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good day my name is Maurice RoR I’m a partner in the law firm of Alan Arcadia PA today’s topic is whistleblower cases under the employment law context whistleblower cases are popping up everywhere nowadays because of government corruption and in the Private Industry because employers are trying to
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save money money by circumventing laws the best way to explain whistleblower actions is to give you an example let’s say a nurse is working for for a hospital and she sees that the hospital is fraudulently billing MediCare at that point in time the employee should report the employer to
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the proper authorities it is not right for the employer to get away with mis billing Medicare and that’s called Medicare fraud and the law will protect the employee who comes forth with this information however the employee must make sure to follow proper procedure in order to
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protect his or her rights the first thing that the employee has to do is documented in writing and give an opportunity to the employer to cure the illegal act if the employer takes retaliatory action for the employee reporting that act such as terminating the employees employment then at that
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point the employee has a Bonafide claim to sue the employer for wrong termination there are an infinite examples of whistleblower and in order for you to protect your rights based on the particular facts of your case it is extremely important that you contact an
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attorney as soon as possible a qualified attorney who specializes in employment law and someone who deals with whistleblower cases
