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Several Virginia and federal laws protect whistleblowers against retaliation, and some whistleblower laws reward disclosures of original information about Medicaid fraud, Medicare fraud, tax fraud, securities fraud, and fraud on the government.
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In this article, we summarize a whistleblower protection law that Virginia adopted in 2020.
New Virginia Whistleblower Law Offers Broad Employee ProtectionThe federal False Claims Act and the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act authorize rewards for whistleblowers and also protect whistleblowers disclosing fraud on the government. And under the NDAA, employees of Virginia Department of Defense contractors are protected against retaliation for disclosing the following to their employer or the government:
Virginia’s healthcare worker whistleblower protection law protects employees of assisted living facilities, adult daycare centers, and child welfare agencies for reporting misconduct and/or abuse in assisted living facilities, adult daycare centers, and child welfare agencies. The statute states:
§ 32.1-125.4. Retaliation or discrimination against complainants.
No hospital may retaliate or discriminate in any manner against any person who (i) in good faith complains or provides information to, or otherwise cooperates with, the Department or any other agency of government or any person or entity operating under contract with an agency of government having responsibility for protecting the rights of patients of hospitals, or (ii) attempts to assert any right protected by state or federal law.
Employees of federal contractors and grantees are protected from retaliation under the NDAA whistleblower protection law.
Whistleblower Protections Under the National Defense Authorization Act (w-008-5821)The Sarbanes-Oxley Act whistleblower protection provision covers employees at Virginia public companies and contractors of public companies. To learn about the scope of the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate whistleblower protection law, download our free guide Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Protection: Robust Protection for Corporate Whistleblowers.
Corporate whistleblowers in Virginia may also be protected under the Dodd-Frank whistleblower law.
The Taxpayer First Act protects tax whistleblowers against retaliation for reporting tax fraud or underpayment of tax or any conduct which the employee reasonably believes constitutes a violation of the internal revenue laws or any provision of Federal law relating to tax fraud. See our article in Accounting Today: Whistleblower protections for accountants and tax professionals bolstered by new law.
Remedies for retaliation include:
To schedule a confidential consultation with our Virginia whistleblower lawyers, call us today at 202-262-8959.