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EXPERIENCED MINNESOTA WHISTLEBLOWER ATTORNEYS

Experienced Minneapolis whistleblower lawyers from Neff Law Firm, P.A., based in Minneapolis, Minnesota can provide legal help to a whistleblower who has been retaliated against for reporting a suspected illegal act of a boss. There are legal limitations to an employer using reprisal, or what may be commonly referred to as retaliation, against an employee for exercising a legal right to report an employer's illegal activity in the workplace. The knowledgeable Minneapolis whistleblower lawyers at Neff Law Firm, P.A., understand the public policy exception and prevailing statutory and whistleblower case law that protect an employee against an employer retaliationg by wrongfully disciplining or dismissing an employee for reporting a suspected violation of law. The firm's top Minneapolis whistleblower attorneys have helped many workers who are the victims of retaliation for whistleblowing receive a fair settlement for the injuries they experienced.

Do you have questions about whistleblowing? Are you experiencing retaliation because you reported suspected violations of law to your employer or to an outside agency? After whistleblowing have you experienced workplace penalties, demotion, wage and/or benefit loss, illegal bias or illegal dismissal? Protect your rights, contact Neff Law Firm, P.A., based in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area of Minnesota, to speak with a Minnesota whistleblowing attorney about your rights as a whistleblower.

WHAT IS WHISTLEBLOWING?

A person who in good faith reports an employer's suspected violation of law is referred to as a whistleblower. Unfortunately, whistleblowing may subject the employee to retaliation, demotion, or wrongful termination. An employer who violates the law should not be able to do so nor should such an employer be allowed to punish an employee who is trying to do the right thing by whistleblowing on a suspected violation of law. An employee does not have to be victimized by being retaliated against, demoted, or discharged for being a whistleblower. Neff Law Firm, P.A., has experienced whistleblower legal counsel who can help provide protection to a whistleblower from retaliation by the employer. The Minnesota whistleblower lawyers understands the new whistleblower law and have many years of experience protecting the rights of employees who report suspected illegal acts. Neff Law Firm, P.A., knows the scope of the Minnesota Whistleblower Act as well as the federal laws providing whistleblower protection. It has fought successfully to help whistleblowers who are victims of retaliation by an employer.The firm understands the public policy exception and prevailing statutory and case law that protect an employee against an employer wrongfully disciplining or illegally firing an employee for reporting a suspected violation of law. Neff Law Firm, P.A., has helped many people who have been the victims of retaliation receive a fair settlement for the injuries they experienced. Some of the legal limitations that may apply to protect an employee from reprisal or retaliation include:

  • Minnesota Statute § 181.932 protects whistleblowers by prohibiting employer from “…discharging, disciplining, threatening, othersie discriminating against, or penalizing an employee regarding the employee's mcompensation, terms andconditons, location, or privileges of employment because …(1) the employee, or a person acting on behalf of the employee, in good faith, reports a violation, suspected violation opr planned violation of any federal or state law or common law or rule adopted pursuant to law to an employer or to any governmental body or law enforcement official; …(3) the employee refuses an employer's order to perform an action that the employee has an objective basis in fact to believe violates any state or federal law or rule or regulation pursuant to law.”
  • Minnesota Statute § 176.82 protects whistleblowers by prohibiting discharge in retaliation for an employee making a claim for or receiving worker's compensation benefits.
  • The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) 29 United States Code §§ 623, 631 and 633(a) protects whistleblowers by prohibiting reprisal for against an employee for exercising his or her rights to be protected from age discrimination.
  • The American with Disability Act (ADA) 42 United States Code §§ 1212 and 12203 protects whistleblowers by prohibiting reprisal based on an employee exercising his or her right to be free from discrimination based on disability.

LEGAL HELP WITH THE MINNESOTA WHISTLEBLOWER LAW
FEDERAL FALSE CLAIMS ACT

The Minneapolis whistleblower lawyers at Neff Law Firm, P.A., have many years of experience providing legal help to whistleblowers under either the Minnesota Whistleblowing statute or the Federal False Claims Act / Qui Tam actions.

RETALIATORY DISCHARGE FROM JOB MASKED BY FALSE ACCUSATION

The experienced Minnesota whistleblower attorneys at Neff Law Firm, P.A., have helped many employees who have been victimized by being wrongfully discharged from a job by an employer who hides the retaliatory motive behind a false accusation against the employee. Employers can have a hidden agenda for discharging an employee that is masked by false and damaging claims against a whistelblower. A boss may retaliate against an employee by discharging a worker from his or her job based on a false accusation of misconduct as a way of not only masking the retaliatory motive, but also hurting the whistleblower's credibility and career. Employers who are afraid of the repercussions of their illegal conduct being made public, sometimes use a false accusation against the whistleblower as a basis for destroying the whistleblower's credibility. Some employers may go so far as to falsely blame the whistleblower who reported the illegal conduct of being the perpetrator of the violation of law. This unconscionable behavior by employers is not unfamiliar to the experienced whistleblower lawyers from the firm who may assist an employee who is being victimized by an employer to get justice. These skilled Minneapolis whistleblower attorneys have assisted many workers get just compensation who have been the victims of retaliation for reporting suspected violations of law.

