Can I Be Fired For Reporting Fraud at My Job

If you are asking yourself, “can I be fired for reporting fraud at my job?” you may be protected as a whistleblower and may be able to recover damages. Our lawyers here at Miracle Mile Law Group are encountered with many instances where an employee is asked to do something illegal or sees some other violation of law and gets retaliated against for reporting it. Some common examples of when you might be protected include:

• A worker who oversees construction workers notices that her company is not following safety codes and reports it to the Occupational Safety and Health Commission. She is later fired.
• A worker is asked to fiddle with the tax numbers, also known as “cooking the books,” but rejects the request and reports it to the IRS. She is later fired.
• A worker is denied the opportunity to take rest and meal breaks and begins to complain. Eventually the employee reports the conduct to the authorities. He or she is later fired.
• A health-care worker notices that his or her employer is admitting unqualified patients to fill beds in order to receive reimbursements from Medicare and Medical. She is later fired.
• A business tells employees that if they do not use their paid vacation time by a specified date that he or she will lose the pay. The employee complains that this procedure is illegal, and she is eventually fired.

• is what I am being asked to do illegal?
• do I have to do what my boss tells me to do?
• can I report what is happening to authorities?
• should I report the illegal activities to authorities?