Was President Trump’s Decision to Tell Sally Yates “You're Fired” a Retaliatory Employment Action?

February 3, 2017  |  The Insider: White Collar Defense and Securities Enforcement

Pursuant to the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA), signed by President Barack Obama in 2012, U.S. government employees have a statutory right to "blow the whistle" without suffering retaliation. The WPEA protects federal employees who disclose violations of laws, rules, or regulations and mismanagement, except when such disclosures are specifically prohibited by law or required by Executive order to "be kept secret in the interest of national defense or the conduct of foreign affairs." An independent federal agency, the Office of Special Counsel, has the authority to investigate the "prohibited personnel practices" enumerated in the WPEA and also serves as a conduit for evaluating whistleblower disclosures. [...]

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