FAIR SETTLEMENT FOR INJURIES BASED ON WHISTLEBLOWER RETALIATION

A Minnesota whistleblower attorney at Neff Law Firm, P.A., can help you achieve a fair settlement for injuries based on retaliation for reporting a suspected violation of law by an employer. The firm has many years of experience assisting whistleblowers in Minneapolis, St. Paul and elsewhere to receive just compensation for the damage done to them by retaliation from an employer.

LEGAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO WHISTLEBLOWING

The experienced Minnesota whistleblower attorneys at Neff Law Firm, P.A., understand the wide-ranging negative impact of an employer's retaliation on a whistleblower. An employer's retaliation may take a number of different forms and may result in hurting the whistleblower in a number of ways. When an employer discharges, disciplines, threatens, or otherwise discriminates against or penalizes a whistleblower in regard to his or her compensation, terms, conditions, location or privileges of his or her job because of good faith whistleblowing, then the skilled Minnesota whistleblower lawyers from the firm may provide the appropriate legal assistance to an injured whistleblower.

MINNESOTA WHISTLEBLOWER LAWYER

For over 28 years Neff Law Firm, P.A.'s, Minnesota whistleblower lawyers have provided sound answers to employees' legal questions on whistleblower law, qui tam and other areas of employment law.

WHISTLEBLOWING LEGAL HELP THROUGHOUT MINNEAPOLIS, ST. PAUL, AND ELSEWHERE IN MINNESOTA

Neff Law firm, P.A.'s, top whistleblower attorneys are available to provide legal assistance to injured employee clients living in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and throughout Minnesota. These skilled and experienced Minnesota employment lawyers have also helped clients in various jurisdictions throughout the United States in association with co-counsel from the respective states.

MINNESOTA RETALIATION LAWYER FOR ORGANIZED LABOR

The Minnesota retaliation lawyers at Neff Law Firm, P.A., have provided legal help for many years to people who are members of a union. The firm has extensive experience representing people involved in organized labor with whistleblowing and other legal types of cases.

EXECUTIVE WHISTLEBLOWER ATTORNEY

The Minnesota lawyers at Neff Law Firm, P.A., have extensive experience representing executives, who have been discharged, disciplined, threatened, or otherwise discriminated against or penalized because of being a good faith whistleblower. An experienced Minnesota executive whistleblower lawyer may provide legal assistance to an executive or manager who has been penalized in regard to his or her compensation, terms, conditions, location or privileges of his or her position because of being a whistleblower who made a good faith report of a suspected violation of law. These skilled Minnesota attorneys have represented executives, corporate officers, and managers in various fields including extensive representation in reprisal cases of licensed investment professionals involved in the banking and insurance industries.

ORDINARY TO LARGE COMPLEX RETALIATION LITIGATION

The Minnesota complex litigation attorneys from Neff Law Firm, P.A., have experience handling ordinary to large complex retaliation litigation. These lawyers have provided legal help to many people who have been wrongfully injured through retaliation for being a whistleblower. The firm has handled both state and federal whistleblower claims. The skilled and experienced whistleblower lawyers from Neff Law Firm, P.A., have been called upon to handle claims in Minnesota and elsewhere. The firm's experienced lawyers have worked successfully with co-counsel lawyers from other states in representing clients. The complicated types of litigation handled by the firm include extensive litigation matters representing injured employee clients in California in association with co-counsel from that state. Some of the large complex types of cases the Minnesota employment attorneys from Neff Law Firm, P.A., have been handled involved retaliation against a whistleblower, federal multi-district litigation, Qui Tam, wrongful death, breach of contract, banking law, insurance law, discrimination, allegations of theft and fraud.

MINNESOTA WHISTLEBLOWER LAWYER FRED NEFF

Top Minnesota whistleblower lawyer Fred Neff has had extensive experience handling complex legal cases. He has provided legal assistance to many people involved in organized labor and as well as representing corporate officers, executives, managers, and people in various other fields as well. He has broad experience representing clients who are licensed investment professionals, bankers and in the insurance industry. Fred Neff was elected to the board of a prominent insurance company. He has handled many different work-life types of cases ranging from ordinary to extremely complex litigation. Some of the complex legal matters he has handled involve whistleblower retaliation claims, wrongful discharge, discrimination, federal multi-district litigation, wrongful death, breach of contract, fraud, defamation and other related legal matters.

CONVENIENT TWIN CITIES WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION LAW FIRM LOCATION

People who have been retaliated against for being a whistleblower or are experiencing other types of work related legal problems may set up a confidential in person meeting with Minnesota whistleblower lawyer by calling (952) 831–6555 to set up an appointment for an initial consultation with an attorney to dicuss a whistleblowing claim or other legal matter.

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From what I have observed Neff Law Firm, P.A. is very experienced at handling whistleblower cases. I have seen the firm handle whistleblower cases in more than one jurisdiction. Former insurance company executive