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From our offices in the Detroit area, Akeel & Valentine, PLC serves clients nationwide.

Why is it important to have protection for whistleblowers?

On Behalf of | Jan 10, 2023 | Whistleblower

Whistleblowers have specific protections that keep employers from retaliating or otherwise punishing them for making a report. The idea is to allow people to have the chance to speak out without having to worry about their employment.

Whistleblower protections came from a need for insider information. By offering protection to employees, authorities are better able to get people to tell on employers.

Job security

One of the most important aspects of whistleblower protection is to help employees feel safe so that they will speak up. Before these laws, employees would not likely report any issues with an employer out of fear of losing their jobs. The protections help them not to worry about this type of retaliation and make them more confident in turning in employers for crimes and safety issues.

Safety

Another important thing that whistleblower laws do is keep workplaces safer. Employees can report safety issues, which has a big impact. It can save lives and make jobs safer. Without such protections, employers would cover up safety issues and avoid fixing them, which put workers in danger.

Assistance

The main goal of providing whistleblowers protection is to keep people speaking up. The government and other agencies need the help of workers because there are some situations so well hidden within these businesses that an outsider will never discover them. Even with regular safety screenings and other steps, it can be too easy to hide safety problems or crimes. But whistleblowers help uncover some of the worst situations and are a valuable tool in fighting against corporate corruption and bad employers.