The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) confirmed on December 13 that it is investigating an Apple whistleblower’s allegations that she was retaliated against for voicing concerns about workplace safety.
Ashley Gjovik worked at Apple as a Senior Engineering Program Manager for almost 7 years, according to her website. Financial Times reports that Gjovik was fired in September for allegedly leaking confidential information.” According to the Financial Times article, Gjovik alleges that she was fired “under a false pretext following numerous complaints that led to more than a dozen instances of retaliation including job reassignment.”
The Financial Times article reports that Gjovik filed her first complaint in mid-March “when she cited ‘chemical exposure’ concerns at her Apple office.” According to the article, the office “is located on a Superfund site, requiring special oversight owing to previous contamination by hazardous waste materials beneath the building.” Gjovik asked questions in response to an email regarding testing the site for “vapour intrusion,” but her queries “were rebuffed by Apple’s employee relations department.”
“They intimidated me not to speak about my safety concerns,” Gjovik alleged in the article. On her website, she writes that she brought her concerns to “Federal and state EPA” and “began organizing with other employees around concerns about retaliation and intimidation by Apple’s HR & employee relations teams.” Gjovik states that when she was put...
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