Louisiana’s environmental whistleblower law protects employees whose job is to report illegal activities and those who refuse to participate in the activities they report, the Louisiana Supreme Court said, answering certified questions posed by the Fifth Circuit in January.
Employee Kirk Menard alleged that Targa Resources LLC violated the Louisiana Environmental Whistleblower Statute by discharging him after he refused, and reported, a manager’s directive to dilute sewage samples to cover up that the total suspended solids in the samples exceeded regulatory limits. Menard’s manager argued that the employee didn’t have a case for whistleblower retaliation because his report doesn’t constitute ...
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