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Instinctively I worry about unintended consequences for this sort of thing, but in this case it seems...pretty good? Can anyone think of any?
by robertlagrant 2y ago
Instinctively I worry about unintended consequences for this sort of thing, but in this case it seems...pretty good? Can anyone think of any?
- laborcontract 2y agoSEC whistleblower rewards have been an unequivocal good. They get a percent of monetary sanctions against the violating company.
- anon373839 2y agoThis isn’t revolutionary; it simply means that federal employees would be able to seek damages in court that are similar to what private-sector employees could seek. It’s still no walk in the park: you have to prove liability first, meaning you have to prove your whistleblower activity was the motive for your firing. (The government will cook up an alternate explanation, of course.) You have to prove your damages to a reasonable certainty. But if you do jump through those hoops, then you won’t hit a special wall previously erected to block an aspect of federal employees’ claims.