The Florida Supreme Court indicated Wednesday it favors strictly enforcing a private whistleblower statute, taking a dive into the dictionary to support requiring employees to prove “actual” violations to get protection.
A majority of the court said that the word “is” in the state’s whistleblower statue could mean the prevailing standard relying on a worker’s “good faith” belief of employer violations should be rejected.
The legislature “chose to define the wrongdoing,” said Chief Justice Carlos G. Muñiz. “It’s like you’re running up against a linguistic wall.”
For decades courts across the country have interpreted this language as requiring an employee’s ...
Aussie cricket coach Andrew McDonald has rejected suggestions from England that Scott Boland could be a major weakness for the Australians in the Ashes. Boland looks set to play a huge role in the ...