Does a generally worded arbitration or mediation clause in your employment contracts cover whistleblower retaliation claims? Not according to the outcome of a recent case, explains Calfee Halter & Griswold partner, Virginia Davidson.
On Lexology, she discusses a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decision in which the court ruled that BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, Inc.’s contracts didn’t hold enough water.
She says the case involved a retired Army major and an illustrator that worked for BAE. Both signed nearly identical employment contracts allowing for termination with or without cause. Davidson says the two filed a federal whistleblower suit alleging violations of the False Claims Act, stating BAE fraudulently falsified time sheets on government cost-plus contracts among other things.
Read more: www.corpcounsel.com/id=1202659167030/Can-You-Force-Whistleblower-Arbitration-Maybe#ixzz34Wn1tp2F
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