Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017

Whereas injustice is rampant in many corporations, industries, and institutions throughout the United States,

Whereas many hard working Americans are suppressed from voicing against these injustices,

Whereas these injustices often undermine the livelihoods and civil liberties of those being suppressed.

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of the State of Dixie that:

Section 1. Short Title

1, This Act may be cited as the “Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017”.

Section 2. Definitions

1. “Whistleblower” will be defined as someone who has participated in, been contracted by or was otherwise involved in a private corporation or other institution, including the U.S. Federal Government, State and local governments and any governmental agency, who has witnessed unfair business practices or otherwise illegal or unconstitutional practices that are abusive, intrusive, greedy, pose a threat to worker or consumer security and health or are otherwise disadvantageous or unknown to those affected, and wishes to disclose information about these practices, but is at risk of prosecution or other ramifications.
2. “Employee” will pertain to every United States citizen and legal residents, not just persons legally employed by the institution in question.

Section 3. Protections

1. Private companies, corporations and governmental institutions, including state and local governments and agencies, are prohibited from prosecuting, penalizing, or threatening to prosecute or penalize a whistleblower who disclosed information that regards any of the following, even if it was prohibited in a legally binding contract.
2. Business practices that put employees or consumers, or their information in danger.
3. Business practices that violate local, state or federal law.
4. Business practices that are meant to, or that have a good chance to, destroy public or private property.
5. Business practices that can lead to the destruction of the livelihood of an employee.
6. Business practices that involve contracts in which there is no easily obtainable exit clause.

Section 4. Filing Complaints

1. Any employee at anytime may file a complaint regarding matters of whistleblowing with the Dixie Department of Labor. It will be the duty of the Department of Labor to create specific protocols and guidelines for filing and investigating complaints.

Section 5. Severability

1. Should any part of this act be struck down due to constitutionality, all other parts shall remain in place.

Section 6. Enactment

1. This bill shall be enacted immediately after passage.

This bill was written by /u/piratecody for the Great Lakes State and modified for the State of Dixie by /u/oath2order.