Marta Moakley is the Legal Editor for the training and development, employee retention, performance appraisals, promotions, employee communications, managing employees in special situations, employee discipline, and recordkeeping and minimizing liability content in the employee management section of XpertHR. Prior to joining XpertHR, she worked as an Assistant Attorney General with the Florida Attorney General’s Office and as an Equal Opportunity Specialist for the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. Marta also served as a Law Clerk to the Hon. Paul C. Huck, Senior U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida.
To date, protections for whistleblowers have primarily covered those reporting to external authorities, but that's changing; in the very near future, employers can expect that staff who bring to light issues of noncompliance internally will enjoy the same protections from retaliation. Does your organization encourage its staff to speak up?
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