What kind of disclosures or whistleblowing is covered by the Kentucky Whistleblower Act?
The Kentucky Whistleblower Act makes it unlawful Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 for an “employer” to retaliate “in any manner whatsoever” against any employee who in good faith reports to “any law enforcement agency or its employees, or any other appropriate body or authority, any facts or information relative to an actual or suspected violation of any law, statute, executive order, administrative regulation, mandate, rule, or ordinance of the United States, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, or any of its political subdivisions, or any facts or information relative to actual or suspected mismanagement, waste, fraud, abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.” Kentucky Revised Statute sec. 61.102. Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Robert L. Abell, an employment lawyer in Lexington, Kentucky, has represented a number of government or public and private company employees in cases where their rights have been