Whistleblowing

Your Whistleblower’s Old Retaliation Claims Aren’t Necessarily Dead. A NJ Court Just Showed How.

May 21, 2026 | by Eric B. Meyer

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A pharmaceutical company’s compliance officer claimed she spent years flagging what she believed were Anti-Kickback Statute violations. What followed, according to her complaint: bogus HR investigations, a forced apology, a retaliatory performance review, a final warning memo, interference with her medical leave while she was undergoing cancer treatment, and ultimately termination. The employer moved to dismiss on statute of limitations grounds. The New Jersey Appellate Division just reversed.

The Low Bar for Whistleblower Claims in New Jersey

January 30, 2026 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Whistleblower cases do not begin with evidence and proof. They begin with allegations. If those allegations are plausible, employers get forced into discovery. Under CEPA, that bar is very low. Continue reading

Boss’s Politics, Union Talk, or Religious Views? NJ Says You Don’t Have to Listen

September 10, 2025 | by Eric B. Meyer

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When employees clock in, they expect to do their jobs, not sit through political speeches, anti-union campaigns, or religious lectures from their boss. New Jersey just turned that expectation into a legal right. Continue reading

This Retaliation Lawsuit Got Deleted. Literally.

August 8, 2025 | by Eric B. Meyer

A software engineer said he was fired for blowing the whistle on a major cybersecurity flaw. But before his case ever reached trial, it fell apart. Deleted text messages, an incomplete phone data dump, and his lawyer’s discovery missteps ended it all. The court dismissed the case and ordered the employee and his attorney to pay more than $150,000 in sanctions. Continue reading

Let’s revisit Friday’s post about what state’s laws apply to a remote NJ worker’s employment claims

December 16, 2024 | by Eric B. Meyer

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When an employee sues, what law applies when they’ve worked in two states?

March 12, 2024 | by Eric B. Meyer

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I read a recent NJ federal court decision where a plaintiff began working for the defendant in New Jersey but later requested and received a transfer to Pennsylvania.

And that’s when things went awry. Continue reading

PODCAST: On this episode of Working Class, how to deal with employee whistleblowers

May 10, 2022 | by Eric B. Meyer

noun-thanos-4240482 Have you ever watched The Dropout on Hulu? It’s about the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and her company, Theranos, which sounds a lot like Thanos. Sadly, the Hulu show has nothing to do with the Marvel Universe or The Avengers, both of which are right in my wheelhouse.

Can you fire an employee for complaining that the company violated state/local COVID-19 orders?

January 12, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Often, readers of the blog will email me recent blogworthy HR news.

Occasionally, an attorney will send me a favorable decision that s/he obtained for a client on an employment law topic that may interest readers of this blog. Today, that’s what I’ve got for you — a case involving some healthcare workers who claimed that their former employer fired them for complaining that the company was not following state and local COVID-19 mandates. Continue reading