VA scandal: Whistleblower Paula Pedene and labor attorney Tom Rogers
Nov 16, 2014, 10:40 PM | Updated: 10:41 pm
Hear the inside story of the ongoing Veterans Affairs scandal from one of the chief whistleblowers who was responsible for bringing the story to public attention.
Paula Pedene will discuss the sequence of events, the local VA administration’s response to the allegations and the reprisals taken against the whistleblowers.
Employment attorney Tom Rogers will then discuss the legal implications of the case. How can employers retaliate against those who report wrongdoing? What recourse do employees have if there is retaliation?
Finally we discuss the tradeoffs involved. How can we design a system that permits firing genuinely unproductive or disruptive employees while not only protecting but encouraging employees to report wrongdoing?