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Several state and federal statute were enacted to encourage and protect employees to report suspected illegal activites by their employers or members of their management team.  A prime example is reporting suspected OSHA violations regarding unsafe working conditions that place employees at an unreasonable risk of harm, or reporting tax practices that do not comport with the law.

These laws were enacted to serve the important societal function of ferreting out illegal activites.  However, these laws can also be abused by employees who lack a reasonable and good faith basis for complaints to government agencies, but are motivated instead by a desire to seek retribution against a company or members its management.

EAG has significant experience in defending whistleblower claims, which are sometimes asserted as suits for wrongful termination in violation of public policy.  Such claims may be asserted even if the employee may permissibly be discharged at will, for any or no reason.