Retaliation Against Whistleblowers is a Crime

Date
2011-11
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Legal Resource Centre of Alberta Ltd. (LRC)
Abstract
The article focuses on a law under the Criminal Code of Canada to protect the employees from the retaliation by their employers. As stated, an employee who provides information to the government about the wrongdoing of their employer gets the protection from the government regulators and the retaliator employers are imprisoned for five years. It informs that the law is present under Section 425.1 of Canada's Criminal Code. It also discusses the limitations of the law.
Description
Article deposited after permission was granted by LRC, June 11, 2013.
Keywords
LEX talionis, EMPLOYEES
Citation
Bowal, P. (2011). Retaliation Against Whistleblowers is a Crime. Lawnow, 36(2), 28-34.