| Description |
The patchwork of laws, regulations and programs available for whistle-blower issues are seldom pathways to resolution. The outcomes, particularly in the more complex or polarized cases, reflect mutual defensiveness and conflict more than dialogue or denouement. While recent laws and regulations have strengthened the right to raise issues, and earlier statutes established the grounds for a lawsuit, they have not provided a set of tools necessary to resolve the basic issues that arise when someone decides to blow the whistle or raise allegations of retaliation. At the Hanford Nuclear Site in Washington State, a new system, based on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) principles, has been developed for contractor employees that can address, in a non-conflicting fashion, the entire spectrum of issues in and around whistleblower disputes. (Description from Source) |