The Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal recently held in
Derbonne v. State Police Commission, No. 2019 CA 1455 (October 14, 2020), that an employee whose duties require that he or she report violations of state law is not precluded from pursuing a claim for unlawful reprisal under Louisiana’s anti-reprisal or whistleblower statute, La. R.S. 23:967.
La. R.S. 23.967 prohibits an employer from taking “reprisal against an employee who in good faith, and after advising the employer of the violation of law: (1) [d]iscloses or threatens to disclose a workplace act or practice that is in violation of [Louisiana] law[;] (2) [p]rovides information to or testifies before any public body conducting an investigation, hearing, or inquiry into any violation of law[;] [or] (3) objects to or refuses to participate in an employment act or practice that is in violation of law.”
Monday, December 14, 2020
The Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal recently held in
Derbonne v. State Police Commission, No. 2019 CA 1455 (October 14, 2020), that an employee whose duties require that he or she report violations of state law is not precluded from pursuing a claim for unlawful reprisal under Louisiana’s anti-reprisal or whistleblower statute, La. R.S. 23:967.
La. R.S. 23.967 prohibits an employer from taking “reprisal against an employee who in good faith, and after advising the employer of the violation of law: (1) [d]iscloses or threatens to disclose a workplace act or practice that is in violation of [Louisiana] law[;] (2) [p]rovides information to or testifies before any public body conducting an investigation, hearing, or inquiry into any violation of law[;] [or] (3) objects to or refuses to participate in an employment act or practice that is in violation of law.”