed October 9, 2007, at:http://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/data_WhistleblowerFacts/whistleblower_protections-general.pdf
• U.S. Library of Congress (2007) Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989. Accessed October 8, 2007, at:http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c101:1:./temp/~c101Ylqmha:e37677:
• WhistleblowerLaws.com; (2007) The Law: An Overview. Accessed October 9, 2007, at:http://whistleblowerlaws.com/protection.htm

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