Enforcement statistics released recently by four separate federal agencies with jurisdiction over handling retaliation complaints filed by corporate whistleblowers and/or administering “bounty hunter” awards given to whistleblowers suggest a cooling off in enforcement efforts in fiscal year (FY) 2017 in comparison to previous years.
This memorandum summarizes the whistleblower statistical reports for FY 2017 issued separately by the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Members of the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC) can read more here.