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Title_of_text

Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989. Public Law 101-12 (S.20).

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United States of America
Employment security, termination of employment; Freedom of association, collective bargaining and industrial relations; Labour administration
1989-04-10
National
Law, Act

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Amends title 5, United States Code, to strengthen the protections available to federal employees against prohibited personnel practices, including dismissal, when they have made disclosures which would assist the public to eliminate of fraud, waste, abuse and unneccessary government expenditures. The Act allows such employees, termed "whistleblowers," to appeal their own cases to the Merit Systems Protection Board if Special Counsel refuses to do so.

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Monograph region

    Monograph title
    U.S. Labor and Employment Laws
    Author
    West, R.
    Publisher
    BNA Books
    Place of publication
    Washington, D.C.
    Country
    United States of America
    Date
    1991-03
    Page range
    pp. 4-42-4-60

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    Serial title
    U.S. Code Congressional and Administrative News
    Date
    1989-06
    Number
    No. 3
    Page range
    p. 103 STAT. 16-35.