McCaskill Amendment pushes employers to action

How do you know when a whistleblower remedy is effective?  When it drives employers to avoid violations, and establish internal protections for whistleblowers, that would be a good clue.  That is what has happened with Sen. Claire McCaskill's amendment to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).  The McCaskill Amendment provides whistleblowers with a right to jury trials, compensatory damages, and investigations by Inspectors General.

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