What You Need to Know

• A Texas-based laboratory worker alleged she was fired after complaining about federal safety and health regulations and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988.
• The employee filed a single-count complaint in Essex County Superior Court that her employer violated the Conscientious Employee Protection Act, known as New Jersey's whistleblower act.
• The Appellate Division vacated the summary judgment in favor of Bioreference and stated the trial court did not make adequate findings of fact and conclusions of law.

In an unpublished opinion, the New Jersey Appellate Division weighed whether the state “Whistleblower Act” applies to an employee complaint for wrongful termination brought against Bioreference Laboratories Inc. in retaliation for objections over lab operations in Houston, Texas.

On July 18, 2016, Stephanie Halliday began working as a night clinical supervisor at Bioreference’s Houston laboratory. The company is headquartered in Elmwood Park, New Jersey, and operates laboratories in three other states. The clinical facilities are governed by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, according to the opinion filed Wednesday.

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